Sondheim: The Birthday Concert Soundtrack Lyrics
Move On Lyrics
(Performed by Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters)
[Bernadette Peters:] Are you working on something new?
[Mandy Patinkin:] No
[Bernadette Peters:] That is not like you, George
[Mandy Patinkin:] I've nothing to say
[Bernadette Peters:] You have many things
[Mandy Patinkin:] Well, nothing that's not been said
[Bernadette Peters:] Said by you, though. George
[Mandy Patinkin:] I do not know where to go
[Bernadette Peters:] And nor did I
[Mandy Patinkin:] I want to make things that count, things that will be new...
[Bernadette Peters:] I did what I had to do...
[Mandy Patinkin:] What am I to do?
[Bernadette Peters:] Move on...
Stop worrying where you're going-
Move on
If you can know where you're going
You've gone
Just keep moving on
I chose, and my world was shaken-
So what?
The choice may have been mistaken,
The choosing was not
You have to move on
Look at what you want,
Not at where you are,
Not at what you'll be-
Look at all the things you've done for me
Opened up my eyes,
Taught me how to see,
Notice every tree-
[Mandy Patinkin:] Notice every tree...
[Bernadette Peters:] Understand the light-
[Mandy Patinkin:] ...Understand the light...
[Bernadette Peters:] Concentrate on now-
[Mandy Patinkin:]
I want to move on
I want to explore the light
I want to know how to get through,
Through to something new,
Something of my own-
[Both:] Move on, move on
[Bernadette Peters:]
Stop worrying it your vision
Is new
Let others make that decision-
They usually do
You keep moving on