The Good Ship Murder (2023) s01e08 Episode Script
Malta
1
PA SYSTEM:
'Bongu, ladies and gentlemen.
'This is Beverly,
your cruise director,
'informing all guests that the ship
has now arrived in sunny Valletta.
'I'd also like to remind you
of our exclusive concert
'coming up in the main theatre
by the legendary Vida Devine.'
# You're dragging me back down #
CROWD CHEER
WOMAN: Vida! Vida! Vida!
Excuse me, legend coming through.
That's close enough,
thank you very much.
# Was it something that I did? #
Out the way, thank you.
I wonder if she can sing
tiesse di dj'va. Ti-is-a what?
Hurdy-gurdy. Mother wants it played
at our wedding.
Only teasing.
Or "ti-essing", even.
Hm, good one (!)
A hearty welcome, Miss Devine.
It is an unprecedented pleasure
to welcome you aboard.
Vida, please. No need to stand
on ceremony with me, darling.
Vida
Oh.
Melody Jones, A-Lister Online.
Er, the press conference is 2pm.
I've been doing some digging.
I said 2pm, thank you.
This way, Miss Devine.
You'll really wanna hear this.
Excuse me.
Yeah, I need to get to Vida's cabin.
Yeah, I think you need to back off,
don't you?
You know,
I was gonna go easy on her,
but after this,
I might just go ahead and bury her.
# Going on an adventure
# And I've got a feeling
The sun don't shine
# Shine, the sun don't shine
# I'm in love with the ocean
# And I've got a feeling
I'm sailing tonight
# Tonight, I'm sailing tonight
# It's because of you
# Your love is an ember
# I'm going on an adventure
With you on my mind
# I'm going on an adventure
With you on my mind. #
I've got all your albums.
Then I went and bought them all
on CD.
Then I had someone download them
for me.
VIDA YAWNS
Really? Oh, excuse me.
Is my little songbird tired?
Listen, we had a very early start.
Word is Vida's as fragile
as a Ming vase.
She's been cancelling concerts
left, right and centre.
I'd like to see
my cabin now, please.
Let me show you.
Vida, over here! Oi!
I can't believe it's her.
She's looking at me.
She's actually looking at me!
So, rehearsals and sound check.
Mm-hm, 10am tomorrow.
Oh, and don't forget,
Captain's dinner tonight, 8pm sharp.
Mm-hm.
Excuse me.
It's gonna be such an honour
sharing a stage with you.
I don't mean to brag, but my intros
are the stuff of legend.
Cheers, love. Thanks.
It's a bit early even for you.
Yeah, well, it helps with my nerves.
Look, I'm the one with nerves.
You are bleeding me dry.
This is business.
Mm?
So just pull yourself together,
get out there and do your thing.
I'm done with you, Conor.
Ah
After this second-rate gig is over,
I'm gonna be looking
for a new manager.
HE LAUGHS
Do you really think somebody else
would have you, hm?
I'm all you've got left, sweetheart.
KNOCKING ON DOOR
Hi. I'm Jack.
CONOR CHUCKLES
Mr Grayling.
It's fabulous to meet you.
I'm Conor Williams. I am
PHONE RINGS
Sorry.
What?
Yep, yeah. I'm coming down.
That's the local film crew, darling.
Oh.
Five minutes.
OK.
Mm?
I could always come back.
No, no, no, please.
Come and sit down, sweetie.
I always like to get to know
who's opening for me.
Conor played me your demo.
Fabulous voice.
HE EXHALES
A sultan invited me
to his palace in the desert once.
No doubt you sang
like a nightingale.
No, sadly not.
A sandstorm hit,
and then I turned into Bonnie Tyler.
THEY CHUCKLE
I didn't get a chance earlier.
Conor Williams.
Kate Woods, First Officer.
Oh, I think that makes you
my first First Officer.
SHE LAUGHS AWKWARDLY
Kate.
Jack.
May I ask you all to raise
your glasses to our esteemed guest?
The voice that sings like no other.
Miss Vida Devine.
ALL: Vida.
Look, it says right here,
"Prize includes an intimate evening
with superstar Vida Devine."
Intimate?
We're not even sat
at the same table.
When are you gonna stop whining
and start wining?
She hasn't looked over once.
COURTNEY SIGHS
Screw this.
Courtney?
Budge up, Captain Birdseye.
Mark should be sitting there.
I beg your pardon?
He entered that competition
a million times,
and where's he end up?
Barely in the same room.
Courtney, please.
Mark, is it? I think you should take
your girlfriend back to her seat.
Well, all I wanted was to meet Vida.
Look, I think there's been a mix-up.
CONOR CHUCKLES
Vida's always happy
to meet her fans.
COURTNEY: You rotten old cow.
Courtney
I think that's enough.
Yeah, I think that's
more than enough, actually.
Back off, starch pants.
Forget the old bag,
she's a has-been.
Let's go do the karaoke instead.
I really cannot apologise enough,
Miss Devine.
That was utterly uncalled for.
I'll take you back to your cabin.
No, she's fine.
Aren't you, Vida?
SOMBRE PIANO MUSIC
# You sent me to the top #
SHE CLEARS HER THROA
# Now you're dragging me back down
# Round your little finger #
SHE CLEARS HER THROA
# On a train out of town
# Was it something that I did?
# Was it something that went wrong?
# I know I did it badly
# But I loved you all along
# This is my time to prove it
# This is my final stand
# To show the world I can do it
# Do this by myself
# This is my finest moment
# Under the circumstance
# This is my time to feel
# To feel alive #
SHE PANTS
Um, no, I'm sorry, I can't,
I can't sing this song any more.
Sorry! No.
Vida!
Get a grip.
No.
This is the song
they've all come to hear.
Yes, but I'm exhausted,
and I don't think
I can play tonight.
Vida, Vida, honey, look,
this lifestyle does not come cheap.
And it won't come at all
if you keep cancelling.
So come on, my little lush.
HE CHUCKLES
There's a scotch in it if you sing.
How dare you?
You want to show some respect.
Do you wanna open tonight?
This is my ship, my world, my stage.
Come on, let's get out of here.
Vi-Vi
VOICE OF VIDA:
# This is my time to prove it
# This is my final stand
# To show the world I can do it
# Do this by myself
# This is my finest moment
# Under the circumstance
# This is my time to feel #
Grazzi. Cheers!
Cheers.
JACK LAUGHS
# To feel alive. #
I've not had this much fun
in forever!
A few hours in the company
of Vida Devine.
Pleasure's all mine.
HE LAUGHS
Can I ask, why didn't you want
to sing your song?
You wrote it, you lived it.
Because it's a lie, Jack. All of it.
Everything I am,
everything I became.
And that song,
that's the biggest lie of all.
No, but that song made you.
It took you right to the top.
Yes, and I wanted it really badly.
Hit record, fame, money,
but it comes at a cost.
You lose sight of who you were
and how hard it was to make it.
OK, you become this star,
and, you know,
that lasts for a while.
But Vida Devine
she's a myth I created.
She's not real.
Hilda Plunkett is still in there
and she wants to come back.
I need her to.
PHONE RINGS
Conor doesn't deserve you.
Yeah, well, he's the only man
who's ever looked out for me.
VOICEMAIL TONE
Vida, it's me again, babe.
Listen, listen,
I'm sorry that I lost it.
Look, let's meet
at the Barrakka Gardens, yeah?
I'm on my way there now.
We'll talk it through, yeah?
Just the two of us.
CONOR SIGHS
If you need back-up, I'm here.
Oh, I can handle Conor.
Bottom line is he knows he needs me.
Come and get me in a bit.
Mm-hm.
CHURCH BELL TOLLS
BOAT HORN BLARES
SEAGULLS CALL
RUSTLING
Conor?
JACK SIGHS
Vida.
Vida. No.
CAMERAS CLICK
What was Vida doing here?
Conor wanted to meet her.
They had a few words in rehearsals.
Well, then, I think
we should go and find him.
Look, maybe we should split up.
He could be anywhere in the city.
Anyone would think that you were
trying to avoid me.
Well, after what happened
with Rebecca,
I wasn't sure what to think.
Look, Jack,
this other life that you've got,
the real Jack Grayling,
it's none of my business.
No, you were right.
I shouldn't have closed it down.
OK.
So, is there something
that you want to say to me?
Look, we're trying
to solve a murder, Kate.
SHE SCOFFS
Kate.
Jack, it's fine.
Forget I mentioned it.
SIGHS
You could've waited for me.
Nearly broke my arms trying to carry
this lot back to the ship.
You were taking so long
in the changing room,
You tried on everything in there.
Don't you want me to look my best?
You maxed out my credit card.
It's gonna to take me months
to clear all this!
Oh, just chillax, Mark,
we're supposed to be on holiday.
CONOR SIGHS
Ah! Good.
You can tell me
how to get to Barrakka Gardens.
Are you serious?
I've been wondering around
in circles.
And Vida's not answering.
Probably steaming somewhere.
Conor Vida's dead.
What?
I dropped her off in the gardens,
and someone was waiting for her.
No, no, no, I've got to see her,
you know, say I'm sorry.
Put things right.
Look, someone's killed her.
And you're the only person,
apart from me,
who knew where she was going to be.
And you think
I had something to do?
Hey. Hey, hey, hey.
No!
JACK SIGHS
Oh.
CONOR CHUCKLES
I can't believe this is happening.
Vida
She's gone.
SOBS
DOOR CLOSES
The police have asked me to look
into any suspicious passengers.
Anyone jumping out?
Well, Conor was the only person
who knew where Vida was going to be.
Said he got lost, couldn't find
the Barrakka Gardens.
But he could have just stopped
and asked anyone.
What was the row at rehearsal about?
Ah, he was furious that
she didn't wanna perform tonight.
I hate to say it, but killing her
would be a little bit
counter-productive to that.
Yeah, so, what else?
Random robbery?
What, and then somebody strangles
her with her own rosary beads?
But the rosary wasn't hers.
I was with her all morning.
She didn't have one.
This might not be much,
but the prizewinner
and his girlfriend were in town
the exact same time Vida was killed.
The two that caused
the big scene last night? Mm.
So, one of them kills her
because of what, exactly?
Because they didn't get to sit
at the Captain's table?
JACK SIGHS
She was a completely
different woman this morning.
Different? In what way?
Oh, she wanted to give
everything up.
The fame, the lifestyle.
Go back to being plain old
Hilda Plunkett.
Plunkett?
Just thought I recognised the name.
So, something happened between
the Captain's dinner last night
and rehearsal this morning.
Something that's made her
question everything.
Jamil, I need your master key.
I love this one.
What's that?
Look at this,
it's the lyrics to Vida's hit song.
Odd thing to use as a bookmark.
It's dated a whole year
before the song was released.
You think it's the original?
VOICE OF VIDA:
'It's a lie, Jack. All of it.'
Everything I am,
everything I became.
And that song,
that's the biggest lie of all.
I don't think she wrote the song,
Jamil.
Someone else did.
GENTLE JAZZ PIANO
Where'd you get this?
Vida was using it as a bookmark.
CONOR LAUGHS
Very amusing.
She never read a book in her life.
When we were out earlier,
Vida told me it was a lie.
All of it.
So, what was a lie, Conor?
D'you mind?
I'm trying to drown my sorrows.
Because I loved that woman.
She was my shining star.
She didn't write the song, did she?
So where did it come from?
A hit song doesn't just appear
out of thin air.
Yeah, well, that one did.
Well, it arrived in the post
one morning.
I used to run
a music publishing outfit.
I was a one-man show
with nothing to show for it.
Until that appeared.
And you stole it?
It wasn't copyrighted.
I just
I just put Vida's name on it.
And not yours?
LAUGHS
Everybody knew I couldn't
pen a lyric to save my life.
So Vida's entire career
was built on a lie.
Your lie, Conor.
And worse than that,
it might have got her killed.
Don't you be ridiculous, man.
It happened years ago!
Then tell me
who actually wrote the song,
and I can take care of the rest.
It was just some two-bit plugger
doing the rounds.
I've-I've wiped it from my memory.
I'm sorry.
I really am.
But I-I can't help you.
OK. We are looking for
a thwarted songwriter,
somebody with a grudge.
Plenty of those in showbiz.
Where did you get this book?
Uh, Vida's cabin. Why?
There was this, uh, pushy reporter
when Vida first got on board.
She was definitely carrying
this book.
Are you sure it's the same one?
Yeah. OK, two things.
She wanted to know
where Vida's cabin was.
Second thing?
She told me
she was gonna bury her.
You should speak to this reporter.
Thanks, Jamil. I wouldn't have
thought of that without you.
You're welcome.
According to Yuval,
the reporter is one Melody Jones,
and she disembarked an hour ago.
Well, maybe she packed up
and left already.
And miss out on a story like this?
A live Vida Devine is big news.
A dead one is huge.
You know what she looks like, right?
I'm good with faces,
part of my skill set.
Kate.
Look, those things that
we said to each other yesterday,
it all kinda came out wrong.
Well, you were upset about Vida.
JACK SIGHS
OK.
PIANO PLAYS IN DISTANCE
You asked me if there was
something I wanted to say to you.
Jack.
MUSIC CONTINUES
It's Vida's song.
It's coming from
Over there.
MUSIC INTENSIFIES
# You send me to the top
# Now you're dragging me back down
# Had me round your finger
# Now I'm on a train out of town
# Was it something that I did?
# Was it something that went wrong?
# I know I did it badly
# But I loved you all along #
That's Melody.
Wow. She can certainly sing.
MUSIC CONTINUES
We know you met up with Vida
the night before she died.
You gave her this book.
It had a hidden song in it.
The one you were just playing.
Is that what you'd found out?
That Vida hadn't written it?
Was that the big scoop
that you were waiting for?
I think this conversation's over.
One thing that I don't get
is why you would leave it in there.
Like, the one bit of proof you had.
I mean, that song made millions.
Mm.
It was famous worldwide.
And whoever wrote it
has missed out on all of that.
If it was me, I'd be furious.
Mm.
It was mine. OK?
She stole it from me.
And then your magazine gave you
an assignment, and there it was.
The chance to confront Vida
with the truth.
Someone else took your song,
your life.
How about spending the next 20 years
trying to write another hit?
Desperate to get the success
that I was owed.
I must have buried it so deep.
I had to.
Would've sent me crazy otherwise.
I think you can file "murder"
under crazy.
Melody!
What?
Where were you when Vida was killed?
It's none of your business!
We've got the book.
We've got the song.
Vida said the one decent thing
she could do for me
was let everyone know
that I wrote that song,
so why on Earth would I kill her?
We were gonna do a trade.
I ignore her past,
and she gives me the future
that I should've had in turn.
I hate to say it. She's got a point.
Someone else knew
that Vida was in those gardens.
Well, they can't have done.
I was with her this morning
when she got that call.
Maybe they were
already in Valletta.
They could come across her
by chance, or followed her there.
You know what those crazed fans
are like.
CHURCH BELL TOLLS
But why would they want Vida dead?
You do know that this
isn't your fault, don't you?
I should've just gone with her,
you know?
Jack, you couldn't have known
her life was in danger.
You want to know
the real Jack Grayling?
Why he quit the police force
to go and work on a cruise ship?
If he wants to tell me, yeah.
JACK SIGHS
So, I was working on this big case.
And there was this 17-year-old kid
called Ben. Great lad.
One of the bravest people
I've ever met.
He was the sole witness to a murder,
and the one person
who could send this dealer down.
Now, I was supposed to be
looking after him,
but my daughter, Mia, she just
She had some issues at home,
and I
You wanted to be there for her.
Yeah.
So I asked this colleague of mine
on the case to keep an eye on him,
even though I was
the only person Ben trusted
and I'd promised he'd be safe.
Those were the last words
I ever spoke to him.
Turns out
this colleague had been paid off.
He gave the heads-up to the dealer
and told him
exactly where to find him.
Look, I couldn't stay after that.
No way.
So I quit the force.
My marriage broke down.
And I ran away to sea.
That's a lot to take in.
Bad judgement.
Bad policing. Bad parenting.
So, that's me, Kate.
The real Jack.
So now feel free
to run for the hills.
JACK LAUGHS
It's good to finally meet him.
I just want some justice for Vida.
Well, I think
we can safely rule Melody out.
Conor claims that he didn't even
know where the gardens were, so
Then why did he ask her
to meet him there?
PHONE RINGS
Conor? Hi.
OK. Where are you now?
CHURCH BELL TOLLS
Thought I'd feel close to her here.
Still can't believe she's gone.
Tell me about Melody.
Who the hell's Melody?
She's the person
who wrote that hit song.
The one you and Vida
made millions out of.
When did you find out
that Vida was going to tell
the world you'd stolen it?
CONOR CHUCKLES
I'd love to know
where you buy your baloney.
You would've been finished,
reputation in ruins,
having to pay every penny back.
I'm guessing you tried
to talk Vida round.
I told you before, I didn't even
know where this place was.
Then why ask her to meet you here?
She took off with you.
I didn't know where she was,
I just picked it out of a map.
Only man to ever look out for her,
that's what she told me.
Until you pushed her too far.
Jack, just tread carefully.
You're in danger
of screwing everything up.
I'm sorry, you've lost me.
You think I came out here to watch
Vida cancel yet another gig?
CHUCKLES
I came here for you.
I sent your demo out.
I've got contacts
all over the world.
London, New York, Vegas.
Now ask me
why I never met up with Vida.
Come on.
Ask me.
I was waiting to hear back
from a booker.
Reception was bad, I was moving
around town, and I got lost.
Eventually, they called back.
And d'you know what, Jack?
They heard what I heard.
That's a golden voice you've got.
Think I'm gonna fall for that?
Vida was finished.
I needed someone new,
and you just fell on my desk.
Now you've lost your meal ticket,
yeah. I'm a pragmatist.
It's the only thing that's
kept me going all these years.
That and an eye for talent.
If I can make
Hilda Plunkett into Vida,
just think what I can do for you.
Just stop with the lies.
You're on a ship jammed full
of has-beens and never-weres.
If you wanna be a real star,
then I can make it happen.
Just give me the word, Jack.
JACK SIGHS
DOOR OPENS
Haven't seen Conor
walking the plank yet.
There's no proof he killed Vida.
Well, he stole that song.
And Vida was ready to let Melody
tell the world.
JACK SIGHS
Conor says he can make me a star.
KATE LAUGHS
He what?
He even thinks
I can crack Las Vegas.
He's got all the connections.
He loves my voice.
Jack, Conor's playing you.
In exactly the same way
that he played Vida.
He knows that we're on to him.
JACK SCOFFS
Well
A two-bit cruise ship singer
with ideas above his station, yeah?
No, no, I didn't mean it like that.
There's nothing left for me
on this ship, Kate.
Not any more.
It's your life, Jack.
We all need to follow our dreams.
SOFTLY: Yeah.
DOOR CLOSES
MELODY: 'We were gonna do a trade.'
I ignore her past,
and she gives me the future
that I should've had in turn.
Have you seen Jack?
he's meant to be rehearsing.
I think he's in his dressing room.
Is everything OK with you two?
Yeah, fine.
Sorry, Beth,
I-I need to go and find Piers.
Kate.
Can I tell you something?
I've seen lots of newlyweds
on cruises.
And almost half of them
head straight to the karaoke
and sing love songs to each other.
It's almost a
Well, a ritual for lovers.
Piers has
Piers has been texting me all day.
And they all have
that same look in their eyes.
And it's a look that says
they're never
gonna look away from each other.
Ever.
I don't, erm
I don't understand
where this is going.
Kate it's a look you don't have.
In fact, you don't have anything
those people have.
Not with Piers, anyway.
SHE SNIFFLES
CHURCH BELL TOLLS
One last question.
God, you never give up, do you?
You said you were going to trade
your future for Vida's past.
Let's just both leave her in peace.
I thought you were talking about
your song,
but you weren't, were you?
You already got what you wanted.
Vida was going to make sure
everyone knew you had written it.
So, what was the trade, Melody?
What else was in Vida's past
that she didn't want you
telling the world?
If I tell you, will you go away?
Scout's honour.
I went all the back to when she was
plain old Hilda Plunkett.
She was 19
when she got herself knocked up.
Vida Devine
had a baby she abandoned.
It's Jack.
Listen, do we have
any passengers on the ship
with the surname Plunkett?
OK, do we know where he is now?
Which cathedral?
CHORAL MUSIC
Thought you'd be in confession.
MARK: I don't speak the language.
Then how about you confess to me
Mr Plunkett?
When did you take
your mother's name?
As soon as I found out
who I really was.
I thought Vida would like that.
I mean that's who she is
underneath all the stardust.
A Plunkett.
I can't stay out of churches.
MARK LAUGHS
Even now.
It's like I'm hoping
she'll come back and find me.
The The abbess who took me in
..she told me who I really was
just before she died.
"As a mother comforts her child"
EMOTIONALLY:
"..so will I comfort you."
MARK EXHALES
I get it, Mark. I do.
I've got a daughter back home
who needs me.
And I can see the pain
in her eyes.
No matter how many times
she tries to tell me she's fine.
You know
You know, I really thought
Vida would know who I was.
At the Captain's dinner, I mean.
I was
I was trembling inside,
hoping she'd recognise me.
She just looked straight through me.
What happened in the gardens, Mark?
'I wanted to tell her who I was.
'I had the rosary to prove it.'
Conor?
It's me Mum.
It's me, Mark.
Oh, God.
It's OK.
I haven't come to
shout and yell things.
Already feel so much better
now that we are both standing here.
How did you find me?
Sister Agnes gave me these
just before she died.
She told me everything.
VIDA SOBS
I'm so sorry.
How can you ever forgive me?
I understand.
You were young, you had dreams!
Big dreams.
And I also had a baby.
It was either stay at home
and regret everything or
You don't have to explain yourself.
I figured it all out
you see, from your song.
Um
"You sent me to the top.
"Now you're dragging me back down."
That was about me as a baby.
You were writing about
how I made you feel happy,
and how I made you feel sad, and
I knew you were reaching out to me.
That's why I had to come
and find you.
My darling baby boy.
I didn't write that song.
Yes, you
Yes, you did, your name's on it.
They're not my words.
That was your apology.
I hate that song,
I've always hated that song.
How can How could you say that?!
You were singing to me, just me!
VIDA WHIMPERS
MARK STRAINS
I believed every word!
Every single word.
MARK SOBS
KNOCKING ON DOOR
Good. You got my text.
Sorry, erm Been busy. Er
But I'm here now, so
what's going on?
Er, it's my mother.
She's been speaking with caterers.
I told her it's
not really her department,
but she insisted,
and now I have
a list of people to interview.
Frikandel, bitterballen,
kastengels, Flemish hotchpotch.
The thing is,
it's not really what Mother wants.
It's all about you.
And you can have anything.
I'll sip from a bowl of steam.
If that's what you decide,
that that's what you'd like.
Because, well
Because you're going to be
my beautiful bride.
So
I suppose
the question I need to ask
Perhaps the question
we both need to ask is, well
..what is it you want, Kate?
I'll take my lead from you.
Let the monkey out of the sleeve,
as we say.
SOFTLY: Piers
..I think you're amazing.
I think you're kind
and funny
and caring.
And I think that
any girl would be lucky to have you.
But if there's one thing
..that I've learned recently,
it's
that people have to be honest
with themselves.
Because it is the only way
that we can ever truly be happy.
And there,
I thought everything was perfect.
It is.
It was.
Perfect
..is not what I want.
I'm sorry.
SHE SOBS
PHONE BEEPS
He's gone.
Didn't even say goodbye.
SOBS
JACK: # Da-da-da-da
# Ooh, I would take the stars
Out of the sky for you
# Stop the rain from falling
# If you asked me to
# I'd do anything for you
# Your wish is my command. #
Jamil said you'd left with Conor!
No, no, no,
I was just waving him off.
You didn't seriously
think I'd go with him?
I'm better than that, Kate.
Really?
You OK?
I broke up with Piers.
The wedding's off.
What happened to Vegas?
I decided it wasn't for me.
Look, this is where
I'm meant to be, Kate.
A singer on a ship, out at sea,
wondering what comes next.
The show's about to start.
AUDIENCE CLAPPING
CHEERING
# I would take the stars
Out of the sky for you
# Stop the rain from falling
If you asked me to
# I'd do anything for you
# Your wish is my command
# I could move a mountain
# When your hand is in my hand
# Words could not express
# How much you mean to me
# There must be some other way
To make you see
# If it takes my heart and soul
# You know I'd pay the price
# Everything that I possess
# I'd gladly sacrifice
# You to me are everything
# The sweetest song
That I could sing
# Oh, baby
# Oh, baby
# To you, I guess, I'm just a clown
# Who picks you up
Each time you're down
# Oh, baby
# Oh, baby
# Give me just a taste of love
# To build my hopes upon
# You know you got the power, girl
# To keep me holding on
# So now you've got the best of me
# Come on and take the rest of me
# Oh, baby
# You to me are everything
# The sweetest song
That I could sing
# Oh, baby
# Oh, baby
# Oh, baby
# To you, I guess, I'm just a clown
# Who picks you up
Each time you're down
# Oh, baby
# Oh, baby
# Give me just a taste of love
# To build my hopes upon
# You know you got the power, girl
# To keep me holding on
# So now you've got the best of me
# Come on and take the rest of me
# Oh, baby
# You're the sweetest song
That I could sing
# Oh, baby
# Yes I need you, baby
VOCALISES
# Oh, baby
# Give me just a taste of love
To build my hopes upon
# To keep me holding on
# Take the rest of me
# Oh, baby. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# You thought you'd run away now
# From the troubles in your life
# And watch a new horizon
# In the sky
# But now the truth's
Caught up with you
# Forever is waiting for you
# In the deep blue. #
PA SYSTEM:
'Bongu, ladies and gentlemen.
'This is Beverly,
your cruise director,
'informing all guests that the ship
has now arrived in sunny Valletta.
'I'd also like to remind you
of our exclusive concert
'coming up in the main theatre
by the legendary Vida Devine.'
# You're dragging me back down #
CROWD CHEER
WOMAN: Vida! Vida! Vida!
Excuse me, legend coming through.
That's close enough,
thank you very much.
# Was it something that I did? #
Out the way, thank you.
I wonder if she can sing
tiesse di dj'va. Ti-is-a what?
Hurdy-gurdy. Mother wants it played
at our wedding.
Only teasing.
Or "ti-essing", even.
Hm, good one (!)
A hearty welcome, Miss Devine.
It is an unprecedented pleasure
to welcome you aboard.
Vida, please. No need to stand
on ceremony with me, darling.
Vida
Oh.
Melody Jones, A-Lister Online.
Er, the press conference is 2pm.
I've been doing some digging.
I said 2pm, thank you.
This way, Miss Devine.
You'll really wanna hear this.
Excuse me.
Yeah, I need to get to Vida's cabin.
Yeah, I think you need to back off,
don't you?
You know,
I was gonna go easy on her,
but after this,
I might just go ahead and bury her.
# Going on an adventure
# And I've got a feeling
The sun don't shine
# Shine, the sun don't shine
# I'm in love with the ocean
# And I've got a feeling
I'm sailing tonight
# Tonight, I'm sailing tonight
# It's because of you
# Your love is an ember
# I'm going on an adventure
With you on my mind
# I'm going on an adventure
With you on my mind. #
I've got all your albums.
Then I went and bought them all
on CD.
Then I had someone download them
for me.
VIDA YAWNS
Really? Oh, excuse me.
Is my little songbird tired?
Listen, we had a very early start.
Word is Vida's as fragile
as a Ming vase.
She's been cancelling concerts
left, right and centre.
I'd like to see
my cabin now, please.
Let me show you.
Vida, over here! Oi!
I can't believe it's her.
She's looking at me.
She's actually looking at me!
So, rehearsals and sound check.
Mm-hm, 10am tomorrow.
Oh, and don't forget,
Captain's dinner tonight, 8pm sharp.
Mm-hm.
Excuse me.
It's gonna be such an honour
sharing a stage with you.
I don't mean to brag, but my intros
are the stuff of legend.
Cheers, love. Thanks.
It's a bit early even for you.
Yeah, well, it helps with my nerves.
Look, I'm the one with nerves.
You are bleeding me dry.
This is business.
Mm?
So just pull yourself together,
get out there and do your thing.
I'm done with you, Conor.
Ah
After this second-rate gig is over,
I'm gonna be looking
for a new manager.
HE LAUGHS
Do you really think somebody else
would have you, hm?
I'm all you've got left, sweetheart.
KNOCKING ON DOOR
Hi. I'm Jack.
CONOR CHUCKLES
Mr Grayling.
It's fabulous to meet you.
I'm Conor Williams. I am
PHONE RINGS
Sorry.
What?
Yep, yeah. I'm coming down.
That's the local film crew, darling.
Oh.
Five minutes.
OK.
Mm?
I could always come back.
No, no, no, please.
Come and sit down, sweetie.
I always like to get to know
who's opening for me.
Conor played me your demo.
Fabulous voice.
HE EXHALES
A sultan invited me
to his palace in the desert once.
No doubt you sang
like a nightingale.
No, sadly not.
A sandstorm hit,
and then I turned into Bonnie Tyler.
THEY CHUCKLE
I didn't get a chance earlier.
Conor Williams.
Kate Woods, First Officer.
Oh, I think that makes you
my first First Officer.
SHE LAUGHS AWKWARDLY
Kate.
Jack.
May I ask you all to raise
your glasses to our esteemed guest?
The voice that sings like no other.
Miss Vida Devine.
ALL: Vida.
Look, it says right here,
"Prize includes an intimate evening
with superstar Vida Devine."
Intimate?
We're not even sat
at the same table.
When are you gonna stop whining
and start wining?
She hasn't looked over once.
COURTNEY SIGHS
Screw this.
Courtney?
Budge up, Captain Birdseye.
Mark should be sitting there.
I beg your pardon?
He entered that competition
a million times,
and where's he end up?
Barely in the same room.
Courtney, please.
Mark, is it? I think you should take
your girlfriend back to her seat.
Well, all I wanted was to meet Vida.
Look, I think there's been a mix-up.
CONOR CHUCKLES
Vida's always happy
to meet her fans.
COURTNEY: You rotten old cow.
Courtney
I think that's enough.
Yeah, I think that's
more than enough, actually.
Back off, starch pants.
Forget the old bag,
she's a has-been.
Let's go do the karaoke instead.
I really cannot apologise enough,
Miss Devine.
That was utterly uncalled for.
I'll take you back to your cabin.
No, she's fine.
Aren't you, Vida?
SOMBRE PIANO MUSIC
# You sent me to the top #
SHE CLEARS HER THROA
# Now you're dragging me back down
# Round your little finger #
SHE CLEARS HER THROA
# On a train out of town
# Was it something that I did?
# Was it something that went wrong?
# I know I did it badly
# But I loved you all along
# This is my time to prove it
# This is my final stand
# To show the world I can do it
# Do this by myself
# This is my finest moment
# Under the circumstance
# This is my time to feel
# To feel alive #
SHE PANTS
Um, no, I'm sorry, I can't,
I can't sing this song any more.
Sorry! No.
Vida!
Get a grip.
No.
This is the song
they've all come to hear.
Yes, but I'm exhausted,
and I don't think
I can play tonight.
Vida, Vida, honey, look,
this lifestyle does not come cheap.
And it won't come at all
if you keep cancelling.
So come on, my little lush.
HE CHUCKLES
There's a scotch in it if you sing.
How dare you?
You want to show some respect.
Do you wanna open tonight?
This is my ship, my world, my stage.
Come on, let's get out of here.
Vi-Vi
VOICE OF VIDA:
# This is my time to prove it
# This is my final stand
# To show the world I can do it
# Do this by myself
# This is my finest moment
# Under the circumstance
# This is my time to feel #
Grazzi. Cheers!
Cheers.
JACK LAUGHS
# To feel alive. #
I've not had this much fun
in forever!
A few hours in the company
of Vida Devine.
Pleasure's all mine.
HE LAUGHS
Can I ask, why didn't you want
to sing your song?
You wrote it, you lived it.
Because it's a lie, Jack. All of it.
Everything I am,
everything I became.
And that song,
that's the biggest lie of all.
No, but that song made you.
It took you right to the top.
Yes, and I wanted it really badly.
Hit record, fame, money,
but it comes at a cost.
You lose sight of who you were
and how hard it was to make it.
OK, you become this star,
and, you know,
that lasts for a while.
But Vida Devine
she's a myth I created.
She's not real.
Hilda Plunkett is still in there
and she wants to come back.
I need her to.
PHONE RINGS
Conor doesn't deserve you.
Yeah, well, he's the only man
who's ever looked out for me.
VOICEMAIL TONE
Vida, it's me again, babe.
Listen, listen,
I'm sorry that I lost it.
Look, let's meet
at the Barrakka Gardens, yeah?
I'm on my way there now.
We'll talk it through, yeah?
Just the two of us.
CONOR SIGHS
If you need back-up, I'm here.
Oh, I can handle Conor.
Bottom line is he knows he needs me.
Come and get me in a bit.
Mm-hm.
CHURCH BELL TOLLS
BOAT HORN BLARES
SEAGULLS CALL
RUSTLING
Conor?
JACK SIGHS
Vida.
Vida. No.
CAMERAS CLICK
What was Vida doing here?
Conor wanted to meet her.
They had a few words in rehearsals.
Well, then, I think
we should go and find him.
Look, maybe we should split up.
He could be anywhere in the city.
Anyone would think that you were
trying to avoid me.
Well, after what happened
with Rebecca,
I wasn't sure what to think.
Look, Jack,
this other life that you've got,
the real Jack Grayling,
it's none of my business.
No, you were right.
I shouldn't have closed it down.
OK.
So, is there something
that you want to say to me?
Look, we're trying
to solve a murder, Kate.
SHE SCOFFS
Kate.
Jack, it's fine.
Forget I mentioned it.
SIGHS
You could've waited for me.
Nearly broke my arms trying to carry
this lot back to the ship.
You were taking so long
in the changing room,
You tried on everything in there.
Don't you want me to look my best?
You maxed out my credit card.
It's gonna to take me months
to clear all this!
Oh, just chillax, Mark,
we're supposed to be on holiday.
CONOR SIGHS
Ah! Good.
You can tell me
how to get to Barrakka Gardens.
Are you serious?
I've been wondering around
in circles.
And Vida's not answering.
Probably steaming somewhere.
Conor Vida's dead.
What?
I dropped her off in the gardens,
and someone was waiting for her.
No, no, no, I've got to see her,
you know, say I'm sorry.
Put things right.
Look, someone's killed her.
And you're the only person,
apart from me,
who knew where she was going to be.
And you think
I had something to do?
Hey. Hey, hey, hey.
No!
JACK SIGHS
Oh.
CONOR CHUCKLES
I can't believe this is happening.
Vida
She's gone.
SOBS
DOOR CLOSES
The police have asked me to look
into any suspicious passengers.
Anyone jumping out?
Well, Conor was the only person
who knew where Vida was going to be.
Said he got lost, couldn't find
the Barrakka Gardens.
But he could have just stopped
and asked anyone.
What was the row at rehearsal about?
Ah, he was furious that
she didn't wanna perform tonight.
I hate to say it, but killing her
would be a little bit
counter-productive to that.
Yeah, so, what else?
Random robbery?
What, and then somebody strangles
her with her own rosary beads?
But the rosary wasn't hers.
I was with her all morning.
She didn't have one.
This might not be much,
but the prizewinner
and his girlfriend were in town
the exact same time Vida was killed.
The two that caused
the big scene last night? Mm.
So, one of them kills her
because of what, exactly?
Because they didn't get to sit
at the Captain's table?
JACK SIGHS
She was a completely
different woman this morning.
Different? In what way?
Oh, she wanted to give
everything up.
The fame, the lifestyle.
Go back to being plain old
Hilda Plunkett.
Plunkett?
Just thought I recognised the name.
So, something happened between
the Captain's dinner last night
and rehearsal this morning.
Something that's made her
question everything.
Jamil, I need your master key.
I love this one.
What's that?
Look at this,
it's the lyrics to Vida's hit song.
Odd thing to use as a bookmark.
It's dated a whole year
before the song was released.
You think it's the original?
VOICE OF VIDA:
'It's a lie, Jack. All of it.'
Everything I am,
everything I became.
And that song,
that's the biggest lie of all.
I don't think she wrote the song,
Jamil.
Someone else did.
GENTLE JAZZ PIANO
Where'd you get this?
Vida was using it as a bookmark.
CONOR LAUGHS
Very amusing.
She never read a book in her life.
When we were out earlier,
Vida told me it was a lie.
All of it.
So, what was a lie, Conor?
D'you mind?
I'm trying to drown my sorrows.
Because I loved that woman.
She was my shining star.
She didn't write the song, did she?
So where did it come from?
A hit song doesn't just appear
out of thin air.
Yeah, well, that one did.
Well, it arrived in the post
one morning.
I used to run
a music publishing outfit.
I was a one-man show
with nothing to show for it.
Until that appeared.
And you stole it?
It wasn't copyrighted.
I just
I just put Vida's name on it.
And not yours?
LAUGHS
Everybody knew I couldn't
pen a lyric to save my life.
So Vida's entire career
was built on a lie.
Your lie, Conor.
And worse than that,
it might have got her killed.
Don't you be ridiculous, man.
It happened years ago!
Then tell me
who actually wrote the song,
and I can take care of the rest.
It was just some two-bit plugger
doing the rounds.
I've-I've wiped it from my memory.
I'm sorry.
I really am.
But I-I can't help you.
OK. We are looking for
a thwarted songwriter,
somebody with a grudge.
Plenty of those in showbiz.
Where did you get this book?
Uh, Vida's cabin. Why?
There was this, uh, pushy reporter
when Vida first got on board.
She was definitely carrying
this book.
Are you sure it's the same one?
Yeah. OK, two things.
She wanted to know
where Vida's cabin was.
Second thing?
She told me
she was gonna bury her.
You should speak to this reporter.
Thanks, Jamil. I wouldn't have
thought of that without you.
You're welcome.
According to Yuval,
the reporter is one Melody Jones,
and she disembarked an hour ago.
Well, maybe she packed up
and left already.
And miss out on a story like this?
A live Vida Devine is big news.
A dead one is huge.
You know what she looks like, right?
I'm good with faces,
part of my skill set.
Kate.
Look, those things that
we said to each other yesterday,
it all kinda came out wrong.
Well, you were upset about Vida.
JACK SIGHS
OK.
PIANO PLAYS IN DISTANCE
You asked me if there was
something I wanted to say to you.
Jack.
MUSIC CONTINUES
It's Vida's song.
It's coming from
Over there.
MUSIC INTENSIFIES
# You send me to the top
# Now you're dragging me back down
# Had me round your finger
# Now I'm on a train out of town
# Was it something that I did?
# Was it something that went wrong?
# I know I did it badly
# But I loved you all along #
That's Melody.
Wow. She can certainly sing.
MUSIC CONTINUES
We know you met up with Vida
the night before she died.
You gave her this book.
It had a hidden song in it.
The one you were just playing.
Is that what you'd found out?
That Vida hadn't written it?
Was that the big scoop
that you were waiting for?
I think this conversation's over.
One thing that I don't get
is why you would leave it in there.
Like, the one bit of proof you had.
I mean, that song made millions.
Mm.
It was famous worldwide.
And whoever wrote it
has missed out on all of that.
If it was me, I'd be furious.
Mm.
It was mine. OK?
She stole it from me.
And then your magazine gave you
an assignment, and there it was.
The chance to confront Vida
with the truth.
Someone else took your song,
your life.
How about spending the next 20 years
trying to write another hit?
Desperate to get the success
that I was owed.
I must have buried it so deep.
I had to.
Would've sent me crazy otherwise.
I think you can file "murder"
under crazy.
Melody!
What?
Where were you when Vida was killed?
It's none of your business!
We've got the book.
We've got the song.
Vida said the one decent thing
she could do for me
was let everyone know
that I wrote that song,
so why on Earth would I kill her?
We were gonna do a trade.
I ignore her past,
and she gives me the future
that I should've had in turn.
I hate to say it. She's got a point.
Someone else knew
that Vida was in those gardens.
Well, they can't have done.
I was with her this morning
when she got that call.
Maybe they were
already in Valletta.
They could come across her
by chance, or followed her there.
You know what those crazed fans
are like.
CHURCH BELL TOLLS
But why would they want Vida dead?
You do know that this
isn't your fault, don't you?
I should've just gone with her,
you know?
Jack, you couldn't have known
her life was in danger.
You want to know
the real Jack Grayling?
Why he quit the police force
to go and work on a cruise ship?
If he wants to tell me, yeah.
JACK SIGHS
So, I was working on this big case.
And there was this 17-year-old kid
called Ben. Great lad.
One of the bravest people
I've ever met.
He was the sole witness to a murder,
and the one person
who could send this dealer down.
Now, I was supposed to be
looking after him,
but my daughter, Mia, she just
She had some issues at home,
and I
You wanted to be there for her.
Yeah.
So I asked this colleague of mine
on the case to keep an eye on him,
even though I was
the only person Ben trusted
and I'd promised he'd be safe.
Those were the last words
I ever spoke to him.
Turns out
this colleague had been paid off.
He gave the heads-up to the dealer
and told him
exactly where to find him.
Look, I couldn't stay after that.
No way.
So I quit the force.
My marriage broke down.
And I ran away to sea.
That's a lot to take in.
Bad judgement.
Bad policing. Bad parenting.
So, that's me, Kate.
The real Jack.
So now feel free
to run for the hills.
JACK LAUGHS
It's good to finally meet him.
I just want some justice for Vida.
Well, I think
we can safely rule Melody out.
Conor claims that he didn't even
know where the gardens were, so
Then why did he ask her
to meet him there?
PHONE RINGS
Conor? Hi.
OK. Where are you now?
CHURCH BELL TOLLS
Thought I'd feel close to her here.
Still can't believe she's gone.
Tell me about Melody.
Who the hell's Melody?
She's the person
who wrote that hit song.
The one you and Vida
made millions out of.
When did you find out
that Vida was going to tell
the world you'd stolen it?
CONOR CHUCKLES
I'd love to know
where you buy your baloney.
You would've been finished,
reputation in ruins,
having to pay every penny back.
I'm guessing you tried
to talk Vida round.
I told you before, I didn't even
know where this place was.
Then why ask her to meet you here?
She took off with you.
I didn't know where she was,
I just picked it out of a map.
Only man to ever look out for her,
that's what she told me.
Until you pushed her too far.
Jack, just tread carefully.
You're in danger
of screwing everything up.
I'm sorry, you've lost me.
You think I came out here to watch
Vida cancel yet another gig?
CHUCKLES
I came here for you.
I sent your demo out.
I've got contacts
all over the world.
London, New York, Vegas.
Now ask me
why I never met up with Vida.
Come on.
Ask me.
I was waiting to hear back
from a booker.
Reception was bad, I was moving
around town, and I got lost.
Eventually, they called back.
And d'you know what, Jack?
They heard what I heard.
That's a golden voice you've got.
Think I'm gonna fall for that?
Vida was finished.
I needed someone new,
and you just fell on my desk.
Now you've lost your meal ticket,
yeah. I'm a pragmatist.
It's the only thing that's
kept me going all these years.
That and an eye for talent.
If I can make
Hilda Plunkett into Vida,
just think what I can do for you.
Just stop with the lies.
You're on a ship jammed full
of has-beens and never-weres.
If you wanna be a real star,
then I can make it happen.
Just give me the word, Jack.
JACK SIGHS
DOOR OPENS
Haven't seen Conor
walking the plank yet.
There's no proof he killed Vida.
Well, he stole that song.
And Vida was ready to let Melody
tell the world.
JACK SIGHS
Conor says he can make me a star.
KATE LAUGHS
He what?
He even thinks
I can crack Las Vegas.
He's got all the connections.
He loves my voice.
Jack, Conor's playing you.
In exactly the same way
that he played Vida.
He knows that we're on to him.
JACK SCOFFS
Well
A two-bit cruise ship singer
with ideas above his station, yeah?
No, no, I didn't mean it like that.
There's nothing left for me
on this ship, Kate.
Not any more.
It's your life, Jack.
We all need to follow our dreams.
SOFTLY: Yeah.
DOOR CLOSES
MELODY: 'We were gonna do a trade.'
I ignore her past,
and she gives me the future
that I should've had in turn.
Have you seen Jack?
he's meant to be rehearsing.
I think he's in his dressing room.
Is everything OK with you two?
Yeah, fine.
Sorry, Beth,
I-I need to go and find Piers.
Kate.
Can I tell you something?
I've seen lots of newlyweds
on cruises.
And almost half of them
head straight to the karaoke
and sing love songs to each other.
It's almost a
Well, a ritual for lovers.
Piers has
Piers has been texting me all day.
And they all have
that same look in their eyes.
And it's a look that says
they're never
gonna look away from each other.
Ever.
I don't, erm
I don't understand
where this is going.
Kate it's a look you don't have.
In fact, you don't have anything
those people have.
Not with Piers, anyway.
SHE SNIFFLES
CHURCH BELL TOLLS
One last question.
God, you never give up, do you?
You said you were going to trade
your future for Vida's past.
Let's just both leave her in peace.
I thought you were talking about
your song,
but you weren't, were you?
You already got what you wanted.
Vida was going to make sure
everyone knew you had written it.
So, what was the trade, Melody?
What else was in Vida's past
that she didn't want you
telling the world?
If I tell you, will you go away?
Scout's honour.
I went all the back to when she was
plain old Hilda Plunkett.
She was 19
when she got herself knocked up.
Vida Devine
had a baby she abandoned.
It's Jack.
Listen, do we have
any passengers on the ship
with the surname Plunkett?
OK, do we know where he is now?
Which cathedral?
CHORAL MUSIC
Thought you'd be in confession.
MARK: I don't speak the language.
Then how about you confess to me
Mr Plunkett?
When did you take
your mother's name?
As soon as I found out
who I really was.
I thought Vida would like that.
I mean that's who she is
underneath all the stardust.
A Plunkett.
I can't stay out of churches.
MARK LAUGHS
Even now.
It's like I'm hoping
she'll come back and find me.
The The abbess who took me in
..she told me who I really was
just before she died.
"As a mother comforts her child"
EMOTIONALLY:
"..so will I comfort you."
MARK EXHALES
I get it, Mark. I do.
I've got a daughter back home
who needs me.
And I can see the pain
in her eyes.
No matter how many times
she tries to tell me she's fine.
You know
You know, I really thought
Vida would know who I was.
At the Captain's dinner, I mean.
I was
I was trembling inside,
hoping she'd recognise me.
She just looked straight through me.
What happened in the gardens, Mark?
'I wanted to tell her who I was.
'I had the rosary to prove it.'
Conor?
It's me Mum.
It's me, Mark.
Oh, God.
It's OK.
I haven't come to
shout and yell things.
Already feel so much better
now that we are both standing here.
How did you find me?
Sister Agnes gave me these
just before she died.
She told me everything.
VIDA SOBS
I'm so sorry.
How can you ever forgive me?
I understand.
You were young, you had dreams!
Big dreams.
And I also had a baby.
It was either stay at home
and regret everything or
You don't have to explain yourself.
I figured it all out
you see, from your song.
Um
"You sent me to the top.
"Now you're dragging me back down."
That was about me as a baby.
You were writing about
how I made you feel happy,
and how I made you feel sad, and
I knew you were reaching out to me.
That's why I had to come
and find you.
My darling baby boy.
I didn't write that song.
Yes, you
Yes, you did, your name's on it.
They're not my words.
That was your apology.
I hate that song,
I've always hated that song.
How can How could you say that?!
You were singing to me, just me!
VIDA WHIMPERS
MARK STRAINS
I believed every word!
Every single word.
MARK SOBS
KNOCKING ON DOOR
Good. You got my text.
Sorry, erm Been busy. Er
But I'm here now, so
what's going on?
Er, it's my mother.
She's been speaking with caterers.
I told her it's
not really her department,
but she insisted,
and now I have
a list of people to interview.
Frikandel, bitterballen,
kastengels, Flemish hotchpotch.
The thing is,
it's not really what Mother wants.
It's all about you.
And you can have anything.
I'll sip from a bowl of steam.
If that's what you decide,
that that's what you'd like.
Because, well
Because you're going to be
my beautiful bride.
So
I suppose
the question I need to ask
Perhaps the question
we both need to ask is, well
..what is it you want, Kate?
I'll take my lead from you.
Let the monkey out of the sleeve,
as we say.
SOFTLY: Piers
..I think you're amazing.
I think you're kind
and funny
and caring.
And I think that
any girl would be lucky to have you.
But if there's one thing
..that I've learned recently,
it's
that people have to be honest
with themselves.
Because it is the only way
that we can ever truly be happy.
And there,
I thought everything was perfect.
It is.
It was.
Perfect
..is not what I want.
I'm sorry.
SHE SOBS
PHONE BEEPS
He's gone.
Didn't even say goodbye.
SOBS
JACK: # Da-da-da-da
# Ooh, I would take the stars
Out of the sky for you
# Stop the rain from falling
# If you asked me to
# I'd do anything for you
# Your wish is my command. #
Jamil said you'd left with Conor!
No, no, no,
I was just waving him off.
You didn't seriously
think I'd go with him?
I'm better than that, Kate.
Really?
You OK?
I broke up with Piers.
The wedding's off.
What happened to Vegas?
I decided it wasn't for me.
Look, this is where
I'm meant to be, Kate.
A singer on a ship, out at sea,
wondering what comes next.
The show's about to start.
AUDIENCE CLAPPING
CHEERING
# I would take the stars
Out of the sky for you
# Stop the rain from falling
If you asked me to
# I'd do anything for you
# Your wish is my command
# I could move a mountain
# When your hand is in my hand
# Words could not express
# How much you mean to me
# There must be some other way
To make you see
# If it takes my heart and soul
# You know I'd pay the price
# Everything that I possess
# I'd gladly sacrifice
# You to me are everything
# The sweetest song
That I could sing
# Oh, baby
# Oh, baby
# To you, I guess, I'm just a clown
# Who picks you up
Each time you're down
# Oh, baby
# Oh, baby
# Give me just a taste of love
# To build my hopes upon
# You know you got the power, girl
# To keep me holding on
# So now you've got the best of me
# Come on and take the rest of me
# Oh, baby
# You to me are everything
# The sweetest song
That I could sing
# Oh, baby
# Oh, baby
# Oh, baby
# To you, I guess, I'm just a clown
# Who picks you up
Each time you're down
# Oh, baby
# Oh, baby
# Give me just a taste of love
# To build my hopes upon
# You know you got the power, girl
# To keep me holding on
# So now you've got the best of me
# Come on and take the rest of me
# Oh, baby
# You're the sweetest song
That I could sing
# Oh, baby
# Yes I need you, baby
VOCALISES
# Oh, baby
# Give me just a taste of love
To build my hopes upon
# To keep me holding on
# Take the rest of me
# Oh, baby. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# You thought you'd run away now
# From the troubles in your life
# And watch a new horizon
# In the sky
# But now the truth's
Caught up with you
# Forever is waiting for you
# In the deep blue. #