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NOAH
Why does our house have a basement?
Underground is underwater.
This is where the Great Plains end
in the Gulf of Mexico.

ROSE
Go to sleep now, go to sleep.

NOAH
Rose?

ROSE
Noah?

NOAH
If there?s only water underground,
is my mother buried underwater?

ROSE
Don?t be silly, she?s safe and sound,
they buried her above the ground,
in a dry little house;
not even a mouse can get in , I bet.
Listen, your daddy?s clarinet?

NOAH
Good night, Caroline.

CAROLINE
Go to bed, Noah. Stop botherin the night.

NOAH
I?m glad you came back to work today.
Sorry I hid from you.

CAROLINE
Some day you won?t.
Someday we?ll talk again.
Just gotta wait.

NOAH
Will we be friends then?

CAROLINE
Weren?t never friends.

MOON (with WASHING MACHINE below)
Household rules and small decrees,
unsuspecting bring us these
secret, little tragedies.

WASHING MACHINE (with MOON above)
Household rules and small decrees,
unsuspecting bring us these
costly, quiet victories.

NOAH
Caroline?

CAROLINE
Mmm?

NOAH
What?s it like underwater?
Last Update: June, 10th 2013

Caroline, or Change Lyrics

  1. Disc 1:
  2. 16 Feet Beneath the Sea
  3. The Radio
  4. Laundry Quintet
  5. Noah Down The Stairs
  6. The Cigarette
  7. Laundry Finish
  8. The Dryer
  9. I Got Four Kids
  10. Caroline, There's Extra Food
  11. There Is No God, Noah
  12. Rose Stopnick Can Cook
  13. Long Distance
  14. Dotty and Caroline
  15. Moon Change
  16. Moon Trio
  17. The Bus
  18. That Can't Be
  19. Noah And Rose
  20. Inside/Outside
  21. JFK
  22. Duets: No One Waitin'
  23. Duets: 'Night Mamma
  24. Duets: Gonna Pass Me A Law
  25. Duets: Noah Go To Sleep
  26. Noah Has A Problem
  27. Stuart And Noah
  28. Quarter In The Bleach Cup
  29. Caroline Take My Money Home
  30. Roosevelt Petrucius Coleslaw
  31. Disc 2:
  32. Santa Comin' Caroline
  33. Little Reward
  34. 1943
  35. Mr. Gellman's Shirt
  36. Ooh Child
  37. Rose Recovers
  38. I Saw Three Ships
  39. The Chanukah Party
  40. Dotty And Emmie
  41. I Don't Want My Child To Hear That
  42. Mr. Stopnick And Emmie
  43. Kitchen Fight
  44. A Twenty Dollar Bill And Why
  45. I Hate the Bus
  46. Moon, Emmie And Stuart Trio
  47. The Twenty Dollar Bill
  48. Caroline And Noah Fight
  49. Aftermath
  50. Sunday Morning
  51. Lot's Wife
  52. Salty Teardrops
  53. Why Does Our House Have A Basement?
  54. Underwater
  55. Epilogue

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