Music by Duncan Sheik
Lyrics by Steven Sater
01) Mama Who Bore Me
02) All That's Known
04) My Junk
05) Touch Me
10) I Believe
11) Don't Do Sadness / Blue Wind
12) The Guilty Ones
13) Left Behind
14) Totally F*****
15) Whispering
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01) Mama Who Bore Me [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 1:55
FILE SIZE: 4.34 KB
WENDLA
Mama, who bore me,
Mama, who gave me
no way to handle things,
who made me so sad.
Mama, the weeping,
Mama, the angels.
No sleep in Heaven
or Bethlehem.Some pray that one day
Christ will come a' calling.
They light a candle
and hope that it glows.
And some just lie there, crying
for Him to come and find them.
But when He comes,
they don't know how to go.Mama, who bore me,
Mama, who gave me
no way to handle things,
who made me so bad.
Mama, the weeping.
Mama, the angels.
No sleep in Heaven
or Bethlehem.
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02) All That's Known [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 1:50
FILE SIZE: 7.23 KB
MELCHIOR
All that's known in history, in science,
overthrown at school, at home, by blind men.
You doubt them, and soon they bark and hound you
'till ev'rything you say is just another bad about you.All they say is, "Trust in what is written."
Wars are made, and somehow that is wisdom.
Thought is suspect and money is their idol,
and nothing is okay unless it's scripted in their Bible.But I know there's so much more to find,
just in looking through myself and not at them.
Still I know to trust my own true mind
and to say there's a way through this.On I go, to wonder and to learning;
name the stars and know their dark returning.
I'm calling to know the world's true yearning,
the hunger that a child feels for ev'rything they're shown.You watch me, just watch me.
I'm calling, and one day all will know.
You watch me, just watch me.
I'm calling,
I'm calling,
and one day all will know...
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03) The B**** of Living [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 3:01
FILE SIZE: 15.4 KB
MORITZ
God, I dreamed there was an angel
who could hear me through the wall
as I cried out, like in Latin:
"This is so not life at all.Help me out, out of this nightmare."
Then I heard her silver call.
She said, "Just give it time, kid.
I come to one and all."
MORITZ
She said, "Give me that hand, please,
and the itch you can't control.
Let me teach you how to handle
all the sadness in your soul.Oh, we'll work that silver magic
then we'll aim it at the wall."
She said, "Love may make you blind, kid,
but I wouldn't mind at all."OTHER BOYS
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
ALL BOYS except OTTO
It's the bitch of living
with nothing but your hand.
Just the bitch of living
as someone you can't standOTTO
Bitch, just the bitch.
Just the bitch, yeah.
Just the bitch of living
as someone you can't stand.
GEORG
See, each night, it's, like, fantastic
tossing, turning without rest,
'cause my day's at the piano
with my teacher and her breasts;
and the music's like the one thing
I can even get at all.
And those breasts! I mean, God please,
just let those apples fall.ALL
It's the bitch of living (bitch, ah, ah, ah)
with nothing going on. (nothing going on)
Just the bitch of living
asking, "What went wrong?"Do they think we want this?
Oh, who knows?
ERNST
See, there's showering at gym class...HANSCHEN
Bobby Maler, he's the best...
Looks so nasty in those khakis...ERNST
God, my whole life's like some test.OTTO
Then there's Mariana Whelan,
as if she'd return my call.HANSCHEN
It's like just kiss some ass, man,
then you can screw 'em all,
all.MELCHIOR
It's the bitch of living
and living in your head.
It's the bitch of living
and sensing God is dead.OTHER BOYS
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.ALL OTHER BOYS
It's the bitch of living
in your head.
It's the bitch.
ALL except MELCHIOR
It's the bitch of living
and try'n' to get ahead.
It's the bitch of livingMELCHIOR
You watch me, just watch me.
I'm callin' and one day
MORITZ
just getting out of bed.ALL except MELCHIOR
It's the bitch of living, living, living
and getting what you get.
Just the bitch of living
all will know,
all will know.MELCHIOR
and knowing this is it.ALL
God, is this it?
This can't be it.
Oh, God, what a bitch!
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04) My Junk [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 2:28
FILE SIZE: 11.1 KB
WENDLA
In the midst of this nothing,
this miss of a life,
still, there's this one thing
just to see you go by.MARTHA
It's almost like lovin'
sad as that is.THEA
May not be cool
but it's so where I live.ANNA
It's like I'm your lover or,
more like your ghost--
I spend the day wond'rin'
what you do, where you go...THEA
I try and just kick it,
but then, what can I do?
We've all got our junk,
and my junk is you.ALL GIRLS
See us, winter walkin'
after a storm.
It's chill in the wind,
but it's warm in your arms.
We stop, all snow-blind--
may not be true--
we've all got our junk
and my junk is you.GEORG
Well, you have to excuse me,
I know it's so off,
I love when you do stuff
that's rude and so wrong.HANSCHEN
I go up to my room,
turn the stereo on,
shoot up some you
in the You of some song.
THEA
I lie back, just driftin',
and play out these scenes.
I ride on the rush,
all the hopes, all the dreams.ANNA
I may be neglectin'
the things I should do.
But we've all got our junk,
and my junk is you.GROUP I
See we still keep talkin'
after you're gone.
You're still with me then,
feels so good in my arms.
They say you go blind.
Maybe it's true.
We've all got our junk,
and my junk is you.It's like we stop time.
What can I do?
We've all got our junk,
and my junk is you.
My junk is you.
You, you, you.ALL OTHERS
I lie back, driftin',
these scenes,
the rush,
the dreams.
We've all got our junk,
yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah,GROUP II
yeah.
After you're gone.
Good in my arms, stop.
Go blind, stop.
Maybe it's true,
but our junk, yeah, junk is you.
My junk is you.Oh, we stop time.
What can I do
when my junk is you?
And my junk is you.
My junk is you.
You, you, you.
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05) Touch Me [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 4:31
FILE SIZE: 11.8 KB
MELCHIOR
Where I go,
when I go there,
no more mem'ry anymore.
Only drifting on some ship,
the wind that whispers
of the distance
to shore.MORITZ
Where I go,
when I go there,
no more list'ning anymore.
Only hymns upon your lips;
a mystic wisdom,
rising with them,
to shore.ERNST
Touch me just like that
and that, oh yeah,
now that's heaven.
Now, that I like.
God, that's so nice.
Now, lower down,
where the figs lie.ALL
Oh my God.
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh my God.
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh my God.
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh my God.
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.Touch me.
Touch me.
Ah.
Ah.
Oh, oh, oh, my God.OTTO
Where I go,
when I go there,
no more shadows anymore.
Only you there in the kiss
and nothing missing
as you're drifting
to shore.GEORG
Where I go,
when I go there,
no more weeping anymore.
Only in and out your lips;
the broken wishes
washing with them
to shore.MELCHIOR & MORITZ
Touch me, all silent.
Tell me, please,
all is forgiven.
Consume my wine.
Consume my mind.
I'll tell you how,
how the winds sigh.GEORG
Touch me, just try it.
Now there, that's it.
God, that's heaven.
I love your light,
I'll love you right.
We'll wander down
where the sins cry.ALL
Touch me just like that.
Now, lower down,
where the sins lie.
Love me just for a bit.
We'll wander down,
where the winds sigh,
where the winds sigh,
where the winds sigh,
where the winds sigh.
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06) The Word of Your Body [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 2:47
FILE SIZE: 8.16 KB
WENDLA
Just too unreal all this.
Watching the words fall from my lips...MELCHIOR
Baiting some girl with hypotheses!BOTH
Haven't you heard the word of your body?MELCHIOR
Don't feel a thing, you wish.WENDLA
Grasping at pearls with my fingertips...MELCHIOR
Holding her hand like some little tease.BOTH
Haven't you heard the word of my wanting?O, I'm gonna be wounded.
O, I'm gonna be your wound.
O, I'm gonna bruise you.
O, you're gonna be my bruise.Just too unreal, all this.
WENDLA
Watching his world slip through my fist...MELCHIOR
Playing with her in your fantasies.BOTH
Haven't you heard the word-- how I want you?O, I'm gonna be wounded.
O, I'm gonna be your wound.
O, I'm gonna bruise you.
O, you're gonna be my bruise.
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07) The Dark I Know Well [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 2:57
FILE SIZE: 11.7 KB
MARTHA
There is a part I can't tell
'bout the dark I know well.
You say, "Time for bed now, child."
Mom just smiles that smile,
just like she never saw me,
just like she never saw me.
So, I leave, wantin' just to hide,
knowin' deep inside
you are comin' to me,
you are comin' to me...You say all you want is a kiss goodnight,
then you hold me and you whisper,
"Child, the Lord won't mind.
It's just you and me.
Child, you're a beauty.
God, it's good-- the lovin'. Ain't it good tonight?
You an't seen nothin' yet--
gonna treat you right.
It's just you and me.
Child, you're a beauty."ILSE
I don't scream,
though I know it's wrong.
I just play along.
I lie there and breathe,
lie there and breathe.
I wanna be strong,
I want the world to find out
that you're dreamin' on me,
me and my "beauty,"ILSE & MARTHA
me and my "beauty."
ILSE & MARTHA
You say all you want is a kiss goodnight,
then you hold me and you whisper,
"Child, the Lord won't mind.
It's just you and me.
Child, you're a beauty.
God, it's good-- the lovin'. Ain't it good tonight?
You an't seen nothin' yet--
gonna teach you right.
It's just you and me.
Child, you're a beauty."GIRLS
There is a part I can't tell
'bout the dark I know well.
There is a part I can't tell
'bout the dark I know well.
There is a part I can't tell
'bout the dark I know well.
There is a part I can't tell
'bout the dark I know well.BOYS
Ah
ah
Child, you're a beauty.
Ah
Ah
Child, you're a beauty.BOYS
Ah,
dark I know well.
Ah
ah
ah,
dark I know well.
Ah
ah.
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08) And Then There Were None [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 3:41
FILE SIZE: 14.9 KB
MORITZ
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, well, fine.
Not like it's even worth the time.
But still, you know, you wanted more.
Sorry, it won't change; been there before.The thing that sucks-- okay? for me,
a thousand bucks, I'm, like, scot free.
And I mean, please, that's all I need.
Get real, okay, by now, you know the score.You wanna laugh. It's too absurd.
You start to ask, Can't hear a word.
You wanna crash and burn;
right, tell me more.Okay, so now we do the play.
Act like we so care. No way!
You'll write my folks? Well, okay.
Babe, that's how it goes.They freak or won't, you toe the line.
You tell your soul, just kill some time.
Will it quit? It will
until they don't.They're not my home, not anymore.
Not like they so were before.
Still, I'll split, and they'll like...
Well, who knows? Who knows?
Who knows?MORITZ & HANSCHEN
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, well fine.
Not like it's even worth the time.
But still, you know, you wanted more.HANSCHEN
Okay, so nothing's changed.MORITZ
Heard that before.MORITZ & OTTO
You wanna laugh. It's too absurd.
You start to ask. Can't hear a word.OTTO
You're gonna crash and burn.MORITZ
Right, tell me more.MORITZ & ERNST
You start to cave, you start to cry.
You try to run, nowhere to hide.GEORG
You want to crumble up
and close that door.MORITZ
Just fuck it; right? Enough. That's it.
You'll still go on, well, for a bit.
Another day of utter shit--
and then there were none,MORITZ & OTTO
and then there were none,MORITZ, OTTO & GEORG
and then there were none,MORITZ, OTTO, GEORG, HANSCHEN & ERNST
and then there were none.
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09) The Mirror-Blue Night [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 2:19
FILE SIZE: 6.52 KB
BOYS
Flip on a switch and ev'rything's fine,
no more tongue, no more lips, no more ears, no more eyes.
The naked blue angel who pears through the blinds,
disappears in the gloom of the mirror-blue night.MELCHIOR
But there's nowhere to hide from these bones, from my mind.
It's broken inside. I'm a man and a child.
I'm at home with a ghost who got left in the cold.
I'm locked out of peace with no keys to my soul.BOYS
And the whispers of fear, the chill up the spine,
will steal away too with a flick of the light.
The minute you do it, with fingers so blind,
you remove ev'ry bit of the blue in your mind.MELCHIOR
But there's nowhere to hide from the ghost in my mind.
It's cold in these bones, of a man and a child.
And there's no one who knows and there's nowhere to go.
There's no one to see who can see to my soul.
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10) I Believe [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 2:32
FILE SIZE: 11.2 KB
ALL except MORITZ, WENDLA & MELCHIOR
I believe,
I believe,
I believe,
oh, I believe
all will be forgiven.I believe,
I believe,
I believe,
oh, I believe
all will be forgiven.I believe,
I believe,
I believe,
oh, I believe
there is love in Heaven.I believe,
I believe,
I believe,
oh, I believe
there is love in Heaven.I believe,
I believe,
I believe,
oh, I believe
all will be forgiven.I believe,
I believe,
I believe,
oh, I believe
BOYS III BOYS II BOYS I GIRLS II GIRLS I There is love in Heaven. All will be forgiven. There is love in Heaven. All will be forgiven. I believe. There is love in Heaven. All will be I believe. forgiven. I believe. There is love in Heaven. All will be I believe. forgiven. I believe. Oo There is love in Heaven. All will be I believe. forgiven. I believe. There is love in Heaven. All will be I believe. forgiven. I believe. There is love Peace in Heaven. I believe. and All will be All will be joy be forgiven. forgiven. I believe. with them, There is love There is love harmony in Heaven. in Heaven. I believe. and All will be All will be All will be wisdom, forgiven. forgiven. forgiven. ALL GROUPS
Peace and joy be with them,
harmony and wisdom.
Oh, I believe!
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11) Don't Do Sadness / Blue Wind [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 4:29
FILE SIZE: 15.1 KB
MORITZ
Awful sweet to be a little butterfly,
just wingin' over things and nothin' deep inside.
Nothin' goin', goin' wild in you, you know.
You're slowin' by the riverside
or floatin' high and blue.Or, maybe, cool to be a little summer wind,
like, once through ev'rything and then away again.
With a taste of dust in your mouth all day
but no need to know, like sadness.
You just sail away.'Cause you know,
I don't do sadness,
not even a little bit.
Just don't need it in my life.
Don't want any part of it.I don't do sadness.
Hey, I've done my time.
Lookin' back on it all,
man, it blows my mind.I don't do sadness.
So been there.
Don't do sadness.
Just don't care.ILSE
Spring and summer,
ev'ry other day.
Blue wind gets so sad
blowin' through the thick corn,
through the bales of hay,
through the open books on the grass...
Spring and summer.Sure, when it's autumn,
wind always wants to
creep up and haunt you.
Whistlin', it's got you,
with its heartache,
with its sorrow,
winter wind sings
and it cries.Spring and summer,
ev'ry other day.
Blue wind gets so pained
blowin' through the thick corn,
through the bales of hay,
through sudden drift of the rain...
Spring and summer.MORITZ
So, maybe I should be some kind of laundry line.
Hang their things on me, and I will swing 'em dry.
You just wave in the sun through the afternoon, and then, see,
they come to set you free
beneath the rising moon.
MORITZ
'Cause you know,
I don't do sadness,
not even a little bit.
Just don't need it in my life.
Don't want any part of it.
I don't do sadness.
Hey, I've done my time.
Lookin' back on it all,
man, it blows my mind.I don't do sadness.
So been there.
Don't do sadness.
Just don't care.ILSE
Spring and summer,
ev'ry other day.
Blue wind gets so lost
blowin' through the thick corn,
through the bales of hay.Spring and summer,
ev'ry other day.
Blue wind gets so lost
blowin' through the thick corn,
through the bales of hay,
through the wand'ring clouds of the dust...
Spring
and summer.
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12) The Guilty Ones [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 2:55
FILE SIZE: 9.91 KB
WENDLA
Something's started crazy,
sweet and unknown.
Something you keep
in a box on the street,
now it's longing for a home.ALL except WENDLA & MELCHIOR
And, who can say what dreams are?WENDLA
Wake me in time to be lonely and sad.ALL except WENDLA & MELCHIOR
And, who can say what we are?WENDLA
This is the season for dreaming...And now our bodies are the guilty ones,
who touch and color the hours.
Night won't breathe.
Oh how we
fall in silence from the sky
and whisper some silver reply...ALL except WENDLA & MELCHIOR
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh.MELCHIOR
Pulse is gone and racing,
all fits and starts.
Window by window
you try to look into
this brave new you that you are.ALL except WENDLA & MELCHIOR
And, who can say what dreams are?MELCHIOR
Wake me in time to be out in the cold.ALL except WENDLA & MELCHIOR
And, who can say we are?MELCHIOR
This is the reason for dreaming...ALL
And now our bodies are the guilty ones.
Our touch will fill ev'ry hour.
Huge and dark,
oh, our hearts
will murmur the blues from on hight,
then whisper some silver reply...
whoa-oh, whoa-oh.And now our bodies are the guilty ones.
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13) Left Behind [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 4:14
FILE SIZE: 12.6 KB
MELCHIOR
You fold his hands and smooth his tie,
you gently lift his chin.
Were you really so blind
and unkind to him?
Can't help the itch to touch, to kiss,
to hold him once again.
Now, to close his eyes,
never open them...ALL BOYS & GIRLS
A shadow passed,
a shadow passed,
yearning, yearning
for the fool
it called a home.MELCHIOR
All things he never did are left behind;
all the things his mama wished he'd bear in mind
and all his dad ever hope he'd know. OhThe talks you never had,
the Saturdays you never spent,
all the "grownup" places
you never went;
and all of the crying
you wouldn't understand,
you just let him cry:
"Make a man out of him."ALL BOYS & GIRLS
A shadow passed,
a shadow passed,
yearning, yearning
for the fool
it called a home.
MELCHIOR
All things he ever wished are left behind;
all the things his mama did to make him mind
and how his dad had hoped he'd grow.GIRLS
Ahh, aah,
ahh.
All things he ever lived are left behind;
all the fears that ever flickered through his mind;
all the sadness that he's come to own. Oh,Ahh, ahh,
ahh.
ALL BOYS
oh,ALL BOYS & GIRLS
oh.A shadow passed,
a shadow passed,
yearning, yearning
for the fool
it called a home.
MELCHIOR
And it whistles through the ghosts
still left behind...
It whistles through the ghosts
still left behind...
it whistles through the ghosts
still left behind... Oh.ALL OTHERS (slowly decreasing in number)
Ahh,
ahh,
ahh,
ahh.
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14) Totally F***** [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 3:00
FILE SIZE: 10.6 KB
MELCHIOR
There's a moment you know
you're fucked.
Not an inch more room
to self-destruct.
No more moves, oh yeah,
the dead-end zone.
Man, you just can't call
your soul your own.OTTO
But the thing that makes you really jump
is that the weirdest shit is still to come.
You can ask yourself, "Hey, what have I done?"
You're just a fly-- the little guys they kill for fun.GEORG
Man, you're fucked if you just freeze up,
can't do that thing, that keepin' still.HANSCHEN
But, you're fucked if you speak your mind,GEORG, HANSCHEN & OTTO
and you know, uh-huh, you will.ALL BOYS & GIRLS
Yeah, you're fucked, all right,
and all for spite.
You can kiss your sorry ass goodbye.
Totally fucked.
Will they mess you up?
Well, you know they're gonna try.MELCHIOR
Blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaaALL
Blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa.MELCHIOR
Disappear, yeah, well,
you wanna try.
Wanna bundle up
into some big-ass lie
long enough for them
to all just quit,
long enough for you
to get out of itALL
Yeah, you're fucked, all right,
and all for spite.
You can kiss your sorry ass goodbye.
Totally fucked.
Will they mess you up?
Well, you know they're gonna try.Blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa
blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa.
Blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa
blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa.
Blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa
blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa.
Blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa
blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa.Totally fucked.
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15) Whispering [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 3:29
FILE SIZE: 6.55 KB
WENDLA
Whispering.
Hear the ghosts in the moonlight.
Sorrow doing a new dance
through their bones,
through their skin.Listening
to the souls in the fool's night,
fumbling mutely with their rude hands,
and there's heartache
without end.See the father bent in grief,
the mother dressed in mourning.
Sister crumples
and the neighbors grumble,
the preacher issues warnings.History:
Little Miss didn't do right.
Went and ruined all the true plans/
Such a shame.
Such a sin.Mystery.
Home alone on a school night.
Harvest moon over the blue land,
summer longing
on the wind...Had a sweetheart on his knees
so faithful and adoring.
And he touched me
and I let him love me.
So let that be my story.Listening,
for the hope, for the new life,
something beautiful, a new chance.
Hear its whispering
there again.
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16) Those You've Known [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 4:13
FILE SIZE: 13.3 KB
MORITZ
Those you've known and lost still walk behind you...
All alone, they linger 'til they find you...
Without them, the world grows dark around you
and nothing is the same until you know that they have found you.WENDLA
Those you've pained may carry that still with them...
all the same, they whisper, "All forgiven."
Still, your heart says, the shadows bring the starlight
and ev'rything you've even been is still there in the dark night.
MORITZ
Though you know you've left them far behind,
you walk on by yourself and not with them.
Still you know, they fill your heart and mind
when they say, "There's a way through this."WENDLA
When the northern wind blows,
the sorrows your heart holds.
There are those who still know.
They're still home,
we're still home.WENDLA & MORITZ
Those you've known and lost still walk behind you.
All alone, their song still seems to find you.
They call you, as if you knew their longing.
They whistle through the lonely wind, the long blue shadows falling.MELCHIOR
All alone, but still I hear their yearning;
through the dark, the moon, alone there burning.
The stars too, they tell of spring returning.
And summer with another wind that no one yet has known.
MORITZ
Still you know
there's so much more to find:
another dream
another love you'll hold.
Still you know
to trust your own true mind
on your way--
you are not alone.MELCHIOR
They call me
through all things.
Night's falling
but somehow on I go.
You watch me,
just watch me--
I'm calling
from longing...WENDLA
When the northern
wind blows,
the sorrows
your heart's known.
I believe.
They're still home.
They're still home.MELCHIOR
Now they'll walk on my arm through the distant night
and I won't let them stray from my heart.
Through the wind, through the dark, through the winter light,
I will read all their dreams to the stars.I'll walk now with them.
I'll call on their names.
I'll see their thoughts are known.
Not gone, not gone.
They walk with my heartWENDLA & MORITZ
Not gone.MELCHIOR
I'll never let them go.WENDLA & MORITZ
Not gone.MELCHIOR
I'll never let them go.WENDLA & MORITZ
Not gone.MELCHIOR
I'll never let them go.WENDLA & MORITZ
Not gone.MELCHIOR
You watch me,
just watch me.
I'm calling,
I'm calling,
and one day all will know.
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17) The Song of Purple Summer [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 3:59
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ILSE
Listen to what's in the heart of a child:
a song so big in one so small.
Soon you will hear where beauty lies.
You'll hear and you'll recall...The sadness, the doubt, all the loss, the grief,
will belong to some play from the past,
as the child leads the way to a dream,
a belief, a time of hope through the land...A summer's day,
a mother sings
a song of purple summer
through the heart of ev'rything.ILSE, MARTHA, OTTO & HANSCHEN
And Heaven waits,
so close it seems,ILSE, MARTHA, OTTO, HANSCHEN, THEA, ANNA & ERNST
to show her child the wonders
of a world beyond her dreams.ILSE, MARTHA, OTTO, HANSCHEN, THEA, ANNA, ERNST, GEORG & ADULTS
The earth will wave with corn;
the days so wide, so warm.ILSE, MARTHA, OTTO, HANSCHEN, THEA, ANNA, ERNST, GEORG, ADULTS & ENSEMBLE
And mares will neigh
with stallions that they mate,
foals they've borne.ALL except MELCHIOR
And all shall know the wonder
of purple summer.FULL COMPANY
And so I wait.
The swallow brings
a song of what's to follow,
the glory of the spring...
GROUP I
The fences sway,
the porches swing.
The clouds begin to thunder,
crickets wander, murmuring.
The earth will wave with corn.
The days so wide, so warm.
And mares will neigh
with stallions that they mate,
foals they've borne.
And all shall know the wonder.
I will sing the song of purple summer.
All shall know the wonder.
I will sing the song of purple summer.
All shall know the wonder
of purple summer.GROUP II
The fences sway,
the porches swing.
Thunder.
Earth will wave with corn;
days so wide, so warm.
Foals they've borne.
And all shall know the wonder.
I will sing the song of purple summer.
All shall know the wonder.
I will sing the song of purple summer.
All shall know the wonder
of purple summer.
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