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!
Copyright © Daniel Mcgraw | Year Posted 2010
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