Trilogy-Past Present & Future

[alto solo by beverly jenkins] (chorus)

[gonna find me a gypsy and get my fortune told,]
[i'm gonna find me a gypsy and get my fortune told.]
[i'm gonna say please, missus gypsy, tell me what the future will hold.]
(hurry your deck of cards and your crystal ball)
(for there you will see that you will pray for light)
(the future will almost certainly be whatever you want it to be,)
(but with rockets and picks, from music and jetsam)
(there's no butt that you can push, and push,)
(let your imagination burst into flame)
(and it will let you do whatever you damn well to do, do,do).

Given a choice i would choose to have a magic wand that i could use,
To draw a melody, from that enchanted blade of grass
And cheese and wood and wind and sea.
I would stand there, dig a grave, and quietly say,
Ladies and gentlemen, play for me, play for me.
(and the orchestra plays a beautiful melody)

(chorus), <frank and chorus> [soprano solo by diana lee], "narration by jerry whitman"

My name is francis albert (francis albert sinatra)
And i sing love songs mostly after dark, mostly in salons.
I've had some very good years.
I haven't missed a whole lot in those firecracker years,
And i don't want to miss a thing when the future appears.
I like to sit outside on a summer night with a drink in my hand.
And a little moonlit music on the stereo, and look at the stars.
Then i get an urge to travel to that fabulous sky,
If they can do it in the movies, why can't i?
"seats are now available on the satellite special",
"leaving for mercury and venus, pluto, saturn, neptune."
What time is the next miracle, i want to be on board,
Save me a seat by the window where i can see
All those marvelous things to be seen out there.
(the things to be seen out there, all there)
What time does the next miracle leave?
Let's get this show on the road,
And when the satellite tours begin,
Count me in, <count me in , count me in>
<count me in, count me in , count me in>
<count me in, count me in , count me in>
"ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one."
(musical interlude)
When i arrive at venus, it will surely be spring,
And the girl i have waited for, will be waiting for me,
And she'll dance with me all the afternoon,
Comfort me when the darkness falls,
And she'll still be there in the morning when i need her the most.
Maybe when i get to venus, i will never be lonely again.
"the satellite special leaving for jupiter, saturn,"
"neptune, jupiter, saturn," (jupiter, saturn)
Jupiter makes with the rain, saturn makes with the crop,
A nicer trade was never made, and hopefully never stops.
If saturn's fields are dry, jupiter won't stay fat,
So jupiter leaves its fortunes on and <bets its ass>
"next stop, pluto where the devils dwell, hahahahahahaha"
Pluto is a rotten place an evil place they got in space,
It's hades (it's hades) filled with rats for self-defense,
A sordid flock of cr

<instrumental intro>

Song sung blue, everybody knows one
Song sung blue, every garden grows one
Me and you are subject to the blues now and then
But when ya take the blues and make a song
Ya sing 'em out again

Song sung blue, weepin' like a willow
Song sung blue, sleepin' on my pillow
Funny thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice
And before you know, it starts to feelin' good
Ya simply got no choice

(song sung blue), everybody knows one
(song sung blue), every garden grows one
Me and you are subject to the blues now and then
But when ya take the blues and make a song
Ya sing 'em out again

(song sung blue), weepin' like a willow
(song sung blue), sleepin' on my pillow
Funny thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice
And before you know, it starts to feelin' good
Ya simply got no choice

<instrumental> mixed with backups' (song sung blue)

Fade

Writer(s): gershwin/gershwin


They're writing songs of love - but not for me
A lucky star's above - but not for me
With love to lead the way
I've found more clouds of gray
Than any russian play - can guarantee

I was a fool to fall - and get this way
Ah ho alas and awe - so lackaday
Although i can't dismiss
The memory of her kiss
I guess she's not - she's not for me

Old man sunshine - listen you
Never tell me dreams come true
Just try it - and all start a riot

Beatrice fairfax don't you dare
Ever tell me she will care
I'm certain - it's the final curtain

I never want to here from any cheerful polly-anna's
Who tell you fate supplies a mate - it's all bananas

It all began so well - but what an end
This is the time - a fellow needs a friend
When every happy plot
Ends with a marriage knot
And there's no knot, no (k)not for me

Writer(s): kahn/jones


Why do i do, just as you say
Why must i just, give you your way
Why do i sigh, why don't i try - to forget

It must have been, that something lovers call fate
Kept me saying: "i have to wait"
I saw them all, just couldn't fall - 'til we met

It had to be you, it had to be you
I wandered around, and finally found - the somebody who
Could make me be true, and could make me be blue
And even be glad, just to be sad - thinking of you

Some others i've seen, might never be mean
Might never be cross, or try to be boss
But they wouldn't do
For nobody else, gave me a thrill - with all your faults, i love you still
It had to be you, wonderful you
It had to be you

Writer(s): irving berlin


There may be trouble ahead
But while there's music and moonlight (moonlight and music) and love and romance
Let's face the music and dance

Before the fiddlers have fled
Before they ask us to pay the bill, and while we still have that chance
Let's face the music and dance

Soon, we'll be without the moon
Humming a different tune - and then...

There may be teardrops to shed
So (but) while there's music and moonlight (moonlight and music) and love and romance
(let's face the music and dance, dance)
(let's face the music - let's here that music)
Let's face the music and dance

Writer(s): gordon/warren


I had the craziest dream, last night - yes i did
I never dreamed it could be
Yet there you were - in love with me

I found (saw) your lips next (close) to mine - so i kissed you (them)
And you didn't mind it at all
When i'm awake, such a break never happens
How long can i guy go on dreaming

If there's a chance that you care
Then please say that you do
Say it and make my craziest dream come true

Writer(s): young


Love laughs at a king
Kings don't mean a thing
On the street of dreams

Dreams broken in two
Can be made like new
On the street of dreams

Gold, silver and gold
All you can hold
Is up there on a moonbeam
Poor, there ain't nobody poor
As long as love is sure
On the street of dreams

<jazz tempo to start>

Don't go changin' just to try to please me
You never let me down before
And don't imagine you're too familiar
And i don't see you anymore

I would not leave you in times of trouble
We could have never come this far
I took the good times, i'll take the bad times
I'll take you any way you are

I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that i knew
What will it take until you believe in me
The way that i believe in you?

I said "i love you", and that's forever
And this i promise from my heart
I could not love you, love you any better
I love you just the way you are

<instrumental>

<slower with lush strings>
I don't want clever, clever conversation
I never want to work that hard
I just want someone that i can talk to
I want you just the way you are

<instrumental to end>

Where i live in the desert, it's so peaceful and warm.
And the cares of the world drift by, like clouds reflected in a quiet pool
But there always comes a time, when a man has to think of the future,
(war, war, war!) has to think of his children, (war, war, war!)
And the world they will live in (war, war, war, war!),
I'm not sure if i can do anything to help them, but i can try, i can try.
Time to build us a fire, seven hundred feet high,
We can fashion a fire (fire) that will reach the sky (reach the sky)
We can feed the flames with the unkind deeds we've done (with the fire),
'cause we've got to get ready, for world war none.
(what we want is to burn our sins in a sort of furnace,)
(we'll be stoking the fire with the lies we know)
All our false suspicions we can burn them one by one
That will help us get ready for world war none.
(a little love is more effective than a rifle,)
(a little faith will take you farther than it can)
(the rule we follow is the one forever spoken)
(they haven't got the truth on their lips).
Keep on feeding the fire, till the fire is hot,
With those un-neighborly feelings we deny we've got.
Keep on trying for peace, until that peace is won.
Then you're practically ready for world war none.
(a whispered word or touch is louder than a bugle)
(a silent prayer is so much stronger than a sword,)
(and the bombs that can't replace the stained glass window)
For which we should thank the good lord, thank the good lord)
(thank you, thank you, thank you)
If we cherish our fire (if we cherish our fire)
It could possibly be (it could possibly be),
Bright enough to be seen, (bright enough to be seen)
Far across the sea (far across the sea),
When those other countries (when those other countries)
<see> what we have done (what we've done)
Maybe they'll help us get ready (get ready, get ready)
<for world war none.>
(world war none!)

Don't look so sad, i know it's over
But life goes on and this old world will keep on a-turnin'
Let's just be glad we had some time to spend together
There's no need to watch the bridges that we're burning

{lay your head upon my pillow}
{hold your warm and tender body close to mine}
Hear the whisper of the raindrops flowing soft against the window
And make believe you love me one more time
For the good times

I'll get along, you'll find another
And i'll be here if you should find you ever need me
Don't say a word about tomorrow or forever
There'll be time enough for sadness when you leave me

{lay your head upon my pillow}
{hold your warm and tender body close to mine}
Hear the whisper of the raindrops flowing soft against the window
And make believe you love me one more time
For the good times

(for the good times)

{for the good times}

{for the good times}
Note: lyrics inside { } are sung by both frank and eileen. one line inside ( ) is by eileen only.