The Pantomime

[MANNY, spoken]

Yeah, the play means a lot to me

This may be the last time we are all together

And this is a very special group of people

All of us

And the reason I love you

My work, this play

Is that we are the lucky people

Alright, we get paid to do something we love

We express ourselves on stage

And part of that expression means pain

Uncomfortable truths

But it's real

Alright, it's not synthetic, it is natural to life

[MANNY]

Here we are, shaking hands

Breaking hearts and making friends

Not alone in the world today

And tomorrow far away

And outside it's a mean time

People starve over bread and wine

And outside it's a mean time

People die over painted lines

There ain't much going on out there

Compared to all the love in here

I don't care if you won the stakes

Saved some lives or cut some brakes

Out there it's just a puppet show

A pantomime with no words to show

How we all are just yearning for love

That's too deep in the heart

But in here in the meantime

Life's a gift

And we're all refined

But in here in the meantime

All is well

If you know your lines

'Cause I don't know what tomorrow will bring

What bells will toll

What phones will ring

All I know is in the meantime

Look outside

It's just a pantomime