Vaults of Heaven
[Full congregation]
The Keys to the vaults of heaven
May be buried somewhere in a prayer
The Keys to the vaults of heaven
May be heavy or lighter than air
Open up the vaults
Open up the vaults
We’ve got to find the keys
The nights have been growing darker
They’re darker now than sin
We’ll open the vaults of heaven
The treasures are there within
[Solo]
The keys to the vaults of heaven
May be seen in a pure child’s eyes
The keys to the vaults of heaven
May be heard in our desperate cries
[Solo & Children]
Open up the vaults
Open up the vaults
We’ve got to find the keys
The nights have been growing darker
Even darker now than sin
We’ll open the vaults of heaven
The glories are there within
[The Children]
One sweet day when the whole worlds ready
We’ll awake to a glorious sight
[Swallow & Children]
Our saviour returns to guide us
We’ll be gratefully blinded by light
[Full congregation]
We’ve got to find the keys
We’ve got to find the keys
To open up the vaults
The nights have been growing darker
So much darker now than sin
We’ll open the vaults of heaven
And the answers are there, within.
We’ve got to find the keys
We’ve got to find the keys
To open up the vaults
The nights have been growing darker
So much darker now than sin
We’ll open the vaults of heaven
And the answers are there, within.
I Never Get What I Pray For
[Swallow]
I wanna be baptised and I wanna be saved
I wanna see my saviour face to face
I wanna feel the rapture, feel the fire
I wanna be taken someplace higher
But I never get taken to someplace higher
[Brat]
Swallow!
[Swallow]
Well I don’t !
I never get what I pray for
I can pray for less or a whole lot more
[Swallow, Poor Baby & Brat]
It don’t ever matter, it’s a sure bet
That I never get what I pray for
[Swallow]
An end to the horrors of the atom bomb
[Brat]
And a dance with Ricky Nelson at the homecoming prom
I wanna be beautiful, sexy and smart
[Poor Baby]
I wanna sister that don’t hiccup
[Brat]
I want a brother that don’t fart
[Poor Baby]
I wanna move like Elvis in every way
[Brat]
I wanna look like Sandra Dee or maybe Doris Day
[Swallow]
They should send us down some angels
We could never have enough
[Brat]
They should send us down some money
[Swallow, Poor Baby & Brat]
So we can buy each other stuff.
I never get what I pray for
I can pray for less or a whole lot more
It don’t ever matter, it’s a sure bet
That I never get what I pray for
[Brat]
We should all be praying for dad
It’s scary how he’s been
[Poor Baby]
He was crying in the trailer
[Brat]
No way I was going in
[Poor Baby]
I want a football
[Brat]
and some Lipstick
[Poor Baby]
And some Liquorice
[Brat]
and a kite
[Swallow]
And I just want our mother back, If only for one night
There are things she’s gotta tell me
There are things she’s gotta know
God had no right to take her, She had no right to go
There are things I didn’t tell her
And so much I had to say
So I just want my mother back
If only for one day
Home By Now
[Swallow]
The locusts are singing, the sun is red
It’s gotten so late somehow
[Poor Baby & Brat]
There’s gonna be trouble
You know what they said
[Swallow, Poor Baby & Brat]
We should have been home by now
We should have been home by now
(Kids Meet strangers), See story)
[Swallow]
The locusts are singing, the sun is red
It’s gotten so late somehow
[Poor Baby & Brat]
There’s gonna be trouble
You know what Dad said
[Swallow, Poor Baby & Brat]
We should have been home by now
We should have been home by now
It Just Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This/Whistle Down the Wind
[Boone]
If your mother was here you know what she’d say
Don’t complain, life is tough but you survive day to day
And the things that matter surround and embrace us
And the comforting nurses they always will take us
The assurance of God he will never forsake us
So we really don’t miss the things that we miss
And it just doesn’t get any better than this
It just doesn’t get any better than this.
( Boone breaks down in tears and says that your mother always had the words
to put things right again)
Whistle down the wind, let your voices carry
Drown out all the rain, light a patch of darkness
Treacherous and scary
Howl at the stars, whisper when your sleeping
I’ll be there to hold you, I’ll be there to stop
The chills and all the weeping
Make it clear and strong, so the whole night long
Every signal that you send, until the very end
I will not abandon you my precious friend
[Swallow]
So try and stem the tide, then you’ll raise a banner
Send a flare up in the sky, try to burn a torch
And try to build a bonfire
Every signal that you send, until the very end, I’m there
[Boone]
So whistle down the wind, for I have always been right there
Ma sang it better! (spoken by Poor Baby)
[Swallow]
Howl at the stars, whisper when your sleeping
I’ll be there to hold you, I’ll be there to stop
The chills and all the weeping
Make it clear and strong, So the whole night long
Every signal that you send, until the very end
I will not abandon you my precious friend
So try and stem the tide, then you’ll raise a banner
Send a flare up in the sky, try to burn a torch
And try to build a bonfire
Every signal that you send, until the very end, I’m there
So whistle down the wind, for I have always been right there
The Vow
[Swallow]
I always prayed that you would come to save me
I believe You’ve returned for us at last
[Swallow, Brat & Poor Baby]
We’ll give you shelter from the storms and the world outside
You’ll be safe, this vow we make to you
We’ll never tell, this vow we make to you
Cold
[Edward]
The flowers have all died, and the sky is going grey
I begged my baby not to leave, I couldn’t make her stay
The heat has disappeared, the eternal flame is low
The forecast ain’t so good, I’m all messed up no place to go
Cold, like a frozen teardrop
There’s a chill in the air, and there’s ice in my veins and it won’t stop
Cold, like an endless winter
The moons on the run and even the sun is cold
[Edward & Townspeople]
I gotta see my girl, I gotta see her eyes
The barometer is falling, only she can make it rise
There’s nothing on the trees, there’s nothing for me here
I gotta find salvation and some thermal underwear
[All]
It’s cold and it’s getting colder
They’re evacuating Satan who’s waiting for hell to freeze over
Oh it’s cold, like an endless winter
The stars are all gone and even the sun is cold
The moons on the run and even the sun is cold
I gotta see my girl, I gotta see her eyes
The barometer is falling, only she can make it rise
There’s nothing on the trees, there’s nothing for me here
I gotta find salvation and some thermal underwear
It’s cold and it’s getting colder
They’re vaccinating Satan who’s shaking all over pneumonia
It’s cold, like an endless winter
The moons on the run and even the sun is cold
The stars are all gone and even the sun is cold
The world is too old and even the sun is cold
Unsettled Scores
[The Man]
There’s a prayer for the living and the dying
There’s a prayer to soothe the savage sea
There’s a prayer it seems for almost everything
But you, you haven’t got a prayer for me
And I, I haven’t got a prayer
So many cries in the night that you try to ignore
Why didn’t I do this ?, why didn’t I do that ?
So many unbroken chains, so many unsettled scores
The old man at the bank that sneers
The teachers and their slaps
The brutal eyes, the uniforms
The lawyers and their traps
The lonely girls who yearn to love
And learn to kiss and dance
The rich and selfish widow
In the market for romance
The soldier with the smell of war
That never fades away
The hero on the playing fields
Forgotten in a day
The priest in the confessional
The trembling hands and whispered sighs
The doctors in the hospital
Unending tests and twisted lies
The betrayers, the betrayed
The abandoned, the afraid
The corrupted and the celebrated
Endlessly humiliated
Gloriously big parade
You can say a prayer for everyone
That there could ever be
Say a prayer for all of these and more
But there’s still no prayer for me
Say a prayer for your purest daughter
Toll a bell for your only son
There’s no way out and all my prayers
Are fading one by one
The stern and disapproving lips
The friends who just attack
The fathers that they take away
The ones that can’t get back
The desperate boy who sleeps alone
Whoever’s in his bed
The chosen ones they get a home
The blessed get ahead
The kids out playing softball
In the fading summer night
The teenage lovers at the drive-in
The glow of the dashboard light
An American flyer on a steep incline
The wind blowing through your hair
The trophies and the holidays, they vanished in the air
The betrayers the betrayed, the abandoned the afraid
The glorified the idolised, the big shots and their jealous eyes
An amazingly big parade
You can say a prayer for anyone
You’ve known or you might see
Say a prayer for all of these and more
But there’s still no prayer for me
Say a prayer for every living thing
The unborn and deceased
But I haven’t got a prayer I know
That’s the nature of the beast
If Only
[Swallow]
If all we lost somehow came back
If all that died again would grow
If only it was so, these are the loneliest words I know
If all our dreams were golden and never black or grey
If all our dreams came true, then we’d never have to say
If only it was so, these are the loneliest words I know
[The Man]
If all we’d lost somehow came back
If all that died again would grow
If only it were so, these are the loneliest words I know
The stage lowers to reveal Candy and Amos on the highway.
Amos has been beaten by his father again for refusing to work at the factory.
They sing Tire tracks and broken hearts:
Tire Tracks and Broken Hearts
[Candy]
Another aimless day
[Amos]
Another useless night
[Candy]
I want peroxide hair
[Amos]
I want neon light
[Candy]
I’ve got a new life waiting, I can’t wait to begin it
[Candy & Amos]
The thing that gets me down with being young in this town
Is there’s no future in it
[Candy]
I want a fine perfume,
[Amos]
I want a blue Corvette
[Candy]
If there’s a slower death than living here and now
[Amos]
They haven’t found it yet
[Candy]
I need a man that knows, what I am really worth
[Amos]
Well I don’t give a damn about life after death
[Candy & Amos]
But I gotta get some proof that there’s a life after birth
[Candy]
Tire tracks and broken hearts, that’s all were leaving behind
It doesn’t matter what we’re losing
It only matters what we’re going to find
[Candy & Amos]
Tire tracks and broken hearts. Lets get away from the past
So many ways to stay hungry baby, so many ways to go fast
[Candy]
I want a push up bra, I want some satin sheets
[Amos]
Oh give me some real rich food, I want some succulent treats
[Candy]
I want you by my side, and you’ll be all my own
[Amos]
Well I know what I want, half the time but I know
[Candy & Amos]
That I don’t wanna spend another minute alone
Tire tracks and broken hearts, that’s all were leaving behind
It doesn’t matter what we’re losing
It only matters what were going to find
[Candy]
Those good girl never know what they’re missing
But us bad girl almost always do
[Amos]
And what were missing most are the real good times
[Candy & Amos]
I want em bad and I want em now
We were born going faster than the limits allow
I want em bad and I want em now
We were born going faster than the limits allow
Tire tracks and broken hearts. Lets get away from the past
So many ways to stay hungry baby, so many ways to go fast
Tire tracks and broken hearts, that’s all were leaving behind
It doesn’t matter what we’re losing
It only matters what were going to find
Save Haven
[Townspeople]
This was a safe haven,
Now it’s gone, dangers on it’s way
Evil can spread out,
Like a stain, and darken all the day
Boundaries wont protect you,
Locks and bolts won’t work the way they should
For the sake of all the children,
Track it down, boot it out for good
They say he killed and killed,
No mercy, no remorse, no shame
They say he’ll strike again,
No fear and no hope and no end
This was a safe haven,
Bring it back make it that again
Long Overdue for a Miracle
[Vikki]
Can it be true?
[Louise]
Well what do you think
[Vikki]
Does he have those big blue eyes
[Clarence]
Everyone’s whispering back in town
[Louis]
I bet it’s a pack of lies
[Jackie]
I bet he needs a bath
[Elizabeth]
Do you think that he can drive?
[Charity]
We ought to dress up really nice,
[Clarence]
It’s great if he’s alive
[Louise]
Does he have a crown of thorns?
[Winston & Curly]
The greatest story ever told
[Clarence]
Jeez he must be hungry
[La Vonne]
Lord he must be old
[Vikki]
He could turn us into angels, he could bless us with a kiss
[Clarence]
Do you think that he likes gumbo?
[Clarence]
Do you think that he likes Elvis?
[All]
Just imagine what would happen if all of this was true
All the other kids would envy us we’re long overdue
Long overdue for a miracle, we’re long overdue for a miracle
[Clarence]
He could get my dad a job
[La Vonne]
He could get my mum a dress
[Louis]
He could make us all have x-ray eyes
[Clarence]
He’ll make us all confess
[Vikki]
Let’s throw him a big party, it’s Christmas pretty soon
[Curly]
We’ll get a clown and a bird that talks,
[Clarence]
And a big birthday balloon
[Louise]
He could walk across Lake Ponchartrain
[Clarence]
Draw water from a stone
[All]
Just think of all the things we’d do with a miracle of our own
[Elizabeth]
I saw him crawling through the bayou
[All]
That’s a lie
[Elizabeth]
No it was him!
[Clarence]
Why’d you think he picked that barn?
[Clarence]
where’s he going?
[Louise]
where’s he been ?
[All]
Wow if we got Jesus on our side, that’ll make us awful strong ,
Imagine that if it all came true, we’re long overdue,
Long overdue for a miracle, we’re long overdue for a miracle
[Vikki]
We gotta go and see him now
[Brat]
No maybe he should rest
[Vikki]
Let’s go and get a bible
[Clarence]
We’ll make him take a test
[Brat]
I bet that they’ll try and hurt him,
[Clarence]
We’ll do what ever it takes
[Louise]
He once saved us now we’ll save him
[Elizabeth]
We’re all he’s got for heavens sake
He’d stop the teachers hitting us
[Vikki]
The grownups wouldn’t act so bad
[Louise]
We’d get more toys and lots of love
[All]
much more than we’d ever had
When Children Rule the World
We’ve got to keep this secret, we gotta do this right
If we don’t screw up we could save his life
Then this could be the night, When children rule the world
This could be the night, the night, when children rule the world
Doves and kings and shepherds and wisemen came together,
followed the star
They all gathered down in a manger, they came from so very far
Were glad it’s clear, our saviour is here
He’s gonna guard each boy and girl
No hunger or thirst, the last will be first
The night that children rule the world,
When children rule the world, tonight, when children rule the world
All our greatest wishes are granted, let us sing, let innocence reign
All our prayers are finally answered, blessed and free of all pain
Towers of fire, rise ever higher
Magical flags will be unfurled
To Jesus our god, the young are the strong
The night that children rule the world
When children rule the world, tonight, when children rule the world
Towers of fire, rise ever higher
Magical flags will be unfurled
To Jesus our god, the young are the strong
The night that children rule the world
When children rule the world, tonight, when children rule the world
When children rule the world, tonight, when children rule the world
Annie Christmas
[The Man]
She lived in these parts, she was a big old girl
Miss Annie, what a wonder
Three hundred pounds and six foot eight, in her bare feet
Annie Christmas
She could drink and she could fight, she had a curly black moustache
She was famous, on the river
She was madly in love with a wild gambling man
That was Charlie and she loved him
But old Charlie never even noticed her at all
Until one day, what a one day
When she wore a very special necklace
Just to prove that she was tough and reckless
With a bead for every ear and nose
She had bitten off, as the story goes
When she bit every man who ever did her wrong
And the necklace was already thirty feet long
And the upshot was, and the upshot was
Old Charlie was impressed and the next thing you know
They were married, what a wedding
And the next year she gave him a dozen sons at once
They were giants!
[Poor Baby]
What a wonder
[The Man]
And before they were six they were seven foot tall
In their bare feet
[Louis]
They were giants!
[The Man]
And they carried miss Annie on their shoulders like a prize
She was beaming like an Angel
[Swallow]
Like an Angel
[Poor Baby]
With a moustache!
[The Man]
And she always wore that special necklace
‘Cause it proved that she was tough and reckless
With a bead for every ear and nose
She had bitten off, as the story goes
[The Man & The Children]
And she always wore that special necklace
‘Cause it proved that she was tough and reckless
With a bead for every ear and nose
She had bitten off, as the story goes
No Matter What
[Charity]
I got a plastic flower, so it will never die
I got my Grandma’s hankie, if you ever need to cry
[Vikki]
I got a pretty bracelet
[La Vonne]
I got a mirror too
[La Vonne, Vikki & Charity]
I’m never gonna need em, I’ll give them all to you
[La Vonne, Vikki, Charity & Louise]
I’ll give you all I got to give, I guess that’s my good deed
[Elizabeth]
I just want to stay besides you, you’re the only love I need
[Louis]
I got a great big sea shell, you put it to your ear
Then you can hear the ocean, it’s like you’re really there
[Clarence]
I got a glass of firefly’s, they make amazing light
[Winston]
I’ve got a four leaf clover, I’ll bring it here tonight
[Brat]
And I will keep you safe and strong, and follow where you lead
[Swallow]
I’ll never leave your side now, were the only love you need
[The Children]
No matter what they tell us, no matter what they do
No matter what they teach us, what we believe is true
I can’t deny what I believe, I can’t be what I’m not
I know this loves forever, I know no matter what
I can’t deny what I believe, I can’t be what I’m not
I know this loves forever, that’s all that matters now no matter what
[Men]
No matter what the outrage, no matter what the crime
No matter where he’s running, he’s running out of time
[Women]
This was a safe haven, now it’s gone
Dangers on its way
[Men]
No matter where he’s hiding no matter how he’s hurt
[Women]
Evil can spread out like a stain and darken all the day
[Men]
He’s better dead than captured, he’s just a speck of dirt
[Adult Chorus]
No matter what he’s scheming, no matter what he’s got
We’ll tear him limb from limb, that’s all that matters no matter what
[The Children]
If only tears were laughter, if only night was day
If only prayers were answered, then we would hear god say
No matter what they tell us, no matter what they do
No matter what they teach us, what we believe is true
I can’t deny what I believe, I cant be what I’m not
I know this loves forever, that’s all that matters now
No matter what!!!
[Adult Chorus]
You gotta wrestle with the devil
Wrestle with the devil in a heartbeat
[The Children]
Midnight is clear, our saviour is here
He’s gonna guard each boy and girl
No hunger or thirst, the last will be first
The night that children rule the world,
When children rule the world, tonight, when children rule the world
When children rule the world, tonight, when children rule the world