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Once on This Island - Some Say Lyrics |
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Broadway production (1990)
Once on This Island the Musical - Some Say Lyrics
(Music by Stephen Flaherty and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens)
[ALL STORYTELLERS]
Some say...
[STORYTELLER]
How Ti Moune began the long journey toward the city!
[ALL]
Some say:
[STORYTELLER]
Some say her feet were bare
And the road was long and cruel
[ALL]
Some say:
[STORYTELLER]
Some say she got a ride
From a vendor and his mule
[ALL]
Some say:
[STORYTELLER]
The gods pulled up in a car
And drove her all the way
[ALL]
Well, no one knows
How the real truth goes
But that's what some say!
Some say!
[LITTLE GIRL]
And how far did she travel?
[STORYTELLERS]
As far as you suppose
[LITTLE GIRL]
And how long did it take her?
[STORYTELLERS]
Much longer than your nose!
[LITTLE GIRL]
And was she ever frightened
Or was her love too strong?
And did she know she'd end up
In our story and our song?
[ALL]
Our story and out song...
[ALL]
Some say:
[STORYTELLER]
What happened when Ti Moune finally reached the city!
[ALL]
Some say:
[TWO STORYTELLERS]
Some say they laughed at her
For her peasant feet were bare
[ALL]
Some say:
[TWO STORYTELLERS]
Some say the vendor man
Gave her shoes too small to wear
[ALL]
Some say:
[STORYTELLER]
The gods said put on the shoes!
It's a price you have to pay!
[ALL]
The shoes were tight
But she said,
[LITTLE GIRL]
All right!
[ALL]
Well, that's what some say!
Some say!
[STORYTELLER]
At last Ti Moune arrived
at the gates of the Hotel Beauxhomme.
[GUARD]
Stop!
[STORYTELLER]
But the gods looked down.
The gates swung open.
And Ti Moune went in search of her Daniel.
[ALL]
Some say...
[WOMAN]
Some say she
Scrubbed the
Floors
Till she learned
Where he was
Kept
[ALL]
Some say...
[MAN]
Some say she
Climbed a vine
To the window
Where he slept
[ALL]
Some say...
[WOMAN, MAN]
The gods just
Lifted her up
And placed her
Where he lay
[ALL]
Well, no one
Knows how the
Real truth goes
It all depends
What you hear
From friends
It's no surprise
It it's all
Just lies
But that's what
Some say
[LITTLE GIRL]
Some say
[ALL]
That's what
Some say
[LITTLE GIRL]
Some say
[ALL]
That's what
Some say...
[LITTLE GIRL]
Some say
[ALL]
That's what
Some say...
[TI MOUNE]
The gods sent me to make you well.
[DANIEL]
You're very young
[TI MOUNE]
I came all this way to be with you.
Let me stay
[Thanks to Dani Starr for lyrics]
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Some Say Lyrics from Once on This Island
Once on This Island the Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS
We Dance
One Small Girl
Waiting for Life
And the Gods Heard Her Prayer
Rain
Pray
Forever Yours
The Sad Tale of the Beauxhommes
Ti Moune
Mama Will Provide
Some Say
The Human Heart
Pray (Reprise)
Some Girls
The Ball
When We Are Wed
Forever Yours (Reprise)
A Part of Us
Why We Tell the Story
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