Inara walks back up Serenity's ramp and finds no one but Mal waiting for her. He smiles crookedly.
"I used to hurry a lot, I used to worry a lot
I used to stay out till the break of day
Oh, that didn't get it,
It was high time I quit it
I just couldn't carry on that way
Oh, I did some damage, I know it's true
Didn't know I was so lonely, till I found you
You can go the distance
We'll find out in the long run
(in the long run)
We can handle some resistance
If our love is a strong one (is a strong one)"
Inara walks towards him and sings,
"People talkin' about is
they got nothin' else to do
When it all comes down we will
still come through
In the long run
Ooh, I want to tell you, it's a long run"
Mal puts his hands awkwardly on her waist.
"You know I don't understand why you don't
treat yourself better
do the crazy things that you do
'Cause all the debutantes in Houston, baby,
couldn't hold a candle to you"
Inara sings her question. "Did you do it for love?"
"Did you do it for money?"
" Did you do it for spite?"
"Did you think you had to, honey?" Mal raises his eyebrows at her. "Who is gonna make it?
We'll find out in the long run
(in the long run)
I know we can take it
if our love is a strong one
(is a strong one)"
"Well, we're scared, but we ain't shakin'
Kinda bent, but we ain't breakin'
in the long run"
They sing together, all overly romantic aria, "Ooh, I want to tell you, it's a long run
in the long run
in the long run," before silencing themselves with a kiss.
One of These Nights
The entire crew are in the dining room.The intro music starts, and builds into the drum intro. Mal takes Inara's hands and sings to her. On the line 'Pretty mama,' he pulls her close to him with a naughty grin.
"One of these nights
One of these crazy old nights
We're gonna find out
Pretty mama
What turns on your lights."
"The full moon is calling
The fever is high
And the wicked wind whispers
And moans." River lies smack bang in the centre of the dining table and sings to the ceiling, before sitting up gracefully, ballet like.
"You got your demons
You got desires
Well, I got a few of my own" Jayne leans on the table and gives her a wicked grin when Simon isn't looking.
Simon is in the kitchen with Kaylee. He looks over at her and sings, in romantic hero style, "Oo, someone to be kind to in
Between the dark and the light
Oo, coming right behind you
Swear I'm gonna find you
One of these nights"
Kaylee walks to the table carrying a bowl, brushing past Simon with a deliberate twitch of her hip into his. "One of these dreams
One of these lost and lonely dreams
We're gonna find one
One that really screams."
"I've been searching for the daughter of the devil himself," sings Jayne, with another wicked smile.
"I've been searching for an angel in white," Simon sings at Kaylee's back with one of his shy smiles.
"I've been waiting for a woman who's a little of both" Mal smiles at Inara, who returns it.
All three sing together, "And I can feel her but she's nowhere in sight"
"Oo, loneliness will blind you
In between the wrong and the right" Book sings like it's a warning of the 'special' kind.
"Oo, coming right behind you
Swear I'm gonna find you
One of these nights" Inara, River and Kaylee sing together.
There is a musical interval where everyone continues preparing dinner as normal.
"One of these nights
Ooo In between the dark and the light
Coming right behind you
Swear I'm gonna find you
Get 'ya baby one of these nights" Wash kisses the back of Zoë's neck and she laughs.
"One of these nights" Mal sings, in proper leading man style, all spread arms and big grin, at the head of the table.
"Ooooo ooooo
One of these nights
I can feel it
I can feel it
One of these nights," everyone else sings collectively, in perfect harmony.
"Coming right behind you
Swear I'm gonna find you now" Mal grins at them all.
"One of these nights. It gets so dark, so dark and cold at night. One of these crazy crazy nights. Oooooooo" They all finish in a big finale style a la a big dance number, then as if its never happened, they sit down and start to eat.