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He's a prince who prepares. Knowing this time I'd run from him, He spread pitch on the stairs. I was caught unawares. And I thought: Well, he cares. This is more than just malace. Better stop and take stock While you're standing here stuck On the steps of the palace. You think: What do you want? You think: Make a decision! Why not stay and be caught? You think: Well, it's a thought. What would be his response? But then what if he knew who you were When you know that you're not What he thinks that he wants? And then what if you are What a prince would envision? Although how can you know who you are Till you know what you want Which you don't So then which do you pick? Where you're safe out of sight and yourself, But where everything's wrong? Or where everything's right And you know that you'll never belong? And whichever you pick Do it quick 'Cause you're starting to stick To the steps of the palace. It's your first big decision. The choice isn't easy to make. To arrive at a ball Is exciting and all, Once you're there, Though, it's scarey. And it's fun to deceive When you know you can leave, But you have to be wary. There's a lot that's at stake But you've stalled long enough. 'Cause you're still standing Stuck in the stuff on the steps. Better run along home, And avoid the collision. Even though they don't care You'll be better off there Where there's nothing to chose So there's nothing to lose. So you pry up your shoes. Then from out of the blue, And without any guide, You know what your decision is: Which is not to decide. You'll just leave him a clue. For example: a shoe. And then see what he'll do. Now it's he and not you Who is stuck with a shoe In a stew In the goo And you've learned something too Something you never knew On the steps of the palace. |
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it's from "Into the Woods". Cinderella sings it. I signed the CD out from the library last week and I'm a little dissaponted because it's a different cast from the version I saw on TV. I'm going to sugggest to the library that they get a copy of the play. right now they just have the book and the CD. I suggested to them several months ago that they get some Spirit of the West albums, and even told them which ones would be good, and I just found out that they took my advice right to the letter. I feel so proud for bringing my boys to the rest of my school. |
Please. No more tests. Comes the day you say: What for? Please, no more. -We dissapoint, -We dissapear, -We die, but we don't. -They dissapoint -In turn, I fear -Forgive though they won't. No more riddles. No more jests. No more curses you can't undo, Left by fathers you never knew. No more quests. No more feelings. Time to shut the door. Just, no more. -Running away. -Let's do it. -Free from the ties that bind. -No more dispare, -Or burdens to bare, -Out there in the yonder. -Running away. -Go to it. -Where did you have in mind? -Have to take care. -Unless there's a Where, -You'll only be wandering blind. -Just more questions, -Different kinds. -Where are we to go? -Where are we ever to go? -Running away -We'll do it. -Why sit around, resigned? -Trouble is, son, -The farther you run, -The more you feel undefined, -For what you have left undone -And more, what you've left behind. -We dissapoint, -We leave a mess, -We die, but we don't. We dissapoint In turn, I guess. Forgive though we won't. Like father, like son. No more giants, Waging war. Can't we just pursue our lives, With our children and our wives? Till that happy day arrives, How do you ignore All the witches? All the curses? All the wolves? All the lies? The false hopes? The goodbyes? The reverses? All the wondering what Even worse is still in store? All the children, All the giants, No more... |
Now you're on your own. Only me beside you. Still you're not alone. No one is alone. Truely, no one is alone. Sometimes people leave you Halfway through the woods. Others may deceve you. You decide what's good. You decide alone. But no one is alone. Mother isn't here now, Who knows what she'd say. Nothing's quite so clear, now. Feel you've lost your way? You are not alone. Believe me, no one is alone. You move just a finger, Say the slightest word. Something's bound to linger, Be heard (?). No one acts alone. Careful, no one is alone. People make mistakes. Fathers, mothers. People make mistakes. Holding to their own. Thinking they're alone. Honor their mistakes. Watch for the mistakes Everybody makes. One another's terrible mistakes. Witches can be right. Giants can be good. You decide what's right. You decide what's good. Just remember: Someone is on your side, Someone else is not. While we're seeing our side, Maybe we forgot They are not alone. No one is alone. Hard to see the light, now. Just don't let it go. Things will come out right, now. We can make it so. Someone is on your side. |
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Was that me? Was that him? Did a prince really kiss me? And kiss me? And kiss me? And did I kiss him back? Was it wrong? Am I mad? Is that all? Does he miss me? Was he suddenly getting bored with me? Wake up! Stop dreaming! Stop prancing about the woods! It's not beseeming, What is it about the woods? Back to life, Back to sense, Back to child, Back to husband, No one lives in the woods. There are vows, There are ties, There are needs, There are standards, There are Shouldn'ts and Shoulds. Why not both, instead? There's the answer if you're clever. Have a child for warmth, And a baker for bread, And a prince for...whatever. Never! It's these woods! Face the facts, Find the boy, Join the group, Stop the giant, Just get out of these woods. Was that him? Yes, it was. Was that me? No, it wasn't. Just a trick of the woods. Just a Moment. One peculiar passing Moment. Must it all be either Less or More? Either Plain or Grand? Is it always OR? Is it never AND? That's what woods are for. For those Moments in the woods. Oh, if life were made of Moments, Even now and then a bad one. But if life were only Moments, Then you'd never know you'd had one. First a witch, Then a child, Then a prince, Then a Moment, Who can live in the woods? And to get What you wish Only just For a moment These are dangerous woods. Let the Moment go. Don't forget it for a moment, though. Just remembering you've had an AND When you're back to OR Makes the OR mean more Than it did before. Now I understand... And it's time to leave the woods! |
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Couldn't you listen? Couldn't you stay content Safe behind walls, As I could not? No matter what you say, Children won't listen. No matter what you know, Children refuse to learn. Guide them along the way, Still they won't listen. Children can only grow From something you love To something you lose. ~~ Careful the things you say, Children will listen. Careful the things you do, Children will see and learn. Children may not obey, But children will listen. Children will look to you, For which way to turn To learn what to be. Careful before you say: Listen to me. Children will listen. |
I have to take the CD tomorow. I'm expressing how dissapointed I am. |
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