Movement VII - Crises

[Mary Dee and Shanty's home]

[MARY DEE (alone in bedroom)]

The world you're coming into

Is no easy place to enter

Every day is haunted

By the echoes of the past

Funny thoughts and wild; wild dreams

Will find their way into your mind

The clouds that hang above us

May be full of rain and thunder

But in time they slide away

To find the sun still there

Lazy days and wild. wild flowers

Will bring some joy into your heart

And I will always love you

I'll welcome you into this world

[MARY DEE and BOY SOLO]

You-re mine and I will love you

[SHANTY]

Where-s my dinner?

I've been working hard all day

And a man can work up quite an appetite that way

What's for dinner?

Something nourishing and hot?

I could tackle quite a lot of you know what

And all I've got to say to you is 'Why no dinner?

I've got nothing on my plate

It's expected of a mate

Why'd 'ya have to make me wait?

Where's my

[MARY DEE]

This is the way we put out the candle

Farewell to childhood

Deep in the wild wood a fire goes out

And what are we left with

Now we are grown up?

[SHANTY]

This is the way we pull up the anchor

Goodbye to romance

Out on the ocean a good ship is lost

And what are we left with

Now we are grown Up?

[MARY DEE]

Time to be thinking of real life feelings

I must get on

[SHANTY]

Time to be buying those little trinkets

I can't afford

Lord knows

I want to give her the best

But where will

I find the rest of the cash?

[MARY DEE]

It's one mad dash

To fame and fortune

The cymbals clash

And then you're gone

[SHANTY]

So what are my chances

Of getting promotion?

The way things are going

It doesn't look good

[MARY DEE]

What good is complaining

It's getting you nowhere

And I'm in the middle of your whirlwind

In the eye of your storm

[SHANTY]

Let's not argue

[MARY DEE]

Spare me your excuses

[SHANTY]

No excuses

[MARY DEE]

Pardon my anger

[SHANTY]

Why are you driving me so hard?

[MARY DEE]

I can't believe what I'm hearing

[SHANTY]

You didn't cook any dinner

[MARY DEE]

I'm not a slave

I work for a living

I can command the respect of my peers

Where did you go?

You were out with the boys

[SHANTY]

So what if I went for a drink?

You'd think to listen to you

It was some sort of crime

[MARY DEE]

I needed someone to talk to

But all I could find was myself

If you were the same man I married

You'd know that your woman needs love

[SHANTY]

And what about me?

I suppose I don't matter

I'm not even sure

If you ever loved me

[MARY DEE]

Right!

That's it!

I'm off!

Oh, and by the way...you're about to become a father

[She rushes our into the street]

[Chorus]

Stop

Wait

Hold on

Hold on to life

Stay

[Hospital]

[NURSE]

Do you know who you are

As you lie there sleeping?

Take the time to rest your troubled head

I will watch over you till the moment you awake

Can you hear what I say

As you lie there sleeping?

When misfortunes crowd into your day

And the dark side of life

Has become too much to bear

I will stay by your side

Though we don't yet know if there's something wrong

You were brought in from the street

And a witness said you gave a shout

As you fell down at his feet

We are running tests

And soon the results will be known

But I feel I have to warn you

There may be complications

But we don't yet know if your child is in danger

We shall have to wait and see

In the meantime

There is nothing more for you to do

But sleep

[BOYS]

Ghosts of the past left behind

[MEN'S Chorus (ghosts)]

You're sleeping

Amongst us

We're in your dream

[NURSE]

You're dreaming. try to rest, my child

[MEN'S Chorus (ghosts)]

You called us

We heard you

And we are here

[NURSE]

To save your child you must be still

[MEN'S Chorus (ghosts)]

We're ready to listen

To what you ask

[NURSE]

Go to sleep

[WOMEN'S Chorus (ghosts)]

You're crossing

The water

The tide is strong

[MARY DEE]

No!

[WOMEN'S Chorus (ghosts)]

Your child is drawn to us

Into our throng

[SHANTY]

No!

[FULL Chorus (ghosts)]

This child is

Most welcome

Soon one of us

[MARY DEE]

No, I tell you!

You'll never get through

I'll never let you

No-one is stealing this child

I'm not afraid of Ghosts that the past left behind

[SHANTY]

Let her recover

Then let me love her

Until we run out of time

And in the future

I will promise to be the man

She had in mind

[NURSE]

Be still

Be calm

Your child is safe

[MARY DEE]

Do we live in a world

With an uncertain future

Where a man is unsure of his fate?

Will we come to our senses

Be fair to each other?

Can we turn it around

Before it's too late?

Do I know that we have the answer?

Yes, I know now We are together

So we must bear in mind

That the pages are turning

And the sand will run out of the glass

In the heat of the battle

We will drive out the demons

And we'll carry the day

For we must save the child

[MARY DEE and NURSE]

(Ah)

[MARY DEE and SHANTY]

We have come to our senses

We are part of each other

And we'll carry the day

For we must save the child

[Chorus]

Do you know that you have the answer?

[MARY DEE and SHANTY]

Yes, we know now

[Chorus]

We know now

[MARY DEE and SHANTY]

We know now

We are together