12 I Keep Them Laughing
BERT:
I KEEP THEM LAUGHING.
THE JESTER’S AT PLAY IN THE COURT.
I KEEP THEM LAUGHING,
THOUGH WINNING THEIR GAME,
I’M STILL COMING UP SHORT.
AND THOUGH ONLY FOOLS WOULD PLAY BY THEIR RULES
AND THINK THEY COULD WIN AT THEIR GAME,
I KEEP THEM LAUGHING ALL THE SAME.
I KEEP BELIEVING
WITH TIME, THAT THEY REALLY COULD CARE.
I KEEP BELIEVING
THEY’LL LOOK AND THEY’LL SEE PAST THIS MASK THAT I WEAR.
A SMILE ON THEIR FACE
COULD LEAD THEM TO GRACE.
I WAIT, BUT THEY NEVER COME THROUGH.
I’LL KEEP BELIEVING TILL THEY DO.
CHARLIE:
COULDN’T HE SEE IT’S WRONG?
COULDN’T HE SEE THIS WAS THE DAY
WE HAD TO SAVE THIS HOLY PLACE,
THIS SACRED SPACE,
THE GREAT WHITE WAY,
THAT HE TURNED BLACK
WHEN HE DARED TO PLAY ON BROADWAY!
BERT (overlapping):
I KEEP ON GOING.
I DON’T REALLY KNOW WHY I DO.
CHARLIE (overlapping):
COULDN’T HE SEE IT’S WRONG?
BERT (overlapping):
BUT I KEEP ON GOING.
I HOPE THINGS HAVE CHANGED,
BUT I KNOW IT’S NOT TRUE.
CHARLIE (overlapping):
HE CANNOT PRETEND
BERT (overlapping):
FOR NOW, WE PRETEND
CHARLIE (overlapping):
THAT THIS IS THE END.
BERT (overlapping):
THAT WE SEE AN END,
CHARLIE (overlapping):
IN TIME, I WILL GET HIM TO SEE THAT IT’S TRUE.
BERT (overlapping):
A LIGHT IN THE STORM BREAKING THROUGH!
BERT & CHARLIE:
I’LL KEEP ON GOING TILL I DO.
BERT:
SOME SAY THE LIGHT IS NEARING.
SOME SAY IT NEVER WILL.
SOME DIE BEFORE THE CLEARING.
I WILL, AND STILL
I’LL KEEP THEM LAUGHING,
AND PLAYING THE ROLE THAT THEY’VE CAST!
I’LL KEEP THEM LAUGHING.
THE PLAY MUST BE PLAYED IF IT’S GOING TO BE PASSED.
THE RUN HAS BEGUN,
AND WHEN IT IS DONE,
THE PLAY CAN BE WRITTEN ANEW!
I’LL KEEP THEM LAUGHING.
I’LL KEEP BELIEVING.
I’LL KEEP ON GOING
TILL WE DO!
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