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A Change of Life (Live)
Lyrics
I do work hard, and honestly, I don't know what's wrong
I somehow seem to have lost the reality of the reality
No, not, suddenly, I can't go on
God, I've been an actress a long time, I've always seen things clearly, but -
Talk to me, come on
What is driving this woman to
Do the things that we all need her to do?
Where's her sense of humor and fun?
All she does is look through veils at everyone
She has no goals, no sense of loss
Or desire for contentment
She is very
Alien to me
Pray say something that makes sense
Do you expect to be funny in this scene?
It has to make sense
This woman you're playing
Is as helpless as you are and as helpless as I am
She has no weapons
She wants to fall in love, but a time has passed her by
And that simple is too late
You understand that part of it, don't you?
What is it you feel this play doesn't express?
Hope
Tell me, Myrtle, how old are you?
You must know how it feels to be without
All the weapons granted in youth
That are gone after the silent disarmament
38 or more 42?
Tell me, Myrtle, how old are you?
It matters
You understand
It must all make sense
Tell me
Where would you like to be funny?
Where Maurice beats you?
Perhaps I can write you a funny line
Yeah, would you, please?
It has to make sense
This woman is like all women
She seeks immortality
She doesn't know how
She's flesh without soul
You know what I mean
A monument to mediocrity
She's so middle class
She's pitiful, it's great for the play
She's not even a housewife
Bitter at the prospect of failing at everything that is important to her as a woman
She's not even a housewife
That's going a bit too far
Yeah, can we please just keep it on the level? (All right, all right)
Anyway she's too old for kids
Blindly throwing herself away into the danger
She says I'm stifling, what does that mean?
It just means she's having a change of life
When she's drunk, what does that mean?
It means she is having a change
A change of life
Tell me, Sarah
Tell me do
This woman is who?
Tell me, Sarah
Tell me do
Is this woman you?
No! (No)
She's having a change (uh-huh)
I've had mine already
A change of life!
You wanna be young again, huh? Is that it?
What does that mean?
Why don't you answer? Why don't you say, "I'm sorry"? Huh?
You want, you wanna be free, is that what you want?
You wanna destroy me, is that what you want?
You wanna suck the life out of everything, is that what you want?
You wanna bury me, is that what you want?
Bam, bam, bam
You gotta stop thinking about it and just do it, all right?
Uh, Leo, let's take it from the top and run the lines first
All right, you heard him, let's run the lines from the top
Act one, scene one