Music by Lucy Simon
Book and Lyrics by Marsha Norman
01) If I Had a Fine White Horse
03) A Bit of Earth
04) Lily's Eyes
07) Race You to the Top of the Morning
08) Wick
09) Clusters of Crocus / Come to My Garden
10) Hold On
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01) If I Had a Fine White Horse [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 2:24
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MARTHA
If I had a fine white horse
I'd take you for a ride today.
But since I have no fine white horse,
inside I'll have to stay.And empty all the chamber pots
and scrub the floors and such
But what's there to do on a fine white horse?
It seems to me not much.If I had a wooden boat
i'd take you for a sail today.
But since I have no wooden boat,
inside I'll have to stay.And catch and kill the mice
and pluck the chickens for the cook.
For what's there to do on a wooden boat
but sit up straight and look?And worry our boat would start to drift
and float us out to sea,
and land us on an isle of gold.
Oh dear, oh dearie me.If I had a chambermaid
I'd take you out to play today.
They say out there's a maze
where once you enter, there you stay.For certain we'd get lost
and they'd come lookin' for our bones.
And find us some time late next week.
And bring us tea and scones.But what if there's a clan of trolls
a-campin' 'neath a tree?
Or what if there's a pirate's cave?
Oh dear,
Oh dear...
Oh dearie me.If I wasn't so afraid
I'd take you out the door today.
But talking birds and tales of faries
keep me scared away.And yes, I promised not tell
what else is there, although
If in a maze you chance to see
a garden guarded by a tree
and meet a bird who speaks to thee,
then come and tell my fine white horse and me.
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02) Winter's on the Wing [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 2:32
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DICKON
Winter's on the wing,
here's a fine spring morn
comin' through the night,
comes the May I say--
The winter's taken flight
sweepin' dark cold air
out to sea, Spring is born.
Comes tha day, I sayAnd you'll be here to see it
stand and breathe it all the day
Stoop and feel it,
stop and hear it
Spring, I sayAnd now the sun is climbin' high
rising fast on fire,
glaring down through the doom.
Gone the gray, I say.
The sun spells the doom
of the Winter's reign,
Ice and chill must retire,
Comes the May, say IAnd you'll be here to see it
Stand and breathe it all the day.
Stoop and feel it,
Stop and hear it
Spring, I say.I say begone ye howling gales,
Be off ye frosty morns.
All ye solid streams begin to thaw.
Melt, ye waterfalls,
Part, ye frozen winter walls
See, see now it's startingAnd now the mist is lifting high,
leavin' bright blue air
rollin' clear 'cross the moor.
Comes the May, I say.
The storm'll soon be by
leavin' clear blue sky,
Soon the sun will shine,
Comes the day, say I.And you'll be here to see it.
Stand and breathe it all the day
Stoop and feel it,
stop and hear it
Spring I say!
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03) A Bit of Earth [ MIDI ]
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ARCHIE
A bit of earth...
She wants a little bit of earth,
she'll plant some seeds
The seeds will grow,
the flowers bloom,
but is their bounty what she needs?How can she chance
to love a little bit of earth;
does she not know?
The earth is old
and doesn't care if one small girl wants things to grow.She needs a friend.
She needs a father, brother,
sister, mother's arms
She needs to laugh.
She needs to dance
and learn to work her girlish charmsShe needs a home
The only thing she really needs,
I cannot give
Instead she asks
a bit of earth to make it live.She should have a pony
gallop 'cross the moor.
She should have a doll's house
with a hundred rooms per floor.Why can't she ask for a treasure?
Something that money can buy,
that won't die?
When I give her the world
she asks instead for some earth.A bit of earth
She wants a little bit of earth,
she'll plant some seeds
The seeds will grow,
the flowers bloom,
their beauty just the thing she needsShe'll grow to love
the tender roses, lillies fair,
the iris tall
And then in fall,
her bit of earth will freeze and kill them all.A bit of earth
A bit of earth
A bit of earth
A bit of earth.
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04) Lily's Eyes [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 3:23
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DR. CRAVEN
Strangely quiet, but now the storm
simply rests to strike again.
Standing, waiting, I think of her;
I think of her.ARCHIE
Strange, this Mary, she leaves the room,
yet remains; she lingers on.
Something stirs me to think of her.
I think of her.DR. CRAVEN
From death she casts her spell
All night we hear her sighs.
And now a girl has come
who has her eyes.She has her eyes.
The girls has Lily's hazel eyes
Those eyes that saw him happy long ago.
Those eyes that gave him life and hope he'd never known.
How can he see the girl and miss those hazel eyes?ARCHIE
She has her eyes
The girl has Lily's hazel eyes.
Those eyes that closed and left me all alone
Those eyes I feel will never ever let me go.
How can I see this girl who has her hazel eyes?In Lily's eyes a castle this house seemed to be
And I her bravest knight became
My lady fair was she.DR. CRAVEN
She has her eyes
She has my Lily's hazel eyes.
Those eyes that loved my brother, never me.
Those eyes that never saw me never knew I longed
to hold her close, to live at last in Lily's eyes.ARCHIE
Imagine me a loverDR. CRAVEN
I longed for the day she'd turn to see me standing there.BOTH
Would God had let her stay.DR. CRAVEN (ARCHIE)
She has her eyes
She has Lily's hazel eyes (She has my Lily's hazel eyes)
Those eyes that first I loved so (Those eyes that saw me happy long ago)
How can I now forget (How can I now forget)
that I dared to be (that I once dared to be)BOTH
in love, alive and whole
in Lily's eyes
In Lily's eyes.
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05) Round-Shouldered Man [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 1:48
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COLIN
Some nights I dream
that a round-shouldered man
comes in my room on a beam
of moonlight.
He never says what he wants,
he just sits with a book in his hands.And then I dreamed
that the round-shouldered man
takes me on a ride through the moors
by moonlight
He never says where we'll go,
we just ride 'cross the hills 'til dawn.And some nights I'm going to ask him,
is the night sky black or blue?
I know the answer's in his book
of all that's good and true.And once I dreamed
that the round-shouldered man
took my hand, and we walked
to a secret garden.
I never knew where we were,
we just sat in the crook of a broken treeAnd some night I'm going to ask him
how the old moon turns to new.
I know the answer's in his book
of all that's good and true.I'm sure the answer's in his book
of all that's good and true.
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06) The Girl I Mean to Be [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 1:24
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MARY
I need a place where I can go
Where I can whisper what I know
Where I can whisper who I like
and where I go to see themI need a place where I can hide
Where no one sees my life inside.
Where I can make my plans
and write them down so I can read themA place where I can bid my heart
be still and it will mind me
A place where I can go when I am lost,
and there I'll find me.I need a place to spend the day
Where no one says to go or stay
Where I can take my pen
and draw the girl I mean to be.
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07) Race You to the Top of the Morning [ MIDI ]
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ARCHIE
When we left off last night,
the hideous dragon had carried the maid
to his cave by moonligh.
He gnashed his teeth,
and breathed his fire,
the heath quaked,
and we trembled in fear.
I said,Someone must save this
sweet raven-haired maiden,
though surely the cost will be steep.
So we lads all drew lots;
our insides tied in knots,
and I won! And the rest went to sleep.So, I picked up my staff
and I followed his trail of his smoke
to the mouth of the cave.
And I bid him come out. Yeah
Forsooth I did shout,
"Ye fool dragon, begone--
or behave."And then under my breath,
I uttered a charm
said to make the worst fiend become kind.
Knaves and knights of dire plights
now diminish his sights.
And it worked, and the dragon went blind.And he charged off the cliff
howling mad, and he died,
and the maiden accepted my ring.
And then you came along,
and were brave, bold and strong,
and in thanks of ev'ry night now I sing:Race you to the top of the morning,
Come sit on my shoulders and ride
Run and hide; I'll come and find you.
Climb hills to remind you
I love you, my boy at my side.Now another foul dragon's appeared,
I must leave you.
He's scorching our land with his breath.
From his lair, this one taunts me.
He dares me, he haunts me.
Once again, we must fight to the death.Would to God I could stay
and instead slay your dragon,
this beast who sits hunched on your back.
Would God I could wrench him
away from your bed,
or to cut off or tear off his terrible head,
or beg him to spare you, and take me instead.As it is, I must leave you
in care of my brother--
the wizard who lives on the hill--
who was promised his art
will soon pierce through the heart
of this dragon that's keeping you ill.And I know that your mother-- God bless her--
would want you to do as he says
and grow strong.
And you know that as soon as I can
I'll return, so be brave, son,
and know that I long toRace you to the top of the morning,
Come sit on my shoulders and ride.
Run and hide, I'll come find you
Climb hills to remind you
I love you,
I love you,
My boy at my side.
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08) Wick [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 2:46
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DICKON
When a thing is wick it has a life about it,
Maybe not a life like you and me.
But somewhere there's a secret streak of green inside it,
Now come and let me show you what I mean.When a thing is wick it has a light around it
Maybe not a light that you can see.
But hiding down below a spark's asleep inside it
just waiting for the right time to be seen.You clear away the dead parts
so the tender buds can form
Loosen up the earth
and let the roots get warm
Let the roots get warmWhen a thing is wick it has a way of knowing
when it's safe to grow again you will see.
When there's sun and water sweet enough to feed it,
it will climb up through the earth a pale new green.You clear away the dead parts
so the tender buds can form
Loosen up the earth
and let the roots get warm
Let the roots get warm.Come a mild day
Come a warm rain,
Come a snowdrop a comin' up
Come a lily, come a lilac
Come to call
callin' all of us to come and see.When a thing is wick and someone cares about it,
and comes each day to work the earth below,
it will live-- it will-- and you must never doubt it.
For all through the darkest night-time,
It's waiting for the right time.
When a thing is wick it will grow.
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09) Clusters of Crocus / Come to My Garden [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 3:46
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LILY
Clusters of crocus,
purple and gold.
Blankets of pansies
up from the coldLilies and iris
safe from the chill.
Safe in my garden,
snowdrops so still.Come to my garden
nestled in the hill
There I'll keep you
safe beside me.Come to my garden
rest there in my arms
There I'll see you safely grown
and on your way.Stay there in my garden
where love grows free and wild.
Come to my garden.
Come sweet child.COLIN
Lift me up and lead me to the garden
where life begins anew,
where I'll find you,
and I'll find you love me, too.COLIN (LILY)
Lift me up and lead me to the garden (Come to my garden.)
where love grows deep and true, (Rest there in my arms.)
where I'll tell you, where I'll show you (There I'll see you safely grown,)
my new life I will live for you. (and on your way.)TOGETHER
I shall see you in my garden,COLIN (LILY)
and spring will come and stay. (where love grows free and wild.)
Lift me up, and lead me to the garden. (Come to my garden.)TOGETHER
Come, sweet day.
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10) Hold On [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 3:03
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MARTHA
What you've got to do is finish
what you've begun.
I don't know just how,
but it's not over 'til you've won.When you the storm is comin',
see the lightning part the skies,
it's too late to run,
there's terror in your eyes,
what you do then is remember
this old thing you heard me say:
It's the storm, not you,
that's bound to go away.Hold on,
hold on to someone standing by.
Hold on,
don't even ask how long or why,
child, hold on
to what you know is true,
hold on
'til you get through.
Child, oh child,
hold on.When you feel your heart is poundin',
fear a devil's at your door,
there's no place to hide,
you're frozen to the floor,
what you do then, is force yourself
to wake up, and you say:
It's this dream, not me,
that's bound to go away.Hold on,
hold on, the night will soon be by.
Hold on,
and think of something else to try.
Child, hold on,
there's angels on their way.
Hold on
and hear them say:
Child, oh child,and it doesn't even matter
if the danger and the doom
come from up above, or down below,
or just flyin' at you from across the room.When you see a man who's ragin',
and he's jealous, and he fears
that you've walked through walls
he's hid behind for years,
what you do then is tell yourself
to wait it out. You say:
It's this day, not me,
that's bound to go away.Child, hold on,
it's this day, not you,
that's bound to go away.
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11) Where in the World [ MIDI ]
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ARCHIE
Now I see her in the window of a carriage, then a train.
Still, my mind will not accept that in her grave she must remain.
Now I hear her voice, then turn to see a stranger's form and face.
Must I wander on tormented place to place to place to place.Where can I go that she won't find me,
Why can't I find a place to hide?
Why does she want to chase me, haunt me?
Ev'ry step she's there beside me.Where in the world, tell me
Where in the world can I live without your love?
Where on the earth, tell me
Where on the earth can I stay now that you are gone?Why did I have to meet you, love you
Why can't I rid you from my mind?
Why did you have to want me,
Won't you let me put my life behind me?Where in the world, tell me
Where in the world can I live without your love?
Where on the earth, tell me
Where on the earth can I stay now that you are gone?Now that you are gone
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12) How Could I Ever Know [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 2:39
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LILY
How could I know I would have to leave you?
How could I know I would hurt you so?
You were the one I was born to love, oh
How could I ever know?
How could I ever know?How can I say to go on without me?
How, when I know you still need me so?
How can I say not to dream about me?
How could I ever know?
How could I ever know?Forgive me, can you forgive me,
and hold me in your heart?
And find some new way to love me,
Now that we're apart?How could I know I would never hold you?
Never again in this world, but
Oh-- sure as you breathe, I am there inside you.
How could I ever know?
How could I ever know?
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