Paul Gordon
Bravado
[DARCY, spoken]
Oh dear god

[DARCY]
I like her eyes
Oh I’m in so much trouble
No I can’t resist her she mustn’t know my feelings

I like her wit
Her forward inclinations
Stop your ruminations
What I mean to say, Ms. Bennet
Is wishing you good day
That is all
For she will never see
She’s taken the bravado out of me

Though I’m a fool
Behaving like a schoolboy
Why would she consider a taste that she finds bitter?

What can be done?
Opinions have been fashioned
She can barely stand me
There is not a chance, Ms. Bennet
That I would allow the world to know
How it came to be
You’ve taken all the bluster out of me
And I must find the will to resist her
I must find the strength to walk away
That’s what I have to do
But thoughts will always lead me to you

I like your eyes
And damn it, it’s alarming
I don’t want to love her
I have obligations

But here I am
In bitter disappointment
At my own behavior
So just let me say, Ms. Bennet
I will lock away what’s in my heart
For you will never see
You've taken the bravado out of me