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Song of Innocence and Experience Lyrics by William Finn

Make Me A Song: The Music Of William Finn (Live Recording of Original Off-Broadway Cast)

2008

[DB]
What is innocence exactly?
Is it ever unattractive?
Do the people who are innocent
Think their innocence
Makes them better
Than the people
Who have lost their innocent bliss?
Hey, are you following this?
[SALLY]
And at what expense
Does innocence become experience?
Let us all commence
To celebrate our lives
Sometimes achievers
Busy as beavers
Might look back and say:
"Hey, Dad, look what I built today!"
[DB]
What's experience exactly?
Is it simply earned by living?
Do the people with experience
Need to understand
That a life that's richened
By experience becomes
More unforgiving
[SALLY]
And at what expense
Does innocence become experience?
What's the consequence
When something new gives way?
For example, this building
How much music it will bring
I cannot say
But Dad, look what we built today
[DB]
What expense
What's the consequence
When something new gives way?
This building
How much music it will bring
I cannot say
But Dad, look what we built today
[COMPANY]
And at what expense
Does innocence become experience?
Let us all commence
To celebrate our lives
And to honor this building
How much music it will bring
We cannot say
But Dad, look what we built today
[SALLY]
Today
[DARREN]
Today
[COMPANY]
Today
[SALLY]
Today
[DB]
Today
[ALL]
Today
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William Finn

William Finn

About “Song of Innocence and Experience” by William Finn

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"Song of Innocence and Experience" is credited to William Finn. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Song of Innocence and Experience" appears on "Make Me A Song: The Music Of William Finn (Live Recording of Original Off-Broadway Cast)" in 2008.

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