Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg
Lyrics by Alain Boublil, Richard Maltby, Jr. and John Dempsey
01) Woman
03) Boys'll Be Boys
04) The Wedding
05) I'll Be There
08) I Dismiss You
11) The Sea of Life
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01) Woman [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 2:50
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GRANIA
Woman I am born.
What does "woman" mean?
Must my dreams face scorn,
held back and unseen?If I long for fire,
must it stay unreal?
Can I not desire?
Am I not to feel?If I ache to taste,
am I not to try?
If my heart says "sail,"
why must I deny?I have my dreams,
I have made plans.
I see horizons wide as a man's.
Must I be nothing
'til I'm some man's wife?
Look at this face.
Does it deceive?
Do I look made to milk and to weave?
I will be damned to hell
if that is my life.I'm almost your age.
I'm your match in size.
I'm your match with swords,
an equal in most eyes.But, when you have a dream
and you're caught in its grip,
you can climb aboard a ship.
You can! You can,
for you're a man.You can reach t'ward that place
where the earth meets the sky,
fight a battle, be brave, be true.
If you can do it, why not I?I'm meant to fly,
sail unrestrained.
Why is man free and woman chained?
Is that my epitaph before I die?
I should be free,
free to be Grace.
I want to feel the wind on my face!
And when life beckons,
I should go,
face out the storm,
not stay below.
Am I to be just "woman?"
No, not I.
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02) Here on This Night [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 3:36
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GRANIA
Here on this night my life begins.
Starting tonight my life sails on.
Tonight the dream I fought for wins,
and I'm with you until the dawn.TIERNAN
I went to see when I was ten.
I'd sail the world for months or more.
I would be leagues away, but then
I'd dream of you back on the shore.Now that you'll always be in sight,
my life begins here on this night.BOTH
Take my hand and make a vow:
We are one, together now.
Far from home, yet home we share:
land and sea and heart and air.
You and I, we're Ireland on this night.TIERNAN
I want to speak my heart out loud,GRANIA
We need to hide the things we feel.TIERNAN
that I will love you 'til I die.GRANIA
How can we hide what's now so real?TIERNAN
If we can't say it to the crowd,BOTH
We'll just declare it to the sky.
In front of ev'ry star in sight,
we start our life here on this night.Hand in hand, we'll keep our vow.
We'll be one forever now.
Far from home, yet home we share:
land and sea and heart and air.
You and I, we're Ireland on this night.GRANIA
The sky grows dark,TIERNAN
our love grows bright,BOTH
and I am yours here on this night.
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03) Boys'll Be Boys [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 4:14
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DONAL
Clan O'Flah'rty men, it's touching to see you.
Friends should share a great occasion like this.
With the dawn I wed my O'Malley beauty.
I'll need help to face the challenge of wedded bliss!I can see you're laughing at me already.
My bride, she's been a captain running a crew.
But, there is a war, and war brings a duty:
This calls for a man to do what a man must do, ooh.Boys'll be boys, lads'll be lads,
living the way God plann'd,
showing women how the world ought to be.MATES
Boys'll be boys, lads'll be lads.
How to get her in hand?DONAL
Honest, friends, the answer's right there.
Have you ever broken a mare?DONAL and MATES
Boys are boys, and boys, that's how it should be.BARMAIDS
Boys'll be boys! That is no girl!
How will a lad survive?
She's a sort of lady shark as it were.
After the drums, wedding night comes.
Who will come out alive?
She's been a captain, leading a crew.
She's killed people, ran 'em right through.
Sorry, Donal lad, I'm betting on her.DONAL
I'll be rough when she needs it,
rough as seas ever were.
Up to now, she's been steering.
Now it's time to steer her.She's confused about gender;
she's been too long "at sea."
I may well have to beach her:
take her inland and teach her
what a woman should be.MEN
Boys'll be boys.WOMEN
Girls'll be girls.ALL
Gotta have one last fling.
Gotta cram a lifetime in before dawn.DONAL
Tragic it's not. Want to know what?
Marriage won't change a thing.
Listen, friends, a conjugal vow
doesn't change a bull to a cow.ALL
Married man or not, the party goes on.
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04) The Wedding [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 2:52
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EVLEEN
May God bless the bride and groom.
May He bless them both, their love to bloom.
ALL
May He bind them evermore.
Saint Patrick smile kindly upon them both
and bless their union.
May God bless the bride and groom on this day.
May God bless the bride and groom on this day.
May God bless the bride and groom.
May He bless them both, their love to bloom.
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05) I'll Be There [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 3:38
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TIERNAN
What do I say? What do I do?
How will I ever hope to fare?
How can I stay so close to you,
knowing now that your place is
in another's embraces,
in another man's care?I should be gone far from this hell,
'til not a trace of you survives.
Yet still I'll stay on, for I know well,
though you've left me far behind you,
one day troubles will find you.
And when that day arrives,I'll be there. For to me there's no sorrow
worse to bear than a life lived apart.
I'll be there. Come the mists on the morrow,
I'll be there by your side and deep within your heart.He'll keep his wife dressed up in bows,
lavished eternally with flow'rs.
But whatever life he might propose
to the dream never ending that will always be ours.I'll be there, though I know that it's madness:
Heart laid bare, stripped of pride, yet still proud.
I'll be there. In the depths of my sadness,
I'll be there ever steeled, unyielding and unbowed.Go and marry a man you don't love if that pleases you.
Throw away, for a cause, all the joys we have known.
I thought love's more than faith, more than clan, more than anything.
Let his kiss keep you warm. I'll be fine on my own.Is it me I'm deceiving?
Mad or not, I'll stay true.
I'll be there.
I'll be there, heaven speed me,
by your side, as you need me.
I'll be there for you.
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06) A Day Beyond Belclare [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 3:16
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GRANIA
The man who gave me life is but an inch from death.
With my heart torn in two, I go on my way
to hear the wisdom spoke upon his final breath.O'FLAHERTY WOMEN
All that you've seen us through we now can repay.ALL WOMEN
Off from Rockfleet with you we go to Clew Bay.ALL
A day beyond Belclare, your father waits for you.
Clan O'Flaherty goes with you to Clew Bay.
As one, we leave this day to see our savior through.
Joined as comrades and friends, we'll bond on our way,
marching through the twelve bens and on to Clew Bay.GRANIA
My father lies near death. You're by my side.
Is that a sign?DONAL
This marriage joined two clans. Your father dies:
His crown is mine.TIERNAN
Stand back and hold your tongue.
Do you not see your wife's in pain?DONAL
I only say what's true.TIERNAN
You think of her now and not what you gain,
and whatever you do,
remember that I'm watching you.ALL
A day beyond Belclare, your father waits for you.
Clan O'Flaherty goes with you to Clew Bay.
As one, we leave this day, to see our savior through.
Joined as comrades and friends, we'll bond on our way,
marching through the twelve bens and on to Clew Bay.ENSEMBLE
A day beyond Belclare, your father waits for you.
Marching through the twelve bens, we go to Clew Bay.
Joined as comrades and friends, we bond on our way,
marching through the twelve bens and on to Clew Bay.
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07) Sail to the Stars [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 4:13
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GRANIA
All I know, all I do, all I trust to believe is true.
All of my given strength I owe to you.
All I will be, how I shall lead,
all I will do, ev'ry word, ev'ry deed.
I will fight on in your name and succeed.OLD WOMAN
Seol Chun Faraige
Go Flaitheas De Agnus
Glor Ne Heirreann.
Seol, Seol Leat
Doite Sa Tine O Eirigh in
Eineach le dia
O Seol Go Samh le Diachun
na Realta.ENSEMBLE
Sail to the stars,
off to glory, God and the grace of Ireland.
Go on your way,
to your journey's end in a veil of fire.
A chieftain dies, a chieftain's born.
As hearts are torn,
a new light shines upon the morn.And sail to the stars,
off to glory, God and the grace of Ireland.
Go on your way
to your journey's end in a veil of fire.
And take your place in heaven's light
upon this night.
Go forth to the dawn.
In the years ahead
they will tell the tale of you,
of us all.
On this night,
made one with the stars,
set sail!
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08) I Dismiss You [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 2:49
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GRANIA
You are not a man.
You don't have a spine,
ready to surrender
and put Ireland in chains.
Whoring's made you soft,
drink has left you weak.
Not a drop of Irish blood
is left withn your veins.You and all your lies,
I've borne all that I must.
I can see you clear:
you're a dead weight in a war,
a disgrace to the clan,
near a hundred things more.
What you're not is a man!DONAL
I've had enough of this.
Woman, hold your whist!
"Woman," well not quite.
That's always been the joke.
What is the trouble here?
Basic'ly, the gist
is I can't go on being
married to a bloke.Yes, love, it's true,
you've been adm'rably taught.
Yes, I'll admit
you're an ace in your trade.
You're a half-decent shot,
fairly skilled with a blade.
But a woman, you're not.GRANIA
My father up above,
his very word you flout.DONAL
Boots, swords and trousers,
I've been the patient one.GRANIA
Has it been three years?
I can still walk out.DONAL
I draw the line,
if you cross it,BOTH
then we're done!DONAL
You took my rightful place
through the mad, dying words
of a senile old man.GRANIA
Now you've finally said
what is unforgivable.GRANIA (DONAL)
Ev'ry day discrediting (Ev'ryday regretting)
the bargain that we made. (the bargain that we made.)
Never did I have a doubt (Not a doubt ever that)
that this would come to be. (this would come to be.)
Poisonous and pitiful (Poison'd, perverted.)
the tune you ask be played. (the tune you ask be played.)
Someone has to pay the piper; (Someone must pay up, dear;)
better you than me. (better you than me.)GRANIA
No!
As allowed me by our Irish laws I say unto you now:
I dismiss you!
I dismiss you!
I dismiss you!MEN
Stay away from Grania,
you don't matter anymore.
Hang your sword up, go below,
you've nothing else to do.
Soon as we get into port,
we dump you on the shore.
Unity of clans is over,
all because of you.
All because of you.
All because of you.
All because of you!
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09) If I Said I Loved You [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 3:27
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TIERNAN
If I said I loved you,
all my life I loved you,
would the line be crossed?
Would the words make sense?
Would the thought be cause for concern?
Would you turn to frost?
Would you take offence
or, perchance, feel love in return?GRANIA
If I said I loved you,
all my life I loved you,
would you think me cruel
to presume as much?
Should I take more time to declare?
Would I seem the fool
to admit as such?
In my heart, you've always been there.TIERNAN
After all that we've been through,
is it now too late?GRANIA
Is it too soon?
Can a man forgive?
Were the wounds you bore given time to heal?TIERNAN
After so much time can the seed still grow?
Can there still be fire in this ember's glow?BOTH
Do I say the words,
risk as few would dare
such a precious bond
as we share?If I said the words,
if I spoke my heart,
if I said out loud what I feel,
if I had the strength
once again to start,
I would risk the tide and reveal it all.I wonder what you'd say,
wonder what you'd do,
if I said, my love, "I love you."
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10) The Role of the Queen [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 4:09
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ELIZABETH and LADIES-IN-WAITING
White?ELIZABETH
The white of virgin skin,
unblemished, powdered, blank,
that hides what lies within.
The image crowned withELIZABETH and LADIES-IN-WAITING
gold?ELIZABETH
The color of my pow'r,
the scepter and the orb,
demands of state that flow'r.
My anger flowingELIZABETH and LADIES-IN-WAITING
red?ELIZABETH
Blood, lips and blushing cheeks,
the body made of flesh,
confining even me.ELIZABETH and LADIES-IN-WAITING
White, gold, red,ELIZABETH
this fortress I create,
made from these pots of paint,
no longer serves as it was meant to be.I stand divine as the monarch clear.
Yet on ev'ry side, thund'ring words I hear:
"It's time that we wed a Consort King."
To produce an heir is the role of the Queen.ENSEMBLE
She stands divine as the sov'reign soul
placed by God Himself in her Royal role.
In a child, they say, crown and flesh convene.
To postpone that day has become the goal of the Queen.ELIZABETH
I love my new map.
Knowing better the topography of Ireland,
we've made great inroads in the East.
I am very pleased, but,
why is it in the West
I am consistently defied by this female?BINGHAM (speaking of the QUEEN)
She's as wise as she's fair.
And when Ireland does fall,
I'll give England an heir.
To me, duty is all.
I will not flinch, I mean,
from performing that role for the Queen.ENSEMBLE
She stands divine as the sov'reign soul
placed upon the throne by the hand of God.
In sacrifice, she remains serene.
In here ev'ry breath she defines the role of the Queen.
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11) The Sea of Life [ MIDI ]
DURATION: 3:05
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GRANIA
Sail the sea of life.
Trav'lers all are we,
at its mercy, to and fro.
Where it takes us, there we'll go.
Tides may ebb and tides may flow,
yet steady stays the sea.I'll do what I believe and pray, prevail.
I'll stay fast to my course, succeed or fail,
and give my fate this night
to this sea we sail.GRANIA and SAILORS
On the sea of life,
trav'lers all are we,
at its mercy, to and fro.
Where it takes us, there we'll go.
Tides may ebb and tides may flow,
yet steady stays the sea.SAILORS
On the sea of life,GRANIA
I'm at home with the wind on my face.SAILORS
what can be, will be.GRANIA
I've a place as a woman upon the sea,SAILORS
Sheltered in the brine's embrace,GRANIA
and this moment in timeSAILORS
constant is the change we face.GRANIA
won't be taken from me!SAILORS
Waves may come and waves may go,
yet steady stays the sea.
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