MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER Presents:
*Some slight lyric changes have been adjusted since recording
ORELLA:
I lay my head down on my pillow last night
There in my sleep I saw the colors and light
This time those shapes were not the same
This time each one had its own name
I saw my father in that meadow of green
But he was someone new that I’d never seen
I told him stories in the sunshine
His hands were *sharing thoughts with mine
Now it seems I dream in sign
Today I know that I have done something well
Allegra’s words gave me the stories to tell
For it was hard for me at first
*But now I’m feeling much more versed!
But now a girl so lost has found some way
She’s got ideas and a lot to say!
My fate as rivers flow to streams
Somehow in God’s fantastic schemes
Seems I’m signing in my dreams
I can’t believe my fingers
My face, my body all combine
Feels like my way to sing, each day I wake I sign
I guess I know that this might cause a rift
If my whole family won’t know this gift
For now the planets all align
I’m floating on cloud number nine…
Knowing now, I, I dream in sign~
MASSIMO:
Haven’t thought about the after life since I had you
Even with new daughters and a wife and work to tend to
I’ve loved them so but now I know a whole new point of view
Thoughts of your Utopia so rife
For I’d fall into pieces without you to love, when all is said and done,
You are the only one
As our Lord releases and frees his holy dove, you’ll be the only one…
All the gold and riches of the land they’re over-rated
Tryin’ to catch the sunbeams in your hand gets complicated
Those storms were tough this rain’s still rough, but now we’re validated
For here’s the moment when we understand..
That life’s only fleeting where love doesn’t thrive
When all is said and done, you are the only one
My heart’s only beating to keep your soul alive, you are the only one
Hold on, shifting, perilously drifting
In this world of sound around you, peace with God has finally found you now…God has found you now!
It’s love we’ll be greeting, for soon we’ll arrive, you are the only one,
Yes you’re the only one!
My heart’s only beating to know that you’ll survive, you are the only one
You are the only one~
ANTONIA:
Our time is now, our dues are paid, our hands are wiped clean
No more sickly old cow no more fields to be hayed
My daughter is queen!
Never did I think I’d see this day
And no man, no woman, no cursed child will stand in our way!
For she’s our green garden’s only weed
Seed of another, of a lesser kind of breed
If there’s a decision
Then the girl’s got to go
For the last thing that we need
Is a useless old good deed
She’s not really my daughter
Not of our flesh and blood
And this act of charity
Has run it’s course for me, the girl’s got to go
Orella must go!
ELIZABETTA:
Mama please have a heart,
Ease your mind, let’s be smart
And be kind, we’re a happy family
ANTONIA:
Stoned to death in the village!
Burned alive at the stake?
We’re protecting us if we just send her away
ANTONIA/GABRIELLA:
For she’s our green garden’s only weed
Seed of another, of a lesser kind of breed
I've/she made my/her decision
And the girl’s got to go
For the last thing that we need
Is a child that can’t be freed
Orella must go…
GABRIELLA:
Our garden must grow
ANTONIA:
Orella must go!
ELIZABETTA:
Somehow we’ll get along
Don’t be cruel
Just be strong
It’s a rule
One protects their family
ANTONIA:
Stoned to death in the village!
Burned alive at the stake?
ANTONIA/GABRIELLA:
We’re protecting us if we just send her away
I’ve/She made my/her decision
And the girl’s got to go
For the last thing that we need
Is another mouth to feed
She’s not really my/your daughter/sister
Not of our flesh and blood
And this act of charity
Has run it’s course for me
ANTONIA:
Orella must go
GABRIELLA:
Our green garden must grow
GABRIELLA/ANTONIA:
Orella must go!
ELIZABETTA:
No!
Music and lyrics copyright 2018,
David James Boyd, ASCAP