EXT -- OUTSIDE BERTHE'S HOUSE -- AFTERNOON
(The leading player comes up behind Pippin.)
LEADING PLAYER
Well, how about that, Pippin?
PIPPIN
You know, she's absolutely right. It's time for me to start living... and stop worrying. Maybe that's the secret. Just to enjoy all the simple things in life. The fresh air, the cool clean water....
(A pretty girl walks by.)
And women. Definitely the women.
LEADING PLAYER
Go get her, Tiger.
(The underscoring begins as Pippin approaches the girl. As he sings to her, she becomes interested.)
PIPPIN +
My days a brighter than morning air,
Evergreen pine and autumn blue,
But all my days were twice as fair
If I could share
My days....
(Another girl walks by and Pippin takes to her.)
With you.
(He follows her.)
EXT -- A CARNIVAL GROUND -- NIGHT
(Pippin follows the girl through the carnival ground.)
PIPPIN +
My nights are warmer than fire coals,
Incense and stars and smoke bamboo,
But nights were warm beyond compare
If I could share
My nights....
(They come to a brothel. Pippin's eyes land on several girls out in front of the brothel. They lure him in as he sings.)
With you....
To dance in my dreams,
To shine when I need the sun.
With you to hold me when dreams are done,
And, oh, my dearest love,
If you will take my love,
Then all my dreams are truly begun.
INT -- INSIDE THE BROTHEL -- NIGHT
(Pippin watches the girls dance.)
PIPPIN
And time weaves ribbons of memories
To sweeten life when youth is through,
But I would need no memories there
If I could share
My life with you.
(A girl sits on his lap at the end of the song. Suddenly, the music changes. Soon, the grils all begin to perform a dance of seduction. Pippin gets more and more into it it, until finally he can take no more. At it's conclusion, he runs out.)
(The leading player comes up behind Pippin.)
LEADING PLAYER
Well, how about that, Pippin?
PIPPIN
You know, she's absolutely right. It's time for me to start living... and stop worrying. Maybe that's the secret. Just to enjoy all the simple things in life. The fresh air, the cool clean water....
(A pretty girl walks by.)
And women. Definitely the women.
LEADING PLAYER
Go get her, Tiger.
(The underscoring begins as Pippin approaches the girl. As he sings to her, she becomes interested.)
PIPPIN +
My days a brighter than morning air,
Evergreen pine and autumn blue,
But all my days were twice as fair
If I could share
My days....
(Another girl walks by and Pippin takes to her.)
With you.
(He follows her.)
EXT -- A CARNIVAL GROUND -- NIGHT
(Pippin follows the girl through the carnival ground.)
PIPPIN +
My nights are warmer than fire coals,
Incense and stars and smoke bamboo,
But nights were warm beyond compare
If I could share
My nights....
(They come to a brothel. Pippin's eyes land on several girls out in front of the brothel. They lure him in as he sings.)
With you....
To dance in my dreams,
To shine when I need the sun.
With you to hold me when dreams are done,
And, oh, my dearest love,
If you will take my love,
Then all my dreams are truly begun.
INT -- INSIDE THE BROTHEL -- NIGHT
(Pippin watches the girls dance.)
PIPPIN
And time weaves ribbons of memories
To sweeten life when youth is through,
But I would need no memories there
If I could share
My life with you.
(A girl sits on his lap at the end of the song. Suddenly, the music changes. Soon, the grils all begin to perform a dance of seduction. Pippin gets more and more into it it, until finally he can take no more. At it's conclusion, he runs out.)