This Is Not the Way (The Count: a New Musical)

DRACULA: AM I NOT TO BE HAPPY? AM I NOT TO SEE THE DAY? WHY WON’T GOD COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN TO SHOW HIS PEOPLE THE WAY? WHY IS THERE SO MUCH SIN? CAN’T THEY UNDERSTAND THE TERROR FOR THEM IN? IS IT SO HARD TO HIDE THE LIGHT? AND BRING THIS TOWN INTO EVERLASTING NIGHT. TOWNSPEOPLE: SIN! LIFE! BLOOD! LIFE! GUN! LIFE! SCREAM! KNIFE! THIS IS NOT THE WAY! THIS IS NOT THE WAY! WHY CAN’T THIS DAMNED OLD TOWN FOLLOW OUR HOLY FATHER’S WAYS? WHEN WILL THE SPIRIT SHOW US THE TROUBLE THAT WERE IN? SHED SOME LIGHT UPON US MAKE THEM REALIZE THEIR SINS! DRACULA SHED SOME BLOOD! SHED SOME PAIN! TO SHOW THEIR ONLY NAME IN VAIN MAKE THEM SEE! MAKE THEM SEE! THIS IS NOT THE WAY! TOWNSPEOPLE: SIN! HATE! BLOOD! HATE! GUN! HATE! SCREAM! FATE! THIS IS NOT THE WAY! THIS IS NOT THE WAY! WHY CAN’T THIS DAMN OLD TOWN MAKE HOLY OUR OWN NAME? WHEN WILL GOD COME DOWN AND SHOW US THE TROUBLE WE ARE IN SHED SOME TRUTH UPON US MAKE THEM REALIZE THEIR SINS!