Take a Chance on Me

Laurie: I know I have no right

But sometimes late at night

I watch you in the attic

Passing back and forth like a maniac

I’ve never met a girl like you-

Anyone at all like you

This is very nice

Such a lovely party

The music sounds so thrilling

It makes a person feel like dancing…

I’m very good! I won a medal for dancing at school.

Jo: I don’t dance. Besides, I’ve got a patch on the back of my dress.

Laurie: A patch? Let me see!

Jo: No! No!

Laurie: I like it! That patch could start a whole new fashion.

Dance with me tonight and I guarantee by next spring, every girl in Concord will be wearing a patch on her dress!

We could do hundred things

Do anything you please.

We could fly on golden wings

Across the seven seas.

I’ll bet you’ll get a camel through a needle

If you’ll take a chance on me!

Jo: You’re a lunatic!

Laurie: We could catch thousand stars

And stand them on a pin.

We could leave from here to Mars

And make the planet spin.

If you want to do all the things you’ve ever dreamed of-

Come on! Take a chance on me!

We could be such friends

Friends are never lonely.

All I know is books-

Books are solitary.

But I see you every day

How you live in your own way

And you make me want to dare-

To take a chance on you!

Jo: All right. We could box if you like.

Laurie: You box?

Jo: You ready?

Laurie: I should warn you, I won a medal for boxing at school!

Jo: Hm

Is that how you win medals?

Laurie: We could live new young dreams

But only if we dare

We could go to such extremes

There’s so much we could share!

We’ll circle the world

Doing all we ever dreamed of!

And we’ll live in our own way

And I’ll see you every day!

We’ll be the best of friends

When you take a chance on me!