A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Original Broadway Cast)
1962
[HERO] Pseudolus, get me that girl. And, if I can, you are free! [PSEUDOLUS] I am what? [HERO] Free! [PSEUDOLUS] Free... Oh, what a word! Oh, what a word! Say it again [HERO] Free! [PSEUDOLUS] I often thought I often dreamed how it would be-- And yet I never thought I'd be-- Once again [HERO] Free! [PSEUDOLUS] But when you come to think of such things A man should have the rights that all others-- Can you imagine what it will be like when I am-- Can you see me? Can you see me as a Roman with my head unbowed? Sing it good and loud! [HERO] Free! [PSEUDOLUS] Like a Roman having rights and like a Roman proud? Can you see me? [HERO] I can see you [PSEUDOLUS] Can you see me, a reformer fighting graft and vice? Sing it soft and nice! [HERO] Free! [PSEUDOLUS] Why, I'll be so consciencious that I may vote twice! Can you see me? Can you see me? When I'm free to be whatever I want to be Think what wonders I'll accomplish then! When the master that I serve is me and just me-- Can you see me being equal with my countrymen? Can you see me being Pseudolus the citizen? Can you see me being--give it to me once again-- [HERO] Free! [PSEUDOLUS] Yes! [HERO] Free! [PSEUDOLUS] That's it! [HERO] Free! [PSEUDOLUS] Now, not so fast! I didn't think-- The way I am I have a roof, three meals a day And I don't have to pay a thing I'm just a slave and everything's free If I were free, then nothing would be free! And if I'm beaten now and then, what does it matter? [HERO] Free! [PSEUDOLUS] Can you see me? Can you see me as a poet writing poetry? All my verse will be-- [HERO] Free [PSEUDOLUS] A museum will have me pickled for posterity Can you see me? [HERO] I can see you [PSEUDOLUS] Can you see me as a lover, one of great renown? Women falling down-- [HERO] Free? [PSEUDOLUS] No But I'll buy the house of Lycus for my house in town Can you see me? Can you see me? Be you anything from king to baker of cakes You're a vegetable unless you're free It's a little word, but oh, the difference it makes! It's the necessary essence of democracy It's the thing that every slave should have the right to be And I soon will have the right to buy a slave for me Can you see him? Well, I'll free him! When a Pseudolus can move, the universe shakes But I'll never move until I'm free Such a little word, but oh, the difference it makes! I'll be Pseudolus, the founder of a family I'll be Pseudolus, the pillar of society I'll be Pseudolus the man, if I can only be-- [HERO] Free! [PSEUDOLUS] Sing it! [HERO] Free! [PSEUDOLUS] Spell it! [HERO] F-r- double-- [PSEUDOLUS] No, the long way! [HERO] F-r-e-e! [PSEUDOLUS AND HERO] Free!
Read the complete lyrics to "Free" by Zero Mostel, Brian Davies from the album "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Original Broadway Cast)" in 1962. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Broadway, Theatre, Musicals.
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