starlight express

STARLIGHT EXPRESS

STARLIGHT EXPRESSMUSIC BYANDREW LLOYD WEBBERLYRICS BYRICHARD STILGOE"NEXT TIME YOU FALL IN LOVE" LYRICS BYDON BLACK

ACT IOVERTUREControl:

This is control. This is control. Tonight is the most important night in the

history of the world. Take your seats for the World Championship Railroad

Race. Trains to your tracks. Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four,

three, two, one. Trains gone! Four trains going for two final places.

Greaseball and Expresso are the early leaders with Nintendo pressing in

third. This is turning into a real grudge match. And here's a surprise: look

at that Rusty go.

Mother:

Put those trains away.

Control:

Oh Mum - just five more minutes.

Mother:

Put those trains away and get into bed.

Control:

But...

Mother:

No buts.

Control:

Starlight Express, Starlight Express

Are you real - yes or no ?

Starlight Express, Starlight Express...

ENTRY OF NATIONAL TRAINSThis is control. This is control. Tonight is race night. Let's hear it for

the champion engines of the world.

From France the 120 mph Sudest. The power of the Sudest - BOBO.

From Italy - the Rome to Milan Express - the Settebello. Powered by

ESPRESSO.

From Germany - right on time - the Inter-Continental Express. Powered by

RUHRGOLD.

From Russia - as fast as possible - the Trans-Siberian express. Powered by

TURNOV.

From Japan - the Shinkanssen bullet train - the power of the bullet -

NINTENDO.

From Great Britain - battling through the wrong kind of snow - the Royal

Train. Powered by THE PRINCE OF WALES.

Britsh Rail announce a delay in the arrival of the Royal Train. This is due

to staffing difficulties.

And from the US of A - the reigning champion: the greatest diesel locomotive

in history - the Union Pacific. Powered by - GREASEBALL.

ROLLING STOCKGreaseball & Gang:

I'm just the fastest thing you'll ever see.

That streak of lightning you just missed was me.

Don't stop now - we gotta keep it going all night.

Rolling Stock! Rolling Stock!

You got no wheels, you don't know how it feels.

Rolling Stock! Rolling Stock!

You got no lovers if you got no wheels.

Don't try to show you can go faster than me.

This is my back view and it's all you'll see.


Rolling Stock! We're Rolling Stock!

So get the motion in your wheels somehow.

The racing action's starting here and now.

Don't stop now - we gotta keep it all night.




HE'LL WHISTLE AT MEPearl & Coaches:

Whoo-whoo, whoo-whoo - nobody can do it like a steam train.

Whoo-whoo, whoo-whoo - everybody's waiting for their dream train.

Pearl:

I'll know him when I see him

For long before I see him

I will hear the far off signal

I will hear the Distant call

And then he'll whistle at me.

He'll send a not and woo me.

He'll whistle at me,

I'm gonna hitch him to me.

Some day soon he'll whistle at me,

That's how I'll recognise him

And maybe I will whistle at him -

That should surprise him.

Don't give me insistent humming,

Horns and bells and distant drumming,

I want steam that's under pressure

As it rises to a scream,

Somebody whistle at me,

I'm all anticipation.

I need someone to whistle at me,

I'm waiting at the station.

Come on, soneone whistle at me,

I'm longing to be near him.

I need someone to whistle at me -

I'll know him when I hear him.

He'll whistle at me.

A LOTTA LOCOMOTIONCoaches:

A lotta locomotion that's what we need

From a locomotive who can take the lead

From the eastern ocean to the western sea

Locomotion's gonna carry me


If we are ever gonna get up speed

A lotta locomotion and the right approach

For there are lots of different kinds of coach

Ashley:

Like me I'm Ashley, I'm the smoking car

I've tried to knock the habit but my inside's used to tar

I know that if I don't give up I might choke or have a stroke

That scares me, and when I'm scared -

Boy I need a smoke.

Buffy:

Buffy at your service

Ever open wide

My microwave is cooking to warm you from inside

A lotta locomotion will do the trick

Come and bite my burgers

I'm hot and cheap and quick

Dinah:

My name's Dinah, I'm the dining car

I'll cook for you and listen while you lean upon my bar

I'll serve you with your dinner

While the train goes loop the loop

Gee, I'm sorry gentlemen - I hope you wanted soup

Coaches:



From the Eastern Ocean to the Western Sea


Pearl:

My name's Pearl I'm a brand new girl

My springs still bounce my fans still whirl

Ain't gonna smoke, ain't gonna drink

Coaches:

What are you gonna do ?

Pearl:

What'd you think ?

Coaches:



From the Eastern Ocean to the Western Sea

Don't stop the piston stroking

Don't stop the fireman stoking

Ashley:

Don't make me give up smoking

Coaches:

Give up smoking ? You gotta be joking !


FREIGHTDinah:

Oh no!

Buffy:

Oh shucks!

Pearl:

It's the freight trains.

Ashley:

The dumb trucks!

Buffy:

Forty tons of empty chrome.

Dinah:

The lights are on

Ashley:

But nobody's home!

Buffy:

Let's show them who's boss.

Dinah:

Ler's play a joke.

Pearl:

Yeah, let's have some fun.

Ashley:

Let's have a smoke!

Dinah:

Here they come...

Buffy:

To fill our station...

Pearl:

With witty, sparkling conversation!

Trucks & (Coaches):

Freight is great (That's brilliant!)

Freight is great (Don't you wish you'd thought of that?)

We carry weight 'cos we are freight

And freight is great. (One more time!)

Freight is great (Did you think of that all by yourselves?)

Freight is great (It's so profound!)

We never sulk. We hulk the bulk.

'Cos freight is great. (Well I certainly learned something today!)

We never make a fuss. We got the goods on us.

We take the loads from off the roads

And freight is great. (You just listen to what the coach says!)

Coaches:

Couldn't stand gravel and sand,

Being ignored, no-one aboard,

Nodoby complaining we were late again.

I should hate carrying freight, nobody living in me.

Got to be a living, breathing passenger train.

Trucks:

Freight is great.

Freight is great.

Trucks / Coaches:

Freight/Couldn't stand gravel and sand,

Being ignored, no-one aboard,

Is great/Nodoby complaining we were late again.

We carry weight/I should hate carrying freight, nobody living in me.

And freight is great/Got to be a living, breathing passenger train.

It's mommas and poppas/ it's commerce and hoppers,

It's daughters and sons/it's quaters and tons,

They get in your hair/it's the fun of the fair,

Freight!/Folks!/Tares!/Fares!

Passengers, commuters and mail/

Trees and meat, gravel and shale/

Are great, are great, are great, are great, are great!

Control:

Control. Control. You wagons and passenger cars just cut it out.

Trucks will identity themselves. Box cars:

Rocky 1:

I'm Rocky, there's lots like me.

Rocky 11:

I'm Rocky two.

Rocky 111:

I'm Rocky three.

Rockies:

The only time we get sick inside

Is when some bum hitches a ride.

We wait for a sharp corner to come

And open the door - bye bye bum!

Trucks:

Freight is great!

Control:

Brick truck.

Flat-Top:

Flat-Top - who you looking at?

Yeah, they're bricks - what's wrong with that?

No, you're right, they don't all match.

Yes they're heavy - here, catch!

Trucks:

Freight is great!

Control:

The big hopper.

Flat-Top:

Dustin, that's you, mate.

Control:

Come on, the big hopper.

Flat-Top:

Come on, Dustin.

Dustin:

I'm the big hopper, I'm not a box.

Rockies:

Yeah, your head is full of rocks.

Dustin:

They're not rocks, they're bits of gravel.

Gravel's got a right to travel.

Dustin & Flat-Top:

Travellin' with gravel in.

Praying that we don't get wet.

Water and mortar

Do things they didn't oughter.

Empty me before I set.

Trucks:

Down the track from A to B and back

We carry things not people -

People talk a lot -

That isn't what we like.

Coaches:

They're strong and silent!

Trucks:

None of us may be a genius

But we know one thing -

What we know is:

Freight is great.

Freight is great.

Coaches & Trucks:

It's mommas and poppas/ it's commerce and hoppers/

It's daughters and sons/it's quaters and tons/

They get in your hair/it's the fun of the fair/




On the rails, on the rails, on the rails, on the rails

Are great, are great, are great, are great, are GREAT!

AC/DCControl:

Oh, boy, a late entry. A superstar challenger. These must be his minders.

Pearl:

He's got a gun !

Krupp:

Halt. I am Krupp, Electra's armaments truck.

Rocky:

Who's Electra ?

Krupp:

We ask the questions.

Wrench:

I am Wrench, Electra's repair truck.

Dustin:

This Electra must be rich to have his own repair truck.

Flat-Top:

Or unreliable !

Purse:

I am Purse, Electra's money truck. Electra is rich. Switch your allegiance

to Electra.

Volta:

I am Volta, Electra's freezer truck.

Joule:

I am Joule, Electra's dynamite truck.

Volta:

Electra is cool.

Joule:

Electra is hot.

Volta:

Cool.

Joule:

Hot.

Company:

A megastar. A megawatt.

Rich, hot, powerful. Rich, hot, cool.

Rich, hot, powerful. Rich, hot, cool.

Electra ... Electra ... Electra ... Electra ...

Electra:

I am electric - feel my attraction.

Feel my magnetism - you will agree

I am electric - I have the contact.

I am electric - the future is me.

AC/DC it's okay by me.

I can switch and change my frequency.

I am electric - mind how you touch me.

I can shock you, I can set you on fire.

I can reach up and pluck down the lightning.

Watch the conductor, see the live wire.



Company:

Electra ... Electra ... Electra ...

Electra:

I am electric - resistance is pointless

Feel my magnetism - you will agree.

You can't ignore me, you must adore me.

I am electric, come closer to me.


I can switch and turn you on to me

Can switch and turn you on to me

Can switch and turn you on to me.

Company:

Electra ... Electra ... Electra ... Electra ...

Electra:


PUMPING IRONControl:

Oh boy - here comes trouble. It's the reigning champion.

Coaches:

It's Greaseball, it's Greaseball, Greaseball the diesel.

Choose me Greaseball, race with me.

Dinah:

Back off girls - he's mine.

Greaseball:

Here comes the diesel train

With its steel refrain,

Hear me knocking.

The diesel's on its way,

It's gonna win the day,

Hear me knocking.

Listen to the chatter of the diesel force,

Generating twenty seven hundred horse,

Camshaft rolling while the rockers rock,

Hear me knock.

See me hustle,

Feel my muscle,

Pumping Iron.

Trying to build my body,

Trying to lose my mind.

See me straining,

I'm in training,

Pumping Iron.

I'm a diesel engine,

I'm knocking, I'm knocking, I'm knocking,

I'm Pumping Iron.

Coaches:

Well he's the one they'll choose,

You know he just can't lose,

Hear him knocking.

There ain't another rig

That's even half as big,

Hear him knocking.

Everybody's gonna say "that train is smart",

The mighty diesel engine is a work of art.

The undisputed leader of the Rolling Stock,

Greaseball:

See me knock.

Greaseball & Coaches:

See me hustle,

Feel my muscle,

Pumping Iron.

Stretching my bullworker,

I'm heaving on my weights.

See my flex my delts and pecs - I'm

Pumping Iron.

I'm a diesel engine,

Hey, I'm knocking, you know I'm knocking, said I'm knocking hey-

Heading for the rally (heading for the rally)

Gonna win the first race (gonna win the first race)

I'm gonna run the longest (the biggest and the strongest)

I'm knocking, said I'm knocking, you know I'm knocking.

Well - I'm so beautiful -

I'm PUMPING IRON !

CODA OF FREIGHTGreaseball:

You, you're overloaded.

Electra:

I'm electric taking over.

Greaseball:

You'll have to beat diesel.

Dinah:

Take on diesel.

Greaseball & Dinah:

Take on diesel.

Components:

Electricity is taking charge.

Electra:

I will enter - I will win.

Greaseball:

You'll never win, you'll never win.

Bobo:

It will be me.

Rusty:

Listen to me. Listen to me.

Ruhrgold:

What was that hiss ?

Rusty:

I'm gonna enter.

Espresso:

Who is this ?

Prince of Wales:

It's old and rusty,

It's can't be, it's Rusty.

Turnov:

He's going to race.

Nintendo:

He's going to lose face.

Rusty:

I'm going to enter.

I'll be victorious

I'm gonna win.

Rusty/Engines:

Earth, water, air, fire/

You'll never win, you'll never win,

I'm gonna beat you, I'm gonna beat you/

See the steam rise higher/

Haven't a chance, haven't a chance,

I'm gonna win it, yes, I'm gonna win/

Earth, water, air, fire/

I'm gonna win, I'm gonna win,

I'm gonna beat you, I'm gonna beat you/

See the steam rise higher/

I'm gonna win the race,

I'll be victorious, I'm gonna win.

All:

Locomotion ... locomotion ...

It's mommas and poppas/ it's commerce and hoppers/

It's daughters and sons/it's quaters and tons/

They get in your hair/it's the fun of the fair/




On the rails, on the rails, on the rails, on the rails.

Beware of the engine intent on averaging

Defeat by a rival who's bent on survival.

Look out for the carriage who's out to disparage.

The wagons who battle and rattle and prattle

Are great, are great, are great, are great, are GREAT!

CRAZYRusty:

Where I go the rest better follow,

Look out everybody, move aside.

May go now or may go tomorrow,

Hold on, I'll take you for a ride.

Coaches:

Crazy - can you believe him?

He's crazy - love him or leave him

He's crazy, goin' crazy, goin' crazy.

Rusty:

You know I'm crazy - yeah!

Coaches:




Rusty:

Hold on tight, I'll turn up the pressure,

Must be right, no way it can be wrong.

You and me go steamin' together

Pearl:

Till someone better comes along.

Coaches:




Rusty:

You know I'm crazy - yeah!

Coaches:




Goin' crazy, goin' crazy, goin' crazy

Goin' crazy!

MAKE UP MY HEARTPearl:

It's time to choose between the two of them -

I'd better make a start.

Someone help me make up my heart.

Tell me how to make up my heart.

They say two lovers can be twice the fun -

They think they're being smart.



One of them is strong,

One of them is good

But both could turn out wrong

So who gets the part?

Make up my mind,

Make up my heart

I don't want one to win and one to lose -

Can't tell them yes or no.

Choosing one means letting one go,

I can't face letting one of them go.

You'd think two lovers would be twice the fun,

It's tearing me apart.



One of them has style,

Sets the world alight,

The other makes me smile


Make up my mind,

Make up my heart.


Make up my mind,

Make up my heart.

It's time to choose between the two of them -

I'd better make a start.



One of them has style,

Sets the world alight,

The other makes me smile


Make up my mind,

Make up my heart.

One of them is strong,

One of them is good

But both could turn out wrong


Please someone help me make up my heart,


RACE ONEControl:

Heat one. Heat one. Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two,

one. Trains gone! Four trains going for two final places. Greaseball and

Espresso are the early leaders with Nintendo pressing in third. Well, that's

not in the rule book. No-one messes with the champion! Up the nursery slope.

It's still Greaseball but Espresso's looking good! It's the double whammy

from Electra and the Champion! Across the high level, it's Greaseball,

Electra, Nintendo and Espresso. Nintendo takes Electra and Nintendo passes

Greaseball! Don't play with electricity - the champ leads - this is getting

hot! Nintendo must win. He's overdone it. Nintendo crashes! Winner of heat

one: Greaseball the diesel with Electra in second place. Greaseball and

Electra have a place in the final.

POPPA'S BLUESRocky 1:

Hey, Poppa's gonna sing!

Flat-Top:

That stuff is so out of date.

Rocky 1:

Cool it man. Poppa's gonna sing!

Rockies:

Poppa don't sing often, but he do sing mean.

Poppa:

Oh the first line of the blues is always sung a second time (oh yeah?)

First line of the blues is always sung a second time (kinda smooth!)

So by the time you get to the third line you've had time to think up a rhyme.

Oh there ain't no law that says the third line has to be different at all.

No, no, there ain't no law that says the third line has to be different at all.

No there ain't no law that says the third line has to be different at all.

Never borrow a mouth organ - not even from your best friend.

No, no, no, never borrow a mouth organ - not even from your best friend.

'Cos you may survive the blowing, but the sucking's gonna get you in the end. Oh yeah!

RACE TWOControl:

Control, control. Heat Two. Trains to your tracks. Ten, nine, eight, seven,

six, five, four, three, two, one. Trains gone! They've set out for the

second heat and Poppa's in back and struggling. He's on the crossing. Look

out Poppa! Leaping locomotives! Still Bobo with Turnov pressing in second

but Bobo wastes the ration. Hey, Bobo, you lost your coach! That puts

Ruhrgold in lead but Turnov's not having any! It's Turnov, the Russian lead.

Ouch, Poppa shows Turnov he still packs a punch! Poppa's taking the lead but

Dustin takes him wide letting Ruhrgold through. It's Ruhrgold, Turnov, Bobo

and Poppa coming out of the high lever. And Ruhrgold stops - this is getting

really mean! Bobo goes through to take the lead. Poppa's turning on the

power, they approach the tunnel. The old guy does it! Winner of Heat Two :

Poppa McCoy with Bobo in second place. Poppa and Bobo have a place in the

final.

STARLIGHT EXPRESSRusty:

When you good nights have been said

And you are lying in bed

With the covers pulled up tight

And though you count every sheep

You get the feeling that sleep

Is going to stay away tonight.

That's when you hear it coming

That is when you hear the humming of the

Starlight Express, Starlight Express,

Are you real, yes or no?

Starlight Express, answer me yes.

I don't want you to go.

Want you to take me away

But bring me home before daylight

And in the time between

Take me to everywhere

But don't abandon me there

Just want to say I've been.

I believe in you completely

Though I may be dreaming sweetly of the



And if you're there

And if you know

Then show me which way

I should go.

Starlight Express, Starlight Express,




ACT TWOTHE RAP

Rockies:

Lead to the left and box to the right

The Rockies in the house were here tonight

R.O.C.K.I.E.S.

Put your hands together, you know we're the best!

Motivatin' (acceleratin'!)

Devastatin' (galvinatin'!)

Boys:

Diesel, D-d-d-d-Diesel.

E.L.E.C. Elec-Elec-Electricity.

Electricity is not for free.

Electra & Components:

So don't mess with me (so don't mess with me)

Rocky 1:

Are you ready?

Rocky 11 & 111:

Ready, check it out, check it out.

Rocky 1:

Are you ready?

Rocky 11 & 111:

Ready, check it out, check it out.

Rocky 1:

Are you ready?

All:

Ready!

Rockies:

Are you ready for the big one?

All:

Ready!

Rockies:

Are you ready for the big one, starting any minute?

We're in it

Rocky 1:

You gotta be in it to win it!

Rockies:

Gotta be in the frame if you're gonna win the game


All:

Ready!

Boys:

Check it out, check it out.

Girls:

Can you believe this?

Boys:


Girls:


Components:

Hey, I make Electra the one they gotta beat.

Gang:

Nah - Diesel's wicked!

Buffy & Ashley:

Yeah - Diesel's neat!

Poppa:

What about Rusty?

All:

You can't be serious.

Greaseball:

Hasn't got a chance against his superiors.

Rockies:

Check it out - buy.

All:

Are you ready for the big one, starting any minute?

We're in it - you gotta be in it to win it.

Gotta be in the frame if you're gonna win the game

Are you ready for the big one? Ready!



Rusty:

If I was the winner of tonight's big fight

Pearl would come back.

Dustin:

Yeah, that's right.

Flat-Top:

Well then, win it. That's all you gotta do.

Electra:

Hey Greaseball - I'm talking to you.

You still got that Dinah hanging on a lead?

A new set of wheels is what you need.

Rockies:

Check it out.

All:


Engines:

Ready!

Rockies:

Check it out.

All:


Rockies:

Check it out.

Boys:

Check it out. Check it out.

Girls:


Boys:

Check it out.

Girls:


Boys:


Girls:


Boys:


Girls:


Boys:


Girls:


Greaseball:

Any car here - any car you can see would be proud

Gang:

Yeah, proud.

Greaseball:

To ride with me.

Rusty:

But not Pearl.

Greaseball:

Oh, no? Pearl's like any other.

She knows I'm a fast movin' mother.

Pearl knows she's a winner. She won't risk

Racing with that floppy disk.

Electra & Components:



Dinah:

Greaseball stop it!

Greaseball:

Shut it, Dinah.

Electra:

All software is designer.

Greaseball:

Pearl, you know that he don't cut it.

Dinah:

Greaseball stop it!

All:

Dinah - shut it!

Greaseball:

Pearl - come on - it's time to choose:

You wanna boil with the oil or lose with the fuse?

All:


Are you ready for the big one starting any minute?


Unless your name's in the frame you ain't in the game.

Ready for the big one? Ready!


Can you believe it?


Can you believe it?

Are you ready for the big one starting any minute?


Unless your name's in the frame you ain't in the game.

Ready for the big one? Ready for the big one? READY!

U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.DDinah:

I've been U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D

I can't bring myself to say it. No siree

I'm a carriage with no marriage

I'm a van without a man

I've been U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D

Was I corroded or overloaded

Maybe I shamed him

Who could have blamed him

If he thought me second-class

Went in search of chrome and brass

Went to find some other fool like me

And I'm just U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D

I can't seem to stop C.R.Y.I.N.G

People look and me and think,

"There she goes the missing link"

She's been U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D

And I'm just U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D

But I'll get my R.E.V.E.N.G.E

He'll come crawling back one day

And I'll turn to him and say

Go away, you B.A.S.T.A.R.D

RACE THREEControl:

This is control. This is control. And now for the race that keeps going day

and night. The final Trans-America trial for the championship of the world.

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. Trains gone!

Here's a surprise-look at that Rusty go. He passes Bobo. He's got a head of

steam and he's mad to show the big boys. He's chasing Electra. He's chasing

Greaseball. What's the champion gonna go about it? Oh my God! Race

cancelled. Race cancelled. Who did that? Re-run in fifteen minutes.

RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIMERockies:

If I had the chances,

If I had the breaks

Could have been a winner

I had what it takes

But I wasn't in the right place

At the right time.

Didn't have the rhythm,

Didn't have the rhyme.

I wasn't in the right place

At the right time.

Could've been a contender,

Could've been a star.

Never reached the finals,

Didn't get that far

'Cos I wasn't in the right place

At the right time.

Didn't have the rhythm,


I wasn't in the right place

At the right time.

Any time they seem to

Open up the door,

Slam it in your face

And knock it to the floor

'Tisn't only me son,

'Tisn't only you,

All of us are losers,

All of us are through

'Cos I wasn't in the right place,

Wasn't in the right place,

Wasn't in the right place

At the right time.

STARLIGHT SEQUENCERusty:

Starlight Express, Starlight Express...

Starlight:

Only you have the power within you.

Just believe in yourself -

The sea will part before you,

Stop the rain, turn the tide.

If only you use the power within you

Needn't beg the world

To turn around and help you

If you draw on what you have within you

Somewhere deep inside.

Rusty:

Starlight Express, Starlight Express




Starlight:

Rusty you're blind, look in your mind -

I'm there. Nothing's new

The Starlight Express is no more nore less

Than you Rusty. I am you.

I'm you and

Starlight / Rusty:

Only you/I am the Starlight.

Have the power within you/I can achieve

Just believe in yourself/anything

The sea will part before you

Stop the rain and turn the tide/

All the things I didn't believe.

If only you/I am the Starlight.

Have the power within you/I can achieve

Just believe in yourself/anything

The sea will part before you

Stop the rain and turn the tide/

All the things I didn't believe.

If only you/I am the Starlight,

Use the power within you/I can see it throught.

Needn't beg the world to turn around and help you

If you draw on what is deep inside.

Rusty:

I won't let you down.

RACE FOURControl:

Control. Control. Re-run of championship on downhill course. Ten, nine,

eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. It's Greaseball, Electra,

Bobo and Rusty as they come down from the high level and Electra passes the

champion. Bobo passes the champion. Something's holding the champion back.

It's Pearl, and the chammpion doesn't like that one bit. Oh, no - he's

uncoupled Pearl. We have a runaway. Pearl's heading for the edge and Rusty

saves her. That was courageous. The champion's racing solo. That's not

allowed. Not for long. Greaseball takes Ashley and Bobo's out of it. Back at

the high level now with Electra leading and the champion is second. It looks

like Rusty's bid has failed. Can't anyone take the electric superstar? Can

the champion comme back? It's Electra and the champion disputing the lead.

Rusty comes through. Electra zaps the champion. Against all the odds, Rusty

is the champion. Rusty for lap of honour.

Rusty:

I must find Pearl. I must find Pearl.

I must find Pearl. I must find Pearl.

NEXT TIME YOU FALL IN LOVEPearl:

I guess I'm not too good at keeping love alive for long.

I think I've found the answers but the answer's always wrong.

My first love was my true love and it should have been my last.

The only time I'm happy when I'm dreaming in the past.

Next time you fall in love

It better be with me,

The way it used to be.

Back then was when

We touched the Starlight.

Sometimes you turn away from what your heart tells you is right

And so you settle for whatever gets you through the night.

The flame you thought was dead may suddenly begin to burn

And broken hearts can be repaired, that's something that you learn.




Back then was when


Rusty:

I've re-lived every moment that I ever shared with you.

What fools we were to end a dream that looked like coming true.




Pearl & Rusty:

Back then was when





Back then was when


I guess I'm not too good at keeping love alive for long.

I think I've found the answers but the answer's always wrong.

My first love was my true love and it should have been my last.

The only time I'm happy's when I'm dreaming in the past.




Back then was when





Back then was when


ONE ROCK 'N' ROLL TOO MANYGreaseball & Electra:

One Rock 'n' Roll too many,

One night's sleep too few.

Too much ringing that bell

Takes its toll out of you.

Greaseball:

The sound's too loud.

Electra:

The light's too bright.

Greaseball:

My chains are too heavy

And my pants are too tight.

Both:


Takes its toll... out of you.


I can't take no more.

Greaseball:

Whaddya say?

Electra:

I can't hear nothing.

Greaseball:

Whaddya say?

Electra:


Greaseball:


Electra:

Whaddya say?

Both:

I said one Rock 'n' Roll too many

Takes its toll...

And the soul...

Out of you!

LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNELPoppa:

Diesel is for unbelievers. Electricity is wrong.

Steam has got the power that will pull us along -

There's a light at the end of the tunnel


The inside might be as black as the night

All:

But there's a light at the end of the tunnel



But at the end of the tunnel there's a light.

Poppa:

It's the power of James Watt, the steaming Scot

All:

The man sho watched the pot and said "Hey, I've got

A brilliant plot: when the steam is hot

It seems to make a lot of power"

Poppa:

It could turn a wheel ...

All:

Lots of power ...

Poppa:

It could drive it down a track ...

All:

Clickety clack, clinkety clack...

Poppa:

It could drive it with a beat ...

All:

Choo-choo-choo...

With enough left over for a

Whoo-whoo!

He saw the light at the end of the tunnel

I said he saw the light at the end of the tunnel

Poppa:

Thanks James Watt (thank you Mr Watt)

For watching the pot

All:

He saw a light at the end of the tunnel

He saw a light at the end of the tunnel

The inside might be s black as the mnight


Poppa:

There are dark days ahead

When the power goes dead.

When the oil runs dry

What can we try?

All:

We could use the sunlight

Poppa:

Bit it don't shine at night.

All:

Nuclear fission

Leaves a nasty emission.

Poppa:

Soon the pistons will be humming

Steam will have a second coming -

All:

We saw light at the end of the tunnel


Just dig a hole and haul out the coal



So let the water boil - goodbye to oil

At the end of the tunnel there's a light.

We saw light at the end of the tunnel (we see the light)


When the Angel Gabriel blows his magic toot




Starlight!

STARLIGHT EXPRESS MEGAMIXPoppa:

Everybody c'mon, clap your hands, let's have a good time!

All:





I'm just the fastest thing you'll ever see

That streak of lightning you just missed was me




A ltta locomotion -

That's what we need

If we are ever gonna

Get up speed.

From the Eastern ocean

To the Western sea,

Locomotion's gonna carry me.

Whoo-whoo, whoo-whoo

Nobody can do it like a steam train.

Whoo-whoo, whoo-whoo

Once upon a time there was a dream train.

Freight is great.

Freight is great.

We carry weight

Cos we are freight

And freight is great.

AC/DC it's OK by me.


See me hustle, feel my muscle,

Pumping Iron!

Trying to build my body,

Trying to lose my mind.

There's a light, there's a light

We can see the light.





At the end of the tunnel

I wasn't in the right place at the right time.

Didn't have the rhythm.


Rockies:

Lead to the left, box to the right

The Rockies in the house we're here tonight.

R.O.C.K.I.E.S.

Put your hands together, you know we're the best.

Check it out - boy.

All:

The sound too loud.

The lights too bright.

My chains are too heavy

And my pants are too tight.

One Rock'n'Roll too many

Takes its toll out of you.

Poppa:

There's a light at the end of the tunnel.

All:

Crazy, can you believe him

He's crazy, love him or leave him,


Soon the pistons will be humming

Steam will have a second coming

Whoo-whoo-whoo

We see the light at the end of the tunnel

We see the light at the end of the tunnel

So let the water boil - goodbye to oil




When the Angel Gabriel blows his magic toot



We see the distant gleam that tells us it's steam

At the end of the tunnel there's a light:

STARLIGHT!

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