The Musicals

(andrew lloyd webber/thomas eliot/trevor nunn)


Midnight
Not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory?
She is smiling alone


In the lamplight
Withered leaves collected at my feet
And the wind begins to blow


Memory
All alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days
I was beautiful then
I remember
The time i knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again


Every street lamp
Seems to beat
A fatalistic warning
Someone mutters
And the street lamp gutters
And soon
It will be morning


Daylight,
I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life
And i mustn't give in
When the dawn comes
Tonight will be a memory too
And a new day will begin



Burnt out ends of smoky days
The stale cold smell of morning
The streetlamp dies,
Another night is over
Another day is dawning


Touch me, it's so easy to leave me
All alone with the memory
Of my days in the sun
If you touch me
You'll understand what happiness is
Look, a new day has begun


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(leonard bernstein/stephen sondheim)


Could be!
Who knows?
There's something due any day;
I will know right away,
Soon as it shows.


It may come cannonballing down
Thru the sky,
Gleam in its eye,
Bright as a rose!
Who knows?


It's only just out of reach,
Down the block, on a beach,
Under a tree...



I got a feeling there's a miracle due,
Gonna come true,
Coming to me!


Could it be?
Yes, it could.
Something's coming, something good.
If i can wait!
Something's coming,
I don't know what it is,
But it is gonna be great!


With a click, with a shock,
Phone'll jingle, door'll knock,
Open the latch!


Something's coming,
Don't know well but it's soon;
Catch the moon,
One handed catch!



Around the corner,
Or whistling down the river,
Come on, deliver to me.



Will it be?
Yes, it will.
Maybe just by holding still,
It'll be there!
Come on, something,
Come on in,
Don't be shy,
Meet a guy,
Pull up a chair!



The air is humming
And something great is coming!
Who knows?
It's only just out of reach,
Down the block, on a beach,
Maybe tonight...

i dreamed a dream (les miserables)


I dreamed a dream in times gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that god would be forgiving

Then i was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung
No wine untasted

But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
And they turn your dream to shame

He slept a summer by my side
He filled my days with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when autumn came

And still i dream he'll come to me
That we will live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather

I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell i'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed
The dream i dreamed.

The sun comes up, i think about you.
The coffee cup, i think about you.
I want you so
It's like i'm losing my mind.


The morning ends, i think about you.
I talk to friends and think about you.
And do they know
It's like i'm losing my mind.


All afternoon doing every little chore
The thought of you stays bright
Sometimes i stand in the middle of the floor
Not going left, not going right.
I dim the lights and think about you
Spend sleepless nights to think about you
You said you loved me
Or were you just being kind?
Or am i losing my mind?


I want you so...
All afternoon doing every little chore
The thought of you stays bright
Sometimes i stand in the middle of the floor
Not going left, not going right.
I dim the lights and think about you
Spend sleepless nights to think about you
You said you loved me
Or were you just being kind?
Or am i losing my mind?

(stephen sondheim)
From the musical, passion


Loving you is not a choice
It's who i am
Loving you is not a choice
Not much reason to rejoice
But it gives me purpose
Gives me voice
To say to the world
This is why i live
You are what i live
This is why i live


Loving you is why i do the things i do
Loving you is not in my control
But loving you i have a goal
For what's left of my life
I will live
And i will die
For you


It gives me purpose
Gives me voice
To say to the world
This is why i live
Yes, this is why i live
Loving you is why i do the things i do
Loving you is not in my control
But loving you
I have a goal
For what's left of my life
I will live
And i will die
For you


I will live
And i will die
For you

(oscar hammerstein/richard rodgers)
From the musical, carousel


When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm
There's a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of the lark


Walk on, through the wind
Walk on, through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone


When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm
There's a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of the lark
Walk on, through the wind
Walk on, through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone


Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone

Love,
Love changes everything:
Hands and faces,
Earth and sky,
Love,
Love changes everything:
How you live and
How you die


Love
Can make the summer fly,
Or a night
Seem like a lifetime.


Yes, love,
Love changes everything:
Now i tremble
At your name.
Nothing in the world will ever
Be the same.


Love,
Love changes everything:
Days are longer,
Words mean more.
Love,
Love changes everything:
Pain is deeper
Than before.


Love
Will turn your world around,
And that world
Will last for ever.


Yes, love,
Love changes everything,
Brings you glory,
Brings you shame.
Nothing in the
World will ever
Be the same.


Off
Into the world we go,
Planning futures,
Shaping years.
Love,
Bursts in, and suddenly
All our wisdom
Disappears.


Love
Makes fools of everyone:
All the rules
We make are broken.
Yes, love,
Love changes everyone.
Live or perish
In its flame.
Love will never,
Never let you
Be the same.

(bob merrill/jule styne)


Don't tell me not to live, just sit and putter.
Life's candy and the sun's a ball of butter.
Don't bring around a cloud to rain on my parade.
Don't tell me not to fly, i've simply got to.
If someone takes a spill, it's me and not you.
Who told you you're allowed to rain on my parade.


I'll march my band out! i'll beat my drum!
And if i'm fanned out, your turn at bat, sir.
At least i didn't fake it. hat, sir.
I guess i didn't make it.


But whether i'm the rose of sheer perfection,
Or a freckle on the nose of life's complexion,
The cinderella or the shinny apple of its eye.
I gotta fly once, i gotta try once.
Only i can die once. right, sir?
Ooh... life is juicy. juicy and you see
I gotta have my bite, sir.


Get ready for me, love, 'cause i'm a comer.
I simply gotta march, my heart's a drummer.
Don't bring around a cloud to rain on my parade.


I'm gonna live and live now!
Get what i want, i know how!
One roll for the whole she'll bang!
One throw, that bell will go clang!
Eye on the target and wham!
One shot, one gun shot and bam!


Hey, everybody, here i am!
I'll march my band out! i'll beat my drum!
And if i'm fanned out, you turn at bat, sir.
I guess i didn't make it. hat, sir.
At least i didn't fake it.
Get ready for me, love, 'cause i'm a comer.
I simply gotta march, my heart's a drummer.
Nobody, no, nobody is gonna rain on my parade!