Normandy, the Musical of WW II

byTom Hendren

And Larry Cotton

Lyrics

© 2014 Tom Hendren and Larry Cotton915 West End Blvd.

Winston-Salem, NC 27101

LYRICS (only)

Normandy, The Musical of World War IIBy Thomas Hendren and Larry Cotton

Key to abbreviations used for characters singing lyrics:(two letters of each character name)

AN = ANGELABI = BILLY

CA = CAROLINACE = CAROLINE

CT = CATE CH = CATHERINEEL = ELLIOTT EM = EMMA

HA = HARLEY JA = JACK JO = JOHN MA = MARY

NA = NARRATOR PA = PAUL

PO = POLLY PG = PASTOR GOODMAN

QU = QUINN RD = RUDY

RM = RUMBUTTER SH = SHEILA

O1 O2 O3 O4

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ACT 1

SCENE 1

MAKING PLANS VERSE 1[EL] I 'M MAKING PLANS, MAKING LOTS OF PLANS FOR MAKING LOTS OF MONEY, I'M SURE MY OUTLOOK IS SUNNY, FOR MONETARY GAIN EXTRAORDINAIRE. SPENT MOST OF MY LIFE IN DEPRESSION ERA MAJOR DEPRIVATION. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION YOU WEREN'T THERE.

[MA] I'M MAKING PLANS I'VE BEEN MAKING THEM LONG AS I REMEMBER, I COULD BE GONE BY MID-DECEMBER. UNIVERSITY WILL OPEN DOORS FOR ME.

[EL] WHEN I AM FAMOUS I HOPE YOU'LL DROP BY, OF COURSE, I MAY BEUNAVAILABLE, BUT LEAVE YOUR CARD ON THE TABLE, YOU'LL BE GLAD THAT YOU TRIED

MAKING PLANS VERSE 2[MA] I SEE NO REASON I COULDN'T BE A SURGEON OR ATTORNEY, WOULD YOU RIDE ON MY GURNEY, OR RETAIN ME FOR A FEE? WHAT'S THE MATTER, MISTER MASTER PLANNER? WHAT IS THE MEANING OF YOUR SUDDEN CAUTIOUS MANNER?

[CE] SURELY YOU COULD NOT BE THREATENED BY A PLANFUL GIRL LIKE ME. I'D LIKE A MAN WHO'S MAKING PLANS, SHOWS HE KNOWS JUST WHERE HE'S GOING, AND HIS INTELLIGENCE IS SHOWING, UNLESS HE’S JUST SHOWING OFF BECAUSE HECAN.

[EL] QUIT YOUR MESSING, YOU'RE ONLY GUESSING, WITHOUT LUCK, TO GET STUCK HERE WOULD BE DEPRESSING SURELY YOU SEE YOU SHOULD BE LIKE ME, A MAN WITH A PLAN.

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MAKING PLANS CHORUS[MA & CE] ELLIOTT, WITH HIS DREAMS OF WHEELING AND DEALING, JUST KNOWSHE'S SO APPEALING. A NATURAL BORN NATIONAL TREASURE, THE HARD TRICK IS THE YARD STICK HE'SBEEN USING TO MEASURE

[EL] FDR HAS BEEN DRUMMING, SAYS IF WE JUST PUSH ON THERE'S A NEW DEALCOMING. NOTHING LASTS FOREVER, THINGS HAVE GOT TO GET BETTER WHAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN, SOME ALIEN FORCE THAT WOULD FORCE US TOBATTEN WITH PLANS THAT ARE STRONG, WHAT COULD GO WRONG?

MAKING PLANS VERSE 3[CE] MY SIMPLE PLANS SEEM TO BE IN LINE WITH FAMILYTRADITION, LIMITED PROFESSIONAL AMBITION JUST SETTLE DOWN WITH A VERY SIMPLE MAN.

MARY(speaking)

Well, that’ll be simple.

[CE] SOMETIMES IN A SURGE I GET THE URGE TO STRIKE OUT AND SEE THE WORLD BEYOND THE BOUNDARYOH, IT WOULD SHOCK MY MOTHER, PROBABLY KILL MY FATHER, BUT IT MIGHT BE KIND OF NICE FOR ME

[PA] I HAVE SOME PLANS, BUT NEXT TO YOURS THEY'RE LOOKINGREALLY LIGHT AND FLIMSY LITTLE SUBSTANCE LOTS OF WHIMSY. JUST BEEN GETTING BY ASBEST I CAN.I NEVER THOUGHT MUCH OF SCHOOL, PERHAPS I'VE BEEN A FOOLABOUT MY EDUCATION

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INSTEAD OF FOCUS ON VACATION MAYBE I SHOULD THINK ABOUTA PLAN.

MAKING PLANS ENSEMBLE SECTIONMEASURE 133[PA] I JUST WANT A CAR, AND TO KEEP THINGS [EL] BIG SHOTS WILL GIVE YOU ADVICE FREE

AND SWEAR IT’S A WONDERFUL PRICE, SEE [MA] I DON’T BELIEVE THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG [CE] WE HAVE A LOT OF ENERGY FLOWING

I’D HAVE TO SAY DIVERSITY’S SHOWING

MEASURE 137[PA] PRETTY MUCH AS THEY ARE[EL] WHEN CHOICES START TO LOOK DICEY

THEY’LL SMILE AND TRY TO MAKE NICEYMA] WITH A WOMAN WHO’S SMART AND IS STRONG[CE] WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK UP AND BE CLEAR

I’D LIKE TO HAVE A CIVIL DISCUSSION HERE

MEASURE 141[PA] I’D LIKE A GIRLFRIEND[EL] PAT PAT, WINK WINK, THE SWEATY HAND

NO NEED TO THINK SAYS THE SANDMAN[MA] SOME PEOPLE TELL ME I’M LIKE A SORE THUMB

WISH I COULD TURN DOWN THE VOLUME SOME[CE] I LOVE THEM ALL AND I KNOW THEY LOVE ME

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A LAND IS FREE

MEASURE 145[PA] WHO LIKES ME, TOO[EL] YOU’RE AT THEIR MERCY UNLESS YOU’VE WORKED OUT A PLAN[MA] I SEE NO REASON A GIRL SHOULD PLAY DUMB [CE] FREE TO EXPRESS EVEN WHEN WE DON’T AGREE

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MAKING PLANS FINAL SECTION

Paul shouts out the letters of Elliott’s name, after which Mary and Caroline hold up a card for each letter. Numbers within lyrics are notations of measure.

MAKING PLANS FINAL SECTIONAt the beginning of this section, Paul is shouting out the letters of Elliott’s name and the girls are responding with characteristics of Elliott that begin with that letter, just like in the song Mother (M is for the many things she gave me, O means only that she’s growing old, etc.)____________________________________________________________________

MEASURE PAUL SHOUTS. ELLIOTT MARY AND CAROLINE

(HE MAY HOLD UP (AFTER PAUL SHOUTS

LETTER CARDS ) A LETTER)

149 E MY PLANS ARE RED HOT EGOTISTICAL

151 L YOUR PLANS AFRAID NOT LIKES PLANNING, HE’S LOGISTICAL

153 L WHAT IT TAKES I HAVE GOT LONG-WINDED, LOQUACIOUS

155 I TO GIVE MY BEST SHOT JUST A LITTLE BIT, INGRACIOUS*

157 O CHECK WITH ME NEXT YEAR OCCASIONALLY...OVERWEENING

159 T YOU CAN BET I WON’T BE HERE TUMULTUOUS, WHEN HE’S PREENING

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161 T OR ANYWHERE NEAR SOMETIMES TOO TOO MUCH

162 NO PLACE FOR A MAN WITH A PLAN SO WE ALL SAY

163 THAT’S WHAT I AM

164 BUT THAT’S OK165 JUST AN ORDINARY (PAUL JOINS) WE STILL LOVE HIM 166 EXTRAORDINARY MAN WITH A PLAN AND ALL HIS PLANS

SCENE 2

OUTSIDE. SAME AS SCENE 1.

SCENE 3

HYMN 1 OVER THERE FIRST TIME THROUGH[PG & ALL (CONGREGATION)]WHEN WE MEET OUR MAKER OVER THEREHE WILL LIFT EVERY BURDEN, EVERY CAREHE WILL COMFORT ALL OUR PAIN AND OUR DESPAIRTHEN SHOW US TO THAT CHAPEL IN THE AIROVER THERE WE'LL FORGET EARTHLY DELIGHTIN A LAND THAT KNOWS NO DAY OR NIGHTEVERCLEAR WHAT'S WRONG AND WHAT IS RIGHTPLEASURES WE IMAGINED WILL BE GONE FROM SIGHT.

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Pastor Goodman now begins speaking over the singing of the congregation, his words simultaneous with the lyrics sung [as aligned in lyrics.]

HYMN 1 OVER THERE SECOND TIME THROUGH.[ALL (CONGREGATION) BUT NOT PG]Congregation Sings: Pastor (spoken over the singing)WHEN WE MEET OUR MAKER OVER THERE OH, WON’T THAT BE A DAY!

HE WILL LIFT EVERY BURDEN, EVERY CARE HE’LL LIFT OUR BURDENS, AND

SEPARATE THEM FROM US

HE WILL COMFORT ALL OUR PAIN LIFTING AND SEPARATING, AND OUR DESPAIR LIFTING AND SEPARATING

BOY, IS THAT GOING TO FEEL GOOD.

THEN SHOW US TO THAT CHAPEL IN THE AIR AH, AND WHAT A GORGEOUS SIGHT THAT WILL BE

OVER THERE WE’LL FORGET EARTHLY DELIGHT WE WON’T THINK ABOUT ANY

OF THOSE AWFUL THINGS

IN A LAND THAT KNOWS NO DAY OR NIGHT WE CAN THROW AWAY

CALENDARS AND WATCHES

NEVER EARLY, NEVER LATE! EVERCLEAR WHAT’S WRONG AND WHAT IS RIGHT EVERCLEAR! EVERCLEAR!

SOUNDS DELICIOUS!

PLEASURES WE IMAGINED WE WON’T EVEN BE

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TEMPTED TO LOOK!

WILL BE GONE FROM SIGHT OH, SWEET BLINDNESS! PRAISE BE !

OVER THERE, EVERY PLEASURE WON’T THAT BE HEAVENLY RELIEF! AMEN

Elliott and Paul sing an alternate to the Congregation’s “Amen”.AH...MEN. [ EL & PA] OH...MAN]

SCENE 4

SOMETHING IS HAPPENING 1: FRIENDS FIRST SECTION[MA] IT RATTLES ME BADLY, NOT KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ONEVERYONE ELSE SEEMS SO SURE SHE CAN CARRY ON, FEELING QUITE STRANGE, BUT STRANGELY FAMILIAR (HERE) SEPARATE, TRYING TO ACT LIKE IT'S ALL CLEAR.

[MA] THIS IS WHERE I HAVE ALWAYS DEPENDED ON YOU.TO HELP ME STOP SHAKING, TO HELP ME SORT THROUGHSOMETHING'S HAPPENING, SOMETHING BAD I CAN SMELL ITI CAN'T PUT IT IN WORDS, BUT I KNOW, I CAN TELL IT.

[CE] OH, MARY, MY SWEET MARY, MY DEAR. AGAIN, IT'S SO PAINFULLY CLEAR.ALL THOSE YEARS, YOU LIVED IN FEAR, IT WAS SO WRONG.

[MA] CAROLINE, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE FRIENDS WITH ME, YOU HAD OPTIONS AND LOTS OF OTHER OPPORTUNITY. NO NEED TO TAKE UP WITH THE CHOPPED OFF INVISIBLE MESS I USED TO BE, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO.

[CE] MARY, AGAIN, PLEASE LOOK AT ME, LISTEN,

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THIS WORRY'S ABOUT ALL THE THINGS YOU WERE MISSING, BUT NOW YOU'RE GROWN UP, YOU'VE OUTRUN YOUR DISASTERNO NEED TO KEEP RUNNING EVER FASTER. YOU WERE THERE. I WAS, TOO. WE BOTH LOOKED UP, AND WE KNEW,

[MA & CE] WE KNEW, WE KNEW, WE KNEW.

Paul and Ellioitt, on the other side, step forward.

SOMETHING IS HAPPENING 1: FRIENDS, FIRST SECTION PAUL AND ELLIOTT[PA] I'M GLAD WE HAVE SOME TIME TO TALK, IT'S SOMETHING WE DON'T OFTEN DO. MY FRIEND, THERE'VE BEEN TIMES WHEN YOU'VE DRIVEN ME CRAZY, BUT I KNOWTHAT I CAN LEVEL WITH YOU.

[PA] I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW SOMETHING IS HAPPENING, SOMETHING QUITE OUTOF OUR HANDS, THE WORLD'S CUP IS TILTING SO DANGEROUSLY, I 'M NOT SURE IT CAN HOLD ALLTHESE BOILING DEMANDS

[EL] PAUL, I KNOW JUST WHAT YOU MEAN, IT'S ALREADY STARTED, IT'S ALREADYOBSCENE, NEXT IT'S OUR BODIES TO BE PULLED IN, OUR BLOOD TO BE SPILLED, OUR PLANS TO BE BLED WHITE, OUR FUTURES KILLED

[PA] THIS MAY SURPRISE YOU, WHAT'S BEEN ON MY MIND, WHEN I'VE THOUGHT WE'D BE GOING AWAY. I'VE THOUGHT OF THE GIRLS, THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT CAROLINE,

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HOW MUCH I WOULD MISS HER, UNNERVING, SINCE SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN LIKE ASISTER

[EL] PAUL, THIS IS SO STRANGE, I'VE BEEN THINKING, QUITE OFTEN, OF MARY. WE'VE ALWAYS GRATED, SHE SEEMED SO CONTRARYWHY SHOULD I THINK OF HER NOW? WHY SHOULD I BE THINKING ABOUT HERRIGHT NOW? HAVE YOU EVER HAD FEELINGS, SURPRISING AND STRONG, AT ABSOLUTE ODDS WITH THE WAY YOU'VE BEHAVED AND BELIEVED ALL ALONG?

[PA] WE MUST DECIDE ON A NEW COURSE OF ACTION, STRANGE AS IT SEEMS, I THINK WE MUST SOMEHOW COMMUNICATE, THIS NEW FOUND ...ATTRACTION.

Bass riff begins

[PA] I...THINK I HAVE A SOLUTION, BOLD, MASCULINE MOVE, CUTTING RIGHT TOTHE CORE. WE . . . COULD GO OVER AND TALK TO THEM,

[EL] EVEN THOUGH WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE

[PA] I'M SURE...ALL WE DO IS JUST OPEN, OPEN OUR MOUTHS AND THE WORDS WILL COME OUT

[EL] ALL THAT WE'RE PLANNING AND HOPING, OUR THOUGHTS AND OUR FEELINGSAND ALL WE'RE ABOUT.

[PA] THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO, WE'LL JUST GO AND TALK TO THEM.

[EL] RIGHT, JUST TALK TO THEM, SIMPLE AND PLAIN.

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[PA] I'M HAVING UNUSUAL SENSATIONS,

[EL] NAUSEA? DIZZINESS?

[PA] DULL, THROBBING PAIN

[PA] I KNOW, WE'LL JUST SAY, “MARY AND CAROLINE, WE HAVE SOME THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU.”

[EL] THAT WILL AT LEAST GET US STARTED, I'M PRETTY SURE THEN THAT THE REST WILL COME THROUGH.

[PA] WHY DON'T WE JUST START WALKING OVER, TRY NOT TO BE NERVOUS OR LOOK SO DOWNCAST

[EL & PA] MAYBE WE COULD ASK THE GIRLS TO HELP US, THEY PROBABLY WILL, THEY HAVE IN THE PAST.

Music begins.

Elliott and Paul approach the girls. There is focus on the girls, who are talking about them.

SOMETHING IS HAPPENING 1: FRIENDS FIRST SECTION MARY AND CAROLINE

[MA] TELL THEM? WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THEM?

[CE] I'D LIKE TO TELL THEM WE'RE GROWN UP, WE'RE NOT LITTLE GIRLS ANY MORE, NOW WHEN THEY LOOK AT US, THEY'LL HAVE TO SEE US THROUGH DIFFERENT EYES THAN BEFORE.

MA & CE] WE HAVE CHANGED. SO HAVE THEY. WE'VE ALL CHANGED.

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[CE] I KNOW THAT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN QUIET AND NAIVE BUT LATELY IT'S DIFFERENT I'VE COME TO BELIEVE SOMETIMES I FEEL GIDDY I JUST WANT TO SHOUT IT FEELS LIKE THE NEW ME IS TRYING TO BURST OUT.

Paul approaches Caroline, singing.

SOMETHING IS HAPPENING 1: FRIENDS FIRST SECTION PAUL ELLIOTT MARY AND CAROLINE

[PA] CAROLINE, THAT GIRL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE ONE IN MY FIRST MEMORY, YOU WERE STANDING OUT IN FRONT OF WOOLWORTH'S, YOU AND MARY, LOOKING AT YOURSELVES IN THATBIG GLASS WINDOW,YOU HAD ONE FINGER PUSHING UP YOUR NOSE, AND TWO OTHERS PULLING DOWN YOUR EYES, MAKING FACES. YOU TURNED AND YOU SAW ME, YOU DROPPED YOUR HANDS AND YOU WERE SMILING, AND YOU THREW UP YOUR HAND TO COVER YOUR BRACES. AND RIGHT FROM THAT MOMENT, I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT, YOU WERE ...BEAUTIFUL

CAROLINEBeautiful?!?

[PA] BEAUTIFUL

CAROLINE (cont’d)( voice unsteady)

Beautiful. . . .

[MA] OH, MY GOODNESS, LOOK AT THE TIME, DON'T YOU KNOW WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HOME ALMOST AN HOUR AGO.

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[CE] APPARENTLY,

[MA] AS WE'VE SUSPECTED ALL ALONG

[CE & MA] WE'RE...BEAUTIFUL

[CE] WHAT COULD'VE GOTTEN INTO THEM BOTH, TALKING THIS WAY?

[CE] THINGS I THOUGHT WE WOULD NEVER, NEVER, EVER HEAR THOSE TWO SAY

[MA] EMMA SAYS WHEN THERE'S A REAL CRISIS LOOMIN',

[MA] SOME MEN ARE AFFECTED, AND THEY START ACTING HUMAN.

CAROLINE (cont’d)(speaking)

Well, I like it. Makes me think of the good things about them.

MARY(spoken, smiling)

And I suppose now we'll have to te ll them!

[CE] YES, WE WILL!

Caroline and Mary begin singing Something Is Happening 1: Friends. Paul and Elliott join in, singing counterpoint with the girls’ lyrics -- until they converge near the end of Something Is Happening 1: Friends.

[CE] TELL THEM? YES!

[CE & MA] WHAT SHOULD WE TELL THEM?

[CE] HOW ABOUT . . HANDSOME?

[MA] THAT’S A VERY STRONG WORD.[MA] AND HOW ABOUT STRONG?

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[CE] A VERY HANDSOME WORD.

[CE] FUNNY [PA] LOVELY

[MA] SOMETIMES [EL] TALENTED

[CE] OUTRAGEOUS [PA] PATIENT

[MA] USUALLY [EL] AND KIND

[CE & MA] OUR TORMENTORS [PA & EL] REALLY JUSTOUR BUDDIES GOOD FRIENDSOUR PALS IS WHATOUR FRIENDS COMES TO MY MIND

[CE & MA] ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE [PA & EL] ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE

[CE & MA] WE’VE ALWAYS BEEN FRIENDS [PA & EL] WE’VE ALWAYS BEEN FRIENDS

(RETARD) (RETARD)(ALL) AFTER ALL IS SAID AND DONE [PA & EL] AFTER ALL IS SAID AND DONEWE’LL ALWAYS BE FRIENDS! WE’LL ALWAYS BE FRIENDS!

SCENE 5

All become silent. Music continues and they sing.

SOMETHING IS HAPPENING 2: WHAT WILL HAPPEN?Measures are marked by |

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[EL] SOMETHING IS HAPPENING | IT HASN'T BEEN CLEAR | SOMETHING IS HAPPENING | SO LONG I HOPED IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN HERE

[MA] SOMETHING IS HAPPENING | JUST BECOMING CLEAR | WHAT ONCE SEEMED SO FAR AWAY | NOW SEEMS VERY NEAR.

[EL] WHERE DID THIS COME FROM | HOW DID IT EVER BEGIN | THE SMELL OF ALL THESE FIRES | THE TERRIBLE HEAT ON OUR SKIN

[MA] I DON'T HEAR THE REASONS | ALL THESE BLOODY SWORDS GLISTENING | EVERYONE IS JUST SHOUTING | SO NO ONE IS LISTENING

[PA] LOOKS LIKE IT'S HAPPENING |

[MA] ALL OVER THE WORLD |

[CE] ALL THESE BUGLES AND BANNERS |

[PA] THESE BLOODY FLAGS UNFURLED

[EL] I THINK NO ONE IS LISTENING, HASN'T ANYONE HEARD ME, DOESN'T ANYONE UNDERSTAND,I HAVE PLANS, DON'T YOU GET IT, I HAVE PLANS!!

Interlude with lots of frantic movement by those in the street.

Singers are Others, not identified by name. Again, measures are marked by |[O1] I HATE ALL THESE HEADLINES | SCREAMING OUT FROM THE TOPS OF THE PAPERS | AND I HATE THE SOUND OF THE RADIO NEWS | DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY

[O2] WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH US | THIS FAR AWAY FIGHT | AND WHY DOES IT HAVE TO HAPPEN NOW? | JUST WHEN EVERYTHING WAS STARTING TO GO RIGHT

[O3] WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE | AND WHERE ARE THESE PLACES | ALL THESE STRANGE SOUNDING PLACES | THESE STRANGE SOUNDING NAMES, VERY STRANGE SOUNDING NAMES

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Others (O1, O2, O3, O4) sing in round form, (singing at the same time):I HATE ALL THESE HEADLINES | SCREAMING OUT OF THE PAPERS | WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE | WHERE ARE THESE PLACES

O1, 02, 03, and 04 sing at the same time:[O1] I WON'T READ THE HEADLINES | I'LL TURN OFF THE WIRELESS | THOSE WHO ARE UPSET | THEY ALL SEEM TO BE TIRELESS

[O2] THIS IS NOT ABOUT US | THIS FAR AWAY FIGHT | IT IS THEIRS, IT IS THEM | IT'S NOT US, IT'S NOT RIGHT

[O3] WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE | AND WHERE ARE THOSE PLACES | STRANGE SOUNDING PLACES | STRANGE SOUNDING NAMES |

[O4] THEY STARTED THIS MESS | IT'S NOT OURS TO ENDURE | SEND THEM BACK WHERE THEY CAME FROM | THAT WAY WE'D BE SURE

Paul has become more and more agitated as the Others sing.

[PA] WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?! | WHAT CAN YOU BE THINKING?! | THOSE . . PEOPLE !?! ...THOSE...PLACES !?!

PAUL.(shouting,at measure 133)

STOP!!

SCENE 6

Slow intro to Something Is Happening 3: The Time Has Come begins as the music plays in the background while the scene progresses.

SOMETHING IS HAPPENING 3: THE TIME HAS COMEDividing lines indicate when characters are singing sim ultaneous lines.

*PAUL-LOWER MELODY LINE **PAUL-HIGHER LINE[PA]* I THINK IT’S CLEAR, WHAT WE CAN DO, WHAT WE REALLY MUST DO,

I DON’T LIKE WHAT I KNOW, BUT I SEE

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__________________________________________________________________________________[PA]* I GUESS WE’VE BELIEVED WE WERE SOMEHOW ABOVE ALL THIS NOISE,

WE COULD JUST CLOSE OUR EARS AND NOT HEAR

[EM] FIND WHAT IS RIGHT, GROW TO THE LIGHT, CARRY ON__________________________________________________________________________________

[EM] I CAN’T TAKE IT, CAN’T BELIEVE IT, IT’S NOT HAPPENING,

CAN’T BE HAPPENING, I WAS SO CLOSE, LET ME WAKE UP,

ALL MY PLANNING, COMES TO NOTHING.__________________________________________________________________________________

[PA]** DON’T WE RECALL, ALL THE STORIES ABOUT OUR GRANDMOTHERS, FATHERS, AND SONS,

WHO SAILED AWAY, BRINGING US TO THIS PLACE, WITH THEIR WORLD IN THEIR ARMS.

[EM] NO ONE CAN SAY, YOU MUST GO THIS WAY, FIND YOUR OWN __________________________________________________________________________________

[PA]** IF THEY HAD STAYED, WE’D BE RIGHT IN THE EYE AND THE HEART OF THIS HORROR THIS MESS I CONFESS THAT I’D LIKE TO FORGET, BUT I KNOW WHAT I KNOW

[EM] HOLD ON TO YOUR LOVE, THINKING OF, WHAT YOU BELIEVE __________________________________________________________________________________

[PA]* I‘D LIKE TO CALL TO THEM ALL, HOW DID YOU FIND THE COURAGE THEN,

FOR I MUST FIND IT NOW.

[EM] I CAN’T TAKE IT, CAN’T BELIEVE IT, IT’S NOT HAPPENING,

CAN’T BE HAPPENING, I WAS SO CLOSE, LET ME WAKE UP,

ALL MY PLANNING, COMES TO NOTHING.__________________________________________________________________________________

[MA] I THOUGHT I HAD FOUND A WAY, TO MOVE ON-WARD__________________________________________________________________________________

[CE] I’VE ALWAYS WORRIED THAT MY FRIENDS WERE MUCH SMARTER, THAT THEY KNEW MORE THAN I KNEW, IT WAS HARD.

[EM] YOU COULDN’T SEE, SO CLEAR TO ME, FEARS RELIEVE__________________________________________________________________________________

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[MA] CANDLES SWEPT FROM ALTARS BURN WITHOUT MERCY

[EL] I CAN’T TAKE IT, CAN’T BELIEVE IT, IT’S NOT HAPPENING,

CAN’T BE HAPPENING, I WAS SO CLOSE, LET ME WAKE UP,

ALL MY PLANNING, COMES TO NOTHING.

[EM] NO ONE CAN TELL YOU, WHAT YOU SHOULD DO, GO GODSPEED______________________________________________

[CE] I CANNOT TELL YOU JUST HOW MUCH I HAVE LOVED ALL OF YOU,

HOW I WISH THERE WERE TEARS I COULD DRY._______________________________________________

[CE] I’M VERY FRIGHTENED, BUT SOMEHOW I BELIEVE THAT,

IF WE WORK AND KEEP OUR HEADS, WE’LL PULL THROUGH

[MA] PUSHED BACK, INTO DARKNESS, JUST WHEN I SAW LIGHT

[PA]* SOMETIMES AT NIGHT, I AWAKE FROM A LINGERING DREAM,

OF MY GRANDFATHER’S FACE, OF HIS EYES.__________________________________________________________________________________[CE] MY BIGGEST WORRY, THAT WE WON’T STICK TOGETHER,

WE’LL BE TORN, END UP AFRAID AND ALONE

[MA] I’VE HAD SO MANY LEAVINGS, THIS IS JUST ONE MORE

[PA]* HE DOESN’T SMILE, HE’S JUST WAITING TO SEE WHAT I DO, WHAT WE ALL CHOOSE TO DO, THERE ARE TEARS.

[EL] I CAN’T TAKE IT, CAN’T BELIEVE IT, IT’S NOT HAPPENING, CAN’T BE HAPPENING, I WAS SO CLOSE, LET ME WAKE UP,

ALL MY PLANNING, COMES TO NOTHING.__________________________________________________________________________________

([DOUBLE TIME)(EM) COME TAKE MY HAND, I UNDERSTAND, PLEASE, LOOK AT ME,

OPEN YOUR EYES, SEE TRUTH AND NOT LIES, BE BRAVE AND FREE

YOU’VE GROWN SO STRONG, BEEN FRIENDS SO LONG, GROW FROM HERE,DON’T PULL APART, LEAD WITH YOUR HEART, CALM THE FEAR

Interlude

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SCENE 7

SOMETHING IS HAPPENING 4: STAND WITH ME [CE] ALL OF US KNOW JUST WHAT WE HAVE HELD TRUE AND TOGETHER WE HAVE HANDLED PAIN BEFORE

While singing the next line, Caroline faces Mary.

[CE] WHEN YOUR MOTHER DIED WE GATHERED YOU AND HELD YOU AND SHARED YOUR TEARS UNTIL THERE WEREN'T ANY MORE.[PA] AND THE NIGHT WHEN EMMA'S HOUSE WAS LOST TO FIRE SHE SAID AT LEAST WE'RE SAFE, AND THINGS CAN BE REPLACED.AT DAWN, WE ALL ARRIVED WITH HAMMERS, WOOD, AND WIRE.IT WAS SO SWEET TO SEE THAT LOOK UPON HER FACE.

SOMETHING IS HAPPENING 4: STAND WITH ME CHORUS 1[CE & PA] STAND WITH ME, I'LL STAND WITH YOUAND TOGETHER THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN'T DO. JOINING HANDS, JOINING HEARTS.,THIS IS WHERE THE DARKNESS ENDS AND MORNING STARTS

[MA] WHEN THE FLOOD CAME DOWN THE VALLEY WITH THE SPRING RAINCHILDREN CRYING ALL AROUND FOR SOMEONE NEARSTRANGERS CAME FROM EVERYWHERE TO EASE EACH CHILD'S PAIN. WE SANG AND ROCKED THEM THROUGH THE NIGHT TO CALM THE FEAR.

[EL] MY FRIENDS I WISH THAT I'D BEEN BETTER SHARING MY HEARTAND TOO OFTEN I HAVE ACTED SELFISHLYBUT RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW I PROMISE I'LL DO MY PARTAND FROM THIS MOMENT YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON ME.

SOMETHING IS HAPPENING 4: STAND WITH ME CHORUS[EL] YOU'VE STOOD WITH ME, I'LL STAND WITH YOU.

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AND TOGETHER THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN'T DO. WE'VE JOINED OUR HANDS, WE'LL JOIN OUR HEARTSTHIS IS WHERE THE DARKNESS ENDS AND MORNING STARTS.

[CE & PA & & MA & EL] NOW THE TIME HAS COME FOR US TO MAKE OUR CHOICESWE KNOW NOTHING EVER COMES FROM MERE INTENT.EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON STANDING WITH OUR VOICES.FOR THE FUTURE WE MUST ONCE AGAIN INVENT.

SOMETHING IS HAPPENING 4: STAND WITH ME CHORUS 2[CE & PA & & MA & EL] WE MUST STAND, WE MUST SHOW, THAT WE REMEMBER WHAT'S BEEN GIVEN, THAT WE KNOWWHEN WE UNITE, AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT, IN THAT MOMENT WE CAN CHANGE THE DARK TO LIGHT. STAND WITH US, WE'LL STAND WITH YOU, AND TOGETHER THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN'T DO. JOINING HANDS, JOINING HEARTS, THIS IS WHERE THE DARKNESS ENDS AND MORNING STARTS.

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SCENE 9

HYMN 2 PLEASE HELP US FIRST RUN THROUGH[MA] MANY THINGS WILL FALL TO THEM. EVERYTHING ELSE FALLS TO US. AND I AM SURE WE WILL COME THROUGH, WE'VE BEEN READY ALL ALONG.

[CE] THOUGH WE CAN'T KNOW EVERYTHING WE WILL HAVE TO DO, BUT WITH OPEN MINDS AND OPEN DOORS, WE WILL LEARN.

[MA] OUR LIVES ARE CHANGED FOREVER

[CE] NEVER CAN WE SACRIFICE, DOING WHAT'S RIGHT, FOR DOING WHAT'S NICE,

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[MA] AND SAY THAT IT'S OK.

[CE] SO PLEASE HELP US AS WE GO

[MA] AND KNOW THAT WHEN WE FALL

[MA and CE] With your help we 'll always rise again.

HYMN 2 PLEASE HELP US SECOND RUN THROUGH[MA, CE, SH, PO, QU, CH, CT AND AN]MANY THINGS WILL FALL TO THEM. EVERYTHING ELSE FALLS TO US. AND I AM SURE WE WILL COME THROUGH, WE'VE BEEN READY ALL ALONGTHOUGH WE CAN'T KNOW EVERYTHING WE WILL HAVE TO DO, BUT WITH OPEN MINDS AND OPEN DOORS, WE WILL LEARN.OUR LIVES ARE CHANGED FOREVERNEVER CAN WE SACRIFICE, DOING WHAT'S RIGHT, FOR DOING WHAT'S NICE,AND SAY THAT IT'S OK.[SO PLEASE HELP US AS WE GOAND KNOW THAT WHEN WE FALLWITH YOUR HELP WE'LL ALWAYS RISE AGAIN.

HYMN 2: PLEASE HELP US DESCANT[MA, CE, SH, PO, QU, CH, CT, & EM]SO MUCH WILL FALLWE HAVE HEARD THE CALLWE CANNOT KNOW ALL WE WILL STAND TALLEVERYTHING HAS CHANGEDIT CAN NEVER BE THE SAMEKEEP US IN YOUR LOVEAND HELP US RISE ABOVE

SCENE 10DAYS OF WAITING 1 VERSE 1[AN] DAYS OF WAITING, IMPATIENTLY FOR A LETTER, A PICTURE, JUST SOMETHING FROM YOU FOR ME

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[CT] I DON'T REALLY EXPECT THEM, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH DAYS OF WEARY AND WORRIED...WAITING FOR YOU.

DAYS OF WAITING 1 VERSE 2[QU & PO] DAYS OF WAITING, DAYS OF PLANS,FOR A FUTURE WHOSE COMING IS OUT OF OUR HANDS

[CH & SH] GOING ON WITH TOMORROW AS IF IT WILL COME TRUEDAYS OF DOING AND DREAMING, WISHING AND WAITING FOR YOU.

DAYS OF WAITING 1 CHORUS 1[AN] SOME SAY I SHOULD TRY TO THINK OF YOU EACH HOUR, EVERY DAY

[QU & PO] SOME SAY I SHOULD PRETEND THAT WE NEVER BEGAN

[CH & SH] BUT NO ONE CAN TELL ME, WHAT TO THINK, HOW TO FEEL, WHAT TO SAY

[CH,SH, PO, QU, CH, CT & AN] WE'LL BE WITH THOSE WHO ARE LONELY, SHARING WHAT COMFORT WE CAN.

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HOW COULD YOU KNOW?[EM] HOW COULD YOU KNOW. THE WORLD WOULD EVER COME TO THISYOU GREW IN PEACE AND LIGHT, YOUR NIGHTS AWOKE TO LOVE AND LAUGHTER. NOT RAGE AND PAIN. HOW COULD YOU KNOW?

SHORT YEARS AGO. I THOUGHT THE HOURS RAN ON AND ON. NO END TO DREAMS AND DAYS, NO NEED TO TALK UNTIL TOMORROW. I WAS SO WRONG. I DIDN'T KNOW.

EACH OF US MUST FEEL THE NIGHT. EACH OF US MUST LEARN TO LIGHT THE CANDLE AND PASS IT ON, SO THEY CAN KNOW

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NO NEED FOR TEARS, ABOUT THE THINGS WE'VE LEFT UNDONE. THE KISSES UNBESTOWED, THE SMILES UNSHARED, THE WORDS UNSPOKEN. WE'LL PRAY FOR TIME TO LET THEM KNOW.

WE ALL MUST LEARN, AND FEEL THE EMPTINESS OF NOW.NOTHING IS PROMISED US, TREASURES ON LOAN FOR OUR SAFEKEEPING. PROTECT AND CHER-ISH, NOW WE KNOW.

OUR DAYS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. WE WILL BE ALIVE IN EVERY MOMENT. THIS GIFT OF PAIN THAT NOW WE KNOW.

MY DARLING GIRLS, YOU KNOW I'D GLADLY GIVE MY LIFE. IF IT WOULD CHANGE YOUR WORLD, IF IT COULD END YOUR TEARS TOMORROW. BUT ONLY TIME WILL LET US KNOW. TIME WILL MOVE ON AND WE WILL KNOW

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SCENE 13HARD AS A ROCK CAROLINA[CA] I WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA, I WAS A CHILD OF THE SOIL THOUGHT I WAS FULLY FAMILIAR WITH THE SWEAT AND THE TOILMY FIRST DAY IN THE ARMY, AMID THE HEAT AND THE THUNDERI WAS TRYING TO BE FRIENDLY, SMILED AT MY SERGEANT, STUCK OUT MY HAND, HE SAID, “BOY, WHY DON'T YOU DROP AND GIVE ME A HUNDRED.

”EXCUSE ME SERGEANT, I'M SURE I MISUNDERSTOODI CAN'T DO A HUNDRED PUSHUPS, NOBODY COULD.BUT THAT WAS MONTHS AGO, HEAR MY NEW EXCLAMATION.NOW I THINK I CAN DO ANYTHING, AND I'M LOVIN' THIS

TRANSFORMATION 'CAUSE NOW I'M HARD AS A ROCK. MAYBE STRONGER THAN STEEL.

IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE JUST HOW MIGHTY I FEEL HARD AS A ROCK. MORE SOLID THAN STONE.

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I LOOK AROUND AT MY BUDDIES. I KNOW I'M NOT ALONE.

NOW I'VE REALLY GOT THE MUSCLE, THE PUSH AND THE FLEX I ONLY DREAMED ABOUT BEFORE. WHO'D OF EVER THOUGHT I COULD DROP DOWN, GIVE YOU A HUNDRED PUSHUPS, JUMP RIGHT UP, JUMP BACK DOWN AND GIVE YOU A HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE MOREI'D LOVE TO GET OFF THE BUS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL,AND WALK UP THE DIRT ROAD TO MY FOLKS' PLACEAND I'D GIVE A MONTH'S PAY, 22 WHOLE DOLLARS, TO SEE THE DISBELIEF AND WONDER AND MAYBE EVEN ADMIRATION ON EVERYBODY'S FACE

HARD AS A ROCK HARLEY[HA] BACK HOME IN INDIANA, I WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND I CARRIED THAT BIG OLD SOUSAPHONE, I USED TO THINK I CARRIED IT LIKE A MAN I WALKED STRAIGHT AND STRONG, START TO FINISH THROUGH SOME BIG, OLD LONG PARADESTHE RECRUITER PROMISED ME HE'D GET ME IN AN ARMY BAND, SAID I'D SURELY HAVE IT MADE

WHEN I GOT OFF THE BUS AT BASIC, I SAID THERE'S CLEARLY BEEN AN ERROR. I AM A TUBA PLAYER, I FELT A MOUNTING TERRORA TOTAL LACK OF SYMPATHY ECHOED ACROSS THE ROOM AS I WAS HANDED A GREASY OLD SPRINGFIELD RIFLE,THEY SAID “HERE, BUGLE BOY, WHY DON'T YOU PLAY US ALL A TUNE.” BUT NOW I'M HARD AS A ROCK. MAYBE STRONGER THAN STEEL. IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE JUST HOW MIGHTY I FEEL. HARD AS A ROCK. MORE SOLID THAN STONE. I LOOK AROUND AT MY BUDDIES. I KNOW THAT I'M NOT ALONE.

I COULD THROW THAT BIG OLD HORN UP OVER MY SHOULDER, AND MARCH RIGHT ON THROUGH TO THE DAWNBLOW REVEILLE AT THE COURTHOUSE, BLOW ASSEMBLY IN THE SCHOOLYARD, THEN GIVE A BASS CLEF SERENADE TO MY FOLKS ON THEIR FRONT LAWN. I'D LOVE TO BE THE GRAND MARSHAL OF MY CHRISTMAS PARADE, RIGHT UP FRONT WITH ME WOULD BE MY RECRUITER. I'D WANT HIM TO BE JUST A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS BEING AROUND ME, BUT I'D SAY, “HEY, NO HARD FEELINGS,BUT WHEN MY LITTLE BROTHER COMES YOUR WAY, TRY TO BE MORE OF A STRAIGHT SHOOTER.

HARD AS A ROCK JACK[JA] WELL, I GREW UP IN THE CITY, I LOVED TO HUSTLE AND FIGHT. MY MOTHER LIT A CANDLE FOR ME AT MASS EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT

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ONE DAY MY DAD SAID, “YOU KNOW HOW YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO GO TO CAMP, I FOUND A GREAT ONE CALLED CAMP BASIC ARMED FORCE,THEY ONLY TAKE REALLY SMART GUYS AND IN 90 DAYS HELP THEM GET ON GREAT CAREER COURSE.”

IN TRUTH I WAS KIND OF TIRED OF JUST SLIDING AROUND THE JERSEY SHORE. HE SAID THIS CAMP WOULD HAVE MARTIAL ARTS, RIFLERY AND MORE. I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW, SAW MY FATHER LAUGHING HARD AS THEY

STARTED UP THE BUS. I SHOUTED TO MY FRIEND, “OH MY GOD, VINNIE, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO

US?”BUT NOW I'M HARD AS A ROCK. MAYBE STRONGER THAN STEEL. HARD TO IMAGINE JUST HOW MIGHTY I FEEL. HARD AS A ROCK. MORE SOLID THAN STONE. LOOK AROUND AT MY BUDDIES. I'M NOT ALONE.

I'D LOVE TO GO BACK TO JERSEY AND FIND SOME OF THOSE BULLY BUMS ON THE BEACH. SEE I USED TO GET KICKED AROUND A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'VE LEARNED SOME NEW TRICKS, IT MIGHT BE MY TURN TO TEACH I THINK I'VE FORGIVEN MY OLD MAN NOW, I'M SURE HE HAD MY BEST INTEREST AT HEART. I'D PUT ON MY BEST UNIFORM, ESCORT MY MOTHER TO CONFESSION, LAY A COUPLE OF EYE POPPERS ON FATHER MANCINI. I MIGHT EVEN DO MY PENANCE, BE A GOOD START

BEFORE THE WAR (CAROLINE AND QUINN)[CE] BEFORE THE WAR I WAS SAD AND LONELY, I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD SET MYSELF FREE. I THOUGHT I HAD TO FIND MY ONE AND ONLY, HE'D BE THE ONE WHO WOULD RESCUE ME

Interlude-with trumpet fill

[QU] BEFORE THE WAR I THOUGHT I JUST LACKED ELEVATION, I WAS FIVE FOOT THREE IN MY STOCKING FEET. REALLY WHAT I NEEDED WAS A FIRM EXPLANATION, GIRL, PUT ON YOUR SHOES AND PUT THEM OUT ON THE STREET

BEFORE THE WAR CHORUS 1[CAROLINE AND QUINN PLUS MARY, SHEILA, POLLY, CATHERINE, CATE & ANGELA]SEE US RISE. GROWING AND CHANGING BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES

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NEW DAY DAWN, COME ALONG, SHARE THE LOAD AS WE MARCH ON

BEFORE THE WAR (SHEILA AND CATE)[SH] MY MOTHER SAID, “DARLING, DON'T BUILD UP YOUR MUSCLE, DON'T SPEAK UP IN CLASS, SOME BOY MIGHT WORRY YOU'RE SMART OUT ON THE FIELD, BE SURE NOT TO HUSTLE, YOU MIGHT GET SWEATY AND IT COULD HURT YOUR HEART.”

Interlude-with trumpet fill[CT] I HEARD THE SAME, WE WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO QUESTION, GIRLS JUST CAN'T DO THIS AND THEY JUST CAN'T DO THAT BUT I HAVE FOUND I OFTEN MAKE THIS SUGGESTION, TAKE ALL THAT “CAN'T DO” STUFF AND STICK IT IN YOUR HAT!

BEFORE THE WAR CHORUS 2 ;CAROLINE AND QUINN PLUS MARY, SHEILA, POLLY, CATHERINE, CATE & ANGELA]SEE US RISE. GROWING AND CHANGING BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES KNOW NO WALLS, STAND UP TALL, AS TOGETHER WE ANSWER THE CALL

BEFORE THE WAR (CATHERINE AND ANGELA)[CH] SOMEHOW I THOUGHT I WAS REALLY MOVING, RAN ALL THE RACES, THOUGHT I WAS GETTING MYSELF SOMEWHERE FAST. THEN IT DAWNED ON ME THAT I WAS JUST BEHOOVING, I WASN'T FIRST, I WASN'T SECOND,I WAS RUNNING DEAD LAST.

Interlude-with trumpet fill

[AN] I LIKE TO BRING MY MOM DOWN TO THE PLANT WHERE I'M WORKING,PUT ON MY COVERALLS, PICK UP MY RIVET GUN. I HIT THE TRIGGER AND THAT BIG OLD TOOL STARTS POPPING AND JERKING, HER EYES GET SO BIG, IT'S REALLY SO MUCH FUN

BEFORE THE WAR CHORUS 3[CAROLINE AND QUINN PLUS MARY, SHEILA, POLLY, CATHERINE, CATE & ANGELA]

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SEE US RISE. GROWING AND CHANGING BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES. NO SURPRISE, REALIZE, WE CAN REACH FOR THE SKIES

BEFORE THE WAR REFRAIN (MARY)[MA] IT MAKES ME SORE, IT TOOK THIS HORRIBLE WAR TO OPEN DOORS, FOR YOU AND ME. AFTER THIS TERRIBLE FIGHT, WE'LL TURN SOME WRONGS INTO RIGHT, AND STAND TOGETHER IN THE LIGHT, PROUD AND FREE

BEFORE THE WAR (POLLY)[PO] YOU REMEMBER MARIE, MY BEST FRIEND ALL THROUGH SCHOOL, GORGEOUS, PETITE, EVERY HAIR IN PLACE. I RAN INTO HER AT CLASS, WE WERE LEARNING A NEW TOOL, I WAS BLOWING MY NOSE, SHE HAD GREASE ON HER FACE

(No pause)WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER, WITH UNSURE RECOGNITION, HAD WE SUNK SO LOW OR HAD WE COME SO FAR. WE HUGGED AND WE LAUGHED AT OUR IMPERFECT CONDITION,SHE ASKED IF I'D COME OVER AND HELP HER WORK ON HER CAR

BEFORE THE WAR CHORUS 4Before The War Chorus 4 is the same as Before The War Chorus 3

[CAROLINE AND QUINN PLUS MARY, SHEILA, POLLY, CATHERINE, CATE & ANGELA]SEE US RISE. GROWING AND CHANGING BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES. NO SURPRISE, REALIZE, WE CAN REACH FOR THE SKIES

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IF I EVER GET TO ENGLAND[EM] IF I EVER GET TO ENGLAND, I'LL QUICKLY LEARN MY WAY AROUND

[NA] HOPE THE QUEEN IS SAFE AND HAPPY, AND LONDON BRIDGE ISN'T FALLING DOWN

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[EM] GOT A LETTER ONCE FROM PORTSMOUTH, WITH A PICTURE HOLDING FLOWERS BY THE SHORE[EM] THE LETTER CAME IN AUGUST, THERE WEREN’T ANY MORE[EM] I’VE KEPT THAT LETTER AND THE PHOTOGRAPH, THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES I KNOW OF[EM] IN IT HE TEASED HE COULD ONLY WRITE WHEN THE FULL MOON FELL ON TUESDAY.

[NA] IF I EVER GET TO ENGLAND, EVERY TUESDAY AT THREE[NA] I'LL SIT WITH MY TEA IN PORTSMOUTH, WRITE YOU A LETTER AS I SIT BESIDE THE SEA.

[EM] IF WE EVER GET TO ENGLAND. I'D LIKE TO PAINT THE FLOWERS THERE.

[NA] TAKE A CLASS IN WATERCOLORS, TAKE OUR EASELS EVERYWHERE[NA] WHEN THE FULL MOON KISSES ENGLAND, I'M SURE WE'LL PAINT RIGHT THROUGH THE NIGHT

[EM] NOTHING FLIES QUITE LIKE MOONLIGHT, SO LITTLE TIME TO GET THINGS RIGHT

[EM] I'LL MAKE COPIES OF THE PHOTOGRAPH, LEAVE ONE AT HOME, FOR SAFETY

[NA] ENGLAND IS A LONG WAY, THERE COULD BE PROBLEMS ON THE JOURNEY

[NA] REALLY HOPE WE GET TO ENGLAND.

[EM] SO MANY LOVELY THINGS UNDONE

[NA] WISH WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO ENGLAND,

[EM & NA] BUT WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN

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ACT 2

SCENE 1A

SCENE 1BNOMENCLATURE[EL] IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED ARMY LIFE HAS CONTRADICTIONS, ESCHEW THE OBVIOUS, EMBRACE THE FICTIONSSTANDING AT ATTENTION, NAKED, IN THE SHOWER, DOUBLE TIME TO BREAKFAST, WAIT THERE FOR AN HOURTHESE THINGS ARE STRANGE, BUT EVEN MORE CONFUSING,THE WAY THEY NAME EVERYTHING WE'RE USINGWHAT DO YOU CALL THIS?

While singing, Elliott holds up a blanket.

[EL] SHOULD BE UNCOMPLICATED, BUT I ASSURE, IN THE ARMY, IT WILL BECOME OBFUSCATED.

[CHORUS OF MEN] OB BOB BOB BOB, OB BOB BOB F-SCATED...

[EL] OBFUSCAY-YAY-TED

NOMENCLATURE, REFRAIN 1

[EL] IS THIS A BLANKET,

[CHORUS OF MEN] HA, HA!

[EL] I WISH IT WERE SO, IT'S NOT SO SIMPLE, BY NOW YOU SHOULD KNOWTHERE IS ONLY ONE WAY, TO GIVE DESCRIPTION, AND IT MUST FOLLOW UNWAVERING PRESCRIPTION.THIS ABERRATION, LIKE A FREAK OF NATURE, HAS AN APPELLATION,THE ARMY CALLS IT...NO-MEN-CLA-TURE...

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[CHORUS OF MEN] NO NO NO NO NO MENCLATURE, NOMENCLATURE, IF YOU'RE TO MAKE IT, YOU CAN NEVER FAKE IT, NOMENCLATURE

[EL] NO...MEN...CLA...TURE. YOU'LL UNDERSTAND IT BETTER IF I GIVE AN EXAMPLE, SO LET ME SHARE WITH YOU JUST A LITTLE SAMPLE,DON'T GET HOW IT MEETS THE ARMY'S NEEDS, BUT HERE WE GO.

Chorus of Men sing the word ‘comma’ multiple times at each place in the three bolded sections where there is a comma (,). The bolded sections are within Elliott’s Army descriptions of a blanket, an egg and a rifle , and he sings with pauses for commas, during which the Chorus of Men chimes in.

[EL] Apparatus, sleeping, warmth enabling, natural fiber, sheep derived, medium weighty, inches 48 by 80, individual, one each, O.D. n color. That's a blan...ket[EL] IT CAN BE A COMFORT, TO ELIMINATE COGNITION, INSTEAD OF REASON, JUST USE RECOGNITIONONCE YOU CAN NAME IT, YOU CAN REQUISITION,IN TRIPLICATE YOU CLAIM IT, REGARDLESS OF POSITIONLET'S TRY ANOTHER, IT CAN BE QUITE AMUSING, AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT, REALLY STUCK WITH USING NOMENCLATURE...

[CHORUS OF MEN] OH NO NO NO NOT NO MENCLATURE

Elliott holds up an egg for inspection be fore he starts singing.

ELLIOTTThe egg.

[EL] FOODSTUFF, HIGH PROTEIN CONTAINING, SHELL ENCASED, VISCOUS INTERIOR RETAINING, OVOID IN PRESENTATION,OF POULTRY DERIVATION, ONE OR TWO EACH-EACH MORNING, WHITE OR BROWN IN COLOR.

[EL} POACHED, SCRAMBLED, SOFT BOILED, OR FRIED, ON A SKILLET, WELL-OILED

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NOMENCLATURE, REFRAIN 2[EL] I 'M REALLY FEELING RENEWED, PERHAPS I'VE MADE A BREAKTHROUGH, IF IT'S TO BE CONTINUED, I'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE YOUTHIS LAST ITEM THAT I SHOW YOU, WILL BE A TOUGH ONE, WHATEVER YOU DO NEVER, NEVER CALL IT A GUNI DID THAT ONE TIME, NEVER FORGET IT, MY SERGEANT MADE GOOD ON HIS PROMISE IF I DID, I WOULD REGRET IT, I DO TO THIS DAY.

Elliott holds up a rifle for inspection be fore he starts singing.

ELLIOTT (cont’d)Rifle .

[EL] WEAPON, SHOULDER, COMBAT, INDIVIDUAL, SEMI-AUTOMATIC, CLIP-FED, 30 CALIBER, BOLT ACTION, GAS ASSISTED SHELL CASE E[EL] ONE THING YOU DISCOVER, EARLY IN THE MILITARY,THINKING OFFERS YOU NO COVER, THAT CAN BE SCARYUNTIL YOU LEARN THAT THERE IS A SYSTEM, THOUGH DEVOID OF LOGIC, AND STRANGER TO WISDOMSO MANY SOLDIERS SO OFTEN GET IN TROUBLE, REMAINING IN THAT REASONABLE CIVILIAN BUBBLEIF YOU WISH TO STAY SURE, LEARN YOUR NOMENCLATURE,IGNORE THE WAYS OF NATURE, LEARN TO LIVE AND LOVE NOMENCLATURE.

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SCENE 2B

HIGHWIRE: ROGUE OF THE RAFTER PART 1.[RD] ]WHEN I STOOD ALONE AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD, AND LOOKED DOWN ON THE NORMALS, THE BOYS AND THE GIRLS

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IN THAT MOMENT ABOVE ALL THE CLATTER AND NOISE AND THE FOOLISH DEMEANOR OF THE GIRLS AND THE BOYSTHE LIGHTS WERE UPON ME AS I RAISED MY HAND AND GESTURED BELOW TO THE HATS IN THE STANDTHEY SEE CONFIDENT GRACE IN MY ELEGANT STANCE AND NEVER IMAGINE THE PERILOUS CHANCESOMEHOW THEY THINK IT'S ONLY A TRICK TO STAND IN THE CLOUDS WITHOUT LOOKING SICKTHE MUSIC FLOWED UP WITH THE SMELL OF IT ALL, I EMPTIED MY MIND OF THE SLIP AND THE FALLIN THE BACK WAS A STRETCHER I HOPED NOT TO NEED, OUR CONTRACTS WERE CLEAR, NOTHING GUARANTEEDNO MONEY TO MEND THE EMERGENCY NET, ON THAT TIRED OLD CIRCUS, WE KNEW NOT TO BETTHEN I PUSHED ALL OF THESE THOUGHTS FROM MY HEAD AND STEPPED TO THE WIRE WITH NOTHING TO DREADTIME WAS SUSPENDED, I WALKED ON THE AIR, LIVED ALL OF MY BALANCING FANTASIES THEREAND JUST FOR A MOMENT, ALONE IN THEIR EYES, GRAVITY'S EQUAL, THE LORD OF THE SKIESNOTHING COULD BIND ME, THE GROUND DISAPPEARED, FORGETTING THE HEART ALWAYS BEATING IN FEARNO TEARS, NO TAUNTING, NO BULLIES OR WORSE, THOSE GLORIOUS MINUTES, SO FREE FROM THE CURSE.SHINING EYES ON THE WIRE, HERS SMILED INTO MINE, EVEN AFTER THE SPOTLIGHTS, REFLECTING AND KIND.SHE SEEMED TO SEE ME AS THE BEST I COULD BE, MY HEART RESPONDED UNBURDENED AND FREE.SO FRIENDS NOW YOU KNOW-- JUST HOW HIGH I HAVE FLOWN--AND THE ROGUE OF THE RAFTERS--IS ONE OF YOUR OWN.

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HIGHWIRE: ROGUE OF THE RAFTER PART 2[RD] THE SCREAMS FELL UPON ME, MY REVERIE SPENT, MY MORTAL, MY DARLING IN RAPID DESCENTTHE ENDING IN SILENCE, WITH DUST IN THE AIR, SO FAR BELOW ME, SO FAR FROM REPAIRI DOVE TO THE ROPE, IT CARRIED ME DOWN, THE HANDS TOOK ME GENTLY, MY FEET TO THE GROUNDWE'D ONLY JUST FOUND US, WE'D ONLY BEGUN, THIS SWEET REVELATION, THIS AERIAL SUNTHE STARS ON HER COSTUME SHOULD BE ON THE WIRE, IN THE COOL OF THE DARKNESS, NOT BLEEDING ON FIRETHE THIN WIRE ABOVE CAUGHT THE GLINT OF THE LIGHT, AND ALL OF OUR MORNINGS WERE ENDED THAT NIGHTI THINK THERE WERE KISSES, I KNOW THERE WERE TEARS, AMID CONFIRMATION OF ALL OF OUR FEARSI JUST WANTED OUT OF THAT TERRIBLE SPACE, TO BREATHE IN AND EXHALE IN SOME BEARABLE PLACE.THE NEXT I REMEMBER WAS WALKING AWAY, THE COOL OF THE MOONLIGHT, THE HEAT OF THE DAYHOW LONG I SPENT MOVING IS LOST IN THE CLOUD. THE PAIN OF FOREVER KEPT SPILLING OUT LOUD.AND NOW I AM HERE, WHO WOULD EVER HAVE KNOWN, PREPARING TO WALK THIS NEW WIRE ALONE.IF WORSE COMES TO WORST, WELL, AT LEAST THEY CAN SAY, HE CLIMBED BACK TO WIRE AFTER WALKING AWAY.

SCENE 3

DAYS OF WAITING 2[AN] DAYS OF HOURS, DAYS OF TIMEMOVING SLOWLY, MY HEAD OUT OF STEP,MY HEART OUT OF RHYME

[CT] AS THE CLOCKS AND THE CALENDARS HOLD US AND CAN'T LET GODAYS OF CARING AND COUNTING AND MINUTES AND MISSING YOU SO.CHORUS

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[QU] BUT SOMETIMES IN THE NIGHT, AS I'M SITTING ALONE OUR OLD SIMPLE PLANS SEEM SO DISTANT AND DIM

[CH] I TRY TO IMAGINE I SEE YOU, YOU'RE FINALLY HOMETHEN SOMEONE WALKS IN AND SAYS “DEAR, ARE YOU THINKING OF HIM?”

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HYMN 1 OVER THERE REED ORGAN VERSE 1 BAWDY[EL] OVER THERE, WE'LL PURSUE EARTHLY DELIGHT

[PA] NEVER CARING IF IT'S DAY OR NIGHT

[EL] CHECKING OUT WHAT'S WRONG, AVOIDING WHAT IS RIGHT

[PA] RAISE OUR GLASSES TO THE MORNING LIGHT

HYMN 1 OVER THERE REED ORGAN VERSE 2 MINOR SECTION[ALL ONSTAGE EXCEPT PAUL, ELLIOTT, CAROLINE AND MARY]AS OUR MAKER AWAITS US OVER THEREHE'S PREPARED TO UNBURDEN US FROM CARETHE SKY IS FULL OF THUNDER, SO BEWARETAKE THE TIME TO LET YOUR HEART/SOUL PREPAREDON'T CROSS OVER IF YOU'RE UNPREPARED.

SCENE 5ENGLISH GIRLS VERSE 1[HA] HERE'S TO ALL THE ENGLISH GIRLS, WHO STOOD THERE IN THE STATIONS AND WAVED TO US AS WE PASSED BYTHOSE LOVELY ENGLISH GIRLS,WITH FLOWERS IN THEIR HAIR, AND GIFTS THEY BROUGHT TO GIVE USBUT THE TRAIN BEGAN TO ROLL, THEY TRIED TO THROW THEM TO USLITTLE BOXES FLYING EVERYWHERE, AND EVERYONE WAS LAUGHINGWE SHOUTED WE'D BE BACK BY CHRISTMAS TIME.WE'D BE BACK TO GET OUR PRESENTSWHEN WE RETURNED THIS WAY BY CHRISTMAS TIME.

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ENGLISH GIRLS VERSE 2THOSE LAUGHING ENGLISH GIRLS.SO MANY MONTHS AND MILES BETWEEN US AND THELAUGHTER OF THE GIRLS BACK HOMEAND WE ARE HERE. THEY'VE HELPED US TO REMEMBER, THEN HELPED US TO FORGETTHIS SPRING MIGHT BE THE LAST ONE WE WILL EVER SEE.THEY'VE MADE US WANT TO JOKE AND MAKE SURE WE SELDOM SPOKEABOUT THE BLOODY STORY WE ARE SOON TO TELL.SO LET'S NOT DWELL, LET'S SMILE, REMEMBERING THE LAUGHING ENGLISH GIRLS.

VERSE 3ONE SPECIAL ENGLISH GIRL, WE TALKED FOR ONLY HOURS,ONLY HOURS BEFORE THEY TRUCKED US ALL AWAYWE'D JUST ARRIVED, BUT SHE'D SURVIVED THROUGH MANY TEARSSOMETIMES SHE FELT HER LIFE HAD BECOME ONE LONG GOODBYESHE SAID SHE SHOULDN'T BURDEN ME OR MY BRAVE COMPANIONSTHAT'S WHAT SHE CALLED US--BRAVE COMPANIONS. ON BEHALF OF ALL MY BRAVE COMPANIONS I WOULD LIKE TO SAYWE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE MET YOU, WE WON'T FORGET YOUTHANK YOU, BLESS YOU, EACH AND EVERY SPECIAL ENGLISH GIRL

SCENE 6B

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE FRENCH? PART 1[CA] WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE FRENCH?

[EL] NOY VERY MUCH I HATE TO ADMIT, I'VE ASKED AROUND QUITE A BIT, WHAT I'VE HEARD, DON'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF MOST OF IT

[PA] BUT THEY MIGHT OPEN DOORS, THESE SOURCES OF YOURS, THOUGH THE TEXT IS SUSPECT

[CA] WITH CERTAIN CIVILIANS WE'LL WANT TO CONNECT, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT

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[BI] ALL THAT I KNOW ABOUT THE FRENCH I'VE READ IN MAGAZINES, MOST OF THEM SLIGHTLY OBSCENE,

[PA] GUESS THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN

[BI] I HEAR THEY EAT THE LEGS OF FROGS, DO THE FROGS GLADLY DONATE, OR DO THE FRENCH AMPUTATE?

[EL] YOU'VE BEEN STAYING UP MUCH TOO LATE!

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE FRENCH? PART 2[JO] I THOUGHT I MIGHT STAY NEAR THE SEA AT CALAIS, THERE WAS A SECRET WELL KEPT,SOME FRIENDS HAD TRIED TO ENTER AT DIEPPE, THAT FELL APART, SO OUT OF STEPAT CHERBORG TO COTENTIN, THEN ON TO CARENTANTHROUGH LOVELY ST. MERE EGLISE, INTO BELLE NORMANDIE, WHERE BOCAGE MEETS THE SEA.THERE I FELT I'D COME HOME THOUGH I TRAVELED ALONE, NO LONELINESS NO SENSE OF LOSSI CAME TO KNOW THE SWEET GLOW OF CALVADOS, THE PRIZE WAS MORE THAN THE COST

[EL] I'M VERY IMPRESSED, I WOULD NOT HAVE GUESSED, OUR QUESTIONS JUST SEEKING WHAT'S TRUE

[PA] WE MEANT NO OFFENSE TO YOU, COULD WE GO ON TO PARIS

Paul looks at the phrase book, then up.[PA] AVEC VOUS

[JO] I LIVED NEAR THE SEINE, ON BOULEVARD ST. GERMAIN,WENT TO THE LOUVRE EVERY DAY, EACH NIGHT I SAMPLED A DIFFERENT CAFÉ,AS I STROLLED DOWN THE CHAMPS-ELYSEES.

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FRENCH FOOD WAS SUPERB, RICH WITH BUTTER AND HERB, CRUSTY BREADS AND CROISSANTSLOVELY WINES FROM MEDOC AND PROVENCE, CRÈME CARAMEL THAT STILL HAUNTSSOME PEOPLE DECLARE THAT THE FRENCH HAVE AN AIR, ARROGANT AND ALOOFOF THAT I'M STILL AWAITING THE PROOF, HERE IS MY PERSONAL TRUTH.ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND, YOU'RE IN ANOTHER MAN'S LAND, BECOME A WELL-BEHAVED GUESTLET THE FRENCH TAKE CARE OF THE REST. TO THIS APPROACH I CAN ATTEST.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE FRENCH? PART 2 CHORUS 1[PA] I HEAR THE FRENCH ARE ALL SMART

[EL] THEY LOVE MUSIC AND ART.

[JO] THEY DO LIVE FROM THE HEART

[CA] I HEAR EVERYDAY THIRST WITH CHAMPAGNE THEY QUENCH

[BI] AND EVEN THE CHILDREN KNOW HOW TO SPEAK FRENCH.

[CA] I THINK IT'S TRUE WE HAVE NOT ASKED OF YOUOUR MOST PRESSING CONCERN, WHAT WE WOULD MOST LIKE TO LEARN, PERHAPS TO THAT WE CAN TURN.

[HA] THIS IS REALLY ABOUT, ALL THIS TALK AND THIS SHOUTTHE MADAME, MADEMOISELLE, I HOPE YOU KNOW THIS TOPIC QUITE WELL, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TELL

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE FRENCH? PART 2 CHORUS 2[JO] PARIS IS KNOWN AS THE CITY OF LIGHT,AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY ON A WARM SUMMER NIGHTSOUND ALL AROUND , SMILES, MUSIC, AND DANCING,EACH STREET FULL OF HEAT, HOPE, JOY, AND ROMANCING

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EACH LOVELY FACE FULL OF LIFE, FULL OF GRACE, LET YOUR HEART TAKE CONTROL, LET IT CHERISH YOUR SOULLET IT TAKE YOU AWAY, BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY,YOU'LL HAVE NO SENSE OF TIME, ONLY PASSION AND RHYME WHEN YOU WAKE UP, YOU MAY WONDER, WAS IT ALL JUST A DREAMTHEN YOU'LL SMILE AS YOU REMEMBER, AND WHISPER “GOD BLESS THE FRENCH!”

[ALL THE MEN] GOD BLESS THE FRENCH.

[CA] JOHN, THANK YOU SO MUCH

[BI] YOU HAVE PUT US IN TOUCH, WITH THE KEYS TO SUCCESS

[HA] OUR GRATITUDE WE HUMBLY EXPRESS

[BI] HOPE I'LL HAVE SOME SINS TO CONFESS

[JO] WHAT YOU EXPECT PLEASE DON'T INFLATE, THEY ARE HUMAN, THEIR FATE IS UNCERTAIN AS OURSIF WE ARE BLESSED WITH A FEW PRECIOUS HOURS, TREAT THEM GENTLY...BRING FLOWERS.

SCENE 7DAYS OF WAITING 3

[AN] DAYS OF WORKING, DOING WHAT'S RIGHT,

[CT] DAYS OF SUNLIGHT THAT SLOWLY GIVE WAY TO THE NIGHT

[QU]THROUGH THE NIGHT I GIVE IN TO THE NEED TO RECALL

[CH] DAYS OF HAVING AND HOLDING, THANKFUL I HAD YOU AT ALL...

WHEN I GET HOME MEN*lyrics in parentheses in the verses are spoken/sung rapidlyWHEN I GET HOME, SHE'LL CALL MY NAME AND RUN TO MEET ME WHEN I STEP DOWN FROM THE TRAIN.

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IT'S BEEN SUCH A LONG TIME, I HOPE SHE WON'T MIND,(IF I'M CLUMSY AND NERVOUS), AND KNOW THAT I'M JUST TRYING TO GET THINGS RIGHTI'LL SLOWLY ENFOLD HER, TOUCH HER SKIN, HER HAIRI'LL PINCH MYSELF, EVERY KISS OR TWO, TO MAKE SURE SHE'S REALLY THEREWE'LL PRO-CEED WITH REDISCOVERY OF EVERY DREAM AND FANTASY,(START MAKING THEM COME TRUE], I THINK THAT'S ONLY FAIR

Interlude with dancing for 2 Verses.In Verse 1 the men dance; in verse 2 the women dance

WHEN I GET HOME WOMEN*lyrics in parentheses in the verses are spoken/sung rapidlyWHEN HE COMES HOME, I'LL WANT TO HOLD HIM TIGHTBEGIN TO MAKE UP FOR LONG AND LOST AND LONELY NIGHTSMY LOVE I'LL TOUCH AND HEAR AND SEE, NO LONGER JUST A MEMORY,(AND I'LL BE EXPECTING) HE'LL DO THE SAME WITH ME.I KNOW OUR HEARTS WILL DANCE, IF WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE,(AND I'M REALLY HOPING) ROMANCE REMEMBERS HIM AND ME.

SCENE 9

Paul and Caroline move to the center front of the ir respective sides. As they sing Heroes they look at one another from time to time. We know they cannot see each other, but they are very present and connected.

HEROES [PA] IN THE SHIP AWAITING THE CALL TO THE BOATS.

[CE] SOOTHING SOMEONE'S CHILDREN AT BEDTIME

[CE] HEROES CROSSING DARKENED WATERS, WAIT FOR SLEEPING. HEROES COUNTING BEADS WITH WHISPERS, SOULS ARE KEEPING.HEROES LONGING, HEROES SIT BY CANDLES WRITING, HEROES STARING. WORDS UNSPOKEN FLOW LIKE FEARS, HEARTS ARE BARING.

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HEROES LOOKING, HEROES LAUGHING. GENTLY SLEEP MY DARLINGS. HEROES WILL PROTECT YOU. THEY ARE KEEPING WATCH 'TIL MORNING COMES.

[PA] HEROES RISE IN SILENCE, MOCKING DARKNESS, MOVINGHEROES STIRRING, HEROES POURING, DAILY PROVING. HEROES YAWNING. HEROES HEARING CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, LOOK FOR ANSWERS. KNOWING DAUGHTERS' TWIRLING DREAMS, THEY TEACH THEM TO BE DANCERS. SONS MUST SEE THEM, KNOW THEY NEED THEM.

[PA] SINCE WE MUST STAY, DARK HOURS AWAY, GOD BLESS THE HEROES, WE KNOW OUR HEROES, WILL BE THERE 'TIL THE BRAND NEW DAY

[CE] THE HARDEST PART IS WAITING, FOR ANSWERS THAT MAY NEVER COME

[CE] IN THE QUIET THE HEROES STRETCH TO EASE THEIR BREATHINGIN THE GRAY LIGHT DISTANT THUNDER, FEAR UNSHEATHING, HEROES PRAYING.

[PA] HEROES HAVE NO OPEN MOMENTS, AND NO RESTING. SONS AND DAUGHTERS, YEAST AND WATER, TWISTING, TESTING HEROES TALKING, WEARY WALKING

[CE] HEROES HANDED DAYS OF DANGER, HEROES HOLD THEM

[PA] HEROES HEAR THE WORRIED WATCHERS AND ENFOLD THEM

[PA & CE] HEROES TOUCHING.

[CE] THE CURVING WALL OF OCEAN CUTS OUR WORLDS IN TWO. OUR TERRORS LIVE IN DARKNESS, YOURS GO ON WITH DAWNSUNSET MAY BRING US REST, AT BEST, BRIEF RELIEF FOR YOU.SOMETIMES I WORRY EVEN IF WE SURVIVE, CAN WE CARRY ON.

[PA & CE] HEROES OVER TROUBLED OCEANS, WATCH ARE KEEPINGHEROES WEARILY AWAIT THEIR CHANCE FOR SLEEPING, HEROES CLOSING, THEIR EYES, REPOSING

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[CE HEROES HOLD THE HARM IN HAND PROTECT YOUR DREAMING

[PA] HEROES SHADE 'TIL YOU AWAKE, HARSH SUN AND NIGHTMARE SCREAMING.

[CE & PA] HEROES ARE HERE, HEROES ARE THERE, HEROES.

SCENE 10A

THIRD MAN ON A MATCH[RM] THIRD MAN ON A MATCH DON'T LET IT BE YOU, UNLESS YOU'RE EAGER FOR ST. PETER SEE YOU. OH, YOU'RE A WARRIOR BOY WITH YOUR BOMBS AND BULLETS. FATE AT THE GATE, MIGHT FIND YOUR OFF SWITCH AND PULL IT. TAKE HEED IF YOU NEED TO SPEED YOUR DEMISE. LEAVE YOUR BOOTS ON YOUR BLANKET, CONNECT TO THE COBRA'S EYES. BUT THE SUREST MEANS TO SHUFFLE TO YOUR LONG TERM REST. TAKE A THIRD HIT ON THE MATCHSTICK, PULL THE SMOKE DEEP IN YOUR CHEST. MIGHT NOT HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY, LIKE A SUCKER PUNCH FROM A FIST. ALL THE SAME YOUR NAME'S BEEN ADDED TO THE CASUALTY LIST. CONSIDERING WHERE WE'RE GOING TOMORROW AND WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO. GO BE ALL FEARLESS IF YOU LIKE. IT'S ALL UP TO YOU.

[RM]EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THE LADDER AND THE CATBROKEN MIRRORS AND THE 13TH OF THIS AND OF THATTHE SIDEWALK CRACK, YOUR POOR MOTHER'S BACKSPILLED SALT HALT AND THROW SOME TO GET YOU ON TRACKTHEY SAY THERE WAS A DEAD MAN'S HAND, WHEN OLD WILD BILL HICKOCK DIEDBLACK ACES AND BLACK 8'S, THE 5TH CARD NOBODY COULD DECIDEBUT ALL THIS STUFF IS SILLY IF YOU'RE REALLY CONCERNEDSTOP DREAMING OF TOMORROWS THAT YOU HAVEN'T EARNED

Instrumental Interlude 1

[RM]

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THE RABBIT'S FOOT IN YOUR POCKET, A HORSESHOE IN YOUR HAND,A FOUR LEAF CLOVER IN YOUR HELMET, I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND. YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE AMATEUR DELUSIONS ABOUT CONTROLLING YOUR FATE. IF YOU'RE THE THIRD MAN ON A MATCH, THEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS TOO LATE.

Instrumental Interlude 2[RM]I KNOW YOU'LL ALL BE SMILING JUST AS SOON AS I AM GONE. IT'S OK, HAVE A GOOD TIME, LAUGH AND CARRY ONBUT REMEMBER AS WE'RE SLOSHIN' IN THOSE BOATS IN THE MORNING AT FIVETHE ONLY THING I'M TRYING TO DO IS KEEP EVERY ONE OF YOU ALIVE.

IMMEDIATE TRANSITION TO FINALE

FINALE

The Finale is composed of eight parts, each a reprise of an earlier song with repeated and/or revised lyrics. Numbers in ( ) indicate the time into the Finale at which events

occur (minutes:seconds).

FINALE PART 1

Paul, Elliott, Caroline and Mary, through song, express the ir concern to the acce lerating beat of the music. Final words come from the Minister and from Sgt. Rumbutter.

SOMETHING IS HAPPENING PART 1: WHAT IS HAPPENING? REPRISE (FINALE 1)[PA] SOMETHING IS HAPPENING | I THINK IT'S ALL COMING CLEAR | THE PLACE IS NOT FAR | AND THE TIME IS QUITE NEAR

[CA] SOMETHING IS HAPPENING | NOT SURE HOW I KNOW | I DON'T FEEL QUITE ACCUSTOMED | AND IT WORRIES ME SO

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[EL] AT LEAST NO MORE WAITING | THAT'S THE WORST PART FOR ME | ANYTHING MUST BE BETTER | I'M SO SICK OF THE SEA[MA] THIS IS FEARFUL FAMILIAR | AND IT RUNS TO MY BONES | EVERY NERVE SAYS GET AWAY GIRL | YOU'LL BE SAFER ALONE

[PG] MAY HEAVEN PROTECT YOU | AS YOU GO ON YOUR WAY | MAY WE ALL MEET TOGETHER | AT THE CLOSE OF THIS DAY

[RM] REMEMBER THESE WORDS | I'VE BEEN AROUND VERY LONG | YOU'RE THE BEST I'VE EVER SEEN |YOU'RE PREPARED YOU ARE STRONG

*Interlude-Music becomes intense as the men and women prepare for the climax.

FINALE PART 2.

SOMETHING IS HAPPENING THE TIME HAS COME REPRISE (FINALE 2)*PA-LOWER MELODY LINE **PA-HIGHER LINE

[PA] I THINK IT'S CLEAR, WHAT WE CAN DO, WE REALLY MUST DO, I DON'T LIKE WHAT I SEE, BUT I KNOW

[PA] DON'T WE RECALL, ALL THE STORIES ABOUT OUR GRANDMOTHERS, FATHERS, AND SONSWHO SAILED AWAY, BRINGING US TO THIS PLACE, WITH THEIR WORLD IN THEIR ARMS.

[PA]* I 'D LIKE TO CALL TO THEM ALL, HOW DID YOU FIND THE COURAGE THEN, FOR I MUST FIND IT NOW.

[CE] I CANNOT TELL YOU JUST HOW MUCH I HAVE LOVED ALL OF YOU, HOW I WISH I COULD DO MORE, SO MUCH MORE

[PA] WE'VE COME SO FAR, IT'S SO HARD TO IMAGINE ONE YEAR AGO, ONE THING WE KNOW, WE'RE FRIENDS TO THE END

[EL] WE HAVE SO MUCH, WAITING FOR US, STAY TOGETHER, CLOSE TOGETHER,

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KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN, JUST KEEP MOVING, COVER EACH OTHER, JUST LIKE ALWAYS

CE] KEEP YOURSELVES SAFE NOW, SLEEP, DREAM OF TOMORROW, WE'LL GET THROUGH ALL OF THIS NOISE, AND BE FINE

[MA] THEY ARE SO FAR FROM US, CAN WE SIT CLOSER.

[NA] SO, SO CLOSE AND YET, WE'LL NEVER GET, THROUGH TO THE END

[NA] LOVE, WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, IF YOU'D COME HOME, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN.

[PA] SOMETIMES AT NIGHT, I CAN SEE THINGS THAT NEVER HAVE BEEN,HOW I'D HOPED TO GET THROUGH, AND MEET YOU

FINALE PART 3

HYMN 1 OVER THERE REED ORGAN REPRISE (FINALE 3)[ALL CHARACTERS IN NORMANDY]AS WE FACE OUR JOURNEY THROUGH THE NIGHT, WALK WITH COURAGE TO THE LIGHTWE HAVE COME TOGETHER HERE WE STAND AS ONEMAY WE JOIN AGAIN AT MORNING SUNSEE EACH OTHER ONCE AGAIN AND GREET THE SUN

FINALE PART 4

HIGH WIRE REPRISE (FINALE 4)[RD] AND JUST FOR A MOMENT, ALONE IN THEIR EYES, GRAVITY'S EQUAL, THE LORD OF THE SKIESSINCE WORSE CAME TO WORST, I HOPE YOU WILL SAY, HE WENT BACK TO THE WIRE BEFORE FALLING AWAY

FINALE PART 5DAYS OF WAITING 4 (FINALE 5)

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[CE] DAYS OF SILENCE, DAYS OF PAINEMPTY WITH LOSSES, UNSURE WHAT REMAINSALL THIS WAITING AND HOPING, WHAT GOOD HAS IT DONE?WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT WE'D BE ENDING, BEFORE WE'D BEGUN

FINALE PART 6

IF I EVER GET TO ENGLAND REPRISE FINALE 6)[NA] THANK YOU FOR SHOWING ME THE PHOTOGRAPH

[NA] SUCH A LOVELY SCENE SHOULD BE REMEMBERED

[EM] ENGLAND WAS A LONG WAY, THERE WERE PROBLEMS ON THE JOURNEY

[NA] GUESS I'LL NEVER GET TO ENGLAND

[EM] SO MANY LOVELY THINGS UNDONE

[NA] HOPE YOU GET THERE, SEND A PICTURE, WRITE A LETTER, HAVE LOTS OF FUN.

PART 7 (HEROES REPRISE)

FINALE PART 7

HEROES REPRISE (FINALE 7)[PA] WE HAD TO STAY, THOSE HOURS AWAY

[RD] IT WAS NO SECRET, THAT BEING HEROES

[JO] SOMETIMES MEANS NEVER COMING HOME

[CE] THE HARDEST PART IS WAITING, FOR ANSWERS THAT WILL NEVER COME

[EM] IN OUR MEMORIES THE HEROES LIVE FOREVER

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MISSING FROM OUR DAYS AND DREAMS, FORGETTING NEVER.

[PA, RD, JO, CE, EM & MA] HEROES SINGING

[MA] EVER PRESENT, EVER AFTER, OFTEN TEARFUL

[CE] HEROES WHISPER “CARRY ON, BE NEVER FEARFUL”

[MA] BELLS ARE RINGING, KEEP THEM RINGING.

[CE] THERE ARE HEROES ALL AROUND US, EVERY MINUTE

[EM] NOT JUST IN SOME DISTANT MOMENT, WE ARE IN IT.

[PA, RD, JO, CE, EM & MA] BE THE HEROES

FINALE PART 8SOMETHING IS HAPPENING 4 STAND WITH ME REPRISE (FINALE 8)

[EM] OR EL? WE MUST TALK AND WE MUST TELL AND SHARE THE STORYAND HOPE THAT NONE MUST EVER PASS THIS WAY AGAIN

[MA] SIMPLE PLANS AND SIMPLE DREAMS ALL LOST IN...GLORYSACRIFICED BEFORE THEY CAN BEGIN

[CE] MAKE NO MY-STE-RY OF ALL THAT HAS TRANSPIREDOUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE HAVE FACED.TIME AGAIN TO BRING OUR HAMMERS, WOOD, AND WIREAND TO BUILD ANEW WHAT CANNOT BE REPLACED

[WHO IS CHORUS] STAND WITH US, WE'VE STOOD WITH YOUAND KNOW TOGETHER, THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN'T DOJOIN YOUR HANDS, JOIN YOUR HEARTSALWAYS THERE THE DARKNESS ENDS, AND MORNING STARTS

[NA] THE SWEETEST GIFT...TO BE...REMEMBEREDSOMETIMES WITH JUST A SMILE TO MARK WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

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EACH TIME THE CALENDAR RETURNS TO DARK...DECEMBER, PLEASE,COME TOGETHER HERE, AND SING OUT ONCE AGAIN.

FINALE END

All characters in Normandy sing the Finale Ending together.

FINALE END SONG[ALL CHARACTERS IN NORMANDY]NOW IT'S TIME TO JOIN OUR SISTERS AND OUR BROTHERSNO NEED FOR ANYONE TO STAND ALONE, APARTTEAR DOWN THE WALLS DIVIDING US FROM ONE ANOTHERAND MARCH TOGETHER TO THE BEATINGS OF OUR HEARTS.WE MUST STAND, WE MUST SHOW, THAT WE REMEMBER WHAT'S BEEN GIVEN, THAT WE KNOWWHEN WE UNITE, AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT, IN THAT MOMENT WE CAN CHANGE THE DARK TO LIGHTSTAND WITH US, WE'LL STAND WITH YOU, AND TOGETHER THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN'T DOJOINING HANDS, JOINING HEARTS, THIS IS WHERE THE DARKNESS ENDS AND MORNING STARTS

Marche Normandie Reprise The Longer Version Concludes The Play

THE END

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