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Artist: Stephen Sondheim
Canonical path: /sondheim-stephen/barcelona
Related lyric paths: 6
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Barcelona
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Barcelona
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Bobby: Where ya going?
April: Barcelona.
Bobby: Oh.
April: Don't get up.
Bobby: Do you have to?
April: Yes, I have to.
Bobby: Oh.
April: Don't get up.
April: Now you're angry.
Bobby: No, I'm not.
April: Yes, you are.
Bobby: No, I'm not.
Put your things down.
April: See, you're angry.
Bobby: No, I'm not.
April: Yes, you are.
Bobby: No, I'm not.
Put your wings down and stay.
April: I'm leaving.
Bobby: Why?
April: To go to-
Bobby: Stay.
April: I have to-
Both: -fly
Bobby: -I know-
Both: -to barcelona.
Bobby: Look, you're a very special girl,
Not just overnight.
No, you're a very special girl,
And not because you're bright...
Not just because you're bright.
You're just a very special girl... June!
April: April!
Bobby: April!
April: Thank you.
Bobby: Whatcha thinking?
April: Barcelona.
Bobby: Oh.
April: Flight eighteen.
Bobby: Stay a minute.
April: I would like to.
Bobby: So?
April: Don't be mean.
Bobby: Stay a minute.
April: No, I can't.
Bobby: Yes, you can.
April: No, I can't.
Bobby: Where you going?
April: Barcelona!
Bobby: So you said.
April: And madrid.
Bobby: Bon voyage.
April: On a boeing.
Bobby: Goodnight.
April: You're angry.
Bobby: No.
April: I've got to.
Bobby: Right.
April: Report to-
Bobby: Go.
April: That's not to say...
That if I had my way...
Oh well, I guess, ok.
Bobby: What?
April: I'll stay.
Bobby. Out... oh god!
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