Days Of Wine And Roses Musical Album Lyrics

[KIRSTEN & JOE]
Two people stranded at sea
Two people stranded are we
Are
We
Are

[JOE]
Hi, Betty
We spoke
Welcome aboard
Glad you made it
You look like your voice on the phone
Just how you oughta look
And those are the clients right over there
They can't miss you

[BETTY]
You too!

[JOE]
Go ahead baby
Enjoy
Enjoy

Hi there
Joe Clay
We spoke earlier

[WOMAN, spoken]
Oh! You're the, uh

[JOE]
The very onе
So you see those gentlemеn right in there?
They're waiting to host you

[WOMAN, spoken]
Hoist me, did you say?

[JOE]
Well, anything for a lift
Do me a good deal
Magic time
They're ones you want
Standing by the port-side lifeboat
Hey now, be nice
They're here to relax
Off the clock
And you're here to relax too
With them
Right?
Now come on

[KIRSTEN, spoken]
You and I work together, on the same floor

[JOE]
Oh

[KIRSTEN, spoken]
"Anything for a lift"?

[JOE]
Well

[KIRSTEN, spoken]
And nice Covington Farms pitch. You can't spell, so I retyped it, but a very smart approach

[JOE]
You did what?
What spelling?
What word?
I'm a dictionary

[MAN, spoken]
Don't waste your time, too stuck-up. You've met Bryce Delaney from Smokenders

[JOE]
Of course
Joe Clay

[DELANEY, spoken]
I think I'm seeing you in the morning

[JOE]
Sleep in!
Mister Delaney
I got what you need
It came to me this morning on the six train
I wrote it on the inside of my tie
Sister Gabriela?

[DELANEY, spoken]
Yeah

[JOE]
The nun who quit the cigs?

[DELANEY, spoken]
Oh yeah

[JOE]
Nun loses happiness

[DELANEY, spoken]
That's our guy!

[JOE]
Shall I see you in the morning, Mister Delaney?

[DELANEY, spoken]
Nah, sleep in

[JOE]
Now we've gotta get permission to use that nun's name
Got a cover brand
We'll have an answer by noon tomorrow from legal
There you are
Oh-kay
So hi there
How about a drink?
What's your fancy?
Let me getcha something fun
A Satchel Paige?

[KIRSTEN, spoken]
No thanks

[JOE]
A sobriquet?

[KIRSTEN, spoken]
Nope

[JOE]
A Jean Harlow!

[KIRSTEN, spoken]
That's a drink? And isn't she dead?

[JOE]
She is!

[KIRSTEN, spoken]
I don't drink. I'm sorry, I never have! I don't like the taste

[JOE]
The taste is for the fun

[KIRSTEN, spoken]
I'm not here for the fun!

[JOE]
Oh
Might be why you aren't having any

[KIRSTEN, spoken]
Or, it might be you

[JOE]
I'm Joseph Clay
I'm the new man in public relations

[KIRSTEN, spoken]
I know!

[JOE]
And may I ask?

[KIRSTEN, spoken]
Kirsten, Arnesen

[JOE]
So what's your tragic story?
Give me the whole jeremiad
No fibbing now
Or leaving things out
Give it all away
On this storied river
I won't tell a soul
It'll just be our secret
Imagine this is our boat
And this is our river
The only light
A chapel of stars
The only sound
This language of ours
That's what I'm imagining, anyway

[Kirsten]
Do you know the story of the Atlantic cable?

[Joe]
The story?

[Kirsten]
The greatest invention of the modern age
Of any age, maybe
They built a boat specially for the job
A big steamer with room for miles of cable
And clamps and dynamos and winches
And the cable weighed
Okay, that I can't remember
But a lot
Per foot

[Joe]
I didn't know about that

[Kirsten]
So, well
Because it was so heavy
They dropped it twice
All the way to the bottom
Thousands and thousands and thousands of feet
Can you imagine?
But they persevеred
They brought it back up and reconnеcted

[Joe]
I can't believe we're talking about this

[Kirsten]
Well, I can talk about anything
Try me
Try me
Anything
Oh, no thank you

[Joe]
No, no

[Kirsten]
But—

[Joe]
It's fine
It's special
For you
It's chocolate
Go on

[Kirsten]
Oh, it's good

[Joe]
That's a Brandy Alexander

[Kirsten]
Well, say now
Do you know the thing about Niagara Falls
Grandest falls in all the world?
Five to ten people go
Over each year
In tubes and boxes and barrels
They all think that they're gonna live
They don't
But one or two make it through okay
And bob around 'til someone pulls them out
Can you imagine?
Who knows why they try?
I sort of know the reason

[Joe]
Why is that?

[Kirsten]
Well, to find out
And government
There's loads and loads about that
You have to have government
To know what to believe in
That's what government is for
It's the system tells you right and wrong
Not the politicians
You have to have it
To know how to live
We get a vote
And we get to contribute
That's how we all fit in
So, how many men in the Senate?

[Joe]
Two times forty-eight, ninety-six

[Kirsten]
Oh-ho-ho, wrong
There are ninety-four men and two women, for now
More coming, yes? Shouldn't there be?

[Joe]
Yes

[Kirsten]
Mothers teach that too
Mothers teach us right and wrong
Mama, more
Mama, more
My mother

It was as if she was made of linen
You were afraid she would rip
And when she hugged you, you were hugged for a month
Which is good
'Cause that's about how often she hugged you
I knew she'd get sick
Daddy knew
And then over she went

I wouldn't be surprised if they were talking now
It's how they are, my parents
The story of the Atlantic cable
All connected
Weighted down
Communicating
Communicating
But you cannot hear it

[KIRSTEN]
Abandoned buildings and jagged cliffs
Newborn stars and hieroglyphs
Some things I can't ignore
I can't ask why, what for?
I love a bolted door
Let me in there, let me see
Let me be here tonight
I volunteer tonight
Danger, hazard
Make me happy
They make me happy
Don't know why
New York City
And blinding snow
If I get lost there
Well, there I go
If it's an iron fence
If it makes little sense
If it is too immense
I want it so
I always want it so
Danger, triumph
Make mе cry
They make me feel, it's not idеal
But there go I

[Kelli O'Hara & Brian D'Arcy James]
Ba-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Two people stranded at sea
Two people stranded are we are
We are

[Brian D'Arcy James, Kelli O'Hara and Both]
Sometimes I feel like I'm a dowser in the desert
With all this water everywhere
With all this water everywhere
Flying through the ocean
Swimming in air
I'm dazzled in the desert
And I don't find I care

[Both]
I don't care 'cause
I have you now
You are all I need

[Brian D'Arcy James]
Some bubbly, something fizzy and evanescent?

[Brian D'Arcy James, Kelli O'Hara and Both]
Two dolphins breakin' a wave
Two dolphins right to the grave are
We are
Sometimes I feel like I am riding on an arrow
Sometimes I feel like I am riding on an arrow
On the needle of a compass
On the needle of a compass
Spinning counter-clockwise
Spinning counter-clockwise
Just a gust of air
With all this water everywhere
With all this water everywhere
Leaning out the window
I'm running with the knife
I'm riding on an arrow
I'm running for my life

[Both]
What's the worry?
I have you now
You are all I need

[Brian D'Arcy James and Kelli O'Hara]
Margaritas (Woo)
You got your bubbly
Your Quattro
Your lime
Your Morton Salt Girl, ever intrepid
Even when it rains, it pours

[Both]
We're alive
We're alive
Let's contrive
To confide
Ba-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Ba-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo

[Both]
Who needs dry land?
Who wants wet sand?
All I want is you

[Brian D'Arcy James, Kelli O'Hara and Both]
Two corks just bobbing around
Two corks in the Long Island Sound are
We are
We're gonna float until we wash up on an island
Until we wash up on an island
We're gonna float until we wash up on an island
I'm flying through the ocean
I'm swimming in the air
I'm drowning in the desert
And I don't care
I'm leaning out the window
I'm running with the knife
I'm riding on an arrow
I'm running for my life

[Both]
What's the worry?
I have you now
You are all I need and I know
Not a single thing but just to
Get to be with you
To just say yes and evanesce

[Spoken]
Look, Lila Ven, what's that, my yenta-me?
Your mama-mor made it just for you, see?
Ooh, ooh, a spinning, curly, twirling, what do you call it?
It's a turley-cube, that's what it is

You bring out the best in both of us, don't you?

[Sung]
Little Lila reaching up
What are you reaching for?

Lila ven, my ente-me
I'm your mama-mor

Now I have all I need
Now that I'm your mama


This is our world, this little room
Together in heaven

Psalm any hymn
That was what my mama sang to me

And while I sing to you
Try to touch the canopy

You can be anything
What you want, do


Touch the turley-cube
Vi ser vej andre i himmelen

Altid var i sammen i himmelen
Men om vi tur ma skiljus har

Vil vi bestand i var i saman

For ej vi

For ej vi
For ej vi
For

[JOE]
I can do quiet
I can do steady
I can be shelter and shade
I can be father
I can be ready

There is a man who loves you
As the water loves the stone
And the stone adores the hillside
Where the wind has always blown
And the wind pursues the raincloud
Up as high as it will go
And the cloud then turns at last to love
The water far below
So everything is circular
And nothing is alone
And the man who loves you loves you
As the watеr loves the stone

[KIRSTEN]
Oh, Joе, my Joe

[JOE & KRISTEN]
So everything is circular
And nothing is alone So everything is circular
So everything is circular And nothing is alone
And nothing is alone So everything is circular

[KIRSTEN]
Bee-dum
Ba-dum
Bee-dum
Ba-dum
Bee-dum
Ba-dum
Bee-dee-da

Low-low-low-low-doo-doo-dee-ah
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-dee-ah

Are you blue?
Are you blue?
Are you getting so far down that you don't know
What to do?
Are you blue?

Are you a bad old mangy hound
With your muzzle to the ground?
Are you blue?
Are you getting down so low
There is no where else to go?

Hell no
Not me
I'm a bright shiny top and I [?]
(scatting)
Are you getting down so low
There is no where else to go?
Are you blue?

The Light in the Piazza
Adam Guettel

Ha!

Ba-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
Boo-doo-doo-doo-dee-dah-dee-dah
Wah!
Bee-wah!
Ba-doo-ba-doo-ba-doo
Ba-doo-ba-doo-ba-doo

Ba-da-da-da-da-da
No-no-no

I'm a bright shiny top and I [?]
(scatting)
Bee-da-ba-da-be-da-ba-da-be-da-ba-da-be-da-ba-da
Bee-da-ba-da-be-da-ba-da-bee-dee-dee-dee!

[KIRSTEN]
There's a place called Underdeath
Underdeath
"And what is that?" you say
"And what is that?" you say

[LILA, spoken]
And what is that?

[KIRSTEN]
It's a place where you can watch your breath
Come out in one big bubble
Blow out all your trouble

I know a place called Underdeath
Underdeath
"And where is that?" you say

It is Underdeath, of course, my girl
Your mommy goes there everyday
It is under here and under how
And under you and under now
It's under where I won't allow
My girl to ever go

Why is that?
Why is that?
Don't you know how much I love you?
See upcoming pop shows

'Cause Underdeath is Underdeath
Is under under Underdeath
Promise me you're listening
That you'll remember
I'll never let you watch your breath
Come out in one big bubble
Get in all this trouble
Never feel this low

[KIRSTEN]
Look, daddy
Look, daddy

I know I've disappointed you
And mama
Well, I left you too
I know
But being back here now
Finally, somehow
I remember myself
And your daughter
Something isn't lifting

I can see the air
Sunset scattered everywhere
My little family gathered there
I'm home

I can breathe again
First breath since I don't know when
How I need the oxygen
I think I'm really home

Here I know what is right
Know what is wrong
Know to belong
Here I'm living
Loving, alive

Look, daddy
Look, daddy
I've never seen them so happy

I can breathe again
First breath since I don't know when
Breath is like an amen
I wanna breathe and live
And love and give
Forever
I can see the end

[LILA]
Look, daddy
Look, daddy
Do you see the sun?
The circle getting smaller
Going to bed now
Tucked in safe for the night

[JOE, spoken]
I do

[Joe]
Yee-bee-doo-doo-doo-bee-doo-ba-doo-lee-bee-doo
Guess who's on his way?
You can't hide from me, little friend
Prepare to be enjoyed
Daddy's here
Show me what you got
Everybody ought to have a greenhouse
It lets the moon right in
Fourth section, third row, fifth pot
How many guys do you need to keep it all up here?
Keep it all up here?
Names, faces, numbers, codes
Four, three, five
The only thing I forgot to remember is, which side do I count from? The right side? The left
But why would anyone remember Joe Clay?
I'll bet he erased my face, my name
The damn place, I ran it
Together, I held it
Go to Houston
Go back to Houston
Go home
You're fired
You rat
Screw you
Covington Farms, you can go to hell
When I get my own company, you'll be sorry
Where is it?
You little jerk, f*cking rat, you little shit bird
You little pissant, f*cking shit, I'll f*cking kill you
What the hell? Where are you?
I will find, oh-ho-ho
There you are
My little Irish cousin, my only friend
Hiding in the jungle and the brambles
Woo-hoo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Woo-hoo, da-de-da-da-dee-da-da
Ha
Woo-hoo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Woo-hoo
What the?
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
P.F.C. Clay
U.S. Marines
Please drop your weapons
Drop it
Drop it
Drop it
Drop it
Drop it
Yeah

[KIRSTEN]
What about the church we built?
Do I have to go there alone?
What about our secret language?
Who will I talk to?

You convert
You devil
You betrayed me
You told me we were in this
Forever

You con man
Go then
Leave me
Abandoned
I'm stronger

Stronger
Than a con man
Stronger
Than your coffee break
Stronger than the Morton Salt Girl
Stronger
Than a liar
Stronger
Than your little rules
Stronger than
The wildest
Are you nuts?
What about the fun we had?
What about the laughing?
I wanna laugh


Crazy
What are you afraid of?
What are you afraid of?
Is it living?
Living?
Living?

So
About
That church
We built

That's where you'll find
Me

(spoken)
You make me feel ashamed

[JOE, spoken]
I see him now
I see him now!
(sung)
What of
Joe Clay?
Is he such a villain?
Is he?
With no great breadth of experience
No great connections
Just grabbing at the nearest straw
Using what he had
And what do we think he should have done
With what he was given?
He's not a confidence man
He's an ordinary one
Doing what he can
Forgiveness
Forgiveness
I feel it in my spine
I can teach others now
Teach them what I know—
I can be useful now
With no great breadth of experience
But one great connection
Forgiveness

[LILA]
[?]
Little Lila
What's outside your window, darling?
What's the latest news?

[KIRSTEN]
I'll be there as soon as I can
Be good at school
Okay?

[KIRSTEN & LILA]
I'm kissing your forehead
I'm hugging you

[KIRSTEN]
More soon
Mama [?]
[?]
Sweet Lila
You're probably wondering where I've been
You won't believe it
Close

[LILA]
Close as the Turlycue above your head
Circling
Circling

[KIRSTEN & LILA]
Don't give up on me
I'll be home soon
I'll be home soon

Love, mama
Love, mama

Answer me
My Lila
Something bad has been around me
Squeezing me, in its arms
Making me sick
Keeping me from you

When yours are the only arms I'm in
And daddy's
But I am getting so much better
And I will hold you soon
Love, [?]

[LILA]
Dear
Mama
Hi

[KIRSTEN & LILA]
Hi mama
Don't you worry
Everything is fine
The schooler says I'm growing like a weed
And healthy as an ox

[LILA]
(Geez)
But I thought you'd like to know

[KIRSTEN & LILA]
Latest headline
At school

[LILA]
All the kids got lice
Me too

But dad went out and bought the special extra smelly
Shampoo
And picked out all the creepy crawlers

[KIRSTEN & LILA]
And I don't itch any more at all

So
If you ever get lice
We'll take care of it right away

But last of all and most of all

[LILA]
I love you, mama
I can't wait 'till you feel better
And you come home
Everything is ready
Lila

[KIRSTEN, spoken]
I see her now
Kirsten Arnesen

(sung)
What of
Kirsten Arnesen?

Am I such a villain?
Am I?

With no great breadth of experience
No great connections
Just grabbing at the nearest straw
Using what I had

With all the good that I could have done
With all I was given
I'm not a waywardly person
Just an ordinary one

I'm stronger
Than a liar
Stronger
Than a broken promise
Stronger than
A dirty fling
Stronger
Than a poison
Keeping me
From everything

(spoken)
Everything!

(sung)
Am I nuts?
Think about the fun we'll have
Think about the laughing
I wanna laugh

Crazy
What am I afraid of?
What am I afraid of?
Is it living?
Living?
Living?

Forgiveness
Forgivenеss

I can feel it in my spine
I can teach Lila now
Teach hеr what I know
I can be useful now
With no great breadth of experience
But one great connection
Forgiveness

[JOE]
In our hopeful hearts
For you, we prayed
Prayed that you can hear us hoping
You'll come home one day
'Cause little Lila hangs the moon
So tall
So soon
And she is more and more like you
She somehow sees
The good in everything
You will heal 'cause you are stronger
Stronger than I am
You are our lullaby
And in our hearts, we pray for when
We can be a family

[JOE & LILA]
We can be a family
Again

[KIRSTEN, spoken]
Remember that first night, looking out on the water? The way it looks when you look too close? But you gave me the magic key to seeing it with brave, fresh eyes

[JOE, spoken]
It was us, all along. That's the magic, that's the adventure. Being sober is the most dangerous thing

[KIRSTEN, spoken]
I know, I know

[JOE]
Abandoned buildings
And jagged cliffs
Newborn stars
And hieroglyphs
Some things I can't ignore
I can't ask why, what for?
I love a bolted door
Let me in there
Let me see

[KIRSTEN & JOE]
Let me be herе
Tonight
I volunteer
Tonight

Danger
Hazard
Make me happy
Thеy make me happy
Don't know why

New York City
And blinding snow
If I get get lost there
Well, there I go
If it's an iron fence
If it makes little sense
If it is too immense
If it's an iron fence
If it makes little sense
If it is too immense
I want it so
I'll always want it so

Danger
Triumph
Make me cry

[KIRSTEN]
They make me feel
It's not ideal

But there
Go
I