The World Was Dancing-Brooks Ashmanskas/Songs for a New World Ensemble

[ti:The World Was Dancing] [ar:Brooks Ashmanskas/Songs for a New World Ensemble] [al:Songs for a New World (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.66]The World Was Dancing - Brooks Ashmanskas/Songs for a New World Ensemble [00:02.84]Written by：Jason Robert Brown [00:04.02]Producer：Jeffrey Lesser [00:05.02] [00:15.78]Tomorrow you'll be here my love [00:18.50] [00:19.08]Tomorrow we'll be one [00:21.76] [00:22.73]Tomorrow we can follow through [00:26.42]On all that we've begun [00:29.20] [00:29.93]Tomorrow we'll be free my love [00:33.48]We'll never be afraid [00:38.81] [00:46.38]Daddy bought a store out in pittsburgh [00:48.59] [00:49.32]And he called his boss and quit [00:51.17] [00:52.43]And we tried to convince him [00:54.46]The risk was too much [00:56.08]But he still was convinced [00:57.65]Of his own midas touch [00:59.66]So he bought this piece of sh*t [01:01.67] [01:10.39]I packed up and went off to princeton [01:12.26] [01:13.23]With a scholarship in hand [01:15.00] [01:16.43]Well I'd call up my folks every weekend or so [01:20.10]And I'd tell them how college was helping me grow [01:23.47]Which was just what they had planned [01:25.61] [01:26.59]And then I met this girl named Amy [01:29.25] [01:30.36]With a smile as bright as day [01:32.89] [01:33.48]And while the pirates beat the Orioles [01:36.87]We fell in love and danced the night away [01:41.51]Tomorrow we'll be free my love [01:44.57]We'll never be afraid [01:48.58]And we were dancing [01:54.79] [01:55.58]The world was dancing [02:01.66] [02:02.73]Dancing [02:03.64] [02:14.16]Daddy lost his shirt out in pittsburgh [02:16.57]As my sophomore year rolled round [02:19.29] [02:19.94]Well he had hired some schmuck [02:21.90]That he knew from the war [02:23.60]And one weekend he left him [02:25.08]In charge of the store [02:27.08]And he burned it to the ground [02:28.81] [02:30.22]And then I met this girl named Lisa [02:33.06] [02:33.97]On a couch at Alpha-Mu [02:36.32] [02:37.06]But then she transferred to macalester [02:40.47]So it's just as well that Amy never knew [02:44.99]Tomorrow we'll be free my love [02:48.17]We'll never be afraid [02:51.43] [02:52.14]And we were dancing [02:58.24] [02:59.22]The world was dancing [03:05.86] [03:06.48]Dancing [03:07.92] [03:40.48]Daddy got his job back that summer [03:42.34] [03:43.31]So he hid his pride and pain [03:45.28] [03:46.43]And they threw him a party [03:48.31]And baked him a cake [03:49.59] [03:50.11]And they sent me a ticket [03:51.62]To come winter break [03:53.53]But I guess I missed the plane [03:55.23] [03:56.49]And since I'd spent so long with Amy [03:59.18] [04:00.85]We got ourselves engaged [04:03.08]But then I thought [04:03.92] [04:04.49]I can't [04:04.86] [04:05.43]This can't be right [04:07.05]Cause dreams get burned down overnight [04:10.45] [04:11.15]I wasn't quite prepared to choose [04:13.87]To take that risk and maybe lose [04:17.07] [04:17.90]And since I couldn't tell her why [04:20.83]I hit the road [04:21.70] [04:22.66]And never said goodbye [04:24.90]Tomorrow you'll be here my love [04:27.46] [04:28.23]Tomorrow we'll be one [04:30.89] [04:31.83]Tomorrow we can follow through [04:35.41]On all that we've begun [04:38.29] [04:38.95]Tomorrow we'll be free my love [04:41.79] [04:42.42]We'll never be [04:44.07] [04:45.33]Afraid [04:48.18] [04:49.99]And I was dancing [04:51.82]And I was dancing [04:55.60] [04:57.03]And they were dancing [05:00.75]And I was dancing [05:04.03]The world was dancing [05:15.15] [05:17.12]Dancing