No Good Can Come From Bad Lyrics > Mystery Of Edwin Drood, The

Neville:
Sir I don't much like your tone, that supercilious sneer you wear!
Clear, you wear a finer cut than mine,
Ah but a waistcoat worn can soon be torn,
And faggots, too, 'til maggots feed on you!

Rosa:
Something in this speech seems ominous to me!

Helena:
Twin, don't over preach, pray promise this to me!

Crisparkle:
Praise to him divine! For this we should be glad!

Jasper:
Won't you try some wine?
All:
No good can come from bad!

Jasper:
My dearest Nephew Ned, I wish to wish you well!
The world is your before you just like -

Cook:
OYSTERS ON THE SHELL!

Drood:
Landless, (as you are and known),
Your blood is hot but less than pure!
Less, I'm sure, than we, your history would indicate
The past of some half-caste runs through your veins
Your crudeness thus explains,

Rosa:
Something sends a chill like feet upon my grave.

Helena:
Can my strength and will completely Neville save?

Crisparkle:
Could these words they say bring harm upon the lad?


Jasper:
Night must follow day!

All:
No good can come from bad!

Jasper:
My dearest, deepest friends, may
I propose a toast;
To Rosa Bud and Edwin Drood, three cheers -

Cook:
AND HERE'S THE ROAST!

Crisparkle:
How very blessed we are when oh so many starve!
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done -

Jasper:
WHICH ONE OF YOU WILL CARVE?

Neville & Drood:
Glances cut like blade through bone;
With daggers drawn I glare at you.
There at you who dare presume to stare at whom
I'd make my wife and share my life -
I'd see you dead before sweet Rosa wed.

Helena:
Fate waits near!
I feel it, I fear it!
We are friends and yet they'll not soon forget
Hearing Neville's threat, every epithet!

Crisparkle:
In younger days, I hungered for another:
Rosa's mother!
After Rosa's birth, she left this earth,
now dust is all I'm worth!

Rosa:
So long a time, they've thought that I'm a Dresden doll.
Quite naive, but I perceive these boys,
this noise more fright'ning
Than they might conceive.

Jasper:
As I stand by, take note:
Your throat sounds quite dry, this wine
should satisfy!

All:
With these new additions, there may be revealed
Murderous admissions otherwise concealed

Neville & Drood:
Fie on you, I curse!!! Full warning you
have had!

Helena & Rosa:
Bad must lead to worse,

All:
No good can come from bad! No good -
No good can come from bad!
Last Update: June, 19th 2013