(Jim Collins/Liz Hengber)

They were just
Two lonely people
On this big blue ball
Somehow fate
Brought them together
In the middle of it all
And tonight
They’re out there dancing
Spinning ’round
And ’round

And there’s a
Little more love
In the world tonight
A little more light
In the stars
A little more grace
In this vast universe
Starting with this
Boy and girl
There’s a little more love
In the world tonight (tonight)

The sun will still
come up tomorrow
Nothing much will change
But for these two
Lonely people
Life will never
Be the same
It may not make
A lot of difference
In the grand design

But there’s a
Little more love
In the world tonight
A little more light
In the stars
A little more grace
In this vast universe
Starting with this
Boy and girl
There’s a little more love
In the world tonight (tonight)

There used to be a time
I wore my heart upon my sleeve.
There used to be a time
I’d show my gentle side to anyone
Through these years of wandering
I know I’ve been deceived.
Through these years of wandering…
And everytime you try to hurt me
You know you’ll only hurt yourself.
And everytime you try to hurt me
I know you’ll be the one to suffer
When you think you’re hurting someone.
A little of you – a little of me –
A little of you –
Is hurting someone –
Don’t tell me I’m the only one
‘Cause I don’t need that space.
Don’t ask for love
I’ll throw it back in your face.
All of these promises
Were only made to break.
All of these promises…
(Chorus repeats…)

You ask me how I’m doin’ since you left
I can’t lie, sometimes I’m beside myself
And the way I feel is to hard to hide
A little on the lonely side

Do you really want to know
What I’ve been through
Let me just say I’m still wrapped up in you
And the broken heart keeps me alive
A little on the lonely side

I’m a little on the lonely side
Where only the strong survive
And I’m barely gettin’ by
A little on the lonely side

Some days I spend all my nights on memories
Goin’ through what’s left of what used to be
And the nights get longer all the time
A little on the lonely side

I’m a little on the lonely side
Where only the strong survive
And I’m barely gettin’ by
A little on the lonely side

I’m a little on the lonely side
Where only the strong survive
And I’m barely gettin’ by
A little on the lonely side

I had to leave my life in Dallas
That town will always be you
In every crowd, on every corner
In every face I’d see you
So with nothin’ more than a tank of gas
I drove away without lookin’ back
And I guess that’s how I got where I am
And goin’ anywhere as fast as I can

And I’m a little past Little Rock
Further down the line
Too soon to know what’s up ahead
Too late to change my mind
I gotta keep my heart out of this and both hands on the wheel
I’m learnin’ more with every mile just how leavin’ feels
It’s a lonely stretch of blacktop out into the blue
Don’t know where I’ll go or what I’ll do
I’m a little past Little Rock
But a long way from over you

These headlights on the highway
Disappear into the dark
And if I could have my way
I’d go back to where you are
Oh, but I can’t turn this thing around
And nothing short of breaking down
Is gonna get me off this road I’m on
Oh, and I’m still a far cry from gone

And I’m a little past Little Rock
Further down the line
Too soon to know what’s up ahead
Too late to change my mind
I gotta keep my heart out of this and both hands on the wheel
I’m learnin’ more with every mile just how leavin’ feels
It’s a lonely stretch of blacktop out into the blue
Don’t know where I’ll go or what I’ll do
I’m a little past Little Rock
But a long way from over you

The Ice Man’s mule is parked
Outside the bar
Where a man with missing fingers
Plays a strange guitar
And the German dwarf
Dances with the buthcer’s son
And a little rain never hurt no one
And a little rain never hurt no one

They’re dancing on the roof
ANd the ceiling’s coming down
I sleep with my shovel and my leather gloves
A little trouble makes it wurth the going
And a little rain never hurt no one

The world is round
And so I’ll go around
You must risk something that matters
My hands are strong
I’ll take any man here
If it’s worth the going
It’s worth the ride

She was 15 years old
And never seen the ocean
She climbed into a van
With a vagabond
And the last theing she said
Was, “I love you mom.”

And a little rain
Never hurt no one
And a little rain
Never hurt no one

I tried to discover a little something to make me sweeter
Oh baby refrain from breaking my heart
I’m so in love with you
I’ll be forever blue
That you give me no reason
You know you’re making me work so hard
That you give me no . . .
Soul, I hear you calling
Oh baby please give a little respect to me

And if I should falter, would you open your arms out to me?
We can make love not war, and live in peace with our hearts
I’m so in love with you
I’ll be forever blue
What religion or reason could drive a man to forsake his lover?
Don’t you tell me no. . .
Soul, I hear you calling
Oh baby please, give a little respect to me

I’m so in love with you
I’ll be forever blue
That you give me no reason
You know you’re making me work so hard
That you give me no.
Soul, I hear you calling
Oh baby, please give a little respect to me
Oh baby, please give a little respect to me

(Shawn Camp/Jim Rushing)

Shattered inside and scattered around
Were pieces of her broken heart
I gathered her up, the pieces I found
I put her back together like a busted guitar
But osme glue holds and some glue don’t In spite of everything I tried
Somebody’s stole my darlin’
Right before my very eyes

He didn’t walk, talk or push his way in
Or fly through the windows on a gust of hot wind
He didn’t sprout wings
And he sure wasn’t playin’ no harp
As low as he was, I couldn’t see him
Slitherin’ around in the dark
He must’ve crawled through
A little bitty crack in her heart

Copin’ with hone and hoping i’m wrong
But I sure see a definite change
There’s look in her eyes that’s sayin’ goodbye
And her snuggle when I hold her don’t feel the same
The way her heart bests for that sneaky theif
You would picture him dark and tall
But the feller that stole my darlin’
Lord, he’d have to be very small

He didn’t walk, talk or push his way in
Or fly through the windows on a gust of hot wind
He didn’t sprout wings
And he sure wasn’t playin’ no harp
As low as he was, I couldn’t see him
Slitherin’ around in the dark
He must’ve crawled through
A little bitty crack in her heart

As low as he was, I couldn’t see him
Slitherin’ around in the dark
He must’ve crawled through
A little bitty crack in her heart
Lord, he must’ve craweled through
A little bitty crack in her heart

(Mark Irwin/Irene Kelley)

Well tonight if you turn your radio on
You might hear a sad, sad song
About someone who lost everything they had
It may sound like me
But I’m a little bluer than that

When you look out in the morning you might see
Clouds rollin’ by like memories
And a big old sky above you lookin’ back
You may think of me
But I’m a little bluer than that

Where did we go wrong
I wish I knew
It haunts me all the time
Now wherever I go and
Whatever I do
You’re always on my mind

I can picture you in his arms tonight
But as for me it don’t feel right
To let us fade like some old photograph
It may work for you
But I’m a little bluer than that

Where did we go wrong
I wish I knew
It haunts me all the time
Now wherever I go and
Whatever I do
You’re always on my mind

So tonight if you turn your radio on
You might hear a sad, sad song
About someone who lost everything they had
It may sound like me
But I’m a little bluer than that

You may think of me
But I’m a little bluer than that

Eponine
Don’t you fret, M’sieur Marius
I don’t feel any pain
A little fall of rain
Can hardly hurt me now
You’re here, that’s all I need to know
And you will keep me safe
And you will keep me close
And rain will make the flowers grow.

Marius
But you will live, ‘Ponine – dear God above…
If I could close your wounds with words of love…

Eponine
Just hold me now, and let it be.
Shelter me, comfort me…

Marius
You would live
A hundred years
If I could show you how
I won’t desert you now…

Eponine
The rain can’t hurt me now
This rain will wash away what’s past
And you will keep me safe
And you will keep me close
I’ll sleep in your embrace at last
The rain that brings you here
Is Heaven-blessed!
The skies begin to clear
And I’m at rest
A breath away from where you are
I’ve come home from so far Marius [in counterpoint]
So don’t you fret, M’sieur Marius
I don’t feel any pain
A little fall of rain
Can hardly hurt me now Hush-a-bye, dear Eponine
You won’t feel any pain
A little fall of rain
Can hardly hurt you now
I’m here
That’s all I need to know
And you will keep me safe
And you will keep me close
And rain
Will make the flowers… I will stay with you
Till you are sleeping
And rain
Will make the flowers…
Grow.

Eponine
The rain can’t hurt me now
This rain will wash away what’s past
And you will keep me safe
And you will keep me close
I’ll sleep in your embrace at last
The rain that brings you here
Is Heaven-blessed!
The skies begin to clear
And I’m at rest
A breath away from where you are
I’ve come home from so far Marius [in counterpoint]
So don’t you fret, M’sieur Marius Hush-a-bye, dear Eponine
I don’t feel any pain You won’t feel any pain
A little fall of rain A little fall of rain
Can hardly hurt me now Can hardly hurt you now
I’m here
That’s all I need to know
And you will keep me safe I will stay with you
And you will keep me close Till you are sleeping
And rain And rain
Will make the flowers… Will make the flowers…
Grow.

[She dies. Marius kisses her, then lays her on the ground.]

Enjolras
She is the first to fall
The first of us to fall upon this barricade

Marius
Her name was Eponine
Her life was cold and dark, yet she was unafraid.

Combeferre
We fight here in her name

Prouvaire
She will not die in vain.

Lesgles
She will not be betrayed.

[They carry her body off.]

The sun sinks behind me in the west
This is the time of day I love best
Salt breezes murmur through the coconut palms
As the colors change, you set a scene of tropic calm

Seagulls headed back to land
Over the mangrove and the salt pan
By a lazy creek with a six pack and a fishin’ line
Win back some memories and losin’ track of time

I head a little further north each year
Leave the cities behind, out of sight out of mind
Oh, up where my troubles can all disappear
I head a little further north each year

Feeling the night wrap around me
Eases my mind’s serenity
Ocean waves are hummin’ on the outer reef
These balmy days and sultry nights are a welcome relief

I head a little further north each year
Leave the cities behind, out of sight out of mind
Oh, up where my troubles can all disappear
I head a little further north each year

I head a little further north each year
Taking my mind to an easier time
Oh, up where there’s silence and the night sky is clear
I head a little further north each year