Jason Robert Brown

BROOKS
Daddy bought a store out in Pittsburgh
And he called his boss and quit
And we tried to convince him the risk was too much
But he still was convinced of his own Midas Touch
So he bought this piece of shit

I packed up and went off to Princeton
With a scholarship in hand
And I’d call up my folks every weekend or so
And I’d tell them how college was helping me grow
Which was just what they had planned
And then I met this girl named Amy
With a smile as bright as day
And while the Pirates beat the Orioles
We fell in love and danced the night away

ANDREA & ENSEMBLE
Tomorrow we’ll be free, my love
We’ll never be afraid

BROOKS
And we were dancing
The world was dancing
Dancing

Daddy lost his shirt out in Pittsburgh
As my sophomore year rolled round
He had hired some schmuck that he knew from the war
And one weekend he left him in charge of the store
And he burned it to the ground
And then I met this girl named Lisa
On a couch at Alpha Mu
But then she transferred to Macalester
So it’s just as well that Amy never knew.

ANDREA & ENSEMBLE
Tomorrow we’ll be free, my love
We’ll never be afraid

BROOKS
And we were dancing
The world was dancing
Dancing…

ENSEMBLE
La la la … etc.

BROOKS
Daddy got his job back that summer,
So he hid his pride and pain,
And they threw him a party and baked him a cake,
And they sent me a ticket to come winter break,
But I guess I missed the plane.
And since I’d spent so long with Amy,
We got ourselves engaged,
And then I thought, “I can’t – this can’t be right,
‘Cause dreams get burned down overnight.”
I wasn’t quite prepared to choose
To take the risk and maybe lose
And since I couldn’t tell her why,
I hit the road and never said goodbye.

ANDREA
Tomorrow you’ll be here, my love
Tomorrow we’ll be one
Tomorrow we can follow through
On all that we’ve begun

BROOKS & ANDREA
Tomorrow we’ll be free, my love
We’ll never be…

ANDREA
Afraid…