Adam Guettel

Statues and Stories

Adam Guettel


[Margaret]
What happened here? Well let’s see

On a central square, in a city of the Sun rose a palace
It was high and handsome gleaming like the crown of a king

[Clara]
Where would that be? Where is that?

[Margaret]
In the tower, a warning bell would ring

[Clara]
What kind of warning?

[Margaret]
For a fire, or a river overflowing

[Clara]
Oh

[Margaret]
Firenze
On a central square, the beginning of a kingdom republic

[Clara]
Is there a king; is there a queen?

[Margaret]
There were princes, painters, noblemen of logic and art

[Clara]
Firenze

[Margaret]
Leonardo

[Clara]
Leonardo

[Margaret]
Michaelangelo, the start

[Clara]
That’s a completely naked statue

[Margaret]
‘Twas a dawning day unfurling

[Clara]
From the heart
The painting of the world we know

[Clara and Margaret]
The world we know
On a central square

[Margaret]
In a city made of statues and stories

[Clara]
Go on and tell me what they mean

[Margaret]
It ignited there like a beacon coming out of the dark
You can feel it

[Clara]
You can feel it

[Margaret]
You can follow

[Clara]
You can follow

[Margaret]
The spark

[Clara]
We’re on vacation

[Margaret]
From an age to an age

[Clara]
From an age to an age

[Margaret]
In Firenze

[Clara]
In Firenze

[Margaret]
In Firenze

[Clara]
In Firenze

[Margaret]
The spark

[Clara]
The painting of

[Margaret and Clara]
The world
It started then and there and here we are
It’s a new old world to me
It’s a new old world and we are here

[Clara]
On a central square

[Margaret]
In a city made of statues and stories

[Margaret and Clara]
It ignited there like a beacon coming out of the dark

[Clara]
You can feel it

[Margaret]
You can feel it

[Clara]
You can follow

[Margaret]
You can follow

[Clara]
You can feel it

[Margaret]
You can feel it

[Clara]
You can follow

[Margaret]
You can follow the spark

[Clara]
We’re on vacation

[Margaret]
We’re on vacation

[Everyone (except Clara and Margaret)]
Ahhh

[Clara]
In Firenze

[Margaret]
In Firenze

[Clara]
In Firenze

[Margaret]
In Firenze

[Margaret]
The spark

[Clara]
The painting of

[Margaret and Clara]
The world
It started then and there and here we are
It’s a new old world to me
It’s a new old world and we are finally here