A Murder In the Night (The Strange Events of Curdlequick Falls: the Musical)

TOWNSPEOPLE: A MURDER IN THE NIGHT! A MURDER IN THE NIGHT! OUR VERY STREETS ARE FILLED WITH FRIGHT. MAYOR: A MURDER IN THE NIGHT! OUR TOWN IS FILLED WITH DARKNESS IS THERE NOT A LIGHT? TAX COLLECTOR: A MURDER IN THE NIGHT! IS THERE NO LOVE OR HAPPINESS? IS THERE NOT A LIGHT? IS THERE NOT A LIGHT? TOWNSPEOPLE: HELP US GOD, FOR WE HAVE SINNED HELP US THROUGH THIS TROUBLE THAT WE ARE IN A MURDER IN THE NIGHT! A MURDER IN THE NIGHT! OUR VERY STREETS ARE FILLED WITH FRIGHT. IS THERE NOT A LIGHT? IS THERE NOT A LIGHT? PRIEST: OH, DEAR GOD! HEAR MY PRAYER REACH DOWN WITH YOUR HAND, AND SEND US THE SAVIOR IS THERE NOT A WAY? IS THERE NOT A WAY? HELP US THROUGH THIS EVERLASTING DAY WILL THIS BE THE DAY, THAT JUSTICE CALLS OUR NAME? TOWNSPEOPLE: A MURDER IN THE NIGHT! THE TERROR THROUGH OUR LIVES. CAN THERE BE A WAY? THROUGH THIS EVERLASTING DAY? IS THERE A DIFFERENT WAY? TO END OUR LASTING SHAME.