War Lord's headquarters behind enemy lines. It is a sparse, dreary room on the second floor of a sparse and dreary building. Bars block the window downstage right and the upper part of the door upstage left. It is night. The room is dark, except for the outside illumination of gunfire and cannon blasts. All is somber. CLARISSE and BARON sit stage left, although separate from each other. JOHNNY is stage right, looking down out of the barred window. MOLLY sits near him, filing her nails. SAM is upstage center, holding ANNIE MAY's trembling hand. Silence. Then a blast of cannon fire and the music begins, slow and lugubrious. MOLLY rises, goes to Johnny.

(THEY both stare out at the carnage. Then ANNIE MAY falls to her knees and begins to sing.)

Lawd,
I is so weary,
I'se too long
On my own---
I wansa gets back
To You, oh, Lawdy,
Wid yo' hand in mine,
'Cause I don' wansa walks alone,
I don' wansa walks alone,
I wansa walks wid You.

Lawd,
I'se been a sinner…

(ANNIE MAY retreats back to Sam, places her hand in his.)

The clock, it ticks away, Johnny,
We have so little time left.
Soon it will be day, Johnny,
But what I have to say, Johnny,
Whether you or I'm left,
Is---

There have been others before you,
There may be others again---
They only taught me how much I adore you,
You are a man among men.

There have been others behind you,
They’ve come from near and from far;
They only showed me how lucky to find you,
How very special you are.

For once I can say my responses
Are those of a lover, not a flirt;
It has nothing to do with schwanzes,
Though schwanzes surely can't hurt.

There have been others above me,
There have been others below;
They only taught me the ways you can love me,
A few I'm sure you don't know.
There have been others before you
But no one ever like you.

The clock it ticks so loud, Molly,
I have but one request left.
I will not be cowed, Molly,
Though I end up in a shroud, Molly,
I've still got my zest left.
And…

There have been others before you,
There have been several old flames;
They only taught me how much I adore you,
You are a dame among dames.

There have been others behind me---
Lolita, Lily and Liz---
Their only purpose is now to remind me
How very special this is.

Amazing, how little each heart meant,
I'd love and then leave 'em on the shelf;
By the way, in the schwanz department,
You don't do too bad yourself.

There've been so many above me,
There've been so many below---
I can't conceive in the ways you can love me
That there are some I don't know.
There have been others before you,
But no one ever like you.

(HE shoves her onto the floor where THEY begin to make wild love. Suddenly CLARISSE jumps up and comes toward them.)

                                                                                        (MOLLY sighs, rises, straightens her dress.)

(The door creaks open. WAR LORD enters, followed by CHANG and WANG.)

                                                                               (COLIN and ESME step in.)

Some people meet in Biarritz,
Some meet in Scottish glens---

(But ESME is suddenly drawn to the Baron as the orchestra swings into "We Met in the Ocean".)

(SHE is off followed by COLIN, then ESME holding securely onto BARON.)

                                                                               (CHANG and WANG seize Sam and Annie May.)

(He claps his hands. CHANG and WANG begin to drag out Annie May and Sam.)

                                                                                (CHANG and WANG have them out the door now.)

                                                           (HE marches out the door, locking it behind him.)

                                                          (SHE opens her cigarette case and pulls out a cigarette.)

                                                             (Door creaks open. WAR LORD re-enters.)
 

(He knocks War Lord down and races out the door. MOLLY runs to the window.)

Oh, Johnny!

(But SHE cannot wait. Millions of innocent people depend on her mission. SHE flees out the door, tears streaming down her cheeks. The orchestra is playing a stirring rendition of "There Have Been Others Before You".)