|
The Who's Tommy - Streets of London 1961–3 (Miracle Cure) Lyrics |
|
1993 Broadway
The Who's Tommy the Musical - Streets of London 1961–3 (Miracle Cure) Lyrics
(Against a lurid backdrop of Fleet Street at night,
a reporter joins Uncle Ernie, who produces a photograph)
UNCLE ERNIE: (spoken)
What you've stumbled upon here my son,
could be ginormous- a story on par with
the opening of King Tuts tomb or the Hindenburg disaster.
Happily I was able to capture the moment
of young Tommy Walker's
miraculous recovery for all
posterity right there in black and white.
One would think that such a valuable
snap would be worth a hundred quid
but it's yours for a mere fifty.
(The photo is a bad one of Tommy holding up his hand
to the camera. The reporter gives him back the photograph.)
UNCLE ERNIE:
I could of course,
Just hand the Nobel prize over to one
of your Fleet Street Collegues from say,
the "Mirror" or the "Times" or the "Guardian"
(The reporter walks away)
UNCLE ERNIE:
What about for a bottle of Scotch?
(The reporter exits)
(Tommy enters, takes the picture out of Ernie's hand,
looks at it and tosses it into the air.
Suddenly his picture is everywhere.
In front of a background of black and white printing presses,
a rather bored, middle aged news vendor enters,
hawking the tabloids headlining Tommy's recovery.)
VENDOR:
Deaf, dumb and blind kid in a miracle cure.
Read about it here. Deaf, dumb and blind kid.
Special section. Final edition.
Deaf, dumb and blind kid in a miracle cure
(As the picture is repeatedly projected in the background,
the local lads enter, delighted with the news.
The lads surround the News vendor and swipe his papers, one by one.)
LOCAL LADS:
Extra! Extra!
Read all about it!
The pinball wizard in a miracle cure!
Extra! Extra!
Read all about it!
Extra!
(Uncle Ernie buys a paper and furiously leafs through it.
The lads go off as the newly conscious Tommy rides in on a pinball machine.)
Album Songs: The Who's Tommy the Musical Songs Lyrics
The Who's Tommy Streets of London 1961–3 (Miracle Cure) Lyrics
|
