| MAMA WHO BORE ME | WENDLA Mama who bore me Mama who gave me No way to handle things Who made me so sad Mama, the weeping Mama, the angels No sleep in Heaven, or Bethlehem Some pray that one day Christ will come a'-callin' They light a candle And hope that it glows And some just lie there Crying for him to come and find them But when he comes they don't know how to go Mama who bore me Mama who gave me No way to handle things Who made me so bad Mama, the weeping Mama, the angels No sleep in Heaven, or Bethlehem |
| MAMA WHO BORE ME (REPRISE) |
WENDLA & GIRLS Mama who bore me Mama who gave me Mama the angels Who made me so sad Mama who bore me Mama who gave me No way to handle things Who made me so sad Mama, the weeping Mama, the angels No sleep in Heaven, or Bethlehem Some pray that, one day, Christ will come a-callin' They light a candle, and hope that it glows And some just lie there, crying for him to come and find them But when he comes, they don't know how to go Mama who bore me Mama who gave me (Mama the angels, Mama) No way to handle things Who made me so sad Mama, the weeping Mama, the angels No sleep in Heaven, or Bethlehem
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| ALL THAT'S KNOWN | MELCHIOR All that's known In History, in Science Overthrown At school, at home, by blind men You doubt them, And soon they bark and hound you Till everything you say is just another bad about you All they say Is 'Trust in what is written' Wars are made And somehow that is wisdom Thought is suspect And money is their idol And nothing is okay unless it's scripted in their Bible But I know There's so much more to find Just in looking through myself, and not at them Still, I know To trust my own true mind And to say there's a way through this On I go To wonder and to learning Name the stars and know their dark returning I'm calling To know the world's true yearning The hunger that a child feels for everything they're shown You watch me Just watch me I'm calling And one day all will know You watch me Just watch me I'm calling I'm calling And one day all will know |
| THE BITCH OF LIVING |
MORITZ God, I dreamed there was an angel Who could hear me through the wall As I cried out, like, in Latin .This is so not life at all Help me out, out of this nightmare. Then I heard her silver call She said, Just give it time, kid. I come to one and all. She said, Give me that hand, please, and the itch you can't control. Let me teach you how to handle all the sadness in your soul. Oh, we'll work that silver magic, Then we'll aim it all the wall. She said, Love may make you blind, kid, but I wouldn't mind at all. ALL It's the bitch of living OTTO The bitch, just the bitch ALL With nothing but your hand OTTO Just the bitch, yeah ALL Just the bitch of living As someone you can't stand GEORG See, each night it's, like, fantastic Tossing, turning without rest 'Cause my days at the piano With my teacher and her breasts And the music's, like, the one thing I can't even get at all And those breasts! I mean, God, please, just let those apples fall ALL It's the bitch of living OTTO The bitch! ALL With nothing going on, nothing going on Just the bitch of living Asking: What went wrong? Do they think we want this? Oh, who knows! ERNST See, there's showering in gym class HANSCHEN Bobby Maler, he's the best Look so nasty in those khakis ERNST God, my whole life's like some test OTTO Then there's Marianna Wheelan As if she'd return my call HANSCHEN It's like, just kiss some ass, man Then you can screw 'em all MELCHIOR It's the bitch of living And living in your head It's the bitch of living And sensing God is dead ALL It's the bitch of living And trying to get ahead It's the bitch of living Just getting out of bed It's the bitch of living And getting what you get It's the bitch of living MELCHIOR And knowing this is it ALL God, is this it? This can't be it Oh God, what a bitch! |
| MY JUNK | WENDLA In the midst of this nothing. This miss of a life. Still there's this wanting to see you go by. MARTHA It's almost like lovin'. Sad as that is. THEA May not be cool, but it's so where I live. ANNA It's like I'm your lover or more like your ghost. I spend the day wondering what you do, where you go. THEA I try and just kick it but what can I do. We've all got our junk, and my junk is you. ALL GIRLS See us, winter walking after a storm. It's chill in the wind but it's warm in your arms. The stop all snow line, may not be true. We've all got our junk, and my junk is you. GEORG Well, you'll have to excuse me, I know it's so off. I love when you do stuff that's rude and so wrong. HANSCHEN I go up to my room, turn the stereo on Shoot up some you, and the you is some song. THEA I lie back just driftin' and play out these scènes I ride on the rush of all the hopes and the dreams. ANNA I May be neglecting the things I should do. But we've all got our junk, and my junk is you. ALL See we still keep talkin' after you're gone. You still with me then feels so good in my arms. They say you go blind, maybe it's true. We've all got our junk, and my junk is you. It's like we stop time. What can I do? We've all got our junk, and my junk is you. My junk is you. My junk is you. You. You. You.
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| TOUCH ME |
MELCHIOR Where I go, when I go there No more memory anymore Only men on distant ships The women with them, swimming with them, to shore MORITZ Where I go, when I go there No more whispering anymore Only hymns upon your lips A mystic wisdom, rising with them, to shore ERNST Touch me just like that And that o, yeah now, that's heaven Now, that I like God, that's so nice Now lower down, where the figs lie MORITZ (gesproken) Still, you must admit With the two anatomies It truly is daunting I mean, how do I know if I MELCHIOR (gesproken) Measure up? MORITZ (gesproken) Not that I'm saying I wouldn't I wouldn't want to not Wouldn't ever not want to MELCHIOR (gesproken) Moritz! MORITZ (gesproken) I have to go! MELCHIOR (gesproken) Moritz! Wait! OTTO Where I go, when I go there No more shadows anymore Only men with golden fins The rhythm in them, rocking with them, to shore GEORG Where I go, when I go there No more weeping anymore Only in and out your lips The broken wishes, washing with them, to shore ALL Touch me all silent Tell me please all is forgiven Consume my wine Consume my mind I'll tell you how, how the winds sigh Touch me just try it Now, there that's it God, that's heaven I'll love your light I'll love you right We'll wander down where the sins cry Touch me just like that Now lower down, where the sins lie Love me just for a bit We'll wander down, where's the winds sigh Where the winds sigh Where the winds sigh
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| THE WORD OF YOUR BODY | WENDLA Just too unreal, all this Watching the words fall from my lips MELCHIOR Baiting some girl with hypotheses BOTH Haven't you heard the word of your body? MELCHIOR Don't feel a thing, you wish WENDLA Grasping at pearls with my fingertips MELCHIOR Holding her hand like some little tease BOTH Haven't you heard the word of my wanting? O, I'm gonna be wounded O, I'm gonna be your wound O, I'm gonna bruise you O, you're gonna be my bruise Just too unreal, all this' WENDLA Watching his world slip through my fist MELCHIOR Playing with her in your fantasies BOTH Haven't you heard the word ' how I want you? O, I'm gonna be wounded O, I'm gonna be your wound O, I'm gonna bruise you O, you're gonna be my bruise
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| THE DARK I KNOW WELL |
MARTHA There is a part I can't tell About the dark I know well You say, Time for bed now child, Mom just smiles that smile Just like she never saw me Just like she never saw me So I leave, wanting just to hide Knowing deep inside You are coming to me You are coming to me You say all you want is just a kiss goodnight And then you hold me and you whisper, Child, the Lord won't mind. It's just you and me. Child, you're a beauty. God, it's good the lovin' ain't it good tonight? You ain't seen nothing yet gonna teach you right. It's just you and me Child you're a beauty. ILSE I don't scream, though I know it's wrong I just play along I lie there and breathe Lie there and breathe I wanna be strong I want the world to find out That you're dreamin' on me Me and my beauty Me and my beauty BOTH You say all you want is just a kiss goodnight And then you hold me and you whisper, Child, the Lord won't mind. It's just you and me. Child, you're a beauty. God, it's good ' the lovin' ain't it good tonight? You ain't seen nothing yet gonna teach you right. It's just you and me Child you're a beauty. There is a part I can't tell About the dark I know well There is a part I can't tell About the dark I know well There is a part I can't tell About the dark I know well There is a part I can't tell About the dark I know well |
| AND THERE WAS NONE |
MRS. GABOR (Gesproken) Dear Herr Stief - Moritz, I've spent the entire day thinking about your note Truly it touched me, it did that you would think of me as a friend Of course, I was saddened to hear that you exams went off less well than you'd hoped And that you will not be promoted, come fall And, yet, I must say straightaway that fleeing to America is hardly the solution And, even if it were, I cannot provide the money you request MORITZ Uh huh uh huh uh huh well, fine Not like it's even worth the time But still, you know, you wanted more Sorry, it won't change, been there before MRS. GABOR (Gesproken) You would do me wrong, Herr Stiefel to read into my refusal any lack of affection On the contrary, as Melchior's mother, I truly believe it to be my duty to curb this momentary loss MORITZ The things that sucks, okay? for me A thousand bucks, I'm, like, scott free And I mean, please That's all I need Get real, Jose! By now you know the score MRS. GABOR (Gesproken) Should you like, I am ready to write your parents I will try to convince them that no one could've worked harder last semester And also that too rigorous a condemnation of your current misfortune Could have the gravest possible effect on MORITZ You wanna laugh, it's too absurd You start to ask, can't hear a word You're gonna crash and burn Right, tell me more MRS. GABOR (Gesproken) Still, Herr Stiefel, one thing in your letter disturbed me Your, what shall we call it? veiled threat that should escape not be possible You would take your own life MORITZ Okay, so now we do the play Act like we so care. No way! You'll write my folks? Well, okay Babe, that's how it goes MRS. GABOR (Gesproken) My dear boy, the world is filled with men Businessmen, scientists, scholars even who have done rather poorly in school And, yet, have gone on to brilliant careers Consider our friend MORITZ They'll freak, or won't You toe the line You tell your soul, Just kill some time. Will it quit? It will until they don't They're not my home, not anymore Not like they so were before Still, I'll split, and they'll like Well, who knows? MRS. GABOR (Gesproken) I any case, I assure you that your present misfortune will have no effect on my feelings for you Or, on your relationship with Melchior' MORITZ & BOYS Uh huh uh huh uh huh well, fine Not like it's even worth the time But still, you know, you wanted more Okay, so nothing's changed, heard that before You wanna laugh, it's too absurd You start to ask, can't hear a word You want to crash a burn Right, tell me more You start to cave, you start to cry You try to run, nowhere to hide You want to crumble up, and close that door MRS. GABOR (Gesproken) So, head high, Herr Stiefel! And do let me hear from you soon In the meantime, I am unchangingly, and most fondly yours, Fanny Gabor MORITZ Just fuck it, right? Enough, that's it You'll still go on well, for a bit Another day of utter shit And then there were none
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| MIRROR_BLUE NIGHT |
BOYS Flip on a switch, and everything's fine No more lips, no more tongue, no more ears, no more eyes The naked blue angel, who peers through the blinds Disappears in the gloom of the mirror-blue night MELCHIOR But there's nowhere to hide from these bones, from my mind It's broken inside, I'm a man and a child I'm at home with a ghost, who got left in the cold Who knocks at my peace, with no keys to my soul BOYS And the whispers of fear, the chill up the spine Will steal away too, with a flick of the light The minute you do it, with fingers so blind You remove every bit of the blue from your mind MELCHIOR But there's nowhere to hide from the ghost in my mind It's cold in these bones of a man and a child And there's no one who knows, and there's nowhere to go There's no one to see who can see to my soul
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| I BELIEVE | BOYS & GIRLS I believe
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| DON'T DO SADNESS / BLUE WIND |
MORITZ Aweful sweet to be a little butterfly. Just wingin' over things And nothing deep inside. Nothing goin', goin' wild in you, you know. You're slowing by the riverside, Or floatin' high and blue. Or may be cool to be a little summer wind. Like once through everything And then away again. With the taste of dust in your mouth all day But no need to know. Like sadness, you just sail away. 'Cuz you know I don't do sadness, Not even a little bit. Just don't need it in my life. Don't want any part of it. I don't do sadness. Hey, I've done my time Lookin' back on it all. Man, it blows my mind. I don't do sadness, So been there. Don't do sadness, Just don't care. (scène) ILSE Spring and summer ev'ry other day Blue wind gets so sad Blowin' through the thick corn, Through the bales of hay, Through the open books on the grass Spring and summer Sure, when it's autumn Wind always wants to Creep up and haunt you Whistlin' it's got you With its heartache, with its sorrow Winter wind sings and it cries Spring and summer ev'ry other day Blue wind gets so pained Blowin' through the thick corn, Through the bales of hay, Through the sudden drift of the rain Spring and summer. (scène) MORITZ So maybe I should be some kind of laundry line. Hang their things on me And I will swing 'em dry. You're just wavin' the sun throught the afternoon, And then see, they come to set you free Beneath the risin' moon. MORIZ (met ILSE) 'Cuz you know I don't do sadness, Not even a little bit. Just don't need it in my life. Don't want any part of it. I don't do sadness. Hey, I've done my time Lookin' back on it all. Man, it blows my mind. I don't do sadness, So been there. Don't do sadness, Just don't care. ILSE (met MORITZ) Spring and summer ev'ry other day Blue wind gets so lost Blowin' through the thick corn, Through the bales of hay Spring and summer ev'ry other day Blue wind gets so lost Blowin' through the thick corn, Through the bales of hay, Through the wandering clouds of the dust Spring and summer
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| THE GUILTY ONES | WENDLA Something's started crazy Sweet and unknown Something you keep In a box on the street Now it's longing for a home ALL And who can say what dreams are? WENDLA Wake me in time to be lonely and sad ALL And who can say what we are? WENDLA This is the season for dreaming And now our bodies are the guilty ones Who touch And color the hours Night won't breathe Oh how we Fall into silence from the sky And whisper some silver reply MELCHIOR Pulse is gone and racing All fits and starts Window by window You try and look into This brave new you that you are ALL And who can say what dreams are? MELCHIOR & WENDLA Wake me in time to be out in the cold ALL And who can say what we are? MELCHIOR & WENDLA This is the reason for dreaming ALL And now our bodies are the guilty ones Our touch Will fill every hour Huge and dark Oh our hearts Will murmur the blues from on high Then whisper some silver reply And now our bodies are the guilty ones Our touch Will color hours Night won't breathe Oh how we Fall in silence from the sky Then whisper some silver reply
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| LEFT BEHIND |
MELCHIOR You fold his hands, and smooth his tie You gently lift his chin Were you really so blind, and unkind to him? Can't help the itch to touch, to kiss To hold him once again Now to close his eyes, never open them ALL A shadow passed, a shadow passed Yearning, yearning for the fool it called a home MELCHIOR All things he never did are left behind All the things his Mama wished he'd bear in mind And all his Dad ever hoped he know ALL O-o-o-o-o-o- MELCHIOR All the talks you never had The Saturdays you never spent All the grown-up places you never went And all of the crying you wouldn't understand You just let him cry, make a man out of him. ALL A shadow passed, a shadow passed Yearning, yearning for the fool it called a home MELCHIOR All things he ever wished are left behind All the things his Mama did to make him mind And how his Dad had hoped he'd grow All things he ever lived are left behind All the fears that ever flickered through his mind All the sadness that he'd come to own ALL O-o-o-o-o-o O-o-o-o-o-o O-o-o-o-o-o A shows passed, a shadow passed Yearning, yearning for the fool it called a home MELCHIOR And, it whistles through the ghosts still left behind It whistles through the ghosts still left behind It whistles through the ghosts still left behind O-o- |
| TOTALLY FUCKED |
MELCHIOR There's a moment you know you're fucked Not an inch more room to self-destruct No more move oh yeah, the dead-end zone Man, you just can't call your soul your own OTTO (gesproken) But the thing that makes you really jump Is that the weirdest shit is still to come You can ask yourself: Hey, what have I done? You're just a fly the little guys, they kill for fun GEORG Man, you're fucked if you just freeze up Can't do that thing that keeping still HANSCHEN But, you're fucked if you speak your mind GEORG, HANSECHEN & OTTO And you know uh huh you will ALL Yeah, you're fucked all right and all for spite You can kiss your sorry ass goodbye Totally fucked will they mess you up? Well you know they're gonna try MELCHIOR (gesproken) Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah ALL (gesproken) Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah MELCHIOR Disappear yeah, well, you wanna try Wanna bundle up into some big ass lie Long enough for them to all just quit Long enough for you to get out of it ALL Yeah, you're fucked all right and all for spite You can kiss your sorry ass goodbye Totally fucked will they mess you up? Well you know they're gonna try Yeah, you're fucked all right and all for spite You can kiss your sorry ass goodbye Totally fucked will they mess you up? Well you know they're gonna try Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Blah blah blah blah blah Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Blah blah blah blah blah Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Blah blah blah blah blah Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Blah blah blah blah blah Totally fucked!
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| THE WORD OF YOUR BODY (REPRISE) |
HANSCHEN Come, cream away the bliss Travel the world within my lips Fondle the pearl of your distant dreams Haven't you heard the word of your body? O, you're gonna be wounded O, you're gonna be my wound O, you're gonna bruise too O, I'm gonna be your bruise ERNST (gesproken) Oh God' HANSCHEN (gesproken) I know. When we look back, thirty years from now, Tonight will seem unbelievably beautiful ERNST (gesproken) And'in the meantime? HANSCHEN (gesproken) Why not? ERNST (gesproken) On my way here this afternoon, I thought perhaps, we'd only talk HANSCHEN (gesproken) So, are you sorry we? ERNST (gesproken) Oh no. I love you Hanschen, as I have never loved anyone. HANSCHEN (gesproken) And so you should. ERNST O, I'm gonna be wounded O, I'm gonna be your wound BOTH O, I'm gonna bruise you O, you're gonna be my bruise ALL O, you're gonna be wounded O, I'm gonna be your wound O, you're gonna bruise too O, I'm gonna be your bruise |
| WHISPERING |
WENDLA Whispering Here the ghosts in the moonlight Sorrow doing a new dance Through their bone, through their skin Listening To the souls in the fool's night Fumbling mutely with their rude hands And there's heartache without end See the father bent in grief The mother dressed in mourning Sister crumbles, and the neighbors grumble The preacher issues warnings History Little miss didn't do right Went and ruined all the true plans Such a shame. Such a sin. Mystery Home alone on a school night Harvest moon over the blue land Summer longing on the wind Had a sweetheart on his knees So faithful and adoring And he touched me. And I let him love me. So let that be my story Listening For the hope, for the new life Something beautiful, a new chance Hear its whispering There again |
| THOSE YOU'VE KNOWN |
MORITZ Those you've known And lost, still walk behind you All alone They linger till they find you Without them The world grows dark around you And nothing is the same until you know that they have found you WENDLA Those you've pained May carry that still with them All the same They whisper: All forgiven. Still your heart says The shadows bring the starlight And everything you've ever been is still there in the dark night WENDLA When the northern wind blows The sorrows your heart holds There are those who still know They're still home We're still home MELCHIOR Though you know You've left them far behind You walk on by yourself, and not with them Still you know They will fill your heart and mind When they say there's a way through this ALL TOGETHER Those you've known And lost, still walk behind you All alone Their song still seems to find you They call you As if you knew their longing They whistle through the lonely wind, the long blue shadows falling MELCHIOR (Sung Alone) All alone But still I hear their yearning Through the dark, the moon, alone there, burning The stars too They tell of spring returning And summer with another wind that no one yet has known MELCHIOR, WENDLA, AND MORITZ AT THE SAME TIME MELCHIOR They call me Through all things Night's falling But somehow I go on You watch me Just watch me I'm calling From longing WENDLA When the northern wind blows The sorrows your heart's known I believe MORITZ Though you known There's so much more to find Another dream, another love you'll hold Still you know To trust your own true mind On your way ' you are not alone There are those who still know MELCHIOR (Sung Alone) Now they'll walk on my arm through the distant night And I won't let them stray from my heart Through the wind, through the dark, through the winter light I will read all their dreams to the stars I'll walk with them now I'll call on their names I'll see their thoughts are known Not gone Not gone They walk with my heart WENDLA Not gone MELCHIOR And I'll never let them go WENDLA Not gone MELCHIOR I'll never let them go WENDLA Not gone MELCHIOR I'll never let them go You watch me Just watch me I'm calling I'm calling And one day all will know
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| SONG OF PURPLE SUMMER | ILSE And all shall fade the flowers of spring the world and all the sorrows at the heart of everything but still it stays the butterfly sings and opens purple summer with a flutter of its wings the earth will wave with corn the grey-fly choir will mourn and mares will neigh with stallions that they mate foals they've borne and all shall know the wonder of purple summer And yet, I wait the swallow brings a song to hard to follow that no one else can sing the fences sway the porches swing the clouds begins to thunder crickets wander, murmuring the earth will wave with corn the grey-fly choir will mourn and mares will neigh with stallions that they mate foals they've borne and all shall know the wonder I will sing the song of purple summer and all shall know the wonder I will sing the song of purple summer all shall know the wonder of purple summer |