Henry Krieger
One Night Only
[ANNOUNCER, spoken]
Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Effie White singing her new recording.

[EFFIE]
You want all my love and my devotion
You want my lovin' soul right on the line
I have no doubt that I could love you forever
The only trouble is you really don't have the time

You've got one night only
One night only
That's all you have to spare
One night only
Let's not pretend to care
One night only
One night only
Come on, big baby, come on
One night only
We only have till dawn

In the morning, this feelin' will be gone
It has no chance going on
Something so right has got no chance to live
So let's forget about chances, it's one night I will give

One night only
One night only
You'll be the only one
One night only
Then you'll have to run
One night only
One night only
There's nothing more to say
One night only
Words get in the way

[EFFIE]
One night only

[WOMEN]
Come on
Come on

[EFFIE]
One night only

[WOMEN]
Come on
Come on

[EFFIE]
One night only

[WOMEN]
Come on
Come on
[EFFIE]
One night only

[WOMEN]
Come on
Come on

[EFFIE]
One night one night one night one night one night one night only

[WAYNE, spoken]
Curtis, have you seen Record World? Effe's got a song on the charts. She's recorded "One Night Only."

[CURTIS, spoken]
How could he do that? How could he have her record that song? He thinks he's making a fool out of me.

[FRANK, spoken]
I'm sure C.C. didn't mean...

[CURTIS, spoken]
He thinks he's gonna make Effie a star with that song. Wayne, I want Deena's version released immediately. Get those records to the distributors!

[FRANK, spoken]
But we don't have a chance. Their record's already moving!

[CURTIS, spoken]
You don't understand. If I can buy a hit, I can buy a flop. We're going to put a whole lot of money on our version and get it moving up and we're going a whole lot more money on Effie and C.C.'s version and get it moving down.
[WAYNE, spoken]
Come on, Curtis, you can't be serious. This is Effie's big break.

[CURTIS, spoken]
This is a business. I've been working a long time and I got a lot invested in this new sound. And I'm telling you, our version of "One Night Only" will revolutionize the music industry.