Last Words

[SpiddilyDinkins]

We all know Boone's last words were "...tell shannon..." It reminded me all too much of a song in my favorite musical, Urinetown.

Just as a summarization, Urinetown is a musical that pokes fun of just about everything - corrupt government, love, and even one of humanities most basic functions: peeing. In a town with a water shortage, one corporation controls all the supply and charges people to pee. They, of course, are rich, but everyone else is poor. They promise to use the money to find lasting solutions, but they just spend it on trips to Rio. During this fiasco, the beautiful yet ditzy young daughter (Hope) of the man in charge and a poor man (Bobby) who works at a bathroom fall in love. Bobby eventually dies (sorry to give away any plot points lol) and says his last words to Little Sally, a poor girl.

Here are the words:

Little Sally
Tell her I love her
Tell her I'll always be with her
And I will see her in a better place
Where hope is always new

Ours was a short time
Ours was a love that never bloomed
Yet in that love there lives
A brand new hope
It's calling out to you

Its call is soft and gentle
Tame and fine
It's docile and benign

Ghost of Bobby
A pickle in the brine
What did I say? That isn't what I meant
I've lost my sense of scent
I fear my life is spent

Bobby and Little Sally
No one is innocent

Little Sally
No one.

Soupy Sue (poor person)
"No one is innocent"? What did he mean by that?

Little Sally
I don't know, he started fading in and out after awhile. It was a
miracle he was alive at all, the fall was so horrible.

Tiny Tom (another poor person)
Was he talking about me? How can he say I'm not innocent? Not innocent
of what?

Little Sally
Wait! Wait, please. There's more. He said...

Tell all the people
Tell them the time is always now
Tell them to fight for
What they know is right

Ghost of Bobby
I've lost my sense of sight
And yet I see them
I see them standing hand in hand

Bobby and Little Sally
I see them standing hand in hand
and cheek to cheek and gland to gland
There still is hope, I see it, in this land

Little Sally
If only -

Josephine (Bobby's mom)
Yes?

Bobby and Little Sally
If only - !

All
Yes?!

Little Sally
...And then he expired.






words to a lover, but cut off in the middle...haha this is an amazing and funny musical...while the lyrics to the song have pretty much nothing to do with Lost and are actually making fun of last words as this musical makes fun of everything else, it nevertheless reminded me of it


just wanted to share :P




any other Urinetown fans out there? lol