Don’t want to be alone in the crowd
Don’t want to seem peculiar and proud
I need to be as free
As I know how to be
I want to live out loud

Every day – sleep, walk, lock, step
No one dares to stray
Though they may – straightlaced, shamefaced
Long to break away
They’re as lonely as can be
Is that what they want from me?

I don’t want to go along with the crowd
Don’t want to live life under a cloud
Give me some air and space
And sun on my face
I want to live out loud

Don’t want to be alone in the crowd
Don’t want to seem peculiar and proud
Nobody wants me here
But I won’t be disappear
I want to live out loud

I want to run down an open shoreline
I want to join in a moonlit dance
I want to swing from the branches of a tree
I wanna bathe in a hidden inlet
And let the breeze come and dry my hair
I want the life they took away from me

If they makes me headstrong – fine!
That’s a fault I’m glad is mine.

I don’t want to go along with the crowd
Don’t want my spirit broken and bowed
Why do I have to hide what I’m feeling inside
I want to live out loud

Don’t want to be alone in the crowd
I only want what I’m not allowed
Give me the wings of a bird
I’ll be seen and be heard

I want to sing when my heart is full
I want to sing and I want to fly
I want to soar the sky without a cloud
I want to live out loud.

I see his pain
I hear his cry
He pulls me to the edge
But I don’t ask him why
I understand
And I obey
Maybe I like it this way.

I like the way he laughs
His strange and silent stare
I like the way he moves
The way he’s always there
The way he calls my name
The way he takes control
I like the way this man has stirred my soul:

“When I first met Burrs, he was grand. You understand?
But I was scared and awfully lonely.
Hungry. And hopeful. How could I know?”

Maybe tomorrow it comes crashing down
Maybe next week I’ll find another clown
Maybe I’ll try to go a different way
But look who’s sitting here today.

If I could change
If I could grow
I’d ask for nothing more
And through that door I’d go
But if I’m through
Why do I stay?

Maybe he wants me
Maybe he needs me
Maybe he loves me
Maybe I like it this way.

Oh, Gods. Oh, Gods
Are you there?
What can I do to get you to look down
And give in?
Oh, Gods. Oh, Gods
Hear my prayer
I’m here in the field
With my feet on the ground
And my fate in the air
Waiting for life to begin

PEASANTS
Ooh la ooh la ooh la ooh la
Ooh la ooh la ooh la ooh la

TI MOUNE
Mama’s contented and Tonton
Accepts what he gets

PEASANTS
Ooh la ooh la ooh la ooh la

TI MOUNE
Happy for tea in their cups
And no holes in their nets

PEASANTS
Ooh la ooh la ooh la ooh la

TIMOUNE
Happy to have what they have
And to stay where they are

PEASANTS
Ooh la ooh la ooh la ooh la

TI MOUNE
They never even look up
At the sound of a car!

A stranger!
Racing down the beach
Racing to places
I was meant to reach
My stranger
One day you’ll arrive
The car will stop
And in I’ll hop
And off we’ll drive…We’ll drive!

Oh, gods
Oh, gods
Please, be there
Don’t you remember
Your little Ti Moune from the tree
Wake up!
Look down!
Hear my prayer
Don’t single me out
And then forget me…

Oh gods, oh gods
Let me fly

PEASANTS
Oh oh oh

TIMOUNE
Send me to places
No one before me has been

PEASANTS
Ooh la ooh la ooh la

TI MOUNE
You spared my life
Show me why

PEASANTS
Oh oh oh

TI MOUNE
You get me to rise
Like a fish to the bait
And tell me to wait
Well, I’m waiting…

PEASANTS
Waiting

TI MOUNE
Waiting for
Life to
Begin!

MEN
One small
Girl

Girl

WOMEN
One small

Waiting for
Life to
Begin!

MEN
One small
Girl

WOMEN
One small
Girl

And Sally said:
“I see what I wanna see.
I know what I wanna know.
I don’t need you
To tell me what’s true
If you don’t like it, Daddy,
You can blow, blow, blow, blow, blow!”

Saturday night at the same place.
They roll up the bamboo rug.
Everyone was doin’ the limbo,
Except Sally and her Podunk Plug.
Seems he took a shine to some chicken
Shakin’ her tom-tom-tom.
Sally saw that and—guacamole—
She exploded like the hydrogen bomb.

She cried, “Hey, hey watcha doin’ watcha doin’?
What’s she got that I lack?
That chicken is thin
And meaner than sin
And uglier than Bamboo Jack!”

The Husband/The Band: (sung)
And he said!

The Wife: (sung)
“I see what I wanna see
I know what I wanna know.
I don’t need you
To tell me what’s true
If you don’t like it, baby,
You can blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow!

I see what I wanna see
I know what I wanna know
I don’t need you
To tell me what’s true –
If you don’t like it baby baby baby baby ba-ba-baby you can blow!”

I`ll be there on the baseball field
Though I`m well concealed
I`ll be out there cheering
I`ll be there in the books you read
It is guaranteed
I`m not disappearing fast
Any time
No not any time

And I am there each morning
I am there each fall
I am present without warning
And I`m watching it all
Yes I`m watching it all
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
And I am there in music
I am there in sky
I don`t why this thing did happen
But this much is clear
Any time or anywhere
I am there

Any time you pray
Any time you fight
Any time you`ve gained a pound
Any time it`s day
Any time it`s night
Any time the earth moves
I`ll be around

I`ll be there in the maple trees
I`m a summer breeze
On a perfect evening
I`ll be there when you celebrate
When the world seems great
I`ll be waiting by your side
Any time
Yes! Any time

And I am there each morning
I am there each fall
I present without warning
And I`m watching it all
Yes I`m watching it all
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

And I am there in flowers
I am there in snow
I don`t know why this thing happened
But this much is clear
Any time you cry
Any time you sing
For anything
I`ll be there
Each morning
I`ll be there each fall
I don`t why this thing happened
But this much is clear

Be aware
I am there
I am there
I am there
I am there

I am there
I am there
I am there

Something, so that I couldn`t live without you
And even though you`re just a little bit pretentious
Even though you`re more traditional than my dad
Even though you drove me crazy from hello
You touch a part of me I didn`t even know I had

And so, I need to say I want you anyway
I want you anyway
Even though this might not be the perfect way to tell you
But, perfection never was what I did best
Two months ago, I never would have guessed
That I`d compare to `you know who`
But now I know I belong with you

And even though I think your way of life is different
Even though there`s not a single thing we share
Even though you`re not like anyone I know
You take me to a place I didn`t even know was there

And so, I need to say I choose you anyway
I choose you anyway
Even though the night when I first met you
You were freakish
Now look at us, we both have come so far
You`re not different
I`m not different
But, it`s all together different
`Cause I love you in spite of who you are

And even though you`re so much paler than my dream man
Even though you`re such a dork and I don`t feel the way I should
Even though I should stop, well here I go
I love you in a way I didn`t even know I could

And so, I need to say I love you anyway
I love you anyway
Even though

There was a time
My feet were so solidly planted
You’d sail away
While I turned my back to the sea
I was content,
A princess asleep and enchanted
If I had dreams
Then I let you dream them for me
Back in the days
When everything seemed so much clearer
Women in white
Who knew what their lives held in store
Where are they now,
Those women who stared from the mirror?
We can never go back to before.

There are people out there
Unafraid of revealing
That they might have a feeling
Or they might have been wrong
There are people out there
Unafraid to feel sorrow,
unafraid of tomorrow,
unafraid to be weak…
unafraid to be strong!

There was a time
When you were the person in motion
I was your wife,
It never occurred to want more
You were my sky
My moon and my stars and my ocean
We can never go back to before
We can never go back to before

HOLLY
I know. Don’t you hate her?

JULIA
Hate her?
She’s so happy!

(Sung)
She turns around
And she meets his gaze
The lights are dim,
There’s a smoky haze
They share a smile
And a secret wave
It’s a moment built to save
They start to move
Across the floor
The room is frozen,
Wanting more
The happy couple on display
With nothing standing
In their way
It’s so romantic I could die
Right here and now
It’s gonna be that way for us
I know somehow
Someday when it’s me
I’ll know our love
Was meant to be
Not one single complication
Or cause for hesitation
Someday when the dream
Is coming true
All you’ll need is me
And all I’ll need is you

(Spoken)
HOLLY
Julia, take that veil off!

JULIA
Okay!

(Sung)
They stop and pose
For a photograph
He jokes around
Just to make her laugh
The room is full,
But they’re all alone
They have a language
All their own
And I’m so jealous I could cry
And yet I know
It won’t be long
Before you say
We’re good to go
Someday when it’s me
I’ll know our love
Was meant to be
Not one single complication
Or cause for hesitation
Someday when the dream
Is coming true
All you’ll need is me
And all I’ll need is you
I know not every marriage
Lasts when things go bad
I’ve seen the warning signs
I call them “Mom” and “Dad”
But soon you’ll take my hand
And pledge your love to me
Till then I’ll just get married vicariously

JULIA & WOMEN
Someday when it’s me
I’ll know our love
Was meant to be

JULIA
Not one single complication
Or cause for hesitation
Someday when the dream
Is coming true

WOMEN
Is coming true

JULIA
All you’ll need is me

WOMEN
All you’ll need is me

JULIA & WOMEN
And all I’ll need is you!

In my dreams such beautiful lovers have found me
Storybook lovers surround me
Nothing is real, but I’m flying, sighing
Where, where, where is my storybook ending?
Why does my golden pretending
Leave me with nothing to hold but my dreams?
Oh, is it only in dreams that we find our ideal love?
Are there lovers with real love?
If you know how to feel love, show me now
Ah, but my prince, if you can’t be as sweet as you seem
I’d rather dream

Come and wake me!
Come be the love I can hold now
Storybook love leaves me cold now
Show me the way to stop dreaming
There is only one perfect storybook ending
That is the end of pretending
That is the moment I say, love me now!

Et sur mon manege, l’amour toujours est chantant
De mes reves, c’est le commencement
Et j’espere une fin heureuse
Mais la fin de l’histoire ne vient pas tres doucement
Pour l’histoire, il faut faire semblant
Certes je n’embrasse que mes reves
Seuls mes reves!