Songs from Pippin

Book by: Roger O. Hirson Music and Lyrics by: Stephen Schwartz

Magic to Do
Corner of the Sky
Welcome Home *
War is a Science
Glory
Simple Joys
No Time At All
With You
Spread a Little Sunshine
Morning Glow
On the Right Track
There He Was *
Kind of Woman
Extraordinary
Love Song
Prayer for a Duck *
I Guess I'll Miss the Man
Finale

* songs marked with an asterisk are not included in the Original Cast Album

(Everybody...sing along! C'mon, you oughta know it by now!)

Magic to Do
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LEADING PLAYER

JOIN US -- LEAVE YOUR FIELDS TO FLOWER JOIN US -- LEAVE YOUR CHEESE TO SOUR JOIN US -- COME AND WASTE AN HOUR OR TWO DOO-DLE-EE-DO JOURNEY -- JOURNEY TO A SPOT EX- CITNG, MYSTIC AND EXOTIC JOURNEY -- THROUGH OUR ANECDOTIC REVUE

WE'VE GOT MAGIC TO DO -- JUST FOR YOU WE'VE GOT MIRACLE PLAYS TO PLAY WE'VE GOT PARTS TO PERFORM -- HEARTS TO WARM KINGS AND THINGS TO TAKE BY STORM AS WE GO ALONG OUR WAY

FASTRADA

INTRIGUE -- PLOTS TO BRING DISASTER

BERTHE

HUMOR -- HANDLED BY A MASTER

TWO GIRLS

ROMANCE -- SEX PRESENTED PASTORALLY

LEADING PLAYER

DEE-DLE-EEE-DEE

LEWIS

ILLUSION -- FANTASY TO STUDY

CHARLEMAGNE

BATTLES -- BARBAROUS AND BLOODY

LEADING PLAYER

SO JOIN US -- SIT WHERE EVERYBODY CAN SEE

ALL

WE'VE GOT MAGIC TO DO -- JUST FOR YOU WE'VE GOT MIRACLE PLAYS TO PLAY WE'VE GOT PARTS TO PERFORM -- HEARTS TO WARM KINGS AND THINGS TO TAKE BY STORM AS WE GO ALONG OUR WAY WE'VE GOT MAGIC TO DO -- JUST FOR YOU WE'VE GOT MIRACLE PLAYS TO PLAY WE'VE GOT PARTS TO PERFORM -- HEARTS TO WARM KINGS AND THINGS TO TAKE BY STORM AS WE GO ALONG

              WE GOT               OUR WAY
          MAGIC TO DO        WE GOT                   MAGIC TO DO   
     JUST FOR YOU, WE GOT    MAGIC TO DO              MAGIC TO DO
          MAGIC TO DO        JUST FOR YOU WE GOT MA-  MAGIC TO PLAY
     JUST FOR YOU, WE GOT    GIC TO DO                WE GOT
          MAGIC TO DO        JUST FOR YOU WE GOT      WE GOT FOIBLES AND FABLES TO
     JUST FOR YOU            MAGIC TO DO              PORTRAY
     AS WE GO ALONG          AS WE GO ALONG           AS WE GO ALONG
     OUR WAY                 OUR WAY                  OUR WAY

Corner of the Sky
Back to the Song List PIPPIN EVERYTHING HAS ITS SEASON EVERYTHING HAS ITS TIME SHOW ME A REASON AND I'LL SOON SHOW YOU A RHYME CATS FIT ON THE WINDOWSILL CHILDREN FIT IN THE SNOW WHY DO I FEEL I DON'T FIT IN ANYWHERE I GO? RIVERS BELONG WHERE THEY CAN RAMBLE EAGLES BELONG WHERE THEY CAN FLY I'VE GOT TO BE WHERE MY SPIRITS CAN RUN FREE GOT TO FIND MY CORNER OF THE SKY EVERY MAN HAS HIS DAYDREAMS EVERY MAN HAS HIS GOALS PEOPLE LIKE THE WAY DREAMS HAVE OF STICKING TO THE SOUL THUNDERCLOUDS HAVE THEIR LIGHTNING NIGHTINGALES HAVE THEIR SONG AND DON'T YOU SEE I WANT MY LIFE TO BE SOMETHING MORE THAN LONG RIVERS BELONG WHERE THEY CAN RAMBLE EAGLES BELONG WHERE THEY CAN FLY I'VE GOT TO BE WHERE MY SPIRITS CAN RUN FREE GOT TO FIND MY CORNER OF THE SKY SO MANY MEN SEEM DESTINED TO SETTLE FOR SOMETHING SMALL BUT I WON'T REST UNTIL I KNOW I'LL HAVE IT ALL SO DON'T ASK WHERE I'M GOING JUST LISTEN WHEN I'M GONE AND FAR AWAY YOU'LL HEAR ME SINGING SOFTLY TO THE DAWN: RIVERS BELONG WHERE THEY CAN RAMBLE EAGLES BELONG WHERE THEY CAN FLY I'VE GOT TO BE WHERE MY SPIRITS CAN RUN FREE GOT TO FIND MY CORNER OF THE SKY...

Welcome Home
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CHARLESHELLO, SON.

PIPPINHELLO.

CHARLESYOU LOOK THINNER.

PIPPINI KNOW.

CHARLESSO, SON

PIPPINSO ...

CHARLESLAST NIGHT DIDN'T YOU MISS DINNER?

PIPPINNo.

[ Dialogue with LEWIS and FASTRADA omitted ]

CHARLESWell, son, now we can have our talk. How've things been going with you?

PIPPINWell, not very well. Father, there were a lot of...

CHARLES(Interrupting him. HE sings)WELCOME HOME, SON, WELCOME HOME I'M SO GLAD TO HEAR THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WELCOME HOME SON, GLAD YOU'RE HOME WILL YOU BE STAYING LONG?

PIPPINWell. That's what I wanted to talk to you about, Father. I wanted to ask you...

CHARLES(Going on)WELCOME HOME, SON, WELCOME HOME WELL, I'VE GOT TO GO, IT'S ALMOST NOON

PIPPIN(Trying to break through)But Father...

CHARLESWELCOME HOME, SON, GLAD YOU'RE HOME WE'LL TALK AGAIN SOON ...(Speaks)Keep busy while you're here. Why don't you take that falcon and horse I gave you and go hunting?

PIPPINGood idea. Thank you, Sir.

CHARLES(Starts off, then turns)Oh, Pippin...

PIPPINYes, Sir?

CHARLESONE MORE THOUGHT I WOULD IMPART IS ... I MAY BLUSH BUT I'LL BE FRANK ...

PIPPINDO, SIR...

CHARLES(A pause, then nothing but a cliche)HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS.(To himself)Why did I say that?

PIPPINTHANK YOU, SIR.(To himself)Why did he say that?

War is a Science
Back to the Song List CHARLESWAR IS A SCIENCE WITH RULES TO BE APPLIED WHICH GOOD SOLDIERS APPRECIATE RECALL AND RECAPITULATE BEFORE THEY GO TO DECIMATE THE OTHER SIDE
Now, gentlemen, this is the plan for tomorrow's skirmish.
THE ARMY OF THE ENEMY IS STATIONED ON THE HILL SO WE'VE GOT TO GET THEM DOWN HERE, AND THIS IS HOW WE WILL OUR MEN IN THE RAVINE (THAT'S THIS AREA IN GREEN) WILL MOVE ACROSS THE VALLEY WHERE THEY PLAINLY CAN BE SEEN AND THE ENEMY IN BLUE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY PURSUE FOR THAT'S WHAT YOU DEPEND UPON AN ENEMY TO DO THEN TO GUARANTEE THEIR FOLLY WE'LL BRING BOWMEN INTO PLAY WHO WILL FIRE JUST ONE VOLLEY AND RETIRE TO POINT "A". AND THEN, AND THEN, AND GENTLEMEN, AND THEN...PIPPIN AND THEN THE MEN GO MARCHING OUT INTO THE FRAY CONQUERING THE ENEMY AND CARRYING THE DAY HARK! THE BLOOD IS POUNDING IN OUR EARS JUBILATIONS! WE CAN HEAR A GRATEFUL NATION'S CHEERS! CHARLESPippin, sit down immediately.
PIPPINI'm sorry, Father. I just got carried away. (Pippin sits)
CHARLES (Long, disapproving look at Pippin.)Now where was I? Ah, yes..

WAR IS A SCIENCE A BREEDING GROUD FOR BRAINS FOR THOUGH I CANNOT WRITE MY NAME THE MEN WHOSE PENS HAVE BROUGHT THEM FAME WRITE ENDLESS PARAGRAPHS EXPLAINING MY CAMPAIGNS.

NOW WHEN THE FOE SEE OUR SOLDIERS MARCHING THROUGH THE LEA THEY WILL MOUNT A CHARGE AND MEET US A THE POINT I'VE LABELLED "B" AND THEIR BOWMEN ON THE HILL (IN YELLOW ON THE MAP) WILL LEAVE THEIR POSTS TO JOIN THE REST AND FALL INTO OUR TRAP THEN WE'LL CUT OFF REINFORCEMENTS AND RETREAT OF ANY KING BEARING PRINCIPLES OF ENFILADE AND DEFILADE IN MIND

AND IF THE PLOYS WE PICK TO REALLY WORK TO BRING TO PASS OCCUR WE WON'T HAVE JUST A VICTORY WE'LL HAVE OURSELVES A MASSACRE

AND THEN, AND THEN, AND GENTLEMEN, AND THEN...
PIPPINAND THEN THE MEN GO MARCHING OUT INTO THE FRAY CONQUERING THE ENEMY AND CARRYING THE DAY HARK! THE BLOOD IS POUNDING IN OUR EARS JUBILATIONS! WE CAN HEAR A GRATEFUL NATION'S... CHARLESPippin...!
PIPPIN I'm sorry, Father. It won't happen again.
CHARLES (Looks at PIPPIN and shakes his head)In conclusion, gentlemen...

NOW LISTEN TO ME CLOSELY, I'LL ENDEAVOR TO EXPLAIN WHAT SEPARATES A CHARLATAN FROM A CHARLEMAGNE A RULE CONFESSED BY GENERALS ILLUSTRIOUS AND VARIOUS THOUGH POMPOUS AS A POMPEY OR DARING AS A DARIUS A SIMPLE RULE THAT EVERY GREAT MAN LEARNS BY HEART IT'S SMARTER TO BE LUCKY THAN IT'S LUCKY TO BE SMART.

AND IF THE FATES FEEL FRIVOLOUS AND ALL OUR PLANS THEY SMOTHER WELL SUPPOSE THIS WAR DOES SHRIVEL US THERE'LL ALWAYS BE ANOTHER!

AND THEN...
ALL
AND THEN...
CHARLES
AND GENTLEMEN, AND THEN...
Now...gentlemen...now!
SOLDIERS(The SOLDIERS rise from the benches with swords in hand, and the music changes to a softshoe which the SOLDIERS proceed to do as they sing) AND THEN THE MEN GO MARCHING OUT INTO THE FRAY CONQUERING THE ENEMY AND CARRYING THE DAY HARK! THE BLOOD IS POUNDING IN OUR EARS JUBILATIONS! WE CAN HEAR A GRATEFUL NATION'S CHEERS!

Glory
Back to the Song List LEADING PLAYERBATTLES, BARBAROUS AND BLOODY GLORY! GLORY! GLORY! GLORY! PRAISE BE TO CHARLES OUR LORD TRIUMPHANT IS HIS SWORD ALLEGIANCE IS HIS WORD GLORY! GLORY! GLORY! GLORY! BLOOD! BLOOD IS RED AS SUNSET BLOOD IS WARMER THAN WINE THE TASTE OF SALTY SUMMER BRINE
STEEL!
ALL
STEEL IS COLD AS MOONLIGHT STEEL IS SHARPER THAN SIGHT SHARPER THAN SIGHT THE TOUCH OF BITTER WINTER WHITE
SOLDIERS
SHOUT IT OUT FROM THE HIGHEST TOWER SHOUT IT OUT IN THE DARKEST HOUR CHARLEMAGNE, YOU LEAD US ON TO
ALL
POWER!
LEADING PLAYER / SOLDIERS
 
          WAR IS STRICT AS JESUS                    WAR       
          WAR IT'S FINER THAN SPRING                WAR
LEADING PLAYER AND TWO SOLDIERS
SERVICE TO CHRIST AND TO OUR
ALL
KING. SHOUT IT OUT FROM THE HIGHEST TOWER SHOUT IT OUT IN THE DARKEST HOUR CHARLEMAGNE, YOU LEAD US ON TO POWER...

(The LEADING PLAYER and TWO SOLDIERS do a dance behind which killings are taking place in limbo. )
LEADING PLAYER
(When the dance is at an end)
WAR IS STRICT AS JESUS WAR IS FINER THAN SPRING
Oh, you ain't seen nuthin' yet!
ALL
THE GATES OF HEAVEN AWAIT THROWN WIDE BY CHARLES THE GREAT WE FOLLOW HIM THROUGH BY SERVING HIS STATE

GLORY! GLORY! GLORY! GLORY!
Glory!

Simple Joys
Back to the Song List LEADING PLAYER
WELL, I'LL SING YOU THE STORY OF A SORROWFUL LAD HAD EVERYTHING HE WANTED, DIDN'T WANT WHAT HE HAD HE HAD WEALTH AND PELF AND FAME AND NAME AND ALL OF THAT NOISE BUT HE DIDN'T HAVE NONE OF THOSE SIMPLE JOYS HIS LIFE SEEMED PURPOSELESS AND FLAT AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT?

SO HE RAN FROM ALL THE DEEDS HE'D DONE, HE RAN FROM THINGS HE'D JUST BEGUN HE RAN FROM HIMSELF, WHICH IS MIGHTY FAR TO RUN OUT INTO THE COUNTRY WHERE HE PLAYED AS A BOY HE KNEW HE HAD TO FIND HIM SOME SIMPLE JOYS HE WANTED SOMEPLACE WARM AND GREEN WE ALL COULD USE A CHANGE OF SCENE

SWEET SUMMER EVENINGS, HOT WINE AND BREAD SHARING YOUR SUPPER, SHARING YOUR BED SIMPLE JOYS HAVE A SIMPLE VOICE: IT SAYS WHY NOT GO AHEAD? WOULDN'T YOU RATHER BE A LEFT-HANDED FLEA OR A CRAB ON A SLAB ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA THAN A MAN WHO NEVER LEARNS HOW TO BE FREE NOT TILL HE'S COLD AND DEAD.

(spoken)
Enter ... Berthe.
Pippin's grandmother; warm, strong...
BERTHE
Still attractive...
LEADING PLAYER
Still attractive. Charlemagne's mother ... Now living in the country where she enjoys those...
(sings)
SWEET SUMMER EVENINGS, SAPPHIRE SKIES FEASTING HER BELLY FEASTING HER EYES SIMPLE JOYS HAVE A SIMPLE VOICE IT SAYS TIME'S LIVING'S PRIZE AND WOULDN'T YOU RATHER BE A LEFT-HANDED FLEA A CRAB ON A SLAB ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA A NEWT ON THE ROOT OF A BANYAN TREE OR A FIG ON A TWIG IN GALILEE THAN A MAN WHO NEVER LEARNS HOW TO BE FREE NOT TILL THE DAY NOT TILL THE DAY NOT TILL THE DAY NOT TILL THE DAY HE DIES! NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ...

No Time At All
Back to the Song List BERTHE
WHEN YOU ARE AS OLD AS I, MY DEAR AND I HOPE THAT YOU NEVER ARE YOU WILL WOEFULLY WONDER WHY, MY DEAR THROUGH YOUR CATARACTS AND CATARRH YOU COULD SQUANDER AWAY OR SEQUESTER A DROP OF A PRECIOUS YEAR FOR WHEN YOUR BEST DAYS ARE YESTER THE REST 'ER TWICE AS DEAR...

WHAT GOOD IS A FIELD ON A FINE SUMMER NIGHT IF YOU SIT ALL ALONE WITH THE WEEDS? OR A SUCCULENT PEAR IF WITH EACH JUICY BITE YOU SPIT OUT YOUR TEETH WITH THE SEEDS? BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE STOP TRYING TO WAIT FOR FORTUNE AND FATE YOU'RE SECURE OF FOR THERE'S ONE THING TO BE SURE OF, MATE: THERE'S NOTHING TO BE SURE OF.

(PIPPIN jumps to his feet)
PIPPIN But Grandma, it's time that I'm worried about.

BERTHENow you sit down. And don't say anything until I'm finished. I've got three more choruses to do. But you can all join in with me if you wish...
(To audience)
And that goes for all of you out there, too. But just the choruses, the verses are all mine.
(Sings)
I'VE NEVER WONDERED IF I WAS AFRAID WHEN THERE WAS A CHALLENGE TO TAKE I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT HOW MUCH I WEIGHED WHEN THERE WAS STILL ONE PIECE OF CAKE MAYBE IT'S MEANT THE HOURS I'VE SPENT FEELING BROKEN AND BENT AND UNWELL BUT THERE'S STILL NO CURE SO HEAVEN-SENT AS THE CHANCE TO RAISE SOME HELL.
(The BOYS join her. A song sheet is lowered behind her,
and the words of the song are delineated by a bouncing ball of light)
Everybody...
ALL
OH, IT'S TIME TO START LIVIN' TIME TO TAKE A LITTLE FROM THIS WORLD WE'RE GIVEN TIME TO TAKE TIME, CAUSE SPRING WILL TURN TO FALL IN JUST NO TIME AT ALL
BERTHE
Verse!
NOW WHEN THE DREARIES DO ATTACK AND A SIEGE OF THE SADS BEGINS I THROW THESE REGAL SHOULDERS BACK AND LIFT THESE NOBLE CHINS GIVE ME A MAN WHO IS HANDSOME AND STRONG SOMEONE WHO'S STALWART AND STEADY GIVE ME A NIGHT THAT'S ROMANTIC AND LONG THEN GIVE ME A MONTH TO GET READY NOW I COULD WAYLAY SOME AGING ROUE AND PERSUADE HIM TO PLAY IN SOME CRANNY BUT IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE I'M BEING LED ASTRAY BY A MAN WHO CALLS ME GRANNY
(Spoken)
One more time! Come on boys! And this time let's hear it from everybody! One! Two! Three! Four!
ALL
OH, IT'S TIME TO START LIVIN'
(BERTHE encourages the audience to sing along. SHE shouts "Everybody")

TIME TO TAKE A LITTLE FROM THIS WORLD WE'RE GIVEN TIME TO TAKE TIME, CAUSE SPRING WILL TURN TO FALL IN JUST NO TIME AT ALL.
BERTHE
Come on! You ought to know it by now!
ALL
OH, IT'S TIME TO START LIVIN' TIME TO TAKE A LITTLE FROM THIS WORLD WE'RE GIVEN TIME TO TAKE TIME, CAUSE SPRING WILL TURN TO FALL IN JUST NO TIME AT ALL.
BERTHE
Out! Out!
SAGES TWEET THAT AGE IS SWEET GOOD DEEDS AND GOOD WORK EARN YOU LAURELS BUT WHAT COULD MAKE YOU FEEL MORE OBSOLETE THAN BEING NOTED FOR YOUR MORALS?
HERE IS A SECRET I NEVER HAVE TOLD MAYBE YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY I BELIEVE IF I REFUSE TO GROW OLD I CAN STAY YOUNG TILL I DIE NOW I'VE KNOWN THE FEARS OF SIXTY-SIX YEARS I'VE HAD TROUBLES AND TEARS BY THE SCORE BUT THE ONLY THING I'D TRADE THEM FOR IS SIXTY-SEVEN MORE...
ALL
OH, IT'S TIME TO START...
BERTHE (Stopping the BOYS and audience from singing)
Aaaah!
(To the man in the light booth controlling the bouncing ball)
And you up there...out!
(The arc goes out)
Now let me take this one all by myself, all right?
(The BOYS join BERTHE--making
a chair for her with their arms.
THEY lift her up. SHE sings.)
OH, IT'S TIME TO KEEP LIVIN' TIME TO KEEP TAKIN' FROM THIS WORLD I'M GIVEN YOU ARE MY TIME, SO I'LL THROW OFF MY SHAWL AND WATCHING YOUR FLINGS BE FLUNG ALL OVER MAKES ME FEEL YOUNG ALL OVER
BERTHE AND BOYS
IN JUST NO TIME AT ALL...
(The BOYS carry BERTHE offstage and SHE shouts to PIPPIN)
BERTHE
Remember that, Pippin!

With You
Back to the Song List PIPPIN
MY DAYS ARE BRIGHTER THAN MORNING AIR EVERGREEN PINE AND AUTUMN BLUE BUT ALL MY DAYS WERE TWICE AS FAIR IF I COULD SHARE MY DAYS WITH YOU

MY NIGHTS ARE WARMER THAN FIRECOALS INCENSE AND STARS AND SMOKE BAMBOO BUT NIGHTS WERE WARM BEYOND COMPARE IF I COULD SHARE MY NIGHTS WITH YOU

TO DANCE IN MY DREAMS TO SHINE WHEN I NEED THE SUN WITH YOU TO HOLD ME WHEN DREAMS ARE DONE
AND OH... MY DEAREST LOVE IF YOU WILL TAKE MY LOVE THEN ALL MY DREAMS ARE TRULY BEGUN

AND TIME WEAVES RIBBONS OF MEMORY TO SWEETEN LIFE WHEN YOUTH IS THROUGH BUT I WOULD NEED NO MEMORIES THERE IF I COULD SHARE MY LIFE WITH YOU.

Spread a Little Sunshine
Back to the Song List FASTRADA
BACK IN MY YOUNGER DAYS, IF THINGS WERE GOING WRONG I MIGHT SULK, I MIGHT POUT NOW I'VE LEARNED IF I JUST PITCH IN AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT THINGS WILL ALWAYS WORK OUT AND IF WE ALL COULD SPREAD A LITTLE SUNSHINE ALL COULD LIGHT A LITTLE FIRE WE ALL WOULD BE A LITTLE CLOSER TO OUR HEART'S DESIRE

LORD KNOWS WE'VE SEEN ENOUGH TROUBLES ALREADY, WE'VE HAD OUR FILL OF GREY SKIES SO PUT DOWN THE VINEGAR, TAKE UP THE HONEY JAR YOU'LL CATCH MANY MORE FLIES AND IF WE ALL COULD SPREAD A LITTLE SUNSHINE ALL COULD THINK BEFORE WE STRIKE WE ALL WOULD BE A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE WORLD WE'D LIKE

I KNOW THE PARABLES TOLD IN THE HOLY BOOK I KEEP CLOSE ON MY SHELF GOD'S WISDOM TEACHES ME WHEN I HELP OTHERS, I'M REALLY HELPING MYSELF AND IF WE ALL COULD SPREAD A LITTLE SUNSHINE ALL COULD LEND A HELPING HAND WE ALL WOULD BE A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE PROMISED LAND. CLOSER, CLOSER, CLOSER, CLOSER CLOSER, CLOSER, CLOSER, CLOSER.
AND IF WE ALL COULD SPREAD A LITTLE SUNSHINE ALL COULD LEND A HELPING HAND WE ALL WOULD BE A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE PROMISED LAND
     DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO   DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO
     DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO   DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO
     DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO   DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO...
Morning Glow
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MORNING GLOW, MORNING GLOW STARTS TO GLIMMER WHEN YOU KNOW WINDS OF CHANGE ARE SET TO BLOW AND SWEEP THIS WHOLE LAND THROUGH MORNING GLOW IS LONG PAST DUE
PIPPIN / ALL
   
MORNING GLOW FILL THE EARTH                  AH
COME AND SHINE FOR ALL YOUR WORTH
WE'LL BE PRESENT AT THE BIRTH
OF OLD FAITH LOOKING NEW
MORNING GLOW IS LONG PAST DUE
ALL
OH, MORNING GLOW, I'D LIKE TO HELP YOU GROW
PIPPIN / ALL
WE SHOULD HAVE STARTED LONG AGO              AH
PIPPIN AND ALL
SO, MORNING GLOW ALL DAY LONG WHILE WE SING TOMORROW'S SONG NEVER KNEW WE COULD BE SO STRONG BUT NOW IT'S VERY CLEAR
PIPPIN
MORNING GLOW IS ALMOST HERE MORNING GLOW BY YOUR LIGHT WE CAN MAKE A NEW DAY BRIGHT AND THE PHANTOMS OF THE NIGHT WILL FADE INTO THE PAST MORNING GLOW IS HERE
PIPPIN AND ALL
AT LAST

On the Right Track
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YOU LOOK FRENZIED, YOU LOOK FRAZZLED PIQUED AS ANY ALP FLUSHED AND RUSHED AND RAZZLE-DAZZLED DRY YOUR LIPS, DAMP YOUR SCALP NOW I CAN SEE YOU'RE IN A RUT IN DISARRAY AND I'M NOT ONE TO BUTT IN BUT IN FACT I MUST SAY IF YOU'D TAKE IT EASY, TRUST AWHILE DON'T LOOK BLUE, DON'T LOOK BACK YOU'LL PULL THROUGH IN JUST AWHILE 'CAUSE YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK
PIPPIN / LEADING PLAYER
ON THE RIGHT TRACK                   UH HU HU HU
ON THE RIGHT TRACK                   TAKE IT EASY, SONNY 
ON THE RIGHT TRACK                   TAKE IT EASY, SONNY 
ON THE RIGHT TRACK                   TAKE IT EASY
LEADING PLAYER
WHY BE FLURRIED
PIPPIN
FLUSTERED
LEADING PLAYER
KEEP THOSE
PIPPIN
HOPES ALOFT
LEADING PLAYER
KEEP COOL AS CUSTARD
PIPPIN
TRYING HARD
LEADING PLAYER
STEPPING SOFT
BOTH
THERE'S NO TRICK TO STAYING SENSIBLE DESPITE EACH CUL-DE-SAC 'CAUSE EACH STEP'S INDISPENSABLE WHEN YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK
PIPPIN / LEADING PLAYER
ON THE RIGHT TRACK                   UH HU HU HU
ON THE RIGHT TRACK                   TAKE IT EASY, SONNY 
ON THE RIGHT TRACK                   TAKE IT EASY, SONNY 
ON THE RIGHT TRACK                   TAKE IT EASY
LEADING PLAYER
MANY WHEN THINGS GET DANK WILL FEEL THEIR GRIP GO WE STAY TRANQUIL, SPIRITS HIGH, PULSES LOW
PIPPIN
BUT! WHAT I'VE LEFT BEHIND LOOKS TRIFLING WHAT'S AHEAD LOOKS BLACK AM I DOOMED TO SPEND MY LIFE A-LINGERING ON
LEADING PLAYER
LINGERING ON
PIPPIN
JUST LINGERING ON
BOTH
MALINGERING ON THE RIGHT
PIPPIN
Oh, I'll never find it ...never ...never ...never ...never! Shit!
LEADING PLAYER
Easy...
YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK!

There He Was
Back to the Song List CATHERINE
When I first saw Pippin he was lying in the road like a discarded rag. I would have passed him by.
(Sings)

PERHAPS I SHOULD HAVE PASSED HIM BY BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT HIS FOOT YES ... IT WAS THE ARCH OF HIS FOOT THAT CAUGHT MY EYE

(Spoken)
What I did was merely an act of Christian charity. After all, I had no idea that this discarded rag would clean up so well.

THERE HE WAS HE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE HE WAS AND HE LOOKED SO LOST AND EXHAUSTED YOU'D ALMOST SWEAR HE WAS DEAD SO I SAID: PICK HIM UP, PUT HIM TO BED SEE THAT HE'S BATHED AND CLOTHED AND FED AS I SAID, HOW COULD I FORTELL THAT HE'D CLEAN UP, OH, SO VERY WELL IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN I RAISED MY EYES AND THERE HE WAS

Kind of Woman
Back to the Song List CATHERINE
I'M YOUR AVERAGE ORDINARY KIND OF WOMAN COMPETENT AND NEAT MAKING LIFE A TREAT OTHERS AS NICE YOU MEET OFTEN I KNOW AT LEAST ONCE OR TWICE EVERY DECADE OR SO

I'M YOUR EVERYDAY, CUSTOMARY KIND OF WOMAN PRACTICAL AS SALT MODEST TO A FAULT CONSERVATIVE WITH A BUDGET LIBERAL WITH A MEAL JUST YOUR AVERAGE IDEAL

MY TELLING YOU THIS MAY SEEM SUDDEN AND STRANGE IT MAY NOT INTEREST YOU MUCH AT ALL RIGHT NOW BUT THINGS CHANGE THINGS CHANGE STILL I'LL UNDERSTAND IF I'M NOT YOUR KIND OF WOMAN ANYONE CAN MAKE ONE TERRIBLE MISTAKE BUT I'VE NO SPECIAL GLAMOUR NO BAIT I CAN TWIRL FOR I'M JUST A PLAIN, EVERYDAY COMMONPLACE, COME-WHAT-MAY AVERAGE, ORDINARY WONDERFUL GIRL!

Extraordinary
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PATCHING THE ROOF AND PITCHING THE HAY IS NOT MY IDEA OF A PERFECT DAY WHEN YOU'RE EXTRAORDINARY YOU GOTTA DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS

I'M NOT THE TYPE WHO LOSES SLEEP OVER THE SIZE OF THE COMPOST HEAP WHEN YOU'RE EXTRAORDINARY YOU THINK ABOUT EXTRAORDINARY THINGS
THAT'S THE REASON I'LL NEVER BE THE KIND OF MAN WHO DWELLS ON HOW MOTHS GOT INTO THE TAPESTRY OR WHY THE DUNGEON SMELLS

OH, IT'S HARD TO FEEL SPECIAL IT'S HARD TO FEEL BIG FEEDING THE TURTLE AND WALKING THE PIG IT'S SO SECONDARY TO SOMEONE WHO IS VERY EXTRAORDINARY LIKE ME
IF THE MOAT WON'T STOP LEAKING AND THE GOAT WON'T STOP SHRIEKING AND THE GRIFFIN KEEPS LOSING ITS HAIR IF THE WEST WING IS ROTTING AND OUR BEST WINE IS CLOTTING WELL, I'M TERRIBLY SORRY BUT I DON'T CARE

I'VE GOT TO BE SOMEONE WHO LIVES ALL OF HIS LIFE IN SUPERLATIVES WHEN YOU'RE EXTRAORDINARY YOU GOTTA DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS
THE FACT THAT I'M DIFFERENT IS EASY TO SEE SO WHY DOESN'T ANYBODY KNOW IT BUT ME? I'M EXTRAORDINARY I NEED TO DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS
EVERY SO OFTEN A MAN HAS A DAY HE TRULY CAN CALL HIS WELL, HERE I AM TO SEIZE MY DAY IF SOMEONE COULD JUST TELL WHERE THE HELL IT IS
OH GIVE ME MY CHANCE, AND GIVE ME MY WINGS AND DON'T MAKE ME THINK ABOUT EVERYDAY THINGS THEY'RE UNNECESSARY TO SOMEONE WHO IS VERY EXTRAORDINARY LIKE ME!

Prayer for a Duck
Back to the Song List PIPPIN
HIS BREATH HAS EBBED, HIS PULSE IS LOW HIS FEET ARE WEBBED, BUT EVEN SO YOU MUST KNOW THAT ALTHOUGH OUR TEARS ARE POISED TO BURST WE'VE KEPT OUR FAITH WARM THROUGH THE WORST WE HAVEN'T CURSED OUR LUCK OR RUN AMUCK TO PRAYER WE'VE STUCK PLEASE REWARD OUR PLUCK AND SAVE THIS DUCK

Love Song
Back to the Song List PIPPIN
SITTING ON THE FLOOR AND TALKING 'TIL DAWN
CATHERINE
CANDLES AND CONFIDENCES
PIPPIN
TRADING OLD BELIEFS AND HUMMING OLD SONGS
CATHERINE
AND LOWERING OLD DEFENSES
PIPPIN
SINGING A
BOTH
LOVE SONG -- LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LOVE SONG -- LA LA LA LA
PIPPIN
PRIVATE LITTLE JOKES AND SILLY PET NAMES
CATHERINE
LAVENDAR SOAP AND LOTIONS
PIPPIN
ALL OF THE CLICHÉS AND ALL OF THE GAMES
CATHERINE
AND ALL OF THE STRANGE EMOTIONS
PIPPIN
SINGING A
BOTH
LOVE SONG -- LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LOVE SONG -- LA LA LA LA
PIPPIN
THEY SAY THE WHOLE IS GREATER
BOTH
THAN THE SUM OF THE PARTS IT'S MADE OF
PIPPIN
WELL IF IT'S TRUE OF ANYTHING
BOTH
IT'S TRUE OF LOVE
PIPPIN
'CAUSE HOW CAN YOU DEFINE A LOOK OR A TOUCH?
CATHERINE
HOW CAN YOU WEIGH A FEELING?
PIPPIN
TAKEN BY THEMSELVES NOW THEY DON'T MEAN MUCH
BOTH
TOGETHER THEY SEND YOU REELING
PIPPIN
INTO A
BOTH
LOVE SONG -- LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LOVE SONG -- LA LA LA LA LA
LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA...

I Guess I'll Miss the Man
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I GUESS I'LL MISS THE MAN EXPLAIN IT IF YOU CAN HIS FACE WAS FAR FROM FINE BUT STILL I'LL MISS HIS FACE AND WONDER IF HE'S MISSING MINE.
SOME DAYS HE WOULDN'T SAY A PLEASANT WORD ALL DAY SOME DAYS HE'D SCOWL AND CURSE BUT THERE WERE OTHER DAYS WHEN HE WAS REALLY EVEN WORSE
SOME MEN ARE HEROES SOME MEN OUTSHINE THE SUN SOME MEN ARE SIMPLE, GOOD MEN THIS MAN WASN'T ONE AND I WON'T MISS HIS MOODS HIS GLOOMY SOLITUDES HIS BLUNT ABRASIVE STYLE BUT PLEASE DON'T GET ME WRONG HE WAS THE BEST TO COME ALONG IN A LONG, LONG WHILE...

Finale
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THINK ABOUT THE SUN, PIPPIN THINK ABOUT HER GOLDEN GLANCE HOW SHE LIGHTS THE WORLD UP WELL, NOW IT'S YOUR CHANCE WITH THE GUARDIAN OF SPLENDOR INVITING YOU TO DANCE PIPPIN THINK ABOUT THE SUN
ALL
(Adlib, whispering, beckoning PIPPIN to the fire-box)
Now, Pippin... come on, Pippin... it's ready...
LEADING PLAYER
Now Pippin... it's time.
PIPPIN
Look, it's just that if this isn't it... I'm going to have a tough time trying something else...
A PLAYER
Pippin, you lack a certain amout of poise...
A PLAYER
Think of the radiance...
A PLAYER
Remember the beauty...
A PLAYER
Admiring glances...
A PLAYER
Thunderous applause...
A PLAYER
Think of the word-of-mouth...
LEADING PLAYER
(Sings)
THINK ABOUT YOUR LIFE, PIPPIN
A PLAYER
DAYS ARE TAME AND NIGHTS THE SAME
LEADING PLAYER
NOW THINK ABOUT THE BEAUTY
LEADING PLAYER AND PLAYER
IN ONE PERFECT FLAME
LEADING PLAYER AND PLAYER / ALL
 
	AND THE ANGELS OF THE MORNING                     AHHH 
	ARE CALLING OUT YOUR NAME                         AHHH
ALL
PIPPIN
LEADING PLAYER
THINK ABOUT THE
ALL
SUN
A PLAYER
(Spoken)
More lights, perhaps?
LEADING PLAYER
You want more lights, you got 'em! Let's give this angel some light!
ALL
(Singing again)
THINK ABOUT YOUR LIFE, PIPPIN THINK ABOUT THE DREAMS YOU PLANNED THINK ABOUT THE MOMENT THAT'S SO CLOSE AT HAND WHEN THE POWER AND THE GLORY ARE THERE AT YOUR COMMAND PIPPIN THINK ABOUT YOUR LIFE

THINK ABOUT THE SUN, PIPPIN THINK ABOUT HER GOLDEN GLANCE HOW SHE LIGHTS THE WORLD UP WELL, NOW IT'S YOUR CHANCE WITH THE GUARDIANS OF SPLENDOR INVITING YOU TO DANCE PIPPIN THINK ABOUT THE SUN

THINK ABOUT YOUR LIFE, PIPPIN THINK ABOUT THE DREAMS YOU PLANNED THINK ABOUT THE MOMENT THAT'S SO CLOSE AT HAND WHEN THE POWER AND THE GLORY ARE THERE AT YOUR COMMAND

WHEN THE POWER AND THE GLORY ARE THERE AT YOUR COMMAND

WHEN THE POWER AND THE GLORY ARE THERE AT YOUR COMMAND

PIPPIN, THINK ABOUT YOUR LIFE

RIVERS BELONG WHERE THEY CAN RAMBLE EAGLES BELONG WHERE THEY CAN FLY

(Adlib, whispering, beckoning, calling to him)
Pippin... Pippin... now, Pippin, now... come on, Pippin...
PIPPIN
No, stop! Please don't do that to me... please...

(Sings)
I'M NOT A RIVER OR A GIANT BIRD THAT SOARS TO THE SEA AND IF I'M NEVER TIED TO ANYTHING I'LL NEVER BE FREE I WANTED MAGIC SHOWS AND MIRACLES MIRAGES TO TOUCH I WANTED SUCH A LITTLE THING FROM LIFE I WANTED SO MUCH WE NEVER CAME CLOSE, MY LOVE WE NEARLY CAME NEAR IT NEVER WAS THERE I THINK IT WAS HERE...

THEY SHOWED ME CRIMSON, GOLD, AND LAVENDER A SHINING PARADE BUT THERE'S NO COLOR I CAN HAVE ON EARTH THAT WON'T FINALLY FADE... WHEN I WANTED WORLD TO PAINT AND COSTUMES TO WEAR I THINK IT WAS HERE CAUSE IT NEVER WAS THERE...

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© 1972 by Stephen Schwartz
© 1974 by Roger O. Hirson
© 1975 by Roger O. Hirson & Stephen Schwartz