Life In Hate Nation

By Original Cast of Love in Hate Nation
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Original Cast of Love in Hate Nation
[JUDITH]
There may be L-O-V-E outside
But in here, it's nothing but H-A-T-E

[ALL BUT SUSANNAH]
Hate nation, lemme tell ya 'bout it
Hate nation, from a cell we shout it
Life in hate nation
A sad situation for girls like us

[JUDITH]
Imma say it again

[YA YA]
Look out!

[ALL BUT SUSANNAH]
Hate nation, there's no breaking free of
Hate nation, our reality of
Life in hate nation
A bad situation for girls like us
Alright, alright, alright
For girls like us

[JUDITH]
Somebody give me a light

[DOROTHY, spoken]
Now come on, everybody. Susie looks sweet, and we don't want to scare her. Susie, and I am-

[ALL BUT SUSANNAH]
Dorothy Donaldson

[DOROTHY, spoken]
A happy southern homemaker, through and through

[RAT, spoken]
She's from Bernardsville, New Jersey

[DOROTHY, spoken]
No I ain't, shit for brains! Little 'ol me, from a place as unrefined as New Jersey? Why just the thought gives me the vapors

[RAT, spoken]
She's a criminal mimic, they locked her up for doing impersonations of Hoboken businessmen over the phone
I am-

[ALL BUT SUSANNAH]
Brenda Ratowski

[RAT, spoken]
Nickname, Rat. Brooklyn born and raised, that is until I got nailed for theft

[SUSANNAH, spoken]
What did you steal?

[RAT, spoken]
You writin' a book?

[KITTY, spoken]
Rat gets us our cigarettes

[RAT, spoken]
I'm a smuggler. You need something snuck in or snuck out of any situation, I'm your mule

[RAT]
The ceiling's crackin' and it's full of mold
And it's quite nerve-wracking cause the structure's old

[YA YA]
When a door close (ha)
It make the whole room shake

[DOROTHY]
And the floor goes

[ALL BUT SUSANNAH]
Boom sh-boom rattle rattle quake

[KITTY]
And we're runnin' out of bread
And the end is near
Most the other girls fled
We're the last ones here

[YA YA]
Not a great seat

[ALL BUT SUSANNAH]
In the joint but it'll do

[YA YA]
'Till we eighteen

[ALL BUT SUSANNAH]
At which point it's toodle-loo

[KITTY]
And we out in the world
Its own kind of curse

[DOROTHY]
Where it never gets better

[ALL BUT SUSANNAH]
It only gets worse, gets worse

Hate nation, let me tell ya 'bout it
Hate nation, this is hell don't doubt it
Life in hate nation
There's no reparation for girls like us
Alright, alright, alright
For girls like us

[KITTY]
Somebody give me a light

[KITTY, spoken]
Hola, my name is-

[ALL BUT SUSANNHA AND KITTY]
Kitty Minx

[KITTY, spoken]
It is!

[ALL BUT SUSANNHA AND KITTY]
Her name is Kitty Minx

[KITTY, spoken]
That's my name. When speaking to me you may call me Kitty. When speaking about me you may call me she or her

[DOROTHY, spoken]
Kitty's father is the richest real-estate mogul in town

[KITTY, spoken]
So I am hidden away here like a sexually deviant princess in a tower

[JUDITH, spoken]
Princess my asshole

[KITTY, spoken]
Miss. Congeniality

[SUSANNAH, spoken]
Who is she?

[JUDITH, spoken]
Who is she?

[ALL BUT SUSANNAH AND JUDITH]
Judith Ramone
Judith Ramone

[JUDITH]
Judith Ramone got no patience for the new girls

[ALL BUT SUSANNAH AND JUDITH]
All the rumors about her are true

[JUDITH]
Judith Ramone got no patience for the new girls
And least of all you

I mind my business and
You best mind yours
Every girl for herself
Behind these juvie doors

If you bug me Imma

[ALL BUT SUSANNAH AND JUDITH]
Slash, she'll splash, she'll smack
She gets ugly

[JUDITH]
None of them will have your back
This place ain't buddy buddy as it seems
We look out for ourselves
We on different teams

[JUDITH, spoken]
And before you ask, the reason I'm in here is I cut a guy's dick off. So don't try anything. And don't ask about my eye

[YA YA, spoken]
Judith is my best friend

[JUDITH, spoken]
No I ain't!

[YA YA]
My name is
My name is

[ALL BUT YA YA AND SUSANNAH]
Her name is

[ALL BUT SUSANNAH]
Gloria Meeks
Gloria Meeks

[GLORIA]
But my nickname is Ya Ya

[YA YA, spoken]
I'm an inventor

[SUSANNAH, spoken]
What do you invent?

[YA YA, spoken]
Things that burn holes in things. Things that explode things. One day I'm going to work in science fiction pictures making special effects. I'm great with liquids

[RAT, spoken]
So, Miss 20 questions, what are you in for?

[SUSANNAH, spoken]
Me? I-I. I burned down my school

[YA YA, spoken]
Do you have burn marks all over your arm and stuff?

[RAT, spoken]
Lemme get a loook!

[SUSANNAH, spoken]
Oh- no, no

[YA YA, spoken]
Killjoy

[DOROTHY, spoken]
Maybe you could burn this place down

[SUSANNAH, spoken]
Why don't you just try to escape?

[YA YA]
Do we want to get out?

[RAT]
Do we want to break free?

[DOROTHY]
Of course!
But what's the point?

[KITTY]
We're locked in a tower
Without any power

[JUDITH]
We wait it out until it's time to

[ALL BUT SUSANNAH]
Blow this joint!

Ahh

[DOROTHY]
Hate nation, don't even try to resist

[RAT]
Hate nation, it'll leave you tired and pissed

[KITTY]
Hate nation, bad as it is in here inside

[YA YA]
Hate nation, we stay 'cause our hands are tied

[ALL BUT SUSANNAH]
Hate nation

[JUDITH]
No way for us to rebel

[ALL BUT SUSANNAH]
Hate nation

[JUDITH]
And so we deal with this hell

[ALL BUT SUSANNAH]
Betty Crocker's [?] be clutching her pearls
But America just really fucking sucks for girls

Hate nation, lemme tell ya 'bout it
Hate nation, from a cell we shout it
Life in hate nation
A sad situation for girls like us (girls like us)

Hate nation, there's no breaking free of
Hate nation, our reality of
Life in hate nation
A bad situation for girls like us

[DOROTHY & RAT]
We [?] to the beds

[ALL BUT SUSANNAH]
For girls like us

[YA YA & KITTY]
It is what it is

[ALL BUT SUSANNAH]
For girls like us

[JUDITH]
Always puttin' up a fight

[ALL BUT SUSANNAH]
For girls like us
Alright, alright, alright
Ah
Somebody give me a light

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