Cry Baby
Ramona Oh, they can sing, your Honour. You should hear ’em. Oh! It’s new, it’s exciting.
Belvedere We don’t know what to call it. It sort of rocks, man, it, it spins.
Ramona Yeah!
Belvedere Nah, let me get the right words. It twirls. It twirls.
Judge Ramona and Belvedere Rickettes, I find you guilty of disturbing the peace and I fine the both of you, one thousand dollars.
Ramona But, that’s all we have.
Belvedere How are we supposed to live?
Judge Damn you. Handcuff those brats.
Pepper Don’t touch my children!
Judge And you, Pepper Walker… I’m going to have your two children put in the custody of the Chatterbox Orphanage, until they are adopted by God-fearing parents who at least will give them Christian names.
Pepper Not my children. They’re my flesh and blood.
Cry-Baby She’s a good mother.
Pepper They’re all I have!
Judge Mrs Tadlock.
Pepper Get away from them. You leave my kids alone!
Ramona Don’t you touch them kids.
Mrs Tadlock Come on.
Pepper I love you, children.
Judge Wade Walker, better known as Cry-Baby… What a sad and silly name for a young man. You were the ringleader in tonight’s gang war.
Allison Grandmother, help him. We were just singing together.
Cry-Baby Judge, let Allison go and I’ll take the full blame. I didn’t mean no harm, Mrs Vernon Williams. I may be a Drape, but I love your granddaughter. And if that’s a crime, I’ll stand convicted… ma’am.
Mrs Vernon Williams Your Honour, I am Allison’s grandmother. And, er, if Mr Walker does have a musical talent… I am willing to give him a second chance. Won’t you? The boy is at least polite.
Judge Mrs Vernon Williams… are you aware that Negroes were present at tonight’s disturbance?
Mrs Vernon Williams My granddaughter is fond of all kinds of music.
Judge I am going to release Allison this one time… because you are a fine and beautiful woman, Mrs Vernon Williams. But not you, Cry-Baby Walker. The only place you’re going to sing is in jail.
Allison No!
Judge I find you guilty of rampant juvenile delinquency… and I hereby sentence you… to the Maryland Training School for Boys until your twenty-first birthday.
Cry-Baby Ha!
Judge Court dismissed! Lock him up!
Ramona You can’t lock up his music!
Cry-Baby I’ll get out, sugar dumpling, I’ll get out if it’s the last thing I do! I swear!
Allison Cry-Baby!
Lenora Boy, do I have a story for you.
Press Man 1 How does it feel to be a juvenile delinquent?
Cry-Baby It feels good. I’ve never been so happy in my whole life. Lenora you filthy hag. I wouldn’t let you shine my boots! Allison’s my girl. A-L-L-I-S-O-N, fellows.
Press Man 2 When did he propose?
Lenora Just last night. You see, I’m pregnant with his child. You know that Cry-Baby is an orphan. He wants his baby to have a real family… for the family that he himself never had.
Inmates (Arguing and Shouting)
Warder Shut up! Shut up! Delinquents, hit the sack!
Inmate 1 I swear.
Warder Strip down, asshole. It’s beddy-bye time. Now don’t for get to say your prayers. God bless my probation officer!
Inmates God bless my probation officer.
Warder God bless the draft board!
Inmates God bless the draft board.
Warder God bless the juvenile authorities!
Inmates God bless the juvenile authorities.
Warder We’re gonna give you a haircut tomorrow, pretty boy. You ever hear of a whiffle? Well, that’s what you’re gonna get, you big old cry-baby, you. God bless Dwight Eisenhower!
Inmates God bless Dwight Eisenhower.
Warder God bless Roy Cohn!
Inmates God bless Roy Cohn.
Warder God bless Richard Nixon!
Inmates God bless Richard Nixon.
Warder Nighty-night, boys.
Allison Cry-Baby.
Cry-Baby(singing) Teardrops are falling. Teardrops are falling.
Inmates(singing) Cry, go on, cry. Cry, go on, cry.
Cry-Baby(singing) Teardrops are falling. Out my eyes. Teardrops are falling. I wonder why. Teardrops are falling. For you made me cry.
Dupree(singing) Yes, teardrops are falling. Falling from my eyes. Yes, yes, yes. You made me cry. When you went away. You stayed away so long. Come back, my dear.
Cry-Baby(singing) My heart is aching. Almost breaking. If you hear me. Come back to me. Teardrops are falling. And you made me cry.
Inmates(singing) Cry, don’t cry. Cry, don’t cry. Cry, don’t cry. Cry, don’t cry.
Mrs Vernon Williams Oh, God.
Radio Announcer Call these Drapettes bold, call them brazen, but whatever you do, don’t call them Square. Yes, mothers, you should be worried. Following last night’s disturbance at Turkey Point, Cry-Baby Walker, convicted delinquent, had the nerve to announce his engagement to fellow gang member and known hussy… Lenora Frigid, mother-to-be of his child.
Lenora Cry-Baby is an orphan. And he wants his baby to have a real family… for the family that he himself never had.
Radio Announcer Wade Walker, defiantly entering the Maryland Training School for Boys had this to say…
Cry-Baby It feels good, man. I’ve never been so happy in my whole life.
Mrs Vernon Williams Hurry, Allison, hide. The newspapers have blown this completely out of proportion.
Allison He lied to me, grandmother. And the whole world knows I’m just a Drape fool.
Mrs Vernon Williams Heavy hangs the head, that last night wore the crown. Allison.
Baldwin & Whiffles(singing) The naughty lady of Shady Lane. Has hit the town like a bomb. The back-fence gossip ain’t been this good. Since Mabel ran off with Tom. Our town was peaceful and quiet. Before she came on the scene. The lady has started a riot. Disturbing the suburban routine…
Mrs Vernon Williams Allison Vernon Williams, you don’t have to decide today. Give your heart some time to think.
Baldwin & Whiffles(singing) The naughty lady of Shady Lane. So delectable. Quite respectable. Me, oh, my, what a girl.
Baldwin Allison, would you sing with me today?
Dupree Hey, man, you old lady’s on the radio. There’s trouble, Cry-Baby, big trouble.
Cry-Baby Allison!
Baldwin There’s a new place that’s opening. It’s… sorta wild, kinda cool. It’s called a theme park and it’s the first in the state of Maryland.
Allison I’d be proud to, Baldwin. Cry-Baby Walker, I hope you’re happy with Lenora. I only have one thing to say to you. I think you’re a liar, and a cad… and I spit on your tears.
Baldwin I can sing better than Cry-Baby Walker any day of the week.
Cry-Baby(singing) Well, I ain’t here ‘cos I drive too fast. And I’m too young to have a criminal past. Some good behaviour would be all right. But I don’t seem to qualify. I’m just out for a little fun. But I’m guilty till I’m twenty-one. I guess I’m doing time for being young. So cut these shackles off of me.
Inmates(singing) Let me go. Let me go.
Cry-Baby(singing) This kind of suit don’t set me free.
Inmates(singing) Set me free. Set me free.
Cry-Baby(singing) Well, I can’t live if I can’t ride.
Inmates(singing) Let me ride. Let me ride.
Cry-Baby(singing) And I want my baby by my side.
Inmates(singing) I want my baby by my side.
Cry-Baby(singing) Yes, I’m just out for a little fun. But I’m guilty till I’m twenty-one. I guess I’m doing time for being young. Now, I can’t let the right thing stand in my way. Someday, baby, I’ll know better. But right now I’m making them pay. What do I do, who do I thank?
Inmates(singing) What can I do? What can I do?
Cry-Baby(singing) To get me out of this stinking tank.
Inmates(singing) Stinking tank. Stinking tank.
Cry-Baby(singing) It’s heartbreaking to be this age.
