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What a Piece of Work is Man / Walking in Space (Reprise) Lyrics by Ronnie Dyson, Hair Ensemble

Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

1968

[Part I: What a Piece of Work is Man]
[RONNIE & WALTER]
What a piece of work is man
How noble in reason
How infinite in faculties
[RONNIE]
In form and moving, how express and admirable
[RONNIE & WALTER]
In action, how like an angel
[RONNIE]
In apprehension, how like a god
[RONNIE & WALTER]
The beauty of the world
The paragon of animals
[RONNIE]
I have of late
But wherefore I know not
Lost all my mirth
This goodly frame
The Earth
Seems to me a sterile promontory
[WALTER]
This most excellent canopy
The air
Look you
This brave o'erhanging firmament
[RONNIE & WALTER]
This majestical roof fretted with golden fire
Why, it appears no other thing to mе
Than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors
What a piеce of work is man
How noble in reason
[Part II: Walking in Space (Reprise)]
[TRIBE]
How dare they try to end this beauty?
How dare they try to end this beauty?
[SHEILA & JEANIE]
Walking in space
We find the purpose of peace
The beauty of life
You can no longer hide
[TRIBE]
Our eyes are open
Our eyes are open
[SHEILA & JEANIE]
Our eyes are open
Our eyes are open
[TRIBE]
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Credits
Ronnie Dyson

Ronnie Dyson

Hair Ensemble

Hair Ensemble

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