
The Soldier's Dream
Stephen Sondheim
[Fritz]
Oh my God, that soldier
[Colonel]
That lieutenant!
[Fritz]
That lieutenant is so soulful
[Claudia]
Gorgeous
[Raffael]
Dreamy
[Colonel]
Funny, you should say dreamy
You see, my soulful gorgeous lieutenant had a fascinating dream last night!
At ease, lieutenant, tell us your dream
[Lieutenant]
I was in a Café, which looks somewhat like this
Sitting next to a girl, who looks something like you
And she whispered her name
I've forgotten her name
But the name was like music
[Fritz]
Fritz!
[Lieutenant]
That was it, that was it!
And you and you were there
And you and you and you!
All wearing shrouds
[Waiter]
Shroud? Anyone, a shroud?
[Lieutenant]
And then I noticed that you'd all been dead for years
[Waiter]
A shroud, Signora?
[Lieutenant]
Except for the girl with a name like a rainbow!
[Fritz]
Fritz!
[Lieutenant]
Oh my God!
[Fritz]
Oh my God!
Oh!
[Leo]
That was it? That's the dream?
[Lieutenant]
Then my mother came in
[Paul]
Of course!
[Lieutenant]
She was holding a sheep
[Paul]
What else?
[Lieutenant]
And she said to me
[Mother]
Honey, stop dreaming!
[Lieutenant]
So I started to wake, but the girl with the name took a hold of my hand
And said
[Fritz]
Never forget me
[Lieutenant]
Though, how could I forget her when we never had met?
Then I looked in her eyes
And I thought: Oh, my God
[Fritz]
Oh my God
[Lieutenant]
It's the end of the world
There is nothing but you
I've been looking for love all my life
I've no farther to go
I want only to be with you, live with you, die with you
That much I know
Then my mother came in
[Paul]
Again?
[Lieutenant]
And I saw that the sheep was stuffed
And the sky was cloth, and the clouds were just paint
And the food was just rubber
[Claudia]
He's right! It is rubber!
[Leo]
This isn't wine, it's goddamn cherry soda!
[Raffael]
It's too bad, I was rather enjoying the brie
[Lieutenant]
Then a curtain went up, and I realized
We were all in a play, on a stage, in a theater!
[Marianne]
Who are those people?
[Leo]
What the fuck?
[Paul]
I don't know my lines!
[Lieutenant]
Then I looked in her eyes
And I thought
If it's only a play
[Fritz]
Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God!
[Lieutenant]
Still, it's given me you
[Fritz]
Oh my God
[Lieutenant]
I've been looking so long
[Fritz]
This is not what I need!
[Lieutenant]
You are all that I need!
[Fritz]
Not yet
[Lieutenant]
In my life
[Fritz]
Not now!
[Lieutenant]
Only you
[Fritz]
I don't have any room in my life!
[Lieutenant]
And me
For now
Forever
[Fritz]
For this
For you
[Lieutenant]
All I need is to be with you, live with you, die with you
[Fritz]
I've got too much to do!
[Lieutenant]
That much I know
[Fritz]
There's just not enough time!
Then I look in your eyes, and I think
Holy crap, it's the end of!
[Lieutenant]
Then a train passed through
And I suddenly knew
It was not just the end of the world
But the end of the play
And the end of my dream
[Fritz]
Oh my God!
Oh my God!




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