Good ‘n’ Evil – Jekyll & Hyde

ACT TWO

1. MURDER, MURDER!

NEWSBOY

Read about the ‘ideous murder!

Profane religious murder!

FIRST GENTLEMAN

The poor old bishop,

what a shock!

STREET VENDOR

Seen walking wiv’ ‘is daughter

a moment prior to slaughter!

NEWSBOY

The shepherd tendin’ to ‘is flock!

CROWD

‘E died in a London slum –

a slave to martyrdom!

‘E died without complaint –

‘e should be made a saint!

‘E’s gone back ‘ome to God!

It all seems very odd!

Why should it be

this mystery?

Murder, Murder

in the night air!

Murder, Murder –

it’s a nightmare!

Murder, Murder –

it’s a right scare!

Bloody Murder

in the night!

Murder, Murder

makes your heart thump!

Murder, Murder

makes your nerves jump!

Murder, Murder

makes your blood pump!

Bloody Murder

in the night!

CONGREGATION

Donna eis requiem …

PRIEST

Sweet death has taken this brave man from us!

CONGREGATION

Requiem aeternam

PRIEST

Friends, take what comfort that you can from us!

CONGREGATION

Donna eis, domine!

HYDE

General Glossop! I am happy to inform you that you are relieved of you duties, Sir. All of them!

A MAN

Look at this, another murder,

just like the other murder!

That’s poor old General Glossop – dead!

A BOY

Last week the bishop copped it!

The bloke what done it ‘opped it!

That feller must be off ‘is ‘ead!

ANOTHER CROWD MEMBER

That’s two in the last four days-

this killer has fancy ways!

A FOURTH

To kill outside St. Paul’s

requires a lotta balls!

A FIFTH

He hates the upper class!

A SIXTH

He must be on ‘is arse!

CROWD

Who could he be?

THE BOY

Don’t look at me!

CROWD

Bloody murder in the night!

Murder, Murder –

doin’ folks in

Murder, Murder

is the worst sin!

Murder, Murder

has me screamin’

“Bloody Murder

in the night!”

Murder, Murder

makes me blood thin!

Murder, Murder

makes me ‘ead spin!

Murder, Murder

starts me drinkin’.

Bloody Murder

in the night!

In the night!

HYDE

Bessie, my love! You really should be more careful .. wearing your real diamonds out on the street! You never know whom you might encounter!

UPPER AND LOWER CLASS CRUST ON THE STREET

London has a killer on the loose!

Could be a gang!

Gotta get ‘is ‘ead inside a noose!

The man must hang!

CROWD

Maybe his nerve will fail him!

They’ve gotta try to nail him!

They’ve gotta trail an’ jail him now!

Murder!

No matter who we’re blamin’,

till they put wot’s-‘is-name in,

there’s gonna be one flamin’ row!

Murder, Murder,

it’s a curse, man!

Murder, Murder,

it’s perverse, man!

Murder, Murder,

nothing’s worse than

Bloody Murder

in the night!

HYDE

Bad news from God, Teddy!

FIRST NEWSBOY

Read about the worst two murders!

SECOND NEWSBOY

Much worse than the first two murders!

CROWD

That makes it murders three and four!

They’ve murdered dear old Bessie!

I hear extremely messy!

And poor old Archie is no more!

WOMAN

They say a lot of blood and gore!

ALL

That’s four in the last eight days!

It’s London’s latest craze!

SECOND NEWSBOY

This time ‘e was in Park Lane

and ‘e may come back again!

WOMEN

Until the killer’s found

there’s danger all around!

CROWD

What can we do?

What can we do?

What can we do?

We wish we knew!

Catchin’ such a madman could be hard!

He’ll kill at will!

Cos they’re all so thick at Scotland Yard!

No brains! No skill!

He’ll kill us if we let him!

They’d better go and get him!

I know a way to net him!

How?

Murder!

No matter who we’re blamin’

till they put wot’s-‘is-name in

there’s gonna be

there’s gonna be

there’s gonna be a flamin’ row!

Murder, Murder

on your doorstep!

Murder, Murder

so watch your step!

Murder, Murder

take one more step,

you’ll be murdered

in the night!

Murder, Murder

once there’s one done

Murder, Murder

can’t be undone!

Murder, Murder

lives in London!

Bloody Murder

in the night!

In the night!

2. ONCE UPON A DREAM

EMMA

When this all began,

we knew there’d be a price …

Once upon a dream,

we were lost in love’s embrace.

There we found a perfect place,

once upon a dream.

Once there was a time

like no other time before.

Hope was still an open door

once upon a dream.

And I was unafraid,

the dream was so exciting.

But now I see it fade

and I am here alone!

Once upon a dream

you were heaven sent to me.

Was it never meant to be?

Was it just a dream?

Could we begin again

once upon a dream …

JEKYLL

Don’t abandon me now, Emma! For God’s sake …

I have never needed you more! And I do love you!

EMMA

I know that. And I will wait – however long it takes

… and I will pray for you!

When you need me,

if you need me,

you know where I’ll be …

3. OBSESSION

JEKYLL

What streak of madness lies inside of me?

What is the truth my fears conceal?

What evil force makes Edward Hyde of me?

What darker side of me does he reveal?

What is this strange obsession

that’s tearing me apart?

Some strange deranged expression

of what’s in my heart?

Am I the man that I appear to be?

Or am I someone I don’t know?

Is there some monster drawing near to me?

Becoming clear to see?

Will what I fear to be … be so?

4. IN HIS EYES

EMMA

I sit and watch the rain

and see my tears run down the window pane.

LUCY

I sit and watch the sky

and I can hear it breathe a sigh.

EMMA

I think of him, how we were

and when I think of him, then I remember …

BOTH

… remember …

EMMA

In his eyes, I can see

where my heart longs to be.

LUCY

In his eyes I see a gentle glow

and that’s where I’ll be safe, I know.

EMMA

Safe in his arms, close to his heart

LUCY

But I don’t know quite where to start.

EMMA

By looking in his eyes,

will I see beyond tomorrow?

LUCY

By looking in his eyes,

will I see beyond the sorrow that I feel?

EMMA

Will his eyes reveal to me promises or lies?

LUCY

But he can’t conceal from me the love

in his eyes!

EMMA

I know their every look – his eyes!

LUCY

They’re like an open book – his eyes!

EMMA

But most of all …

BOTH

… the look that hypnotized me!

EMMA

If I’m wise, I will walk away – and gladly.

LUCY

But sadly, I’m not wise,

it’s hard to talk away the memory that you prize.

EMMA

Love is worth forgiving for …

LUCY

… now I realize.

BOTH

Everything worth living for

is there, in his eyes.

EMMA

Love is worth forgiving for,

now I realize.

LUCY

Now I realize.

BOTH

Everything worth living for

is there, in his eyes!

5. DANGEROUS GAME

LUCY

I feel your fingers-

Cold on my shoulder-

Your chilling touch,

As it runs down my spine-

Watching your eyes

As they invade my soul-

Forbidden pleasures

I’m afraid to make mine.

At the touch of your hand-

At the sound of your voice-

At the moment your eyes meet mine-

I am out of my mind-

I am out of control-

Full of feelings I can’t define!

HYDE

It’s a sin with no name-

LUCY

Like a hand in a flame-

HYDE

And our senses proclaim

HYDE/LUCY

It’s a dangerous game!

HYDE

A darker dream-

That has no ending-

That’s so unreal

You believe that it’s true!

A dance of death-

Out of a mystery tale-

The frightened princess

Doesn’t know what to do!

Will the ghosts go away?-

LUCY

No …

HYDE

Will she will them to stay?

LUCY

No …

HYDE

Either way, there’s no way to win!

LUCY

All I know is, I’m lost

HYDE:

No …

LUCY

And I’m counting the cost

HYDE

No …

LUCY

My emotions are in a spin!

I don’t know who to blame…

HYDE

It’s a crime and a shame!

LUCY

But it’s true, all the same

HYDE/LUCY

It’s a dangerous game!

No one speaks-

Not one word-

But what words are in our eyes

Silence speaks

Loud and clear-

All the words we (don’t) want to hear!

At the touch of your hand-

At the sound of your voice-

At the moment your eyes meet mine-

I am losing my mind-

I am losing control-

Fighting feelings I can’t define!

LUCY

It’s a sin with no name-

HYDE

No remorse and no shame-

Fire, fury and flame!

LUCY

‘Cause the devil’s to blame!

HYDE/LUCY

And the angels proclaim

It’s a dangerous game!

6. FACADE (Reprise 3)

THE SPIDER w/ ENSEMBLE

If you live around here,

lotsa people, I fear,

will make promises

they will not honour, my dear.

An’ the truth is,

you end up getting scarred!

There’s a beast at the door

and he’s wild and he’s free,

but we don’t let him in

cause we don’t want to see

What is lurking

right behind the facade!

7. THE WAY BACK

JEKYLL

Somehow I have to get back

to the place where my journey started.

Find the course I charted

when I first departed.

Somehow I have to hang on

to the vision that first inspired me,

to the hope that fired me

when the world admired me!

I’ll find a way back to the higher ground!

And see the view I saw before.

I’ll search the world until the answer’s found!

Turn my despair around forevermore!

Somehow I have to rebuild

all the dreams that the wind have scattered.

From what fate has shattered –

I’ll retrieve what mattered!

Somehow I’ve got to go on

till the evil has been defeated,

till my work’s compleated –

I will not be cheated!

God! You must help me carry on!

When it seems all hope has gone,

I have got to carry on!

8. A NEW LIFE

LUCY

A new life

What I wouldn’t give

to have a new life!

One thing I have learned

as I go through life:

nothing is for free along the way!

A new start,

that’s the thing I need

to give me new heart.

Half a chance in life

to find a new part,

just a simple role that I can play!

A new hope,

something to convince me

to renew hope!

A new day,

bright enough

to help me find my way!

A new chance,

one that maybe has

a touch of romance.

Where can it be –

the chance for me?

A new dream –

I have one I know

that very few dream.

I would like to see

that overdue dream –

even though it never may come true!

A new love –

though I know

there’s no such thing as true love –

even so,

although I never knew love,

still I feel that one dream

is my due!

A new world –

this one thing I want

to ask of you, world!

Once – before it’s time

to say Adieu, world!

One sweet chance

to prove the cynics wrong!

A new life –

more and more I’m sure

as I go through life,

just to play the game

and to pursue life –

just to share its pleasures and belong!

That’s what I’ve been here for

all along!

Each day’s

a brand new life!

9. CONFRONTATION

JEKYLL

Lost in the darkness,

Silence surrounds you.

Once there was morning,

Now endless night.

I will find the answer.

I’ll never desert you-

I promise you this-

Till the day that I…

HYDE

Do you really think

That I would ever let you go?

Do you think I’d ever set you free?

If you do, I’m sad to say,

It simply isn’t so.

You will never get away from me!

JEKYLL

All that you are

Is a face in the mirror!

I close my eyes, and you’ll dissapear!

HYDE

I’m what you face

When you face in the mirror!

Long as you live, I will still be here!

JEKYLL

All that you are

Is the end of a nightmare!

All that you are is a dying scream!

After tonight,

I shall end this demon dream!

HYDE

This is not a dream, my friend-

And it will never end!

This one is the nightmare that goes on!

Hyde is here to stay,

No matter what you may pretend-

And I’ll flourish, long after you’re gone!

JEKYLL

Soon you will die,

And my silence will hide you!

You cannot choose but to loose control

HYDE

You can’t control me!

I live deep inside you!

Each day you’ll feel me devour your soul!

JEKYLL

I don’t need you to survive,

As you need me!

I’ll become whole

As you dance with death!

And I’ll rejoice

As you breathe your final breath!

HYDE

For I’ll live inside you forever!

JEKYLL

No!

HYDE

With Satan himself by my side!

JEKYLL

No!

HYDE

And I know that, now and forever,

They’ll never be able to separate

Jekyll from Hyde!

JEKYLL

Can’t you see

It’s over now?

It’s time to die!

HYDE

No, not I!

Only you!

JEKYLL

If I die,

You die too!

HYDE

You’ll die in me,

I’ll be you!

JEKYLL

Damn you, Hyde!

Set me free!

HYDE

Can’t you see,

You are me?

JEKYLL

No!

Deep inside -!

HYDE

I am you!

You are Hyde!

JEKYLL

No – never!

HYDE

Yes, forever!

JEKYLL

God damn you, Hyde!

Take all your evil deeds,

And rot in hell!

HYDE

I’ll see you there, Jekyll!

JEKYLL

Never!

10. FACADE (Reprise 4)

SOLOISTS

There’s a beast at the door

and he’s wild and free.

But we won’t let him in,

cause we don’t want to see

what is lurking

right behind the facade.

ENSEMBLE

Man is not one but two,

he is evil and good

and he walks the fine line

we’d all cross, if we could.

And he’s waiting,

he’s just waiting …

11. FINALE

EMMA

Rest now, my tormented love!

You are free now …

You’re with me now

where you’ll always be …

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