[LAUREN W, spoken]
In 2016 came a musical about the dawn of civilisation, and humanity's most primal need to not do any work. With music by Meredith Stepien and Mark Swiderski, here's the cast of 'Firebringer.'
[MEREDITH]
We got work to do...
Right, we got work to do
[LAUREN L]
I don't really wanna do the work today
I don't really wanna do the work today
I don't really wanna do the work today
I don't wanna do the work today
[MEREDITH, spoken]
What?
[LAUREN L, spoken]
Uh-oh
[LAUREN L & ENSEMBLE]
I don't really wanna do the work today
I don't really wanna do the work today
I don't really wanna do the work today
I don't wanna do the work today
[LAUREN L & ENSEMBLE]
Just figured out how to move, how to sing, how to groove (I don't really wanna do the work today, I don't really wanna do the work today)
And now you're telling me, I gotta work today (I don't really wanna do the work today, I don't wanna do the work today)
You know that feeling when you find the thing that blows your mind (I don't really wanna do the work today, I don't really wanna do the work today)
And next thing you know they wanna take it away (I don't really wanna do the work today, I don't wanna do the work today)
[ENSEMBLE, JAIME LB & RACHAEL]
Yeah, but you heard what Jemilla said (I know, I know, I know...)
We gotta work to get ahead (Our people have to grow...)
We gotta harness our pride
[MEREDITH, spoken]
Thank you
[ENSEMBLE]
And keep it up to survive
[MEREDITH, spoken]
Thank you
(sung)
Alright, now listen girls. Let me reiterate
I know it's hard to just work with no play
I hope we all understand the importance of what we do
And how this world is full of obstacles we gotta work through
We got so much to do already you and me have made discoveries
That have helped our kind in so many ways
[LAUREN L, spoken]
Jemilla!
[MEREDITH]
I hope you feeling proud we're working through the shroud of mystery
And our history's growing everyday
[RACHAEL, spoken]
Oh come on Jemilla, you know we're just messin' with ya
(sung)
I got the best job, 'cause I'm in charge of food
I gotta eat everything to find out what tastes good
(spoken)
BLAH! Don't eat that! No one eat that!
[BRIAN]
When I'm not kicking ass, I sit and stare at the grass
And let the time pass to find out how it grows
[ENSEMBLE]
And?
[BRIAN]
I still don't know...
[ENSEMBLE]
Oh
[BRIAN]
I still don't know!
[JAIME LB & JAIME B]
We've been watching our shadows everyday
We notice when the sky is cloudy they go away
We're trying to explain
[JOE]
What could they be?
These dark spirits that follow us?
No matter how fast we run
They are trying to swallow us
(spoken)
Run. Run fast. Run fast! Run! Run! We will die! We will die!
[MEREDITH]
What if I tried something new
And opened up my arms to you
I know we don't always agree
But they need you as much as me
What if I could promise more
Than what I gave to you before?
So when we don't see eye to eye
I'll always give your way a try
[LAUREN L]
This is the dawn, the dawn of our time
We are womankind, with the gift of a stronger mind
[LAUREN L & MEREDITH]
This is the dawn, the dawn of our time
We are mankind, with the gift of a greater mind
[LAUREN W, spoken]
Hey guys, I'm back! I went around the world and guess what?!
[ALL, spoken]
What?
[LAUREN W, spoken]
It's a circle!
[ALL, spoken]
We know, Chorn told us with it's mind
[LAUREN W, spoken]
What the fu-
[JAIME LB, spoken]
Schwoopsie!
[MEREDITH]
Hey, we got a lot to do to make it work
We got a lot to do to work it out
[ALL]
We got a lot to do to make it work
We got a lot to do to work it out
[RACHAEL, JOEY, JAIME LB & JOE]
We gotta make the most of our time here, make the most of it
Do the best that we can here, we got to do a lot of work to make it
Make the most of our time here, make the most of it
Doing all that we can here, you'd be surprised by how much you can
[RACHAEL, JOEY, JAIME LB, JOE & OTHERS]
Make the most of our time here, make the most of it
(Welcome to the stone age)
Doing all that we can here, you got to do a lot of work to make it
(Welcome to the stone age)
Make the most of our time here, make the most of it
(We are in a new age)
Doing all that we can here
(Welcome to the-)
[ALL]
We gotta do a lot of work to make it
[MEREDITH, LAUREN L & ENSEMBLE]
We got a lot to do to make it work (Right!)
We got a lot to do to work it out!
