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Lilacs Lyrics by Dave Malloy

Preludes (Original Cast Recording)

2016

[RACH]
Every Sunday
I get lilacs in the mail
No matter where I am
Moscow, Dresden, or New York... 
White lilacs
Even in winter
When the trees are frozen and bare
Impossibly they come
Lilacs at my door
How can I live up to this?
Sometimes I'm a good man
And sometimes I am not
[NATALYA, spoken]
A lover, Serge?
[RACH, spoken]
No, no, Natalya. Not a lover. Just a lady who likes lilacs I guess. 
[NATALYA, spoken]
And who likes you. 
[RACH, spoken]
She doesn't even know me-
[NATALYA, spoken]
She admires you from afar! Your music must have done something to her. 
[RACH, sung]
Maybe she's my secret muse
And she's letting it build up inside me
Maybe each lilac is just one part
Of a puzzle
And they all fit together
Thousands of lilacs
In a grand cathedral
Where the sun comes in through the flowers
But I need them all
Every last one
Only when they're all together
When they're finally all together
All the lilacs will come to life
They'll spring up and dance a rhumba
Dance on my chest
And then they'll race to an open field
And they'll climb over each other
And they'll build this great thing
[NATALYA]
Or maybe the lilacs are poisoning you
Maybe the lilacs are blocking you
Maybe she's an anti-muse
[RACH, spoken]
Maybe so. 
[NATALYA, spoken]
Have you been to see Dahl yet? The hypnotherapist?
[RACH, spoken]
Yes. I mean, I'm going to. I mean, I think I already have. 
[NATALYA, sung]
You should go
Get out of the house
I have students today
(spoken)
But, be back by five. The priest is coming by to help us get an audience with the Tsar. 
[RACH, spoken]
Priest?
[NATALYA, spoken]
I told you this. 
[RACH, spoken]
Yes, yes of course!
[NATALYA, sung]
You do still want to get married, cousin?
[RACH]
Cousin, yes I do
(Yes I do, yes I do, yes I do, yes I do, yes I do)
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Dave Malloy

Dave Malloy

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