A Freudian Slip of the Jung: The MUSICAL

ACT 1 SCENE 2: SONG: The Cigar Song

(You can play the music on the YouTube video above. I recorded "The Cigar Song" with me as Freud, Jamillah Ross as Minna, Moira Dunphy as Martha and Bruce Hunter as Jung. Bruce was the director of the original show. This song is one of my personal favorites. Jamillah also does the tap dance break.)

MUSIC: THE CIGAR SONG

VERSE 1:

SIGMUND

IS A CIGAR JUST A CIGAR?

CARL

IS A DREAM SIMPLY A DREAM?

SIGMUND

YOU ARE A RISING STAR

I CAN SEE THAT YOU ARE KEEN

SIGMUND AND CARL

AND WHEN TWO PEOPLE MEET

THERE IS AN ENERGY BETWEEN

SIGMUND

STICK WITH ME AND YOU'LL GO FAR

A CIGAR'S JUST A CIGAR

MINNA

YOU LOOK AT HIM WITH WONDER

AS IMPRESSED AS YOU CAN BE

YOU MAY TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD

BUT THERE IS MUCH FOR YOU TO SEE

SIGMUND

(INTERRUPTING)

BEFORE YOU RAISE A GLASS

AND SPEAK BEFORE YOU THINK

DON'T MAKE IT COMPLICATED

CUZ A DRINK IS JUST A DRINK. HEY!

MARTHA

A MEAL IS JUST A MEAL

BUT SO MUCH CAN BE REVEALED

IN A LIVELY CONVERSATION

WHILE WE'RE MUNCHING ON THE VEAL

FLAUNT IT OVER HERE

AND SHE FLAUNTS IT OVER THERE

MY HOUSE IS OVERFLOWING

BUT ALL MY CUPBOARDS BARE

SIGMUND

THE SENTIMENTAL'S DETRIMENTAL

TO SCIENTIFIC FUNDAMENTALS

I PUT THIS TO YOU KIND AND GENTLE

WE DON'T HAVE FAITH IN THE COINCIDENTAL

TAP DANCE BREAK

SIGMUND

IT'S JUST SOMETIMES A LATKES JUST A LATKE

CARL

BUT WHEN TAKEN WITH SOME VODKA

I LIE DOWN ON THE FLOOR

AND I OPEN UP MY CHAKRAS

SIGMUND

A DRINK IS JUST A DRINK

WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO THINK

SIGMUND AND CARL

YOU SWIRL IT AROUND

TILL YOUR MIND IS ON THE BLINK

MINNA

AND WHEN YOU ASK YOURSELF

WHY DOES A MAN ACT LIKE A DICK?

THE ANSWER'S IN YOUR HAND

CUZ A COCK IS JUST A PRICK

A WOMAN'S JUST A WOMAN

EVEN IF SHE'S EDUCATED

EVEN IF SHE'S SO MUCH SMARTER

MARTHA AND MINNA

SHE'S ALWAYS UNDERRATED!

CARL

I CAN SEE THAT YOU WILL BE JUDGMENTAL

BUT NOTHING HERE IS ACCIDENTAL

YOU BEGIN WITH EVOLUTION

THEN EMBRACE THE TRANSCENDENTAL

SIGMUND

THAT SOUNDS MENTAL!

CARL

HMMMM!

A CLOCK IS JUST A CLOCK

THE THING CAN ONLY TICK

WE THINK IT TELLS THE TIME

BUT THE ILLUSION'S JUST A TRICK

EVERYONE

CAN A DREAM JUST BE A DREAM

ARE WE WRONG TO THING THEY MEAN

SOMETHING MORE THAN THEY APPEAR

WHAT'S THE MESSAGE WE MUST GLEAN?

SIGMUND

IF A CIGAR'S JUST A CIGAR

CARL

AND THERE'S NOTHING MORE TO SEE?

SIGMUND AND CARL

THEN YOU AND I WOULD NEVER TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS

SIGMUND

(SOFTER)

AND WHEN TWO PEOPLE MEET

CARL

THERE IS AN ENERGY BETWEEN

SIGMUND

STICK WITH ME AND YOU'LL GO FAR

SIGMUND AND CARL

A CIGAR'S JUST A CIGAR!

CARL

(SPOKEN) MAYBE I WILL HAVE ONE

SIGMUND AND CARL

(THEY CHUCKLE AND TOUCH CIGARS)

(END OF SONG)

(Next Monday June 7/21 I will release the next scene ACT 1 SCENE 2: "The Religious Debate" which occurs between this song and the next song. This next scene is where Freud and Jung realize they are polar opposites when it comes to the subject of religion. Freud is a devout atheist and Jung is a practicing Catholic. See you then!)