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Musical: Caroline, or Change
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ROSE Please, Caroline, keep the change. STUART Noah, you’re nine years old. NOAH No I’m not I’m eight. STUART Eight? Only eight? But you’re in fourth grade now. NOAH No, I’m in third. STUART Really, you’re sure? Isn’t that weird. It’s like a whole year just… I don’t know, just disappeared. I have to get back to the clarinet. practice the cello. NOAH I gave up the cello, dad. STUART Oh right. You did. I remember. You’re a funny kid. Your mother loved the cello. NOAH Can I go? STUART It’s time that you should demonstrate more responsibility. Help Rose with the groceries, that kind of thing. In return I’m giving you a dollar fifty every week allowance. You can use it as you like but I… NOAH Buy buy buy buy buy! STUART …I hope you’ll save it till you’re older buy yourself a chemistry set. NOAH Bubblegum, cigarettes sea monkeys, comic books, Barbie Doll dresses on the sly! Buy buy buy buy buy! STUART That’s what I wanted back when I was a boy, a great big shiny chemistry set. CAROLINE There’s almost a dollar some weeks in the bleach cup. My kids could go down to the dime store and get the shiny junk they make to catch a kid’s eye. And what they sees and what they wants they could buy. Stuff I can’t buy em now, always in the lurch. Some weeks I could even tithe at Church. STUART (with CAROLINE) A great big shiny chemistry set! With test tubes, a spirit lamp, powders, and flame. Do you want a chemistry set? NOAH No. STUART Oh. Well, that’s a shame. It’s your money Noah, so please keep in mind… ROSE Caroline keeps what Caroline finds. NOAH That night I leave a dime and a nickel in my pants pocket to see what will happen; Caroline finds them. CAROLINE They go in the bleach cup. NOAH They sit there all week, fifteen cents, fifteen cents, five jawbreakers, a big bag of red hots, a Daredevil comic book, fifteen cents! CAROLINE (with Noah) They sit there all week. Fifteen cents, fifteen cents, a bag of sugary things stain the mouth orange stain the teeth green that upset the stomach… A grown woman got no business taking pennies from a baby. [Thanks to Michael for lyrics] Back to main page: Caroline, or Change Lyrics
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