We Both Reached For The Gun

Richard Gere featuring Renee Zellweger

[REPORTERS]

Where'd you come from?



[BILLY (as Roxie)]

Mississippi



[REPORTERS]

And your parents?



[BILLY (as Roxie)]

Very wealthy.



[REPORTERS]

Where are they now?



[BILLY (as Roxie)]

Six feet under.



[BILLY]

But she was granted one more start



[BILLY (as Roxie)]

The convent of The Sacred Heart!



[REPORTERS]

When'd you get here?



[BILLY (as Roxie)]

1920



[REPORTERS]

How old were you?



[BILLY (as Roxie)]

Don't remember



[REPORTERS]

Then what happened?



[BILLY (as Roxie)]

I met Amos

And he stole my heart away

Convinced me to elope one day



[MARY SUNSHINE (spoken)]

Oh you poor dear I cant beleive what you have been through A convent girl! A run-away marriage!

Now tell us roxie...



[MARY SUNSHINE]

Who's Fred Casely?



[BILLY (as Roxie)]

My ex-boyfriend.



[REPORTERS]

Why'd you shoot him?



[BILLY (as Roxie)]

I was leavin'.



[REPORTERS]

Was he angry?



[BILLY (as Roxie)]

Like a madman

Still I said, "Fred, move along."



[BILLY]

She knew that she was doing wrong.



[REPORTERS]

Then describe it.



[BILLY (as Roxie)]

He came toward me.



[REPORTERS]

With the pistol?



[BILLY (as Roxie)]

From my bureau.



[REPORTERS]

Did you fight him?



[BILLY (as Roxie)]

Like a tiger.



[BILLY]

He had strength and she had none.



[BILLY (as Roxie)]

And yet we both reached for the gun

Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes we both

Oh yes we both

Oh yes, we both reached for

The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun

Oh yes, we both reached for the gun

For the gun.



[REPORTERS]

Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both

Oh yes, they both

Oh yes, they both reached for

The gun,