What's the point
Of all this pointless proximity
If you won't talk
Take me for a walk
Through a little story
All these years
Have made me sick to tears
Of such mysteries
Why should I keep you
If you won't keep me
Company?
Til I get to know you
I ain't gonna show you nothing
Wordlessly
Whatchoo think this is?
You think that that grin
Gonna get you in
Where you wanna be?
Do I have to stand under your little cloud
Just to get near you
Baby can't you help this little girl
Not to fear you
Why don't you just talk
Take me for a walk
Through a little story
And tell me
Why should I keep you
If you won't keep me
Some can see it's poetry
Come as you are in your broken car
The company
Carousel is wishing well
As a wonder night that spoke delight
To the company
Can you hear the summer calling you
Can you hear him call you now
Can you hear the summer calling you
Can you hear him call you now
Broken dream, just a token scheme
Silver man with a telegram
For the company
Scalding blue, come talk to you
Search the cave for the grave
Of the company
Can you hear the summer calling you
Can you hear him call you now
Can you hear the summer calling you
Can you hear him call you now
Can you hear the summer calling you
Can you hear him call you now
Can you hear the summer calling you
Can you hear him call you now
Can you hear the summer calling you
Can you hear him call you now
Can you hear the summer calling you
If you ask me I will say I'm fine
All pink like birthday girls and valentines
And then the stillness of the night reminds
That I don't like to be alone
My thoughts are race cars running 'round my head
They burst into flames and they crash into my bed
Until I fall into a dream instead
Where all my lovers turn to stone
And all I want is company
Someone to understand this misery
Send a reflection of myself to me
'Cause everybody needs some company
These times I'm living in just make no sense
Sometimes my face gets pushed against the fence
I want to scream out in my self-defense
But I don't want to be alone
And all I want is company
Someone to understand this misery
Send a reflection of myself to me
'Cause everybody needs some company
What is truth and what is fear
Will I find it under here
I know they're selling me a lie
But I'm first in line to buy
First in line to try
I find some sanity on the written page
Where life is worth more than a living wage
They say the battle's over now it's time to change
And I won't ever be alone
And all I want is company
Someone to understand this misery
Send a reflection of myself to me
'Cause everybody needs some company
I need some company
I'll remember you too clearly
But I'll survive another day
Conversations to share
When there's no one there
I'll imagine what you'd say
I'll see you in another life now, baby
I'll free you in my dreams
But when I reach across the galaxy
I will miss your company
Company
I'll be looking for company
Look and listen
Through the years
Someday you may hear me
Still crying for company
So now you're going off to live your life
You say we'll meet each other now and then
But we'll never be the same
And I know I'll never have this chance again
No, not like you
So, I'll see you in another life now baby,
I'll free you in my dreams
But when I reach across the galaxy
I will miss your company
Company
I'll be looking for company
Look and listen
Through the years
Someday you may hear me
Still crying for company
I'll remember you too clearly,
But I'll survive another day.
Conversations to share when there's no one there.
I'll imagine what you'd say.
I'll see you in another life now, baby.
I free you in my dreams,
but when I reach out across the galaxies,
I will miss your company.
Company, I'll be looking for company.
Looking at this through the years.
Someday you will hear me, still crying, I'll be crying,
crying for company.
I'll be crying for company.
So now you're going off
to live your life.
You say we'll see each other now and then;
But we'll never, never, never be the same.
And I know, I know, I'll have never have a chance again, (No not like you)
I'll see you in another life now baby.
I free you in my dreams,
But when I reach out across the galaxies,
I'll miss your company.
Company, I'll be looking for company.
Looking at this through the years.
Someday you will hear me, still crying, I'm still crying
Crying, crying for company.
I'm still crying for company.
Start your engines
Can we get the chemicals in
Cause anything's better than this
Mix it up with vicadin
Cause anything's better than this
Little cuts on your wrist,
To try and get back the feeling
And no real friendships exists
That would be an understatement
Tell me the reason
(cannot show up)
Friends you knew before
(hello, how have you been?)
This is your season
(oh I give up)
Just show up
(I can't knock on your door)
Cause I keep bad company
I'm trouble
So go on stay away from me
I play the villain
You don't know where we've been
Lining em up again
Start your engines
Can we get the chemicals in
Old english is making me manic
I go to SuicideGirls again
To check on anything I missed
The stitches don't even begin
To even stop up the bleeding
Can we get the chemicals in
Cause anything's better than this
The city is dying
(at least to me)
The city is dead now
(my kingdom for a friend)
Are you even trying
(to find some peace)
Don't need a reason
(I get some living in)
Cause I keep bad company
I'm in trouble
Last chance stay away from me
I play the villain
You don't know where we've been
Lining em up again
Keep saying this will end
I keep bad company
I'm in trouble
Keep saying this will end
Lining em up again
You know I'll never change
Lining em up again
Lines in your forehead, I can see
All your attention divert from me
What could possibly weigh on you so heavily
I can tell you really need some perspective here
Take one small step outside of yourself
The grass looks no greener right here
Take one small step outside of yourself and you’ll find
You’re not the only one
Weight on your shoulders, a tragedy
Is making you older in front of me
Oh, why can’t you see that you’re here in good company
I can see you really need some perspective here
And you’ve fallen out of love with yourself
Yah, well, we’re just all pillars of self-esteem
Take one small step outside of yourself and you’ll find
Got a rich man's dream
Wanna swap my taxi on a limousine
Wanna cash it in
Wanna give it all away
Got a poor man's needs
Beans in the bucket and love in the sheets
And your sandy eyes
Makin' it all alright
Somethin's comin' on me
And I don't know where I'm goin'
I don't know where I'm goin'
I got no place to be
Honey keep me company
Walk peacefully in a town somehow in New Jersey
In my mama's arms rockin' to the radio
Now I sing myself to sleep
In apartment four in building D
Gotta lock the door
Gotta hide the key
Oh baby I'm free
And I don't know where I'm goin'
I don't know where I'm goin'
I got no place to be
Honey keep me company
Maybe one day I'll be a famous man with an L.A. tan
A million fans and a catamaran floatin' movie stars
Maybe one day I'll be a bum in a gutter with a bottle in my hand
And your sandy eyes
Makin' it all alright
Makin' it all alright
Looking in the mirror, what do I see but me?
Trying to forget her it was never meant to be
And that's not clever, cause she didn't mean a thing
The morning after what do I see, tell me what do I see
No wonder I feel wasted, I did it to myself
No wonder I've been losing sleep
With the company I keep
Looking in the mirror eyes blood shot and sore
Trying to remember was it me or was it her
Sitting in the traffic feeling such a fake
And all this panic cause I made a mistake, tell me what can I say
No wonder I feel cheated, I did it to myself
No wonder I've been losing sleep
No wonder I feel wasted
I did it to myself
No wonder I've been losing sleep with the company I keep
Oh, gonna make you see, need your company
Oh, gonna make you see, need your company
Oh, gonna make you see, need your company
Need your company
Saw my reflection in the window of a store,
Got no price tag, I've been used and worn
And that's not clever 'cause she wasn't worth a damn
Now only my conscience knows who I am
No wonder I feel wasted, I did it to myself
No wonder I've been losing sleep
No wonder I feel cheated, I did it to myself
No wonder I've been losing sleep
As I sat the moon started rising
I'm swinging on the rocking chair
It's kinda dark on the horizon
But that's only 'cause the sun ain't there
As I sat the moon started rising
And I remembered like it were yesterday
It was kinda dark beyond the horizon
He had come to take me away
I don't know, I don't know of course
I don't know I don't know why life is so short
As I stood the moon started rounding
She saw him dismounting his horse
In the dark he led himself by starlight
To the porch and from the far lights of the storm
And as she stood the moon started rounding
Her heart started pounding like a fist on the door
From the dark she heard her name that he was saying
And that's what she was waiting for
I don't know, I don't know if it's tame enough there
I don't know, if I go, will I miss it out here
She would go but doubt slowly killed it
Where her love just could not fill it up again
And he just knew he didn't have to ask her
He did not run it past her if this were the end
So she walked here hair flowing behind her
As a gentle reminder that she was only a child
And it was dark but he gently kissed her
He knows he won't forget her with a hint of a smile
And as she cried he cast back a shadow behind him
And it did remind him that there were stars up there too
And it was dark but he gently kissed her
I'm so sorry I could not accompany you
I don't know, I don't know why it just wouldn't be
I don't know I don't know why I couldn't be company
I don't know I don't know
I don't know I don't know
ROBERT'S FRIENDS [variously]:
Bobby...
Bobby...
Bobby baby...
Bobby bubbi...
Robby...
Robert darling...
Bobby, we've been trying to call you.
Bobby...
Bobby...
Bobby baby...
Bobby bubbi...
Angel, I've got something to tell you.
Bob...
Robbo...
Bobby love...
Bobby honey...
Bobby, we've been trying to reach you all day.
Bobby...
Bobby...
Bobby Baby...
Angel...
Darling...
The kids were asking--
Bobby...
Bobby...
Robert...
Robby...
Bob-o...
Bobby, there was something we wanted to say.
Bobby...
Bobby bubbi...
Sweetheart...
Sugar...
Your line was busy.
What have you been up to, kiddo?
Bobby...
Fella...
Bobby...
Sweetie...
How have you been?
Stop by on your way home.
Seems like weeks since we talked to you!
Bobby, we've been thinking of you!
Drop by anytime.
Bobby, there's a concert on Tuesday.
Hank and Mary get into town tomorrow.
How about some scrabble on Sunday?
Why don't we all go to the beach next weekend?
Bob, we're having people in Saturday night.
Bobby...
Bobby...
Bobby, baby...
Whatcha doin' Thursday?
Bobby...
Angel...
Bobby bubbi...
Time we got together, is Wednesday all right?
Bobby...
Robbo...
Bobby honey...
Eight o'clock on Monday.
Robby darling...
Bobby, fella...
Bobby baby...
[Together]
Bobby, come on over for dinner!
We'll be so glad to see you!
Bobby, come on over for dinner!
Just be the three of us,
Only the three of us--
We looooooooooooooooove you!
ROBERT:
Phone rings,
Door chimes,
In comes
Company!
No strings,
Good times,
Room hums,
Company!
Late nights,
Quick bites,
Party games,
Deep talks,
Long walks,
Telephone calls.
Thoughts shared,
Souls bared,
Private names,
All those
Photos
Up on the walls--
"With love."
"With love" filling the days,
"With love" seventy ways,
"To Bobby with love"
From all those good and crazy people, my friends!
Those good and crazy people, my married friends!
And that's what it's all about, isn't it?
That's what it's really about,
Really about!
[April, Kathy and Marta enter.]
FRIENDS & GIRLFRIENDS [variously]:
Bobby...
Bobby...
Bobby baby...
Bobby bubbi...
Robby...
Robert darling...
Bobby...
Bobby...
Angel, will you do me a favor? ROBERT:
Bobby baby... Name it, Sarah...
Bobby bubbi...
Listen, pal, I'd like your opinion...
Bob... Try me, Peter...
Robbo...
Bobby love...
Bobby honey...
Bobby, there's a problem,
I need your advice...
Bobby... Amy, can I call you back tomorrow?
Bobby...
Bobby Baby...
Angel...
Darling...
Just half an hour...
Honey, if you'd visit the
kids once or twice...
Bobby... Jenny, I could take them
Bobby... to the zoo on Friday...
Bobby bubbi...
Sweetheart...
Sugar...
What's happend to you?
Bobby...
Fella...
Kiddo...
Where have you been?
Bobby, how have you been?
Stop by on your way home...
Bobby, dear, I don't mean to pry... Susan, love, I'll make it after
Bobby, we've been thinking of you... seven if I can...
Drop by anytime... Sorry, Paul, I made a date with
Larry and Joanne...
WIVES:
Bobby, dear, it's none of our business...
HUSBANDS:
Lookit, pal, I have to work Thursday evening...
WIVES:
Darling, you've been looking peculiar.
HUSBANDS:
Bobby boy, you know how I hate the opera...
WIVES:
Funny thing, your name came up only last night...
ROBERT:
Harry...David...Kathy...I...
GIRLFRIENDS:
I shouldn't say this, but...
ROBERT:
April...Marta...Listen, people!...
WIVES:
Bobby, we've been worried, you sure you're all right?
HUSBANDS:
Bobby...Bobby...Bobby baby...
GIRLFIRENDS:
Did I do something wrong?
HUSBANDS:
Bobby bubi, bobby fella, Bobby, Bobby...
FRIENDS & GIRLFRIENDS [together]:
Bobby, come on over for dinner!
We'll be so glad to see you!
Bobby, come on over for dinner!
Just be the three of us,
Only the three of us--
We LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE you!
Phone rings,
Door chimes,
In comes
Company!
No strings,
Good times,
Just chums,
Company!
Late nights,
Quick bites,
Party games,
Deep talks,
Long walks,
Telephone calls.
Thoughts shared,
Souls bared,
Private names,
All those
Photos
Up on the walls--
"With love."
"With love" filling the days,
"With love" seventy ways,
"To Bobby with love"
From all those good and crazy people, your friends!
Those good and crazy people, your married friends!
And that's what it's all about, isn't it?
That's what it's really about, isn't it?
That's what it's really about,
Really about!
HUSBANDS:
Isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it?
WIVES & GIRLFRIENDS:
We LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE...
ROBERT:
You I love and you I love and you I love and you I love
And you I love and you I love and you I love!
I love you!
ALL:
Company! Company!
Company!
Lots of
Company!
Years of
Company!
Love is
Company!
Company!
Company!
Horace:
Hello, Dolly!
Well, hello, Dolly!
It's so nice to have you here
Where you belong
I never knew Dolly
Without you, Dolly
Life was awfully flat
And more than that
Was awfully wrong
Dolly:
Here's my hat, Horace!
I'm staying where I'm at, Horace!
Dolly will never go away...
Horace:
Wonderful woman!
Both:
Again. . .
Townspeople:
Put on you Sunday clothes
When you feel dawn and out
Strut down the street and have your picture took
Dressed like a dream your spirits seem to turn about
That Sunday shine is a certain sign
That you feel as fine as you look!
Take the someone whose arms you're in
Hold onto her tight and spin
And one two three, one two three, one two three
Look!
Cornelius:
I held her
For an instant
But my arms felt sure and strong
ALL:
It only takes a moment
To be loved a whole life long...
Men:
Yes, it takes a woman
A dainty woman
A sweetheart, a mistress, a wife
Oh yes, It takes a woman
A fragile woman
To bring you the sweet things
In life!
All:
Well, well, hello, Dolly!
Well, hello, Dolly!
It' so nice to have you back
Where you belong
You're looking swell, Dolly!
We can tell, Dolly!
You're still glowin'
You're still crowin'
You're still goin' strong
You'll see the crowd swayin'
For the band's playin'
One of your old favorite songs
From way back when
Dolly
Wow, wow, wow, fellas
Look at the old girl now, fellas!
Chorus
Dolly, you'll never go away
Dolly, you'll never go away
Dolly, you'll never go away
Again!
Alarm goes off at seven
And you start uptown
You put in your eight hours
For the powers that have always been
Till it's five P.M
Then You go
Downtown
Where the folks are broke
Downtown
Where your life's a joke
Downtown
When you buy your token
You go
Home to skid row
Yes, you go
Downtown
Where the cabs don't stop
Downtown
Where the food is slop
Downtown
Where the hop-heads flop
In the snow
Down on Skid Row
Uptown you cater to a million jerks
Uptown you're messengers and
Mailroom clerks
Eating all your lunches at the
Hot dog carts
The bosses take your money
And they break your hearts
Uptown you cater to a million whores
You disinfect terrazzo on their
Bathroom floors
Your morning's tribulation
Afternoon's a curse
And five o'clock is even worse
That's when you go
Downtown
Where the guys are drips
Downtown
Where they rip your slips
Downtown
Where relationships are no go
Down on skid row
Down on skid row
Down on skid row
Down on skid row
Down on skid row
Down on skid row
Down on skid row
Down on skid row
Poor! All my life I've always been poor
I keep asking God what I'm for
And he tells me "Gee, I'm not sure
Sweep that floor, kid."
Oh, I started life as an orphan
A child of the street
Here on skid row
He took me in, gave me shelter, a bed
Crust of bread and a job
Treats me like dirt, calls me a slob
Which I am
So I live
Downtown
That's your home address
Ya live Downtown
When your life's a mess
Ya live Downtown
Where depression's just
Status Quo
Down on skid row
Someone show me a way to get
Outta here
'Cause I constantly pray I'll get
Outta here
Please, won't somebody say I'll get
Outta here
Someone gimme my shot or I'll
Rot here
Downtown
There's no rules for us
Downtown
'Cause it's dangerous
Downtown
Where the rainbow's jus a no-show
Downtown
Where the sun don't shine
Downtown
Past the bottom line
Downtown
Go ask any wino, he'll know
I'll do I dunno what to get outta skid
Downtown
But a hell of a lot to get outta skid
Downtown
People tell me there's not a way outta skid
Downtown
But believe me I gotta get outta skid
All my life it seemed
that something had been missing
i didn’t know what to do
days would pass me by
each as lonely as the other
until I met you
you opened the door
and let the sunshine in
my life will never be the same again
[chorus]
Now that I have you
everything just seems so right
now that I have you I’m alive
you are the song that I’ll be
singing my whole life through
i’m living in a brighter world
now that I have you
looking ahead I see
the two of us together
i’ll never let you go
you’re so dear to me
and it isn’t any wonder
why I love you so
you opened the door
and let the sunshine in
my life will never be the same again
[chorus]
Now that I have you
everything just seems so right
now that I have you I’m alive
you are the song that I’ll be
singing my whole life through
i’m living in a brighter world
now that I have …you
[bridge]
I feel this love is real
i see it in your eyes
you take my hand and I understand
you are mine
You are mine
[chorus]
Now that I have you
everything just seems so right
now that I have you I’m alive
you are the song that I’ll be
singing my whole life through
i’m living in a brighter world
now that I have
(Now that I have you everything just seems so right)
i’m living in a brighter world
May sikreto akong sasabihin sa 'yo
Mayroong nangyaring hindi mo alam
Ito'y isang lihim itinagong kay tagal
Muntik na kitang minahal
'Di ko noon nakayang ipadama sa 'yo
Ang nararamdaman ng pusong ito
At hanggang ngayon ay naaalala pa
Muntik na kitang minahal
Refrain:
Ngayon ay aaminin ko na
Na sana nga'y tayong dalawa
Bawa't tanong mo'y iniwasan ko
Akala ang pag-ibig mo'y 'di totoo
'Di ko alam kung anong nangyari
Damdamin ko sa 'yo'y hindi ko nasabi
Hanggang ang puso mo'y napagod
Sa paghihintay kay tagal
Saka ko lang naisip muntik na kitang minahal
'Di ko noon nakayang ipadama sa 'yo
Ang nararamdaman ng pusong ito
At hanggang ngayon ay naaalala pa
Muntik na kitang minahal
Refrain:
Ngayon ay aaminin ko na
Na sana nga'y tayong dalawa
Bawa't tanong mo'y iniwasan ko
Akala ang pag-ibig mo'y 'di totoo
'Di ko alam kung anong nangyari
Damdamin ko sa 'yo'y hindi ko nasabi
Hanggang ang puso mo'y napagod
Sa paghihintay kay tagal
Saka ko lang naisip
Muntik na kitang minahal
Hanggang ang puso mo'y napagod
Sa paghihintay kay tagal
Saka ko lang naisip
Go, go, go, Joseph
Go, go, go, Joseph
Jacob, Jacob and sons
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
Jacob, Jacob and sons
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
Jacob, Jacob and sons
Jacob, Jacob and sons
Jacob, Jacob and sons
Jacob, Jacob and sons
Jacob, Jacob, Jacob
Jacob and sons
Red, yellow, green, brown
Scarlet, black, ocher, peach
Ruby, olive, violet, fawn
He looks handsome, he looks smart
He is a walking work of art
In my dazzling coat of many colors
How I love my coat of many colors
It was red, yellow, green, brown
Scarlet, black, ocher, peach, ruby
Olive, violet, fawn, lilac, gold
Chocolate, mauve
Cream and crimson and silver
And rose and azure and lemon
And russet and gray and purple
And white and pink and orange
And blue
There's one more angel in heaven
There's one more star in the sky
Joseph, we'll never forget you
It's tough but we're gonna get by
There's one more angel in heaven
There's one more star in the sky
Joseph, the things that you stood for
Like truth and light never die
Go, go, go, Joseph
You know what they say
Hang on now Joseph
You'll make it some day
Sha la la Joseph, you're doing fine
You and your dream coat
Ahead of your time
Go, go, go, Joseph
You know what they say
Hang on now Joseph
You'll make it some day
Sha la la Joseph, you're doing fine
You and your dream coat
Ahead of your time
Go, go, go, Joseph
You know what they say
Hang on now Joseph
You'll make it some day
Sha la la Joseph, you're doing fine
You and your dream coat
Ahead of your time
A Pharaoh's story
A Pharaoh's story
A Pharaoh's story
A Pharaoh's story
Strange as it seems
There's been a run of crazy dreams
And a man who can interpret
Could go far
Could become a star
Could be famous
Could be a big success
Could be famous
Could be a big success
Could become a star
Could be famous
Could be a big success
Could be famous
Could be a big success
Joseph, Pharaoh's number two
Joseph, Egypt looks to you
Joseph, Pharaoh's number two
Joseph, Egypt looks to you
Joseph
Well I was wanderin'
Along by the banks of the river
When seven fat cows
Came up out of the Nile
Uh huh, oh yeah
And right behind these
Fine healthy animals came
Seven other cows skinny and vile
Uh huh, oh yeah
Well the thin cows ate
The fat cows which I
Thought would do them good
Uh huh, oh yeah
But it didn't make them fatter
Like such a monster supper should
Well the thin cows were as thin
As they had ever, ever, ever, ever been
This dream has got me baffled
Hey, Joseph, what does it mean?
Well, you know that kings ain't stupid
But I don't have a clue
Don't be cruel, Joseph
Help me now, I beg of you
So back in Canaan
The future looked rough
Jacob's family was
Finding it tough
For the famine has
Caught us unprepared
We are thin, we are ill
We are getting scared
It's enough to make anyone weep
We are down to our very last sheep
We will starve if we hang around here
And in Egypt there's food going spare
They've got corn, they've got meat
They've got fruit and drinks
And if we have the time
We could see the Sphinx
So they finally decided to go
Here we go
Off to Egypt to see brother Jo
Oh no, not he
How you can accuse him, is a mystery
Save him, take me
Benjamin is straighter
Than the tall palm tree
Oh yes, it's true
Benjamin is straighter
Than the big bamboo
No' Ifs', no 'Buts'
Benjamin is honest
As coconuts, la la la
Oh no, not he
How you can accuse him, is a mystery
Save him, take me
Benjamin is straighter
Than the tall palm tree
So Jacob came to Egypt
No longer feeling old
And Joseph came to meet him
In his chariot of the gold, of gold, of gold
Give me my colored coat
My amazing colored coat
Give me my colored coat
[Incomprehensible]
Farewell, farewell
Godspeed, Titanic
From your berth glide free
As you plough the deep
In your arms I'll keep
Safely west may you carry me
Sail on, sail on
Great ship, Titanic
Cross the open sea
Pray the journey's sound
Till your port be found
Fortune's winds sing Godspeed to Thee