A Letter To Harvey Milk Lyrics |
Musical by Ellen Schwartz and Laura I. Kramer A Letter to Harvey Milk the Musical - A Letter To Harvey Milk Lyrics
BARBARA (spoken): You asked me, “Who would want to read a letter from Harry Weinberg to Harvey Milk?” And I said...
(sings) People like me, scared and alone Listening for a voice that understands People like me, cast out by their own Nowhere to go, no helping hands Imagine how they’ll feel if someone unlike them Shares their need to mourn a cherished friend And dares to say aloud, above a hostile crowd “our fallen hero’s dream will never end”
(spoken) That’s what I wrote about last week—you and me, Harry. And what I learned from you.
(sings) You don’t have to be a jew to love a bagel Or gay to love a leader who was gay Or young to greet the dawning of a brave new cause Where courage is the order of the day You could even be a butcher from long island Whose rage is mixed with tears as soft as silk And all of this embodied in a most amazing tribute A letter to harvey milk
I read this letter when I was in danger Of thinking love would never come again A letter written by a total stranger Whom i have learned to love so much since then.
You don’t need a p.H.D. To be a writer Or law degree to plead For equal rights The most prestigious schools have graduated fools Who never break the rules or scale the heights All you needed was your own god-given talent The roughest cloth is sometimes lined with silk What honor you have given to this man for whom You’ve written A letter to harvey milk.
And so if people like you and people like me Find each other as did you and I They’ll learn that people like me are people like you All searching for a way to say “good-bye” Reach out with me and touch them And let them know we’re there
In words as tough as nails and soft as silk So let them come together in the reading of your Prayer A letter... Your own letter to harvey milk!
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A Letter to Harvey Milk the Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS Too Old For This Thanks To Her Since Then Write What You See Love, Harry What A Shanda Frannie's Hands Weren't We? Turning The Tables Love Is A Woman Honor Thy Daughter No One'll Do For You Too Close I'm Gonna Do For You A Letter To Harvey Milk Thanks To Her (Reprise) Finale
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