"The Answer is No"- a musical number for a play I'm writing.
Mother: What about a baker
Main There's one already up the road
Mother Or you could be a tailor
Main I don't know a thing about clothes
Mother You could have a life as a librarian And put books on the shelves
Main I'm sorry to disappoint you mother But That's for someone else
Mother I see more When people run I want to soar To places I've never seen before I'd like to live out all my dreams And if it's not what it seems Then you'll be the first to say I told you so But until that day mother The answer is no
Mother Darling you could fall Flat on your face
Main But I could also watch where I step And yep! I'm still in the race
Mother You're far too young I know what you'll go through
Main Mother it's time to shift I have a gift And one day It'll take care of you
Even when I'm awake I want to dream When people whisper I want to scream I have my voice to be heard It doesn't sound absurd And if the worst should happen I know where to go.... Until that day mother, the answer is no
Mother But don't you see...
Main Let me live my dream, mother The answer is no!