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Why Does Our House Have A Basement? Lyrics
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
- Disc 1:
- 16 Feet Beneath the Sea
- The Radio
- Laundry Quintet
- Noah Down The Stairs
- The Cigarette
- Laundry Finish
- The Dryer
- I Got Four Kids
- Caroline, There's Extra Food
- There Is No God, Noah
- Rose Stopnick Can Cook
- Long Distance
- Dotty and Caroline
- Moon Change
- Moon Trio
- The Bus
- That Can't Be
- Noah And Rose
- Inside/Outside
- JFK
- Duets: No One Waitin'
- Duets: 'Night Mamma
- Duets: Gonna Pass Me A Law
- Duets: Noah Go To Sleep
- Noah Has A Problem
- Stuart And Noah
- Quarter In The Bleach Cup
- Caroline Take My Money Home
- Roosevelt Petrucius Coleslaw
- Disc 2:
- Santa Comin' Caroline
- Little Reward
- 1943
- Mr. Gellman's Shirt
- Ooh Child
- Rose Recovers
- I Saw Three Ships
- The Chanukah Party
- Dotty And Emmie
- I Don't Want My Child To Hear That
- Mr. Stopnick And Emmie
- Kitchen Fight
- A Twenty Dollar Bill And Why
- I Hate the Bus
- Moon, Emmie And Stuart Trio
- The Twenty Dollar Bill
- Caroline And Noah Fight
- Aftermath
- Sunday Morning
- Lot's Wife
- Salty Teardrops
- Why Does Our House Have A Basement?
- Underwater
- Epilogue