Maria and the Captain

Go with me on this one. Maria is sitting on the seat outside the gazebo, feeling like she was a fool to come back. The Captain doesn't love her, and is marrying the Baroness.

Captain von Trapp comes to see her, and goes through that whole "I've called the wedding off, you see. I figure you can't marry someone when you're really in love with someone else" conversation, which leads them into the gazebo.

Then the music swells (orchestral, of course, with strings and brass), and he eases into song:


CAPTAIN:

I've seen you twice, in a short time
Barly a week since the party
It seems to me, for every time
I'm getting more open-hearted

I was an impossible case
No-one ever could reach me
But I think I can see in your face
There's a lot you can teach me
So I wanna know..

What's the name of the game?

MARIA:

(Your smile and the sound of your voice)

CAPTAIN:

Does it mean anything to you?

MARIA:

(Got a feeling you give me no choice, and it means alot)

CAPTAIN:

What's the name of the game?

MARIA:

(Your smile and the sound of your voice)

CAPTAIN:

Can you feel it the way I do?
Tell me please, 'cause I have to know

MARIA:

I'm a bashful child, beginning to grow

And you make me talk
And you make me feel
And you make me show
What I'm trying to conceal
If I trust in you, would you let me down?
Would you laugh at me, if I said I care for you?
Could you feel the same way too?
I wanna know..

The name of the game

I have no friends, no-one to see
And I am never invited
Now I am here, talking to you
No wonder I get excited

Your smile, and the sound of your voice
And the way you see through me
Got a feeling, you give me no choice
But it means a lot to me
So I wanna know..

What's the name of the game?

CAPTAIN:

(Your smile and the sound of your voice)

MARIA:

Does it mean anything to you?

CAPTAIN:

(Got a feeling you give me no choice)

MARIA:

But it means a lot, what's the name of the game?

CAPTAIN:

(Your smile and the sound of your voice)

MARIA:

Can you feel it the way I do?
Tell me please, 'cause I have to know

CAPTAIN:

I'm a bashful child, beginning to grow

BOTH:

And you make me talk
And you make me feel
And you make me show
What I'm trying to conceal
If I trust in you, would you let me down?
Would you laugh at me, if I said I care for you?
Could you feel the same way too?
I wanna know..
Oh yes I wanna know..

The name of the game

It could work, right? I think it could work.