THEY’VE ALL GONE TO LOOK FOR AMERICA (original cast recording)
Adel calls Milton Dunne two weeks after the fifth anniversary of his brother’s death.
the launch: I CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT -- it feels like my life led right to your side and will keep me there from now on
the bargain: THE DEAL (NO DEAL) -- thank god we’re so civilized and our word can be our bond
the meeting: STOP THE WORLD -- pinch yourself, tell yourself you’re just dreaming, that means he’ll forget about you
the new arrival: GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT -- stroll in, survey them; your world, they’re all invited guests
the campaign: I’M A PART OF THAT -- and then he smiles, his eyes light up and how can i complain?
the campaign ii: A SUMMER IN OHIO -- son of a bitch, i guess i’m doing something right!
the tapes: IF I DIDN’T BELIEVE IN YOU -- but i never could let that go, knowing the things about you i know
the evening: SAY IT SOMEHOW -- you know me, you are good, oh, you are good to me
the victory: YORKTOWN (THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN) -- we won, we won, we won, we won! (the world turned upside down!)
the speech: ANTHEM -- you ask me why i love her, through wars, death and despair
the administration: NON-STOP -- why do you write like it’s going out of style? write day and night like it’s going out of style?
the oval office: FOR FOREVER -- all we see is sky, for forever; let the world pass by, for forever
the affair: NOBODY NEEDS TO KNOW -- swearing to him that i never was with you, and praying i’ll hold you again
the affair ii: HEAVEN HELP MY HEART -- what i’m feeling now has no easy explanation, reason plays no part
the discovery: GOOD FOR YOU -- it would kill you to have to stay trapped when you’ve got something new
the discovery ii: BURN -- you and your words flooded my senses, your sentences left me defenseless
the aftermath: STILL HURTING -- maybe there’s somewhere a lesson to learn, but that wouldn’t change the fact
the aftermath ii: WAIT FOR IT -- if there’s a reason i’m by his side when so many have tried, i’m willing to wait for it
the reunion: ONLY US -- what if it’s us, and only us, and what came before won’t count anymore or matter?
the aftermath iii: A MIRACLE WOULD HAPPEN -- we’re gonna make it through, and nothing else will matter
the aftermath iv: SEE I’M SMILING -- with all we’ve had to go through, we’ll end up twice as strong
the photograph: ARGUMENT -- watch tv, read the papers, have the miserable time of your life
the decision: HISTORY HAS ITS EYES ON YOU -- you have no control who lives, who dies, who tells your story
the decision ii: HURRICANE -- this is the eye of the hurricane, this is the only way i can protect my legacy
the evening ii: I KNOW HIM SO WELL -- didn’t i know how it would go? if i knew from the start, why am i falling apart?
the attempt: SOMETHING BROKE -- i’ll remember it forever, and i thought, where i was, what i was doing, something just broke
the aftermath v: WITHOUT YOU -- without you, the eyes gaze, the legs walk, the lungs breathe, the mind churns
the hospital: YOU DON’T KNOW -- you don’t know, you don’t know what it’s like to live that way
the reunion ii: THE NEXT TEN MINUTES -- i will never be complete, i will never change the world, until i do
the briefing: STARS AND THE MOON -- and i looked up, and all that i could think of was the life i had dreamt i would live
the conclusion: I MISS THE MOUNTAINS -- everything is balanced here and on an even keel; everything is perfect, nothing’s real
the reunion iii: I AM THE ONE -- we’ve been fine for so long now, how could something go wrong that i can’t see?
the car: YOU AND I -- but we go on pretending stories like ours have happy endings
the reunion iv: THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH -- so long as you come home at the end of the day, that would be enough
