ACT ONE (cont.)

Scene Four (cont.)

(An outside of the motel is shown. It is the next morning. The DANDY family is getting ready to start on the road again.)

Jack: Those beds were not comfortable.

Sal: Those beds stunk!

Ben: Well, THOSE BEDS were cheap! Let's getting going again.

Mary: Maybe we should have kept on going last night.

Ben: You did have the kids asleep pretty fast. So guys, what do you want for breakfast?

Mary/Sal/Jack: Anything edible!

Ben: All right, all right, next time I'll keep on going.

Jack: Let's just get going! Our first day of school is tomorrow.

Mary: Jack's right. Come on, get in the car. (they do) Ben, hit that gear! (the car zooms off, but only the motel goes away. The car still looks like it's moving.

Sal: Jack, how can you read those comics?

Jack: By reading them, duh!

Sal: Duh, yourself!

Jack: Duehorse is awesome, SilverTounge is fearless. But best of all is. . .

Sal: When you are reading it to yourself.

Jack: . . . BAT BOY!

Sal: Oh great.

Music Starts, "Hold Me, Bat Boy" (originally from "Bat Boy")

JACK

In a cave many miles to the south

Lives a boy born with fangs in his mouth.

Sleeping until the fading light,

Flying through bloody dreams;

When he awakes the summer night is filled with screams.

MARY

You have heard he was born in the bogs.

That he feeds on the flies and the frogs.

BEN

You call him "Beast" or "Changeling"

JACK

Or "Demon Chimpanzee";

SAL

But we will prove he's no such thing

ALL

He's much like me! And me!

Oh, hold me, Bat Boy! Touch me, Bat Boy!

Help me through the night.

Love me, Bat Boy! Save me, Bat Boy!

Make it all turn out all right!

BEN

He was dragged from his home and thrown down

At the edge of a coal mining town.

JACK

They stripped him of his dignity,

MARY

They beat him like a gong.

SAL

And he was kicked repeatedly,

ALL (including offstage voices)

And that was wrong! So wrong!

Oh Hold the Bat Boy-

MARY

Won't you hold him!

ALL

Touch the Bat Boy-

MARY

Won't you touch him!

ALL

Bring him to the light!

MARY

Bring him to the light!

ALL

Love the Bat Boy-

MARY

Won't you love him!

ALL

Save the Bat Boy-

MARY

Somebody save him!

ALL

Make it all turn out all right!

Would no one defend him, protect him, befriend him,

would none hear his cry?

JACK

Yeah, would none hear his cry, y'all?

ALL

Or would they detest him, arrest him, molest him?

JACK

Or just let him die?

ALL

You can't just stand by.

BEN

He has suffered and now it's your turn.

You are here not to laugh; but to learn.

WOMEN

Listen to his ungodly shriek,

Watch what they put him through.

MEN:

Heed the tale of a filthy freak-

ALL

Who's just like you! And you! And you! Ohhh!

Hold me Bat Boy (Hold me Bat Boy)

Touch me Bat Boy (Touch me Bat Boy)

Won't you help me through the night

Make it all turn out all right! (Make it all turn out all right!)

Love me Bat Boy (Love me Bat Boy)

Save me Bat Boy (Save me Bat Boy)

I've been calling out your name

Come and take away my shame! (Come and take away my shame!)

Hold me Bat Boy (Hold me Bat Boy)

Touch me Bat Boy (Touch me Bat Boy)

You hear me cry when no one hears,

Won't you lick away my tears!

Love me Bat Boy (Love me Bat Boy)

Save me Bat Boy (Save me Bat Boy)

Sink your fangs into my soul

Only you can make me whole!

Hold me Bat Boy

Touch me Bat Boy

Hold me in your arms. . .

SAL (speaking)

This is stupid!

ALL

. . .tonight!

Ben: We're here!

(they come to what looks like the best decent home ever. The DANDY FAMILY gets out in awe. ALL, except MARY and JACK enter the house.)

Music Starts, "Home For You" (originally from "Bat Boy")

MARY

Poor little person with eyes so sad, where in the dark did they hide you?

What have you seen that could teach you that haunted stare?

Poor little person, it makes me mad, to think of the childhood denied you, but give me a

chance and we'll make it all right, I swear.

'Cause we're not here to laugh at you or make you feel ashamed.

You can make mistakes here and you won't be blamed.

So show us how to help you, and if we pull you through,

then we will find a home for you.

Home is a word that you should have learned. Home is where people accept you.

People who treat you with love, which is awfully rare.

Family's a place where your trust is earned by folks who are happy they kept you.

We are the family who won't let you down, I swear.

'Cause we're not here to laugh at you, or-

Jack: (can't hear Mom's singing) Mom, it's wonderful! (exits)

MARY

No, we're not here to laugh at you and make you feel ashamed,

You can make mistakes here and you won't be blamed!

So teach us how to love you, and once the night is through, then we have a home for

you.

So show me what to give you, see, 'cause I had a view.

And somehow if you make it through, then this might be a home for you.