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[khaosworks]

Is Anybody There?
Music and Lyrics by Sherman Edwards
(from the musical "1776")

Is anybody there?
Does anybody care?
Does anybody see what I see?

They want to me to quit; they say
John, give up the fight
Still to England I say
Good night, forever, good night!
For I have crossed the Rubicon
Let the bridge be burned behind me
Come what may, come what may

Commitment!

The croakers all say we'll rue the day
There'll be hell to pay in fiery purgatory
Through all the gloom, through all the gloom
I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory!

Is anybody there? Does anybody care?
Does anybody see what I see?

I see fireworks! I see the pageant and
Pomp and parade
I hear the bells ringing out
I hear the cannons roar
I see Americans - all Americans
Free forever more

How quiet, how quiet the chamber is
How silent, how silent the chamber is

Is anybody there? Does anybody care?
Does anybody see what I see?

Happy 4th of July to my American friends.

Comments

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Thank you, dearie.

Soon you'll be here too. I've always believed, not least as the child of immigrants and in the face of perpetual anti-immigrant sentiment, that people who come to the US are just as American as those born here and have a particular specialness because they chose this country. So, happy Fourth of July to you too.

[xanthe42.livejournal.com]

i love you KhaOS!
i was thinking of this song this weekend too
which immediately segued into:
"but i have an aunt in New Brunswick!"
"tell her to keep up the good work!"
and:
"not everybody's from Boston, John"