Don't Ask, Don't Tell

STEVE
Am I dead?

KATE
Shhh!

STEVE
Are you an angel?

KATE
No. Just a woman.

STEVE
You healed me. How?

KATE
Through an open mind.

STEVE
You are an angel.

KATE
Shhh! We mustn't.

STEVE
Can I do this?

KATE
Don't ask.

STEVE
Can I think this?

KATE
Don't tell.

STEVE
Can I feel this?

KATE
Don't say anything;
We both know very well.

STEVE
But if I feel this

KATE
Don't ask.

STEVE
I want to tell you.

KATE
Don't tell.

STEVE
I want to say to you

KATE
Don't say anything;

STEVE
Just what this is.

KATE
We both know very well.
If we parachute into battle
and you happen to get stuck in a tree,
then I cut you loose and then run away
without telling you it was me,
that is how I'll kiss you.

STEVE
If we're ever in the same tank or submarine,
and I refuse to share your periscope,
then you'll know what I mean
that is how I'll kiss you.

KATE
Don't ask don't tell

STEVE
Don't ask don't tell don't ask

BOTH
Here. Take my dog tag.

KATE
As a memento

STEVE
of a love that could never be.

BOTH
Don't tell.

MIKE
Wow, that was great!

ROBERTA
I'm so proud of you.

MIKE
This show is really going to help fight heterophobia.

ROBERTA
Oh, listen, honey, I've gotta get to the diner.

MIKE
And I've gotta run to chess practice.

ROBERTA
We'll see you guys later.

MIKE
You two were perfect.

KATE
If I pass you in the hall,
And I turn my eyes away;
if I have to say hello to you
and I don't say your name
that is how I'll kiss you.

STEVE
If I see you, and I sit across the room;
if I meet you in a group of friends
and turn my back on you
that is how I'll kiss you.

KATE
I wish our lives could go on

STEVE
That is how I'll kiss you.

KATE
within the confines of this song.

STEVE
That is how I'll kiss you.

KATE
For once it ends, what will be there

STEVE
That is how I'll kiss you.

KATE
Only the silence I can't bear.

STEVE
Can I do this?

KATE
Don't ask.

STEVE
Can I think this?

KATE
Don't tell.

STEVE
Can I feel this?

KATE
Don't say anything;
We both know very well.

STEVE
But if I feel this

KATE
Don't ask.

STEVE
I want to tell you.

KATE
Don't tell.

STEVE
I want to say to you

KATE
Don't say anything

STEVE
Just what this is.

KATE
We both know very well.

STEVE
See ya.

KATE
Yeah. See ya.