Madman! (The Strange Events of Curdlequick Falls: the Musical)
TOWNSPEOPLE:
MADMAN! MADMAN!
HE WILL FIND YOU
MADMAN! MADMAN!
HE WILL NOT SPARE YOU
MADMAN! MADMAN!
HE WILL FIND YOU IN THE NIGHT
UNTIL YOU SEE THE HEAVENS LIGHT.
OLIVIA:
HE’S UP THERE ALL ALONE AT NIGHT
THESE BITTER MEANINGS GIVE ME NEVERENDING FRIGHT
WHAT’S HE DOING, I WILL NEVER TELL
THE WAY HE LOOKS AT ME MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I’M IN HELL
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OLIVIA:
HE KNOWS WHEN YOU ARE STARING
HE KNOWS WHEN YOU TURN AWAY
HEED MY WARNING AND DO NOT LOOK UPON HIS FACE
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OLIVIA:
HE GIVES YOU A LOOK
WITH HIS DARK BROWN EYES
IT MAKES ME FEEL
LIKE I WILL NEVER SEE THE LIGHT
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OLIVIA:
WHEN YOU LOOK, HE TURNS AWAY
WHY CAN’T I FEEL THE LIGHT OF DAY?
THERE IS A PROBLEM I CANNOT SEE
WHY DOES HIS HEART MAKE ME WANT TO SCREAM?
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TOWNSPEOPLE AND OLIVIA:
HE KNOWS WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING
HE KNOWS WHEN YOU WILL STARE
TRYING TO SOLVE HIS PROBLEMS
GO NEAR HIM IF YE DARE.
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WHEN HE COMES FOR YOU, BE SURE TO LOCK YOUR DOOR
THEN RUN THROUGH THE HALLS AND HIDE BENEATH THE FLOOR
HE WILL NOT REST UNTIL HE KNOWS THAT YOU ARE DEAD
AND THERE IS NO WAY TO STOP HIM FROM DISCOVERING
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BE PREPARED TO FRET MY DEAR, THERE IS NO WAY THAT HE IS STOPPING NOW
NOW THAT HE IS ON HIS WAY
SOME PEOPLE ARE FLEEING THE STREETS NOW, THERE’S NOWHERE ON EARTH YOU CAN
HIDE
THERE’S NOT A PLACE YOU ARE SAFE, NOT EVEN INSIDE.
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Copyright © Daniel Mcgraw | Year Posted 2010
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