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Your Fault / Last Midnight
London Theatre Orchestra & Cast
Baker:It's because of you there's a giant in our midst and my wife is dead. Jack:BUT IT ISN'T MY FAULT, I WAS GIVEN THOSE BEANS!
YOU PERSUADED ME TO TRADE AWAY MY COW FOR BEANS! AND WITHOUT THOSE BEANS THERE'D HAVE BEEN NO STALK TO GET UP TO THE GIANT'S IN THE FIRST PLACE! Baker: WAIT A MINUTE, MAGIC BEANS FOR A COW SO OLD THAT YOU HAD TO TELL A LIE TO SELL IT WHICH YOU TOLD! WERE THEY WORTHLESS BEANS? WERE THEY OVER SOLD OH AND TELL US WHO PERSUADED YOU TO STEAL THAT GOLD Little Red Ridinghood: (to JACK) SEE, IT'S YOUR FAULT
Jack: NO! Baker: SO IT'S YOUR FAULT
Jack: NO! Little Red Ridinghood: YES, IT IS! Jack: IT'S NOT! Baker: IT'S TRUE
Jack: (to BAKER) WAIT A MINUTE... THOUGH I ONLY STOLE THE GOLD TO GET MY COW BACK FROM YOU! Little Red Ridinghood: (to BAKER) SO IT'S YOUR FAULT! Jack: YES! Baker: NO, IT ISN'T! I'D HAVE KEPT THOSE BEANS, BUT OUR HOUSE WAS CURSED (referring to WITCH) SHE MADE US GET A COW TO GET THE CURSE RED! Witch: IT'S HIS FATHER'S FAULT THAT THE CURSE GOT PLACED AND THE PLACE GOT CURSED IN THE FIRST PLACE! Little Red Ridinghood: OH, THEN IT'S HIS FAULT! Witch: SO Cinderella: IT WAS HIS FAULT... Jack: NO. Baker: YES, IT IS. IT'S HIS
Cinderella: I GUESS... Jack: WAIT A MINUTE, THOUGH... I CHOPPED DOWN THE BEANSTALK... RIGHT, THAT'S CLEAR BUT WITHOUT ANY BEANSTALK THEN WHAT'S QUEER IS HOW DID THE SECOND GIANT GET DOWN HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE (confused) SECOND PLACE... Cinderella: YES! Little Red Ridinghood: HOW Baker: HMM... Jack: WELL, WHO HAD THE OTHER BEAN Baker: THE OTHER BEAN Cinderella: THE OTHER BEAN Jack: (to BAKER) YOU POCKETED THE OTHER BEAN
Baker: I DIDN'T. YES, I DID. Little Red Ridinghood: SO, IT'S YOUR F...! Baker: NO, IT ISN'T, CAUSE I GAVE IT TO MY WIFE! Little Red Ridinghood: SO, IT'S HER F...! Baker: NO, IT ISN'T!! Cinderella: THEN WHOSE IS IT Baker: WAIT A MINUTE! (to CINDERELLA) SHE EXCHANGED THAT BEAN TO OBTAIN YOUR SHOE, SO, THE ONE WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BEAN IS YOU! Cinderella: YOU MEAN THAT OLD BEAN... THAT YOUR WIFE... OH DEAR...
(as they all look at her)
BUT I NEVER KNEW, AND SO I THREW... WELL, DON'T LOOK HERE! Little Red Ridinghood: SO, IT'S YOUR FAULT! Cinderella: BUT... Jack: SEE, IT'S HER FAULT... Cinderella: BUT... Jack: AND IT ISN'T MINE AT ALL! Baker: (to CINDERELLA) BUT WHAT Cinderella: (to JACK) WELL, IF YOU HADN'T GONE BACK UP AGAIN... Jack: WE WERE NEEDY... Cinderella: YOU WERE GREEDY! DID YOU NEED THAT HEN Jack: BUT I GOT IT FOR MY MOTHER...! Little Red Ridinghood: SO, IT'S HER FAULT THEN! Cinderella: YES, AND WHAT ABOUT THE HARP IN THE THIRD PLACE Baker: The Harp, yes! Jack: (referring to LITTLE RED RIDINGHOOD) SHE WENT AND DARED ME TO! Little Red Ridinghood: I DARED YOU TO Jack: YOU DARED ME TO! (to OTHERS) SHE SAID THAT I WAS SCARED TO. SHE DARED ME! Little Red Ridinghood: NO, I DIDN'T! Jack: SO, IT'S YOUR FAULT! Little Red Ridinghood: WAIT A MINUTE...! Cinderella: IF YOU HADN'T DARED HIM TO... Baker: (to JACK) ... AND IF YOU HAD LEFT THE HARP ALONE, Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com WE WOULDN'T BE IN THIS TROUBLE IN THE FIRST PLACE! Little Red Ridinghood: (to CINDERELLA, overlapping) WELL, IF YOU HADN'T THROWN AWAY THE BEAN IN THE FIRST PLACE...! IT WAS YOUR FAULT! Cinderella: (looking at WITCH) WELL, IF SHE HADN'T RAISED THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE...! Jack: (overlapping, to WITCH) YES, IF YOU HADN'T RAISED THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE...! Little Red Ridinghood, Baker: (to WITCH) IT WAS YOU WHO RAISED THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE...! Cinderella: (simultaneous) YOU RAISED THE BEANS IN THE FIRST PLACE! Jack: IT'S YOUR FAULT! Little Red Ridinghood, Baker, Jack, Cinderella: YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE! YOU'RE THE ONE TO BLAME! IT'S YOUR FAULT!
(WITCH stops them in their tracks)
Witch: IT'S THE LAST MIDNIGHT. IT'S THE LAST WISH IT'S THE LAST MIDNIGHT. SOON IT WILL BE BOOM...
(stamps her foot; drum)
SQUISH!
(squishes; squish sound. confronting each in turn)
TOLD A LITTLE LIE, STOLE A LITTLE GOLD, BROKE A LITTLE VOW DID YOU HAD TO GET YOUR PRINCE, HAD TO GET YOUR COW, HAVE TO GET YOUR WISH, DOESN'T MATTER HOW, ANYWAY, IT DOESN'T MATTER NOW! IT'S THE LAST MIDNIGHT. IT'S THE BOOM...
(drum)
SPLAT!
(splat sound)
NOTHING BUT A VAST MIDNIGHT EVERYBODY SMASHED FLAT! NOTHING WE CAN DO. NOT EXACTLY TRUE; WE CAN ALWAYS GIVE HER THE BOY!
(they protect JACK as she reaches for him)
NO NO, OF COURSE WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS THE BLAME, SOMEBODY TO BLAME. FINE IF THAT'S THE THING YOU ENJOY PLACING THE BLAME IF THAT'S THE AIM, GIVE ME THE BLAME... JUST GIVE ME THE BOY! Little Red Ridinghood, Cinderella: No! Witch: NO... YOU'RE SO NICE YOU'RE NOT GOOD, YOU'RE NOT BAD, YOU'RE JUST NICE. I'M NOT GOOD I'M NOT NICE I'M JUST RIGHT! I'M THE WITCH YOU'RE THE WORLD. I'M THE HITCH, I'M WHAT NO ONE BELIEVES, I'M A WITCH. YOU'RE ALL LIARS AND THIEVES LIKE HIS FATHER, LIKE HIS SON WILL BE TOO... OH, WHY BOTHER? YOU'LL JUST DO WHAT YOU DO. IT'S THE LAST MIDNIGHT. SO, GOODBYE ALL. COMING AT YOU FAST, MIDNIGHT... SOON YOU'LL SEE THE SKY FALL.
(during the following verse the WITCH scatters beans as the others scramble to pick them up)
HERE, YOU WANT ANOTHER BEAN HAVE ANOTHER BEAN. BEANS WERE MADE FOR MAKING YOU RICH! PLANT THEM AND THEY SOAR... HERE, YOU WANT SOME MORE? LISTEN TO THE ROAR; GIANTS BY THE SCORE...! OH WELL, YOU CAN BLAME ANOTHER WITCH. IT'S THE LAST MIDNIGHT, IT'S THE LAST . NOW, BEFORE IT'S PAST MIDNIGHT, I'M LEAVING YOU MY LAST CURSE;
I'M LEAVING YOU ALONE. YOU CAN TEND THE GARDEN, IT'S YOURS. SEPARATE AND ALONE, EVERYBODY DOWN ON ALL FOURS. ALRIGHT MOTHER, WHEN LOST THE BEANS AGAIN! PUNISH ME THE WAY YOU DID THEN! GIVE ME CLAWS AND A HUNCH JUST AWAY FROM THIS BUNCH AND THE GLOOM AND THE DOOM AND THE BOOM CRUNNNCH!
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