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Four Black Dragons Lyrics by Mark Syers, Mako Iwamatsu

Pacific Overtures (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

1976

[FISHERMAN]
I was standing on the beach
Near the cliffs
Of Oshima
I was spreading out the nets
For the morning sun
It was early in July
And the day was getting hot
And I stopped to wipe my eyes
And by accident I turned
And looked out to sea...
And there came
Breaking through the mist
Roaring through the sea
Four black dragons
Spitting fire
And I ran
Cursing through the fields
Calling the alarm
Shouting to the world
"Four black dragons
Spitting fire!"
And the earth trembled
And the sky cracked
And I thought it was the end of the world
[THIEF]
I was rifling through the house
Of some priests
In Uraga
It was only after dawn
They were sleeping still
I had finished with the silks
I was hunting for the gold
When I heard them getting up
So I bolted through a door
Which looked out to sea...
[FISHERMAN]
And there came...
[THIEF]
And there came...
[FISHERMAN]
Breaking through the mist...
[THIEF]
Boiling through the mist...
[FISHERMAN]
Roaring through the sea...
[THIEF]
Rising from the sea...
[FISHERMAN]
Four black dragons...
[THIEF]
Four volcanoes...
[FISHERMAN]
Spitting fire...
[THIEF]
Spitting fire!
And I ran...
[FISHERMAN]
And I ran...
[THIEF]
Cursing down the halls …
[FISHERMAN]
Cursing through the fields …
[THIEF]
Shouting to the priests...
[FISHERMAN]
Shouting to the world...
[FISHERMAN & THIEF]
"Notify the gods!"
[FISHERMAN]
Four black dragons
[THIEF]
Four volcanoes
[FISHERMAN & THIEF]
Spitting fire!
[RECITER]
And the feet pattered
And the men came down to stare
And the women started screaming
Like the gulls
[TOWNSPEOPLE]
Hai! Hai!
[RECITER]
And the crowded into temples
And they flapped about the square—
[TOWNSPEOPLE]
Hai!
[RECITER]
Like the gulls
[TOWNSPEOPLE]
Hai!
Hai! Hai!
Four black dragons
Spitting fire!
[RECITER]
Then the hooves clattered
And the warriors were there
Diving quickly through the panic
Like the gulls
[TOWNSPEOPLE]
Hai! Hai!
[RECITER]
And the swords were things of beauty
As they glided through the air
[TOWNSPEOPLE]
Hai!
[RECITER]
Like the gulls
[TOWNSPEOPLE]
Hai!
Hai! Hai!
Four black dragons
Spitting fire!
[FISHERMAN]
I had seen
Dragons before
Never so many
Never like these
[THIEF & ENSEMBLE]
And the sun darkened
And the sea bubbled
And the earth trembled
And the sky cracked
And I thought it was the end
Of the world!
[FISHERMAN, THIEF & ENSEMBLE]
And I thought it was the end
Of the world!
[RECITER, spoken]
And it was

About “Four Black Dragons” by Mark Syers

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"Four Black Dragons" appears on "Pacific Overtures (Original Broadway Cast Recording)" in 1976.

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