For those of yall who don't have or haven't seen the new Noel's Lament, don't worry. Here's the new lyrics (yw) :)
Btw, I will be putting some stage directions and script calls in pink, but definitely not all of them. I also won't be adding the "OOOS" and "AHHS" behind Noel's lyrics
DISCLAIMER: NEITHER THESE LYRICS, SCRIPT DIRECTIONS, OR THE SONG BELONG TO ME! ALL ARE PROPERTY OF "RIDE THE CYCLONE"
In my life, I was Noel's Gruber who worked at Taco Bell in Uranium City, Saskatchewan. But... in my dreams... I played a different role...I was Monique Gibeau, from France, a traveling chanteuse dangereuse... entertaining the crowds by day, and swindling them by night...
A CARNY, WITH A HEART.... OF BLACK CHARCOAL
WELCOME TO THIS WICKED FESTIVAL
WE'LL SING AND DANCE, AND THEN DELIGHT IN CRIME.
MEET AMÈLIE, AMORAL ACROBAT
PIERRE WILL PICK YOUR POCKETS, HE'S A MIME.
JEAN-JACQUES', A JUGGLER WITH A NASTY STREAK
LAST FOOL WHO CROSSED US FADED QUICK TO BLACK
I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE TO FIND HIM OFFICERS
BUT IF YOU DO,
PLEASE MENTION THAT,
WE'D LIKE TO HAVE RETURNED THE PRETTY KNIFE
THAT WE STUCK
TEN! TIMES! IN! HIS! BACK!
FOR I SING SONGS UNTIL THE BREAK OF DAWN
I COMMIT A NEW CRIME EVERY NIGHT
MY LIFE'S ONE NEVER-ENDING CARNIVAL
KIDS:
A WORLD OF BOOZY, FLOOZY FLASHING LIGHT
NOEL:
I WANT TO BE UNE FEMME BRISÉE
(Accordian riff into a panto dance between NOEL {as Monique} and MISCHA {as Jean-Jacques}. It feels like an old black and white silent film... France, tango, juggling...)
NOEL:
FRÉDÉRIQUE'S IS A FIRE SWALLOWER
WHO DABLES IN SOME ARSON NOW AND THEN.
THE DANCING MONKEYS NAME
IS POMPIDOU
SHE'LL CRACK A SAFE BEFORE YOU
COUNT TO TEN
FOR I SING SONGS UNTIL THE BREAK OF DAWN
I COMMIT A NEW CRIME EVERY NIGHT
MY LIFE'S ONE NEVER-ENDING CARNIVAL
KIDS:
A WORLD OF BOOZY, FLOOZY FLASHING LIGHT
NOEL:
I WANT TO BE UNE FEMME BRISÉE
SO NOW I TRAPISE THROUGH
FRANCE...A BROKEN GIRL
MY LIFE OF SIN IS CACTHING UP WITH ME
I'M ARRESTED AT MY FINAL SONG
THEY LOCK ME UP AND THROW AWAY
THE KEY
EIGHT MONTHS LATER, I CATCH TYPHOID FLU
THROUGH BARS I SEE THE UGLY LIGHT OF DAY
DYING IN MY CELL, A PRIEST KNEELS
DOWN TO ME
RICKY(as priest, French accent):
My child, do you have any final words to the lord you'd like to say?
NOEL(as Monique):
Oui, tell him that like him, I choose to burn out rather than fade away...
FOR I SING SONGS UNTIL THE BREAK OF DAWN
I COMMITT A NEW CRIME EVERY NIGHT
MY LIFE'S ONE NEVER-ENDING CARNIVAL
A WORLD OF BOOZY, FLOOZY FLASHING LIGHT
FOR I SING SONGS UNTIL THE BREAK OF DAWN
I COMMITT A NEW CRIME EVERY NIGHT
MY LIFE'S ONE NEVER-ENDING CARNIVAL
KIDS:
A WORLD OF BOOZY, FLOOZY FLASHING LIGHT
NOEL:
I WANT TO...
BE UNE FEMME BRI-SÉE
UNE FEMME BRISÉEEEEEEEEEEE (~6 times and riffing)
GIRLS (tracked under previous lyric): (Guys repeating "HEY")
BROKEN HEART, A LIFE OF SIN
TATTOOED WITH A SAFETY PIN
RACETEERING, BRIBERY,
EXTORTION, FRAUD, AND FORGERY
SUPER CRUSTY, HOLY TERROR
WILD EYES AND BLACK MASCARA
BROKEN HEART, A LIFE OF SIN
TATTOOED WITH A SAFETY PIN
RACETEERING, BRIBERY,
EXTORTION, FRAUD, AND FORGERY
SUPER CRUSTY, HOLY TERROR
WILD EYES AND BLACK MASCARA-AH
NOEL:
IF I COULD HAVE JUST ONE DREAM
ENSEMBLE:
IF HE COULD HAVE JUST ONE DREAM
NOEL:
ID BE UNE
FEMME
BRI-SÈE!
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-Juneau
Ahahauqj- this took a while..
Also, I type this on a tablet, so sorry if the formatting is weird.
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