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Something Just Broke Lyrics
[HOUSEWIFE]
I was out
In the yard
Taking down the bed sheets
When my neighbor yelled across:
I remember where I was
Just exactly where I was
In the yard out back—
[OFFICE CLERK]
I was getting me a shoeshine—
[HOUSEWIFE]
—Folding sheets—
[CLERK]
—When I heard—
[COUPLE]
We were waiting for a carriage—
[CLERK]
—Newsboys—
[COUPLE]
Suddenly there's shouting in the street—
[HOUSEWIFE]
—Lizzie's sheets...
[VOICE, spoken]
"The president's been shot."
[CLERK]
I'll remember it forever—
[HOUSEWIFE]
...And I thought:
[CLERK]
—Where I was, what I was doing—
[HOUSEWIFE]
Something just broke
[VOICE, spoken]
"The president's been shot."
[CLERK]
My God—!
[HOUSEWIFE]
Something just broke
[STOCKBROCKER]
I was down at the Exchange...
[HOUSEWIFE]
Something just made a little dent
[LADY]
I'd been shopping...
[OLD MAN]
I'd been sick...
[HOUSEWIFE]
Something just broke—
[PAWNBROKER]
All I know, it was a Friday...
[HOUSEWIFE]
—Only for a moment
[OTHERS]
I remember it exactly...
[HOUSEWIFE]
Something got bent
[WAITRESS]
I'm taking the order—
[HOUSEWIFE]
Something just left a little mark
[SCHOOLBOY]
I was getting dressed...
[WAITRESS]
—Two potato soups...
[HOUSEWIFE]
Something just stirred
[VARIOUS]
And I thought—
And I thought to myself—
[WOMAN 1]
Something just woke
[VARIOUS]
And I thought—
I kept thinking
[ALL]
Something just spoke
Something I wish I hadn't heard
Something bewildering occurred
Fix it up fast
Please—
'Til it's just smoke
'Til it's only something just passed
Nothing that will last
[VARIOUS]
Where I was, what I was doing
[ALL]
Nothing but the moment
Just an awful moment
But—
Something just broke
Something just broke
Something just—
[STEPHEN SONDHEIM, spoken]
The show that's closest to exactly what the book writer and I wanted, I'd say is Assassins. Every time I see it I can't think of ways to improve it. And I can't say that about any other show.
Last Update: October, 24th 2023
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