Stuart and Noah Lyrics

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Caroline, or Change the Musical - Stuart and Noah Lyrics

ROSE:
Please, Caroline, keep the change.

STUART:
Noah, you're nine years old.

NOAH:
No I'm not I'm eight.

STUART:
Eight? Only eight?
But you're in fourth grade now.

NOAH:
No, I'm in third.

STUART:
Really, you?re sure?
Isn't that weird.
It's like a whole year just?
I don't know, just disappeared.
I have to get back to the clarinet.
Practice the cello.

NOAH:
I gave up the cello, dad.

STUART:
Oh right. You did.
I remember. You're a funny kid.
Your mother loved the cello.

NOAH:
Can I go?

STUART:
It's time that you should demonstrate
More responsibility.
Help Rose with the groceries,
That kind of thing.
In return I'm giving you
A dollar fifty every week allowance.
You can use it as you like but I?

NOAH:
Buy buy buy buy buy!

STUART:
I hope you'll save it till you're older
Buy yourself a chemistry set.

NOAH:
Bubblegum, cigarettes sea monkeys,
Comic books,
Barbie Doll dresses on the sly!
Buy buy buy buy buy!

STUART:
That's what I wanted back when I was a boy,
A great big shiny chemistry set.

CAROLINE:
There's almost a dollar
Some weeks in the bleach cup.
My kids could go down to the dime store and get
The shiny junk they make to catch a kid's eye.
And what they sees and what they wants they could buy.
Stuff I can't buy em now,
Always in the lurch.
Some weeks I could even tithe at Church.

STUART: (with CAROLINE)
A great big shiny chemistry set!
With test tubes, a spirit lamp, powders, and flame.
Do you want a chemistry set?

NOAH:
No.

STUART:
Oh. Well, that's a shame.
It's your money Noah, so please keep in mind?

ROSE:
Caroline keeps what Caroline finds.

NOAH:
That night I leave a dime and a nickel in my pants pocket
To see what will happen;
Caroline finds them.

CAROLINE:
They go in the bleach cup.

NOAH:
They sit there all week,
Fifteen cents, fifteen cents,
Five jawbreakers,
A big bag of red hots,
A Daredevil comic book,
Fifteen cents!

CAROLINE: (with Noah)
They sit there all week.
Fifteen cents, fifteen cents,
A bag of sugary things
Stain the mouth orange
Stain the teeth green
That upset the stomach?
A grown woman got no business
Taking pennies from a baby.

Caroline, or Change the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
16 Feet Beneath The Sea
The Radio
Laundry Quintet
Noah Down The Stairs
The Cigarette
Laundry Finish
The Dryer
I Got Four Kids
Caroline, There's Extra Food
There Is No God, Noah
Rose Stopnick Can Cook
Long Distance
Dotty and Caroline
Moon Change
Moon Trio
The Bus
That Can't Be
Noah and Rose
Inside / Outside
JFK
No One Waitin
Night Mamma
Gonna Pass Me A Law
Noah, Go To Sleep
Noah Has A Problem
Stuart and Noah
Quarter In The Bleach Cup
Caroline Takes My Money Home
Roosevelt Petrucius Coleslaw
Santa Comin' Caroline
Little Reward
1943
Mr. Gellman's Shirt
Ooh Child
Rose Recovers
I Saw Three Ships
The Chanukah Party
Dotty and Emmie
Mr. Stopnick and Emmie
Kitchen Fight
A Twenty Dollar Bill and Why
I Hate The Bus
Moon, Emmie and Stuart Trio
The Twenty Dollar Bill
Caroline and Noah FIght
Aftermath
Sunday Morning
Lot's Wife
Salty Teardrops
Why Does Our House Have A Basement?
Underwater
Epilogue