The Girl I Mean To Be:
MARY:
I need a place where I can go
Where I can whisper what I know
Where I can whisper who I like
And where I go to see them
I need a place where I can hide
Where no one sees my life inside
Where I can make my plans and write them down
So I can read them
A place where I can bid my heart be still
And it will mind me
A place where I can go when I am lost
And there I’ll find me
I need a place to spend the day
Where no one says to go or stay
Where I can take my pen and draw
The girl I mean to be
The House Upon the Hill (Transition)
DREAMERS:
And the master hears the whispers
On the stairways dark and still
And the spirits speak of secrets
Of the house upon the hill
Quartet
ARCHIBALD: (spoken)
Last night, I dreamed I walked through the maze to
Lily’s garden, and saw Lily and Mary standing there.
Mary, standing right there in Lily’s garden. I turned
away… I couldn’t watch… I was afraid.
NEVILLE:
Why won’t he say what he wants
Why must he speak in dreams
Why can’t he see what he wants
To disappear, it seems
He should send this haunted girl far away
Leave his house and lands to me
Archibald:
I watched them walk around the garden
She stood tall, grown strong and bold
Then they turned, and asked my pardon
I couldn’t speak, my heart grown cold
Neville:
Why can’t he see what he wants
He wants the past undone
Why can’t he know what he wants
His losing battles won
To have never loved her
Never known, how complete a loss can be
If she could disappear he’d start again
And live like other men, he could be happy then
If she’d disappear, he could be free
Cut off from pain and loss
A bit like me
ROSE: (spoken)
You can’t marry this Archibald. He’s a gloomy
miserable cripple who hides himself away in that
horrible house. He can’t believe you love him, and
neither can I.
LILY: (spoken)
No one is asking for your approval, Rose.
ROSE: (spoken)
Lily, if you don’t care what happens to you, think
about your children. Do you want your children to be
crippled as well?
LILY: (spoken)
I will marry him!
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NEVILLE: I can arrange what he wants He’s left it all to me Now he can have what he wants Unfettered he will be Set him free to wander Through the world Let him go |
ROSE: Don’t do this Don’t wed him Don’t bed him Don’t do this Set him free |
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ARCHIBALD: And then I longed to join them Know the peace they feel Their journey done Then I woke once more |
LILY: Now that I love him I will live For him |
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ARCHIBALD: I Go To find Life |
ROSE: |
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NEVILLE: Just to disappear Is to be free Cut off from pain |
disappear
And start again
And live like
Other men
He would be
Happy then
Just to disappear
Is to be free
Disappear
ROSE:
Cut off from pain
Cut off from pain
Now you must
Leave him
Yes, you must leave him
You must believe me
Lily
Promise
Now you must leave him
You
Must believe me
Lily, think about
The children
Lily, think about the children
ARCHIBALD:
Cut off from pain
Cut off from pain
Disappear
Leave loss
Behind me
Live unseen
Disappear
LILY:
Do what you will
Then I’ll never
Leave him
Cut off from pain
How can I
Leave him
I’ll never leave him
Nor e’er deceive him
Rose
I promised
Never to leave him
No
I won’t
Leave him
I will wed
And bear him children
He will love me, love the children
There’s a Man (Transition)
ALICE AND CLAIRE:
There’s a man whom no one sees
There’s a man who lives alone
There’s a heart that beats in silence for
The life he’s never known
Race You To the Top of the Morning
ARCHIBALD:
When we left off last night
The hideous dragon
Had carried the maid to his cave by moonlight
He gnashed his teeth, and breathed his fire
The heath quaked, and we trembled in fear
I said someone must save the sweet raven-haired maiden
Though surely the cost will be steep
So we lads all drew lots
Our insides tied in knots
And I won and the rest went to sleep
So I picked up my staff
And I followed the trail of his smoke
To the mouth of the cave
And I bid him come out
Yea, forsooth, I did shout
Ye fool dragon be gone or behave
And then under my breath
I uttered a charm said
To make the worst fiend become kind
Knaves and knights of dire plights
Now diminish his sights
And it worked and the dragon went blind
And he charged off the cliff
Howling mad and he died
And the maiden accepted my ring
And then you come along
And were brave, bold and strong
And in thanks every night now I sing
Race you to the top of the morning
Come and sit on my shoulders and ride
Run and hide, I’ll come find you
Climb hills to remind you
I love you, my boy at my side
Now another foul dragon’s appeared
I must leave you
He’s scorching our land with his breath
From his lair, this one taunts me
He dares me, he haunts me
Once again, we must fight to death
would to God I could stay and instead slay your dragon
This beast who sits hunched on your back
Would God I could wrench him away from your bed
Or cut off or tear off his terrible head
Could breathe out my fire on him
‘Til he was dead
Or beg him to spare you and take me instead
As it is, I must leave you in care of my brother
The wizard who lives on the hill
Who has promised his art
Will soon pierce through the heart
Of this dragon that’s keeping you ill
And I know that your mother, God bless her
Would want you to do as he says and grow strong
And you know that as soon as I can I’ll return
So be brave son, and know that I long
To race you to the top of the morning
Come sit on my shoulders and ride
Run and hide, I’ll come and find you
Climb hills to remind you
I love you
I love you, my boy at my side
Wick:
DICKON:
When a thing is wick it has a life about it
Maybe not a life like you and me
But somewhere there’s a single streak of green inside it
Now come and let me show you what I mean
When a thing is wick it has a light around it
Maybe not a light that you can see
But hiding down below a spark’s asleep inside it
Waiting for the right time to be seen
You clear away the dead parts
So the tender buds can form
Loosen up the earth and
Let the roots get warm
Let the roots get warm
Come a mild day, come a warm rain
Come a snowdrop, a-comin’ up
Come a lily, come a lilac
Come to call
Callin’ all of us to come and see
MARY:
When a thing is wick
And someone cares about it
And comes to work each day
Like you and me
(spoken)
Will it grow?
DICKON: (spoken)
It will.
MARY:
Then have no doubt about it
We’ll have the grandest garden ever seen
(spoken)
Oh, Dickon, I want it all to be wick! Would you come and
look at it with me?
DICKON: (spoken)
I’ll come every day, rain or shine, if you want me to. All
that garden needs is us to come and wake it up.
MARY: (spoken)
But Dickon, what if we save the garden and then Uncle
Archie takes it back, or Colin wants it?
DICKON: (spoken)
Ay, what a miracle that would be. Gettin’ a poor
crippled boy to see his mother’s garden.
DICKON AND MARY:
You give a living thing
A little chance to grow
That’s how you will know
If she is wick, she’ll grow
So grow to greet the morning
Leave the ground below
When a thing is wick
It has a will to grow and grow
MARY:
Come a mild day, come a warm rain
Come a snowdrop, a-comin’ up
Come a lily, come a lilac
Come to call
Callin’ all the rest to come
DICKON AND MARY:
Callin’ all of us to come
Callin’ all the world to come
DICKON:
Oh, somewhere there’s a single streak of green below
DICKON AND MARY:
And all through the darkest night-time
It’s waiting for the right time
When a thing is wick
It will grow
Come To My Garden / Lift Me Up
LILY:
Come to my garden
Nestled in the hill
There I’ll keep you
Safe beside me
Come to my garden
Rest there in my arms
There I’ll see you
Safely grown and on your way
Stay there in my garden
Where love grows free and wild
Come to my garden
Come, sweet child
COLIN:
Lift me up and lead me to the garden
Where life begins anew
Where I’ll find you
And I’ll find you love me too
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Lift me up and lead me to the garden Where love grows deep and true Where I’ll tell you Where I’ll show you My new life, I will live for you I shall see you in the garden |
LILY:
Come to my garden I shall see you in my garden Come, sweet day |
Come Spirit, Come Charm
MARY: (spoken)
Come spirit, come charm
Come days that are warm
Come magical spell,
Come help him get well.
DICKON:
Come spirit, come charm
Come days that are warm
Come magical spell
Come help him get well
MARY, DICKON, LILY AND THE DREAMERS:
Spirits far above
Charms aloft, on high
Sweep away the storms
Rumbling ‘cross the sky
Speed the rising sun
Make the breeze to blow
Bid the robins sing
Bid the roses grow
ALL:
Come spirit, come charm
Come days that are warm
Come magical spell,
Come help him get well.
A Bit of Earth (Reprise)
ROSE, ALBERT AND LILY:
A bit of earth
A drop of dew, a single stem
Begins to rise
That bit of earth
Is pushed away, the flowers bloom
Before our eyes
For in the earth
A charm’s at work
The word is passed
The days are warm
Unfold and grow
The winter’s past
We’re free from harm
A bit of earth
A bit of earth
Hold On
MARTHA:
What you’ve got to do is
Finish what you have begun
I don’t know just how
But it’s not over ’til you’ve won
When you see the storm is comin’
See the lightning part the skies
It’s too late to run
There’s terror in your eyes
What you do then is remember
This old thing you heard me say
It’s this storm, not you
That’s bound to blow away
Hold on
Hold on to someone standin’ by
Hold on
Don’t even ask how long or why
Child, hold on to what you know is true
Hold on ’til you get through
Child, oh child
Hold on
When you feel your heart is poundin’
Fear a devil’s at your door
There’s no place to hide
You’re frozen to the floor
What you do then is you force yourself
To wake up and you say
It’s this dream not me
That’s bound to go away
Hold on
Hold on the night will soon be by
Hold on
Until there’s nothin’ left to try
Child, hold on, there’s angels on their way
Hold on and hear them say
Child, oh child
And it doesn’t even matter if
The danger and the doom
Come from up above or down below
Or just come flyin’ at you
From across the room
When you see a man who’s ragin’
And he’s jealous and he fears
That you’ve walked through walls
He’s hid behind for years
What you do then is you tell yourself to wait it out
And say it’s this day, not me
That’s bound to go away
Child, hold on
It’s this day, not you
That’s bound to go away
Letter Song:
MARY:
D-e-a-r
Uncle Archie
How are you, I’m fine
Everybody else is too
Please come home
[ARCHIBALD APPEARS IN PARIS, READING A LETTER]
ARCHIBALD: (spoken)
Home, I have no home.
MARY:
Martha says that you are in Paris
Is that very far away?
ARCHIBALD: (spoken)
It’s a house, child. Just a house…
MARY:
Do they have nice girls and boys there?
ARCHIBALD: (spoken)
…and I can’t get far enough away from it.
MARY:
Please come home
MARTHA: (spoken)
Now just sign it.
MARY:
Should I say that Colin’s well now?
ARCHIBALD:
Streets of Paris, like a maze
MARY:
Should I say that Dr. Craven…
ARCHIBALD:
Sleepless nights and aimless days
MARTHA:
I think what you have is good
Let’s get it posted, on it’s way
He’ll rush home, then you can tell
Him all the rest you have to say
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MARY: Oh kind sir Uncle Archie How I wish that you could see When you come into the garden Please come home Yours truly, |
ARCHIBALD: Can’t forget Can’t eat or sleep or live |
MARTHA: (spoken)
Well maybe.
MARY:
Sincerely?
MARTHA: (spoken)
Well how about?
MARY:
Your friend, Mary
Where In the World:
ARCHIBALD:
Now I see you in the window
Of a carriage, then a train
Still my mind will not accept that
In your grave you must remain
Now I hear your voice, then turn and
See a stranger’s form and face
Must I wander on tormented
Place to place to place to place
Where can I go that you won’t find me
Why can’t I find a place to hide
Why do you want to chase me, haunt me
Every step there beside me
Where in the world, tell me, where in the world
Can I live without your love
Where on the earth, tell me, where on the earth
Can I stay now that you are gone
Why did I have to meet you, love you
Why can’t I rid you from my mind
Why did you have to want me
Won’t you let me put my life behind me
How in the world, tell me, how in the world
Can I live without your love
Why on the earth, tell me, why on the earth
Should I stay now that you are gone
Now that you are …
(spoken)
Lily, is that you?
How Could I Ever Know
LILY:
How could I know I would have to leave you
How could I know I would hurt you so
You were the one I was born to love
Oh, how could I ever know
How could I ever know
How can I say to go on without me
How when I know you still need me so
How can I say not to dream about me
How could I ever know
How could I ever know
Forgive me
Can you forgive me
And hold me in your heart
And find some new way to love me
Now that we’re apart
How could I know I would never hold you
Never again in this world
But oh, sure as you breathe
I am there inside you
How could I ever know
How could I ever know
ARCHIBALD:
How can I hope to go without you
How can I know where you’d have me go
How can I bear not to dream about you
How can I let you go
LILY:
How could I ever know
ARCHIBALD:
All I need is
LILY:
Is there in the garden
ARCHIBALD:
All I would ask is
LILY:
Is care for the child of
ARCHIBALD:
Our love
LILY:
Come, go with me
Safe I will keep you
ARCHIBALD:
Where you would lead me
There I would
LILY:
There I would, there we would
LILY AND ARCHIBALD:
There we will go
How, how could I know
Tell me, how, how could I know
Ever to know you will never leave me
How could we ever know
How could I ever know
LILY:
Come to my garden…
Finale
LILY AND THE DREAMERS:
Come to my garden
Nestled in the hill
There I’ll keep you safe
Beside me
Come to my garden
Rest there in my arms
There I’ll see you
Safely grown and on your way
LILY, ROSE AND ALBERT:
Stay here in the garden
As days grow long and mild
LILY:
Come to the garden
Come, sweet child