the following prompts were taken from the musical falsettos, written by william finn and james lepine, originally performed in 1992 and revived in a limited engagement in 2016. the characters deal with such things as religion, growing up, sexuality, finding your family, falling in love, and more, all at the beginning of the aids crisis. feel free to change the pronouns / prompts as you see fit! for a randomized sentence, send in a 🎵.
what do they do for love?
what we need is a miracle!
we are manipulated people and we need to know our worst sides aren’t ignored.
the guilt invested will in time pay wisely.
i divorced my wife, i left my child, and ran off with a friend.
i want a tight-knit family.
i want us to pretend time will mend our pain.
so it’s [year] and we don’t go by the book.
i love the way they cook linguine.
i swear we’re gonna get through it.
i was right, i cushion the fall.
i hear you have a problem.
take a load off your feet.
that’s a question with no answer.
let’s not discuss the weather, let’s face the facts.
love isn’t sex. that’s a thing my husband once told me.
i’m sure you’re not disgusting or indiscreet.
put your head in my hands.
love is blind. love can tell a million stories. love’s unkind. spiteful in a million ways.
will you be my valentine?
petty, petty, petty, petty!
do not ever slit your wrists.
love reads like a bad biography: all the names are changed to protect the innocent.
i never married. work is my passion.
yeah, i don’t care to discuss it.
hang up all your clothes.
we’ve been together for nine months.
we are the salt of the bourgeoisie.
everything he owns is vile.
[name] doesn’t share my devotion to style.
men in cuff links make me forget my name.
what is this? wash’n’wear?
send me flowers. make them roses.
i was rich, he was horny.
i’d kill for that thrill of first love.
of all the lesser passions, we like fighting most.
my father says that love is the most beautiful thing in the world.
it makes me feel like i’m smart.
does she sleep in the nude?
i have questions that should probably go unanswered.
my father said that one day i’ll grow up to be president.
i’m too smart for my own good.
honey, why don’t you go outside and play?
just because you failed as parents?
they don’t take house calls.
that’s what pretty boys should do.
this had better come to a stop?
and still the bastard divorced me!
why is it always ourselves we have to change?
you’ve got a temper that redefines temper.
is it fun crying over nothing?
i’ve cried, i’ve shook, i’ve yelled, i’ve heaved.
he’s so damn happy, it makes me so damn mad.
i want to hate him but i really can’t.
i get apoplexy thinking of my father.
no one’s screaming at you.
why don’t you feel alright for the rest of your life?
what should i say to the man? should i be mean to the man?
her hand is ready. it only needs a ring.
i’ll buy confetti and sing.
this is how you make a marriage proposal.
i crave your wrist, i praise your thigh.
i love your eyes. i love your face. i want you by my side.
i’ll love you until i die.
they sometimes love, but not enough.
winning is everything to me.
how should i behave myself?
i’ve a good and a bad side, but they’re one in the same.
ask me to arouse you, i’ll rise and obey.
they are pseudo-romantic and sick!
how i despise your need for stupid conversation!
i never wanted to love you.
i think girls are the most beautiful thing in the world.
what i’ve done to you is rotten.
this here is love: when we’re talking face to face.
stop! this is so much crap!
religion’s just a trap that ensnares the weak and the dumb.
it’s a lesbian from next door!
i don’t want the girls i should want.
you’re looking sweeter than a doughnut.
i want to see the bald spot.
he looks damn good, but he’s cheap as dirt.
how was your day at the hospital?
for the first time in months, nobody died!
everything will be alright.
saving lives, i feel invincible.
i can’t fucking deal with that!
you have paintings of dicks! don’t talk to me about taste!
everyone hates his parents, don’t be ashamed.
when he sparkles, the earth begins to sway.
i can’t eat breakfast. i can barely tie my shoe.
if i’m a bitch, i am what i am!
something bad is happening.
go ahead and wound my pride.
look what’s become of my doctor.
so you had a bad day? come here.
this is fucking ridiculous!
i smile, i don’t complain.
life is never what you plan.
i hold to the ground as the ground keeps shifting.
[name], you’re looking very good today.
you had to see yourself a few days back, nearly gave me a heart attack.
today you see to be on the way to recovery!
it’s days like this i almost believe in god.
soup is the best medicine.
i’ve improved, or else the hydrants moved.
here’s your chance to give me hell.
this is the start to you becoming a man.
you’re my boy. i love you with my entire being.
who’d believe that we two would end up as lovers?
please go home and don’t be scared.
i’m staying here in the spot, whether you want me to or not.
we don’t know what time will bring.
let’s be scared, together. let’s pretend nothing is awful.
i can’t help but feeling i failed you.
when we the last time you slept, baby? eaten?
i love the earth beneath my feet.
i love friends who hover.
there’s nothing to fear. i love you.
could you please make my friend stop dying?
are you just a doctor, or can you make things not happen?
tell me why i was chosen, why me of all men?
at least death means i’ll never be scared about dying.
death is not a friend, but i hope in the end, he takes me in his arms and lets me hold his face.
i don’t smoke, don’t do drugs, then comes the bad news.
everything will soon be great.
i think, perhaps, i’m overdressed.
do you know how proud i am of you?
i burst at the seams ‘cause of my love for you.
what would i do if i had not met you?
when i’m having fun, you’re the one i want to talk to.
who would i be if i hadn’t loved you? how would i have known what love is?
what would i do if you had not been my friend?
all your life you’ve wanted men.
how am i supposed to face tomorrow after being screwed out of today?
i just wish i had one more day, one more night, one more time, with you.
yes, i’d beg, steal, or borrow, if i could hold you for one hour more.
once i was told that good men get better with age.
we’re just gonna skip that stage.
i know you miss him. i miss him, too.
shhh. shh. it’s okay. daddy’s here.
lovers come and lovers go.
this is where we take a stand.
