Off-Broadway revival in 1991 Philemon the Musical - He's Coming/ Antioch Prison Lyrics
Tom Jones performed He's Coming/ Antioch Prison from Philemon.
PRISONERS (Whispered): He's coming! He's coming! He's coming! He's coming! He's coming!
PRISONER 1: He's coming, he's coming, I sense it everywhere!
PRISONER 2: He's coming, he's coming, I feel it in the air!
PRISONER 1: Someone to be the leader
PRISONER 2: Someone to set us free!
PRISONERS: He's coming!
PRISONER 3: He's coming, he's coming, the word is all around!
PRISONER 4: He's coming, he's coming, a new and joyous sound!
PRISONER 3: Someone to be the teacher
PRISONER 4: Someone to lead the way
PRISONERS: He's coming!
PRISONER 3: Philemon!
PRISONER 1: Philemon!
PRISONERS: How that name lights up the darkness
PRISONER 2: Philemon!
PRISONER 4: Philemon!
PRISONERS: How that name drives out the terror Philemon will soon be coming He will take us from this place Can't you feel the heartbeats humming? Can't you feel the state of grace? Philemon!
He's coming, he's coming He's coming, he's coming He's coming, he's coming He's coming...
NARRATOR (spoken): Antioch Prison Already ancient in an ancient time The walls are cool and tomblike, wet The pitiful graffiti streaked with rivulets of sweat What do they say, These desperate scratchings on the wall?
FEMALE PRISONER: Mother...
NARRATOR (spoken): That's probably the most common
PRISONERS: Mother... Mother... Mother...
NARRATOR (spoken): Another favorite:
MALE PRISONER: The food in here tastes like shit
NARRATOR (spoken): Sometimes they're religious
ANOTHER FEMALE PRISONER: O God, have mercy on my soul Forgive me for my blindness in the days when I had eyes
NARRATOR (spoken): Sometimes they're defiant
ANOTHER FEMALE PRISONER: Pigs! Pigs! Dirty little pigs! Cowards, bastards, butchers, swine! Pig, pig, pig, pig, pig, pig, pig, pig!
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