The Big Black Giant Lyrics

1953 Broadway
Me and Juliet the Musical - The Big Black Giant Lyrics

The song is written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.

LARRY:
The water in a river is changed every day
As it flows from the hills to the sea,
But to people on the shore,
The river is the same,
Or at least, it appears to be.

The audience in a theatre
Is changed every night,
As a show runs along on its way,
But to people on the stage,
The audience looks the same,
Every night, every matinee.

A big black giant who looks and listens
With thousands of eyes and ears,
A big black mass of love and pity
And troubles and hopes and fears,
And every night the mixture's different,
Altho' it may look the same.
To feel his way with every mixture
Is part of the actor's game.

One night it's a laughing giant;
Another night a weeping giant.
One night it's a coughing giant;
Another night a sleeping giant.

Every night you fight the giant
And maybe if you win,
You send him out a nicer giant,
Than he was when he came in...

But if he doesn't like you,
Then all you can do is to pack
Up your make-up and go.
For an actor in a flop,
There isn't any choice,
But to look for another show.

That big black giant who looks and
Listens with thousands of eyes and ears,
That big black mass of love and pity
And troubles and hopes and fears
Will sit out there and rule your life for
All of your living years.

Me and Juliet the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
A Very Special Day
That's the Way It Happens
Marriage Type Love
Keep It Gay
No Other Love
The Big Black Giant
It's Me
It Feels Good
We Deserve Each Other
I'm Your Girl