“We Must Be Each Other”

CHARLIE: So there’s you... your name is—
GIRL CHARLIE: Charlie Greengould, and you... your name is—
CHARLIE: Charlie Greengould, so we’re both Charlie Greengould,
that seems like the remotest
of possibilities
GIRL CHARLIE: Yeah, well in case you hadn’t noticed,
there’s the gender differential—
CHARLIE: Man, this is so existential.
GIRL CHARLIE: I guess that’s the explanation
for this crazy situation.
So we’re both Charlie Greengould,
BOTH: we’re both Charlie Greengould, yeah.

CHARLIE:I always wondered what I’d look like if I were a girl.
Turns out that I could do a whole lot worse.
GIRL CHARLIE: My parents always told me that they wanted a boy.
Looks like they got one in another universe.

CHARLIE: It’s like I found some women’s clothes and dressed up for a drag ball.
GIRL CHARLIE: It’s like the gender-neutral features that you find on a rag doll.

BOTH:
So I guess I must be you,
and you must be me,
and we must be each other.
Sure it’s strange, but it’s true,
we see it clear as can be,
that we must be each other.
Yeah, we must be each other, oh yeah.

CHARLIE: So that’s that... this is just—
GIRL CHARLIE: Unexpected, I know... but still I—
CHARLIE: Feel connected.
GIRL CHARLIE: Well, we are both each other,
or that’s how I construe it.
CHARLIE: Yeah, and meeting yourself’s not as weird the second time you do it.
Plus I see the similarity,
GIRL CHARLIE: an odd familiarity,
and that’s the explanation
CHARLIE: for this crazy situation.
BOTH: where we’re both Charlie Greengould.
We’re both Charlie Greengould, yeah.

GIRL CHARLIE: They thought I was a tomboy when I was a kid.
Looks like they didn’t get exactly how.
CHARLIE: My gym teacher used to say “Don’t be such a girl!”
If only he could see me now.

GIRL CHARLIE: It’s like in ancient Roman plays, where female roles were played by men.
CHARLIE: It’s like that gender-bender party I was too scared to attend.

BOTH:
So I guess I must be you,
and you must be me,
and we must be each other.
Sure it’s crazy and new,
but we just have to agree
that we must be each other.
Yeah, we must be each other, oh yeah.

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