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Stuart and Noah Lyrics by David Costabile, Harrison Chad, Tonya Pinkins

Caroline, or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

2004

[ROSE]
Please, Caroline
Keep the change
[STUART]
Noah, you're nine years old
[NOAH, spoken]
No, I'm not, I'm eight
[STUART, spoken]
Eight? Only eight?
But you're in fourth grade now
[NOAH]
No, I'm in third
[STUART, spoken]
Really? You're sure?
Isn't that weird?
[STUART]
It's like a whole year just
I don't know
Just disappeared
Oh
[STUART, spoken]
I have to get back to the clarinet
Practice the cello
[NOAH, spoken]
I gave up the cello, dad
[STUART, spoken]
Oh, right, you did
I remember
[STUART]
You're a funny kid
Your mother loved the cello
[NOAH, spoken]
Can I go?
[STUART]
It's time that you should demonstrate
More responsibility
Help Rose with the groceries
That kind of thing
In return I'm giving you
A dollar fifty every week
Allowance
You can use it as you like but I—
[NOAH]
Buy, buy
Buy, buy, buy!
[STUART]
I hope you'll save it 'til you're older
Buy yourself a chemistry set
[NOAH]
Bubblegum
Cigarettes
Sea monkeys
Comic books
Barbie Doll dresses on the sly!
Buy, buy
Buy, buy, buy!
[STUART]
That's what I wanted back when I was a boy
A great big shiny chemistry set
[CAROLINE]
There's almost a dollar
Some weeks in the bleach cup
My kids could go down to the dime store and get
The shiny junk they make to catch a kid's eye
And what they sees and what they wants
They could buy
[CAROLINE, STUART & NOAH]
They could buy (A great big shiny chemistry set)
Stuff I can't buy 'em now (With test tubes) (Buy, buy, buy, buy)
Always in the lurch (A spirit lamp)
Some weeks I could even (Powders) (Buy, buy)
Tithe at church (And flame)
[STUART]
Do you want a chemistry set?
[NOAH, spoken]
No
[STUART, spoken]
Oh
[STUART]
Well, that's a shame
It's your money, Noah
So please keep in mind
[ROSE]
Caroline keeps what Caroline finds
[NOAH]
That night I leave a dime and a nickel
In my pants pocket
To see what would happen
Caroline finds them
[CAROLINE]
They go in the bleach cup
[NOAH & CAROLINE]
They sit there all week (They sit there all week)
Fifteen cents, fifteen cents (Fifteen cents)
Five jawbreakers (A bag of sugary things)
A big bag of red hots (Stain the mouth orange)
A Daredevil comic book (Stain the teeth green)
Fifteen cents (That upset the stomach)
[CAROLINE, spoken]
A grown woman ain't got no business
Taking pennies from a baby
Credits
David Costabile

David Costabile

Harrison Chad

Harrison Chad

Tonya Pinkins

Tonya Pinkins

About “Stuart and Noah” by David Costabile

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