Epilogue

Broadway
Caroline, or Change the Musical - Epilogue Lyrics

MOON:
Mornin, morning in the air,
Silver sparkle on the green.
World awaken to prepare
For the consequence unforeseen?

EMMIE:
Just one last thing left unsaid:
Who was there when that statue fell?
Who knows where they put his head?
That ole copper nightmare man?
Who can say what happened that night at the courthouse?
I can.

I was there that night; I saw,
I watched it topple like a tree.
We were scared to death to break the law!
Scared we'd fail, scared of jail.
But still we stayed?

And I said
Statue, statue, you are through!
Statue answer: well who are you?
I said: Evil, you got to go!
Evil answer: who says so?
I say
Emmie
Emmie Thibodeaux!

I'm the daughter of a maid,
In her uniform, crisp and clean!
Nothing can ever make me afraid!
You can't hold on, you nightmare men,
Your time is past now one your way
Get gone and never come again!
For change come fast and change come slow,
But everything changes!
And you got to go!
Shout, shout, Devil on out!

JACKIE AND JOE:
Shh!
Mama sleepin, she work all day,
Don't wake mama, let her sleep.
Let her dreamt ill the morning come.
She been workin hard?

EMMIE:
I'm the daughter of a maid.
She stands alone where the harsh winds blow:
Salting the earth so nothing grow
Too close; but still her strong blood flow?
Underground through hidden veins,
Down from storm clouds when it rains,
Down the pains, down the high plateaus,
Down to the Gulf of Mexico.
Down to Larry and Emmie and Jackie and Joe.
The children of Caroline Thibodeaux.

Caroline, or Change the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
16 Feet Beneath The Sea
The Radio
Laundry Quintet
Noah Down The Stairs
The Cigarette
Laundry Finish
The Dryer
I Got Four Kids
Caroline, There's Extra Food
There Is No God, Noah
Rose Stopnick Can Cook
Long Distance
Dotty and Caroline
Moon Change
Moon Trio
The Bus
That Can't Be
Noah and Rose
Inside / Outside
JFK
No One Waitin
Night Mamma
Gonna Pass Me A Law
Noah, Go To Sleep
Noah Has A Problem
Stuart and Noah
Quarter In The Bleach Cup
Caroline Takes My Money Home
Roosevelt Petrucius Coleslaw
Santa Comin' Caroline
Little Reward
1943
Mr. Gellman's Shirt
Ooh Child
Rose Recovers
I Saw Three Ships
The Chanukah Party
Dotty and Emmie
Mr. Stopnick and Emmie
Kitchen Fight
A Twenty Dollar Bill and Why
I Hate The Bus
Moon, Emmie and Stuart Trio
The Twenty Dollar Bill
Caroline and Noah FIght
Aftermath
Sunday Morning
Lot's Wife
Salty Teardrops
Why Does Our House Have A Basement?
Underwater
Epilogue