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Movement III: Crypt 5[SHANTY]And so it was that I had grown Into a youth uncertain, thrown Amongst the lions and the lambs. To pass the time we watched the children dance. I used to come here when this place was a crypt. Now the music plays. Oh don't you sometimes wish they'd stick to the script As the local preacher says. Rain from heaven will blessings bring, Behold the harvest grown. R Ian from heaven falls down on you, But me, I feel alone. [PREACHER (sympathetically)] Alone. [SHANTY] Alone. [PREACHER] If they won't come to worship God in a church Something must be done. We have to instigate a nationwide search For a way to make it fun. Rain from heaven will blessings bring, Behold the harvest grown. [SHANTY and PREACHER] Rain from heaven falls down on you, [SHANTY] But me, I feel alone. Alone. Here now, What am I doing here now? Hear me, Why do you never hear me? Why do you never hear me? [MARY DEE (as half-ghost)] I'll always be here. I'll never leave you. I'll always be in your mind. Dreams of the future, Ghosts of the past left behind. [WOMEN'S CHORUS] (Ah) [SHANTY] Thought I had a vision Lying in a graveyard, Thought I heard a melody inside. Could it be the future, Speaking with the voice of those who died? Thought I saw a kingdom, Happiness and laughter, Somewhere for an innocent to play. Is there any justice? Do these things still happen in this way? [MARY DEE] Don't tell him no, It isn't fair. For he was told by those who know There was love everywhere. [SHANTY] Love everywhere. [MARY DEE] Now's the time to tell him, While his mother's crying. Break it to him gently as she weeps. Let him know his father Will be well looked after, where he sleeps. [CHORUS (ghosts)] He's sleeping amongst us. He's in our dreams. Don't worry. he's with us now. [SHANTY] Don't say it's so, It isn't fair. For I was told by those who know There was love everywhere. Alone. |