say no to this off broadway
When I’m alone in my room, sometimes I stare at the wall
On this particular night I felt my conscious stall
I heard a knock on the door, I knew it wasn't my wife
That’s when Miss Maria Reynolds walked into my life
She said:
I know you are a man of honor
I’m so sorry to bother you at home
But I don’t know where to go, and I came here all alone…
She said:
My husband’s doin’ me wrong
Beatin’ me, cheatin’ me, mistreatin’ me...
Suddenly he’s up and gone
I don’t have the means to go on
So I offered her a loan, I offered to walk her home, she said
You’re too kind, sir
I gave her thirty bucks that I had socked away
She lived a block away, she said:
This one’s mine, sir
Then I said, “well, I should head back home,”
She turned red, she led me to her bed
Let her legs spread and said:
Stay?
Hey…
Hey…
That’s when I began to pray:
Lord, show me how to
Say
No to this
I don’t know how to
Say no to this
But my God, she looks so helpless
And her body’s screaming, “hell, yes”
Whoa...
Oh show me how to say
No to this
I don’t know how to
Say no to this
In my mind, I’m tryin’ to go
Go! Go! Go!
Then her mouth is on mine, and I don’t say…
Nooooooo!
Nooooooo!
Yes
Yes
Yes
Nooooooo!
Yes
Yes
Yes
Nooooooo!
Yes
Yes!
       Helpless! Hey hey hey hey    I look into your eyes Hey hey    And the sky’s the limit  Hey hey    I’m helpless! Hey hey hey hey      Will he ever be satisfied?   Down for the count,  He will   and I’m  never   drownin’ in ‘em  be satisfied 
I wish I could say that was the last time
I said that last time. It became a pastime
A month into this endeavor I received a letter
From a Mr. James Reynolds, even better, it said:
Dear Sir, I hope this letter finds you in good health
And in a prosperous enough position to put wealth
In the pockets of people like me: down on their luck
You see, that was my wife who you decided to
Fuck!
Uh-oh! You made the wrong would-be sucker a cuckold
So time to pay the piper for the pants you unbuckled
And hey, you can keep seein’ my whore wife
If the price is right: if not I’m telling your wife
I hid the letter and I raced to her place
Screamed “How could you?!” in her face
She said:
No, sir!
Half dressed, apologetic. A mess, she looked
Pathetic, she cried:
Please don’t go, sir!
So was your whole story a setup?
I don’t know about any letter!
Stop crying
Goddamnit, get up!
I didn’t know any better
I am ruined...
      Please don’t leave me     with him helpless I am helpless    —how could you do this!?   Just give him what he wants    and you can     have me I don’t want you   Whatever you want, I don’t want you   If you pay I don’t want you   You can stay      
Lord, show me how to
Say no to this
And I
Say no to this
Cuz the situation’s helpless
Helpless
And her body’s screaming, “Hell, yes”
Whoa!
Lord show me how to say
No to this
      How can I say no to this? How can you say no to this? 
There is nowhere I can go
Go! Go! Go!
When her body’s on mine I do not say…
Nooooooo!
Yes
Yes
Yes
Nooooooo!
Yes
Yes
Yes
Nooooooo!
Yes
Yes!
Yes
Nooooooo!
Yes
Yes!
       Say no to this…     I don’t say no to this Don’t say no to this    There is nowhere I can go.       Go go go... 
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