You'll Never See It Like Me

(from the original musical “Playing the Bill”: sung by the Stage Manager & Cleaning Lady)

RED:
You’ll never see it like me,
No matter what you do or say,
If you could see what I see
You’d be glad for yesterday.

You hear creaking floor boards,
I hear bows warm up the strings,
You hear wind playing in the rafters,
I hear whisp’ring in the wings.

Nervous laughter from the actors
As they strain to hear their cue,
Borders, spots, and footlights,
Pink and amber, green and blue.
No…

You’ll never see it like me
No matter what you do or say,
If you could see what I see
You’d be glad for yesterday.

ADDIE:
You see cobwebs in the corner,
I see lace drawn on the walls,
You see sawdust in each cranny,
I see stardust where it falls.

RED:
Can’t you sense expectation?
ADDIE:
Can’t you hear the ovation?
RED:
Too soon the lights will fade…
ADDIE:
But not the mem’ries that were made…

TOGETHER:
If you could see it like me,
If you could see what we see...

ADDIE:
You’d be glad,
RED:
You’d be glad,
TOGETHER:
For yesterday.