Merrily We Roll Along - Stephen Sondheim

Yesterday is done

See the pretty countryside

Merrily we roll along, roll along

Bursting with dreams

Travelling’s the fun

Flashing by the countryside

Everybody merrily, merrily

Catching at dreams

Rolling along…

Rolling along…

Rolling along…

GROUP I

Dreams don’t die, so keep an eye on your dream

GROUP II

And before you know where you are, there you are

GROUP I

Time goes by

And hopes go dry, but you still can try for your dream

GROUP I

Tend your dream…

GROUP II

How does it happen?

GROUP I

Dreams take time…

GROUP II

Once it was all so clear

GROUP I

Time goes by…

GROUP II

How can you get so far off the track?

Why don’t you turn around and go back?

GROUP I

Bend your dream…

GROUP II

How does it happen?

Where is the moment?

GROUP I

With the road…

GROUP II

How can you miss it?

Isn’t it clear?

How can you let it slip out of gear?

ALL

How did you ever get there from here?

GROUP I

You roll

GROUP II

How does it happen?

GROUP III

How does it happen?

GROUP I

You just roll

GROUP II

Once it was all so clear

GROUP III

Isn’t it always clear?

GROUP I

Everybody roll

GROUP II

How does it start to go?

GROUP II, III

Does it slip away slow

ALL

So you never even notice it’s happening?

CHARLEY

How did you get to be here?

ALL EXCEPT CHARLEY

What was the moment?

MARY

How did you get to be here?

MARY, CHARLEY

Pick yourself a road

Get to know the countryside

Soon enough you’re merrily

ALL

Merrily

Practicing dreams

Dreams that will explode

Waking up the countryside

Making you feel merrily

Merrily, what can go wrong

Rolling along?

Some roads are soft

And some are bumpy

Some roads you really fly

Some rides are rough

And leave you jumpy

Why make it tough

By getting grumpy?

Plenty of roads to try

GROUP I and GROUP II

One trip

Some roads are soft

All you get

And some are bumpy

Is one quick ride.

Some roads you really fly

Look around a bit — some rides are rough

One quick ride and leave you jumpy

Through the countryside.

Why make it tough

Stay on the track.

By getting grumpy?

Plenty of roads to try

Never look back.

Some roads you really fly

Never look back

Never look back

Never look back

Never look back

Never look —

ALL

How did you get to be here?

What was the moment?

How did you get to be here?

Bending with the road

Gliding through the countryside

Merrily we roll along

Roll along, catching at dreams

Dreams that will explode

Waking up the countryside

Everybody merrily, merrily

Sing 'em your song

Rolling along!

Rolling along!

Rolling along!

Rolling a —