(Thanks to
the the background vocals by
user Kristen Ryan)
Un deu trois quatre
Cinq si sept huit neuf
Good! Un deu trois quatre
Cinq si sept huit neuf
Sept huit neuf
Sept huit neuf
One two three four five
si seven eight nine!
And there you are, an ocean away
Do you have to live an ocean away?
Thoughts of you subside
Then I get another letter
I cannot put the notion away…
Take a break
There’s a little surprise before supper
And it cannot wait
Ale ander
Your son is nine years old today
He Has something he’d like to say
He’s been practicing all day
Philip, take it away
Take a break
Run away with us for the summer
Let’s go upstate
We can all go stay with my father
There’s a lake I know…
In a nearby park
You and I can go when
the night gets dark…
My dearest Ale ander
You must get through to Jefferson
Sit down with him and compromise
Don’t stop ‘til you agree
Your fav’rite older sister
Angelica, reminds you
There’s someone in your corner
all the way across the sea
In a letter I received
from you two weeks ago I
noticed a comma in
the middle of a phrase
It changed the meaning.
Did you intend this?
One stroke and you’ve
consumed my waking days
It says:“My dearest Angelica
With a comma after “dearest.
You’ve written “My dearest,
Angelica.
Anyway, all this to say
I’m coming home this summer
At my sister’s invitation
I’ll be there with your fam’ly
If you make your way upstate
I know you’re very busy
I know your work’s important
But I’m crossing the ocean
and I just can’t wait
You won’t be an ocean away
You will only be a moment away…
Ale ander, come downstairs.
Angelica’s arriving today!
Angelica!
Eliza!
Ale ander
It’s good to see your face
Angelica, tell this man John Adams
spends the summer with his family
…you’re not joining us? Wait
Ale ander, I came all this way
She came all this way
All this way
Take a break
Run away with us for the summer
Let’s go upstate
We can all go stay with our father
There’s a lake I know
(I know I’ll miss your face)
In a nearby park
Screw your courage to the sticking place
You and I can go
(Eliza’s right)
Take a break
and get away
(Run away with us for the summer)
Let’s go upstate
Where we can stay
(We can all go stay with our father)
(If you take your time)
Look around, look around
(YOU WILL MAKE YOUR MARK)
At how lucky we are
(CLOSE YOU EYES AND DREAM)
to be alive right now
We can go
When the night gets dark
Take a break.
