The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Settling Up the Score Lyrics

2012 Broadway revival
The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Settling Up the Score Lyrics

The song is written by Rupert Holmes.

Puffer:
Here to track this man in black am I,
With one clue as to the who and why!

Datchery:
I find myself
In this aggravating form and face,
Gravitating to this place,
Navigating t'wards this case!

Puffer & Datchery:
I've come to town, my ear at every door,
Half the clown, yet crafty at the core.
Settling down to settle up the score.
A kettle full of fish I'll fry,
I'll cook each goose, (to mix a metaphor),
and unloose a mighty meteor -
I'm settling down to settle up the score

Datchery:
My mettle will be more than tested!

Datchery & Puffer:
A debt'll be repaid before I've rested - oh!

Datchery:
Drood,

Puffer:
No word,

Datchery:
What's brewed,

Puffer:
No grave,

Datchery:
No tomb...

Datchery & Puffer:
Who'll say who's done what and why to whom?

Datchery:
I'm on the scent, I'm inventing everything I am...

Puffer:
Where's the sacrificial lamb?

Datchery:
'Ere in bloody Cloisterham

Puffer & Datchery:
I've come to town to ask at every door:
Did Edwin Drood drown or was he washed ashore?
I'm settling down to settle up the score:
Red herring on a briny beach!

I'll solve this yet
As Grand Inquisitor!
Make a bet
You've met me once before!
Make a threat?
I only wish you would!
I'm settling up the score for good!

[Thanks to Liza for lyrics]


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The Mystery of Edwin Drood the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
There You Are
A Man Could Go Quite Mad
Two Kinsmen
Moonfall Quartet
The Wages of Sin
Moonfall
Ceylon
Both Sides of the Coin
Perfect Strangers
No Good Can Come from Bad
Never The Luck
Off to the Races
Settling Up the Score
Don't Quit While You're Ahead
The Garden Path to Hell
Out on a Limerick
Jasper's Confession
Rosa's Confession
Puffer's Confession
The Writing on the Wall