Finale

2006 Off-Broadway
Gutenberg! the Musical - Finale Lyrics


The song is written by Scott Brown and Anthony King.

BUD: (spoken)
The cast joins hands
And walks to the edge of the stage

DOUG (as Young Monk): (spoken)
Gutenberg’s death did not stop his dream

BUD (as Daughter): (spoken)
His printing press was rebuilt
And used to print many things

DOUG (as Drunk 1): (spoken)
Like the Gutenberg Bible

BUD (as Woman 1): (spoken)
As well as the very programs
You hold in your hands

DOUG (as Young Monk): (spoken)
But Gutenberg’s dream of universal literacy...
Remains unrealized

BUD (as Drunk 2): (spoken)
Many people still do not know how to read

DOUG (as Black Narrator): (spoken)
And we’re not just talkin’ about children
And blind people

BUD (as Flower Girl): (spoken)
Statistics tell us
That more than half the people in this room
Cannot read

DOUG (as... Um... Someone): (spoken)
The struggle continues

BUD (as Monk): (spoken)
That’s why the story of Gutenberg
Is an inspiration for us all

DOUG (as Johan Gutenberg): (spoken)
Cause it’s not just the success that matters
It’s the dream

(no longer in character)

Hi
We’re the authors of this musical
I wrote the book

BUD: (spoken)
And I wrote the music

BOTH: (spoken)
And we both wrote the lyrics

DOUG: (spoken)
We wrote ourselves into the finale of the show
Because, like Gutenberg
We have dreams too

BUD: (spoken)
And while the printing press may not have solved
All the world’s problems...

DOUG: (spoken)
The Holocaust happened!

BUD: (spoken)
...we hope the story of the printing press
Did impress upon all of you
The power of our dreams

DOUG:
Life can be cruel and kinda cold

BUD:
And often, no one’s there
To hold you when you cry

DOUG:
So those who hope must close their eyes

BUD:
And trust a better future lies-

BOTH:
-in dreams

Where our little lives are rounded
With a sleep
And while the emptiness within us
May be deep
We’ll get our fill
While hopeless millions hunger still

We eat dreams

BUD:
We eat dreams

DOUG:
I eat them too

BUD:
We eat dreams

DOUG:
I eat them too

BUD:
We eat dreams

DOUG: (spoken)
We all eat dreams, don’t we?
C’mon
Look at the person sitting next to you
They eat just as many dreams as you do
They’re delicious!
So don’t just sit there
We want you to sing along with us
We’re going to sing “we eat dreams”
And we want you to sing “we eat them too”
Okay?
Here we go!

BOTH:
We eat dreams
We eat them-

BUD:
-too

DOUG: (spoken) (overlapping)
C’mon everybody!

BOTH:
We eat dreams
We eat them-

BUD:
-too

DOUG: (spoken) (overlapping)
Okay, now just the guys

BOTH:
We eat dreams

(as Young Monk and Boot Plaque)
We eat-

BUD: (as Boot Plaque)
-them too

DOUG: (spoken) (overlapping)
Oh, come on guys
You can do better than that!

BUD:
We eat dreams

DOUG: (spoken) (overlapping)
Okay, now just the girls!

BOTH: (as Daughter & Woman 2)
We eat-

BOTH:
We eat dreams
We eat them-

BUD:
-them too

DOUG: (spoken) (overlapping)
Good! Okay, now just Broadway producers!

BUD:
We-

BOTH:
-eat dreams

FAMOUS BROADWAY PRODUCER:
I eat them too

DOUG: (spoken)
Oh my god!

FAMOUS BROADWAY PRODUCER:
I eat them too

(spoken)
Bud, Doug
This show is fantastic!
I don’t need to hear another note!
I’m a famous Broadway producer
And I hold in my hands a Broadway contract

BUD: (spoken)
Yes!

FAMOUS BROADWAY PRODUCER: (spoken)
Congratulations, Bud and Doug
You’ve got your show!

ALL THREE:
Where our little lives are rounded
With a sleep
And while the emptiness within us
May be deep
We’ll get our fill
While hopeless millions hunger still

We eat dreams

BUD AND DOUG:
We eat... dreams



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Gutenberg! the Musical Lyrics

PLOT
Prologue/Schlimmer
I Can't Read
Haunted German Wood
The Press Song
I Can't Read (Reprise)
Biscuits
What's The Word?
Stop The Press
Tomorrow Is Tonight
Second Prologue
Words, Words, Words
Monk With Me
Might As Well (Go To Hell)
Festival!
Finale