No, I Don't (Yes, I Do) - Lyric

"Every once in a while a song comes into your life that takes your breath away…this is one of those songs." — Beth Leavel

I know if I’ve thought or felt something, so have legions of other women. And I believe that after a couple of decades, even in the strongest of marriages, most of us wish we could relive the romance and excitement of falling in love. In No, I Don’t (Yes, I Do), Anne fantasizes about having an affair, an affair that will ultimately confirm her desire to stay in her marriage. Below are the lyrics. Follow along as you listen to Beth Leavel sing this song from the new two-person musical comedy Regretting Almost Everything, as it was meant to be sung.

I want to be obsessed.
I want to be distracted.
I want to be consumed and hopelessly attracted.
‘Til I’m worse than useless and I don’t care.
I want to have an affair.

No, I don’t.
Yes, I do.
No, I don’t.
Yes, I do.
Yes, I do.

I want to have a glow
And radiate contentment.
So happy that it’s gross and generates resentment.
Among every living being I’ll be impossible to bear.
I want to have a marvelous affair.

No, I don’t.
Yes, I do.
No, I don’t.
Pretend I do want…

Lazy, aimless afternoons
Turn to burning, yearning shameless nights,
Turn to hazy dawns and breakfast prunes,
Then again to other appetites.
Fingers intertwined and limb to limb.
He’s the only thing I want.
He’s the only thing I see.
It’s a there’s only him.
Nothing but him affair.

I want to try the whole thing,
Then flush it from my system.
Ignore my wedding ring ‘til it’s easy to resist him.
And when my fling is over be instantly aware
It wasn’t love…

It was just a test
To make sure nothing’s missing.
I’m hoping to confirm the insignificance of kissing.
I want to want my old life.
That’s why it will not happen.
I’d wouldn’t let it happen.
I’d never let it happen.
But, Honey….