Title:  do they always have to argue

Official title:  argue

Composer:  Joe Raposo / Tom Dunsmuir

Lead vocals:  Skip Hinnant, Rita Moreno

Backing vocals:  Jim Boyd, Morgan Freeman

Scene:  Skip and Rita as motorists pleading their case to a cop, played by Jim, with Morgan as Jim’s superior officer.

[SH]  I was driving very slow.

[JB]  Do they always have to argue?

[RM]  Yes, he was.  Ask me.  I know.

[JB]  All they ever do is argue.

[SH]  And I didn’t see the light.

[JB]  Will they never cease to argue?

[RM]  Yes, he’s absolutely right!

[JB]  Do they really have to argue?

[SH]  I have not done one thing wrong.

[JB]  If they only didn’t argue.

[RM]  He is good, upright, and strong!

[JB]  If just once they didn’t argue!

[SH]  I would never break the law.

[JB]  Maybe someday they won’t argue.

[RM]  He is perfect.  Not one flaw!

[JB]  Not a one of them will argue!

[SH]  Can’t you see this thing our way?

[JB]  I won’t have to hear them argue.

[RM]  You can make or break our day.

[JB]  And the world will cease to argue.

[SH]  ‘Cause we’re really fond of you.  Hmmm…

[JB]  Yes, they really hate to argue.

[SH, RM]  Yes, we really hate to argue.

[SH, RM, JB]  Oh, yes, we/they do, do, do.  A-doodle-lee-do.

Really hate to argue.  We/they really do…

[MF]  Why do they always have to argue?

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