“Music to Watch Boys To”

One of my personal favorites from Honeymoon, “Music to Watch Boys To” is absolutely perfect for two scenes in this play. Reminiscent of the Born to Die era, and a nod to “This Is What Makes Us Girls”, the song has a more matured Lana describing her loyalty to a man she knows is going to leave her. The first scene I envision this playing during would be the introduction of Miss Forsythe, who might be a prostitute, based upon Happy’s description of her moral character. As she and Happy begin talking, the following would play, “(I like you a lot)” This would represent Happy’s desires that were introduced in Act 1. Later, as she walks off to meet up with Letta, another line would play, “Hoes with lies akin to me.” This line can be used for both the girls and Happy. The girls, with a strong possibility of them being prostitutes, are the “hoes,” in this case. Happy and the girls are both represented by the “lies” line, as not only does Happy lie about himself and Biff in order to win them over, but the girls lie through their mannerisms and appearance. The second usage of the song would be just before linda’s breakdown in Act 2. The following would play before the boys enter, “And I live to love you, boy. Nothing gold can stay” The first line of that would play as Linda thinks to herself about how she can keep her marriage together, but the second line would play just before the boys enter, almost if she has realized that the best days of her life are behind her. “Nothing gold can stay” first came from Robert Frost’s poem, “Nothing Gold Can Stay”, then the poem itself was used in The Outsiders, and then it was used by Lana. “Nothing gold can stay” would also be played during the previously mentioned car scene.