Marvin at the Psychiatrist - A Three-Part Mini Opera

Marvin at the Psychiatrist - A Three-Part Mini Opera is the fourth song in act one of Falsettos. It follows The Thrill of First Love and is followed by My Father's a Homo/Everyone Tells Jason to see a Psychiatrist.

## Marvin at the Psychiatrist - A Three-Part Mini Opera

### Albums

Falsettos (2016 Broadway Cast Recording)March of the Falsettos

### Next Song

My Father's a Homo/Everyone Tells Jason to see a Psychiatrist

### Sung By

Christian Borle - (Marvin) Andrew Rannells - (Whizzer) Anthony Rosenthal - (Jason) Brandon Uranowitz - (Mendel)

## Lyrics

[JASON]

My father says that love

Is the most beautiful thing in the world

I think games are

I think chess is the most

Beautiful thing

Not love

[WHIZZER]

Marvin at the Psychiatrist, a three-part mini opera

Part One:

[MENDEL]

Do you love him?

[MARVIN]

Sorta kinda

[MENDEL]

Do you need him?

MARVIN

Sorta kinda

He makes me smile a lot

Especially at mealtime

It makes me feel I'm sort of smart

[MENDEL]

Hm

Is he special?

[MARVIN]

He's delightful

[MENDEL]

And romantic?

[MARVIN]

Yes, and spiteful

But yet it seems that so am I

[MENDEL]

Just enjoy what you can

Love the boy, not the man

[MARVIN]

Man

Sorta stylish

[MENDEL]

Kinda very

[MARVIN]

Mmm, very, very sorta

[MENDEL]

And kind of hard to describe...?

[MARVIN]

Yes, yes, I think that's very true

[MENDEL]

When he's naked—

[MARVIN]

Yes?

[MENDEL]

Does he thrill you?

[MARVIN]

Yes!

[MENDEL]

Is he vicious?

[MARVIN]

Yes!

[MENDEL]

Would he kill you?

[MARVIN]

(thinks) Yes

I think he's sorta kinda mean

But I love him, and I need it

If he loved me, I'd concede it

[MENDEL]

Don't despise what you feel

Love the friend, not the heel

[MARVIN]

Heel

[MENDEL]

He's sometimes worthless

[MARVIN]

Sometimes evil

[MENDEL]

Sometimes smarmy

[WHIZZER]

Part Two:

[MENDEL]

Explore, Mr. Marvin

Your core, Mr. Marvin

Note how your wife, your ex-wife’s subtle glories

Coupled with her tragic stories

Move me in unreported ways

At her very first session

She made quite an impression

Do you mind that?

She was here to speak of Jason

And I find that

I hope Jason acts out more

'Cause there’s a few more things we need explored

[MARVIN]

Good

[MENDEL]

Good

You said she was withholding—

[MARVIN]

Right

[MENDEL]

Well that’s not quite true

[MARVIN]

No?

[MENDEL]

Perhaps she held back love from you

[MARVIN]

Did she really?

[MENDEL]

I just know what I’m told

'Cause when I met your wife, she was anything but cold

It wasn't quite precise to say that she was ice

When I met your wife, she was very nice

Very, very, very

Was she faithful? Be objective

[MARVIN]

Yes

[MENDEL]

She was faithful

[MARVIN]

Yes

[MENDEL]

And you wanted to…

Impress her

[MARVIN]

Yes sir, yes sir

But impress her I did not

[MENDEL]

Did she sweat a lot?

[MARVIN]

What?

[MENDEL]

Was she ruthless?

[MARVIN]

Huh?

[MENDEL]

Narcissistic?

[MARVIN]

Who—?

[MENDEL]

Let me vary the mood

[MARVIN]

Yes, please

[MENDEL]

Does she sleep in the nude?

[MARVIN]

Nope

[MENDEL]

No, does not sleep nude

Okay, going on

I have questions

That should probably go unanswered

But there're questions

Like, does she wear a negligé

Could you blow and it would blow away?

Since the session’s nearly through

Tell me, what is going on with you?

[MARVIN]

So, now you’re interested in me?

[MENDEL]

Of course

[WHIZZER]

Part Three:

[MARVIN]

My son's distressing

[JASON]

My father's snide

[MARVIN]

I'm convalescing

[JASON]

He's morbid and dissatisfied

[MARVIN]

What should I do now?

[JASON]

He loves another

[MARVIN]

I agree

[JASON]

I love my mother

[MARVIN]

Why not me?

We go to ball games

[JASON]

The ball is tossed

[MARVIN]

The pitcher's handsome

[JASON]

Yeah, and our team lost

[MARVIN]

Is that my fault, though?

Should I be blamed for that?

[JASON]

Explore museums

[MARVIN]

Admire art

[JASON]

We stand together

[MARVIN]

But we stand there looking miles apart

How do I reach him?

What words of wisdom?

What should I do now?

[JASON]

My father says that love

Is the most beautiful thing in the world

I think games are

I think chess is the most

Beautiful thing

Not love

[WHIZZER]

Marvin at the Psychiatrist, a three-part mini opera

[MENDEL]

The End

## Trivia

* A négligée is a form of see-through clothing for women consisting of a sheer dressing gown, usually worn as nightgown.
* During the lyrics, "There's a few more things we need explore", Mendel does a gesture in which he cups his hands below his chest, mimicking a woman's chest, implying that Trina is the thing he is going to explore.
* Mendel probably got a boner during Trina's first session.
* In the 1992 version, instead of singing "Explore Mr. Marvin your core Mr. Marvin", Mendel sings "It's queer Mr. Marvin, sorry, it's strange Mr. Marvin." It's a play on words, as queer is a word used to refer to gay people, but it also means strange.
* This is the first song where Marvin admits he truly loves Whizzer. However due to all his internalized issues, Marvin is too scared to admit it.