Music Lyrics for A Murder Mystery
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ACT I
Pale Pale moon
Music and Lyrics by Tommy Shaw
Arranged by Mike Bierschenk
Ooh, ooh
Mm-hm, mm-hm
Mm-hm, mm-hm
Oh, pale moon rising over the pines, come
Lawd away until the sun does rise
Leave the day by the, by the door, I don’t
Care if sun don’t shine once more, that’s what I said
Ooh, ooh
Oh, oh, oh
Huh
Mm-hm, mm-hm
Mm-hm, mm-hm
I’m gonna spend my money on somethin’ sweet and strong
Gonna move my body through the whole night long
Gonna sweat the way I been longin’ to, nobody gonna
Tell me nothin’, that’s what I’m gonna do, that’s what I said
(Whoo) whoo
That’s what I said
Mm-hm, mm-hm
Mm-hm, mm-hm
Mm-hm, mm-hm
Oh, oh, oh
I wanna sing
Like I hear the crickets do
I wanna hoo, yeah
Like the owls do (oh)
I wanna howl
To the moon (oh)
Scream, scream like the wild cats do
I wanna be, I wanna be naturally free (oh, oh, oh)
That’s what l’m gon’ do
Oh, oh, oh
Ooh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Mm-hm, mm-hm
Mm-hm, mm-hm
Oh, oh, oh
Mm-hm, mm-hm
Pale, pale moon a-rising over the pines, come
Lawd away until the sun does rise
Leave the day by the, by the door, I don’t
Care if sun don’t shine once more, that’s what I said
Don’t let it shine (don’t let it shine)
Don’t let it shine (don’t let it shine)
Don’t let it shine, shine, shine once more
I wanna sing
Like I hear the crickets do
(Pale, pale moon)
(Pale, pale moon)
I wanna hoo
(Pale, pale moon)
(Pale, pale moon)
I wanna howl
(Pale, pale moon)
(Pale, pale moon)
I wanna scream, scream
(Pale, pale moon)
(Pale, pale moon)
(Pale, pale moon)
(Pale, pale moon)
Ain’t no love in the heat of the sun (pale, pale moon)
Keep on working, ’til the dollar’s won (pale, pale moon)
From the crow of the rooster to the morning dove (pale, pale moon)
Sing my song when the day is done (pale, pale moon)
Ain’t no love in the heat of the sun (pale, pale moon)
Keep on working ’til the dollar’s won (pale, pale moon)
From the crow of the rooster to the morning dove (pale, pale moon)
Sing my song when the day is done (pale, pale moon)
Ain’t no love in the heat of the sun (pale, pale moon)
Keep on working ’til the dollar’s won (pale, pale moon)
From the crow of the rooster to the morning dove (pale, pale moon)
Sing my song when the day is done (pale, pale moon)
Ain’t no love in the heat of the sun
Keep on working ’til the dollar’s won
From the crow of the rooster to the morning dove
Sing my song when the day is done
Hernando’s Hideaway
Music by Henry Mancini
Arranged by Charles Beale
I know a dark, secluded place
A place where no one knows your face!
A glass of wine, a fast embrace
It’s called Hernando’s Hideaway, a-way!
All you see are silhouettes
And all you hear are castanets
And no one cares how late it gets
Not at Hernando’s hideaway, a-way!
At the Golden Finger Bowl or anyplace you go
You will meet your Uncle Max and everyone you know
But if you go to the spot that I am thinking of
You will be free to gaze at me and talk of love
Just knock three times and whisper low
That you and I were sent by Joe
Then strike and match and you will know
You’re in Hernando’s hideaway, a-way!
Fever
Music and Lyrics by Steven Lutvak and Robert L. Freedman
Soloist: David Hayes
Never know how much I love you
Never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me
I get a fever that’s so hard to bear
You give me fever,
when you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever
in the mornin’, a fever all through the night
Sun lights up the day time
Moon lights up the night
I light up when you call my name
And you know I’m gonna treat you right
You give me fever,
when you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever
in the mornin’
A fever all through the night
Everybody’s got the fever
That is somethin’ you all know
Fever isn’t such a new thing
Fever started a long ago
Romeo loved Juliet
Juliet she felt the same
When he put his arms around her
He said, “Julie baby you’re my flame”
Thou givest fever
when we kisseth
Fever with thy flaming youth
Fever
I’m on fire
Fever yeah I burn forsooth
Captain Smith and Pocahontas
Had a very mad affair
When her daddy tried to kill him
She said, “Daddy oh don’t you dare”
He gives me fever
with his kisses
Fever when he holds me tight
Fever
I’m his missus
And daddy won’t you treat him right?
Now you’ve listened to my story
Here’s the point that I have made
Chicks were born to give you fever
Be it fahrenheit or centigrade
They give you fever
when we kiss them
Fever if you live you learn
Fever
till you sizzle
Oh what a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn
And what a lovely way to burn
Night Fever
Music and Lyrics by Steven Lutvak and Robert L. Freedman
Soloist: Sean Boley
Listen to the ground
There is movement all around
There is something goin’ down
And I can feel it
On the waves of the air
There is dancin’ out there
If it’s somethin’ we can share
We can steal it
And that sweet city woman, she moves through the light
Controlling my mind and my soul
When you reach out for me, yeah, and the feelin’ is right
Gimme that night fever, night fever
We know how to do it
Gimme that night fever, night fever
We know how to show it
Here I am
Prayin’ for this moment to last
Livin’ on the music so fine
Borne on the wind, makin’ it mine
Night fever, night fever
We know how to do it
Gimme that night fever, night fever
We know how to show it
In the heat of our love, don’t need no help for us to make it
Gimme just enough to take us to the mornin’
I got fire in my mind, I get higher in my walkin’
And I’m glowin’ in the dark, give you warnin’
And that sweet city woman, she moves through the light
Controlling my mind and my soul
When you reach out for me, yeah, and the feelin’ is right
That night fever, night fever
We know how to do it (feel like forever, baby, don’t you lose it)
Gimme that night fever, night fever
We know how to show it
Here I am
Prayin’ for this moment to last
Livin’ on the music so fine
Borne on the wind, makin’ it mine!
Night fever, night fever
We know how to do it (feel like forever, baby, don’t you lose it)
Gimme that night fever, night fever
We know how to show it (I’ll leave you never, baby, don’t you know it?)
Gimme that night fever, night fever
We know how to do it (feel like forever, baby, don’t you lose it
Gimme that night fever, night fever
We know how to show it (I’ll leave you never, baby, don’t you know it)
Gimme that night fever, night fever
We know how to do it (feel like forever)
Your Cheatin’ Heart
Music and Lyrics by Norman Whitfield and Barrel Strong
Arranged by Tim Sarsany
Your cheatin’ heart will make you weep
You’ll cry and cry and try to sleep
But sleep won’t come the whole night through
Your cheatin’ heart will tell on you
When tears come down like falling rain
You’ll toss around and call my name
You’ll walk the floor the way I do
Your cheatin’ heart will tell on you
Your cheatin’ heart will pine someday
And crave the love you threw away
The time will come when you’ll be blue
Your cheatin’ heart will tell on you
When tears come down like falling rain
You’ll toss around and call my name
You’ll walk the floor the whole night through
Your cheatin’ heart will tell on you
Your cheatin’ heart will tell on you
Torture
Music and Lyrics by Kurt Cobain and Nirvana
Arranged by Michael Blaha
Torture, torture
Baby, you’re torturing me
Why do you lead me around and make me chase you?
When I catch you, you won’t let me embrace you
Please, baby, have a heart ’cause can’t you see?
You’re torturing me, torturing me
This torture that I’m going through
Is worth the pain if I have you
So, if you love me, let me know
But if you don’t, please let me go
Torture, torture
Baby, you’re torturing me
You know that I’m crazy about you
Yet, you make me do without you
Do you mean to hurt or don’t you see?
You’re torturing me, torturing me
Dies Irae
Music and Lyrics by Yann Peifer, Allan Eshujis, Manual Reuter, DJ Marian, Yanou
Arranged by Adelaide Kawasaki
Soloist: Craig Brandenburg
Dies irae, dies illa
Solvet saeclum in favilla,
teste David cum Sibylla.
Quantus tremor est futurus,
quando judex est venturus,
cuncta stricte discussurus!
~ Translation ~
Day of wrath, day of anger
will dissolve the world in ashes,
as foretold by David and the Sibyl.
Great trembling there will be when the
Judge descends from heaven
to examine all things closely.
Time
Music and Lyrics by Yann Peifer, Allan Eshujis, Manual Reuter, DJ Marian, Yanou
Arranged by Adelaide Kawasaki
Soloist: Craig Brandenburg
You can spend it
When you spend it
Then you’re running out of
Time
You can save it
But to save it is to take a little
Time
In a minute
When you’re in it
Can you feel the passing
Time
Is an illusion
There’s confusion
When they tell you now it’s
Time
To get older
Time
To work and
Time to waste and there’s no
Time
Left to hold her
Time
To tell him how you feel
While there’s still
Time
Three two one, eleven thirty
Two AM, then dinner
Time
Now to kill
I said I will, and still
It flies and flies, oh
Time
Where is My Husband
Music and Lyrics by Yann Peifer, Allan Eshujis, Manual Reuter, DJ Marian, Yanou
Arranged by Adelaide Kawasaki
Soloist: Craig Brandenburg
Baby (whoo-hoo), where the hell is my husband? (Whoo-hoo)
What is taking him so long (whoo-hoo) to find me?
Oh, baby, where the hell is my lover?
Getting down with another? (Whoo-hoo, yeah)
Tell him if you see him, baby, if you see him
Tell him, tell him he should holler
Why is this beautiful man waiting for me to get old?
Why he already testing my patience?
I only fear he’s taking time with other women that ain’t me
While I’ve been reviewing applications
Wait ’til I get my hands on him, I’ma tell him off too
For how long he kept mе waiting, anticipating
Praying to the Lord to give him to my loving arms
And despite my frustrations
He must need me (he must need me) completely (completely)
How my heart yearns for him
Is he far away (is he far away?), is he okay? (Is he okay?)
This man is testing me, uh-huh, uh-huh
Uh, help me, help me, help me, Lord
I need you to tell me
Baby (whoo-hoo), where the hell is my husband? (Whoo-hoo)
What is taking him so long (whoo-hoo) to find me?
Oh, baby, where the hell is my lover?
Getting down with another? (Whoo-hoo, yeah)
Tell him if you see him, baby, if you see him
Tell him, tell him he should holler
I’m doing lonely acrobatics, unzipping my dress at 2 a.m.
And I’m tired of living like this
He must be out there getting ready, tryna fix up his tie
Uh, huh-huh, uh, hello? This where your wife is
Wait ’til I get your heart going, I’ma turn it up too
For how much I’m ’bout to love ya, no one above ya
Praying to the Lord to hurry, hurry you along
Baby, I intend to rush ya
He must need me (he must need me) completely (completely)
How my heart yearns for him
Is he far away (is he far away?), is he okay? (Is he okay?)
This man is testing me, uh-huh, uh-huh
Uh, help me, help me, help me, Lord
I need you to tell me
Baby (whoo-hoo), where the hell is my husband? (Whoo-hoo)
What is taking him so long (whoo-hoo) to find me?
Oh, baby, where the hell is my lover?
Getting down with another? (Whoo-hoo, yeah)
Tell him if you see him, baby, if you see him
Tell him, tell him he should holler
T-t-t-tell him I’m, tell him I’m, mm-mm-mm
Tell him I’m kind, tell him I’m 5’5″
Tell him I got brown eyes and a growing fear
That if he doesn’t find me now, I’m gonna die alone, so can he
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, hurry up here, sir?
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, huh
I want it, want it, want it, want it, want it
I would like a ring, I would like a ring
I would like a diamond ring on my wedding finger
I would like a big and shiny diamond
That I could wave around and talk and talk about it
And when the day is here, forgive me, God, that I could ever doubt it
Until death, I do, I do, I do, I –
Is he about it, ’bout it, ’bout it?
This man is testing me, uh-huh, uh-huh
Uh, help me, help me, help me, Lord
I need you to tell me
Baby (whoo-hoo), where the hell is my husband? (Whoo-hoo)
What is taking him so long (whoo-hoo) to find me?
Oh, baby, where the hell is my lover?
Getting down with another? (Whoo-hoo, yeah)
Tell him that my grandma said it, tell him grandma said it
“Your husband is coming”
I would like a ring, I would like a ring
I would like a diamond ring on my wedding finger
I would like a big and shiny (ooh) diamond (yes), diamond (yes)
Diamond (yes), diamond (yes), diamond (yes), oh
Where is my husband? (Ah)
Superstition
Music and Lyrics by Yann Peifer, Allan Eshujis, Manual Reuter, DJ Marian, Yanou
Arranged by Adelaide Kawasaki
Soloist: Craig Brandenburg
Very superstitious writings on the wall
Very superstitious, ladders ’bout to fall
13-month-old baby, broke the looking glass
Seven years of bad luck, the good thing is in your past
When you believe in things that you don’t understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain’t the way
Ooh, very superstitious, wash your face and hands
Rid me of the problems, do all that you can
Keep me in a daydream, keep me going strong
You don’t wanna save me, sad is my song
When you believe in things you don’t understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain’t the way, yeah, yeah
Very superstitious, nothing more to say
Very superstitious, the Devil’s on his way
13-month-old baby, mm, broke the looking glass
Seven years of bad luck, good things in your past, mm
When you believe in things that you don’t understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain’t the way, no, no, no
The Juggernaut
Music and Lyrics by Yann Peifer, Allan Eshujis, Manual Reuter, DJ Marian, Yanou
Arranged by Adelaide Kawasaki
Soloist: Craig Brandenburg
Will you do The Juggernaut?
Can you do The Juggernaut?
Put your foot in to the ring
And just start swinging
Man and woman Juggernaut
Everybody Juggernaut
Lend an arm and bend a knee
And jug with me
One foot
One hand
One step
One turn
One touch
One hip
That’s all you have to do
One foot
One hand
One step
One turn
One touch
One hip
And you can do it, too
Oh, oh, oh, etc
One foot
One hand
One step
One turn
One touch
One hip
That’s all you have to do
ACT II
Renegade
Music and Lyrics by Tommy Shaw
Arranged by Mike Bierschenk
Oh, Momma, I’m in fear for my life from the long arm of the law.
Lawman has put an end to my runnin’, and I’m so far from my home.
Oh, Momma, I can hear you a’cryin; you’re so scared and all alone.
Hangman is comin’ down from the gallows, and I don’t have very long.
The jig is up!
The news is out!
They’ve finally found me!
The renegade who had it made,
Retrieved for a bounty,
Never more to go astray.
This’ll be the end today
Of the wanted man.
Oh, Momma, I been years on the lam,
and had high price on my head.
Lawman said, “Get ’em dead or alive!”
Now it’s for sure he’ll see me dead.
Dear, Momma, I can hear you a cryin’,
So scared and all alone!
Hangman is comin’ down from the gallows,
And I don’t have very long.
The jig is up!
The news is out!
They’ve finally found me!
The renegade who had it made,
Retrieved for a bounty,
Never more to go astray.
This’ll be the end today
Of the wanted man.
Oh, Momma, I’m in fear for my life from the long arm of the law!
Hangman is comin’ down from the gallows, and I don’t have very long!
The jig is up!
The news is out!
They’ve finally found me!
The renegade who had it made,
Retrieved for a bounty,
Never more to go astray.
This’ll be the end today
Of the wanted man.
The wanted ma-an!
And I don’t wanna go!
Oh no!
Oh no, and I don’t have long!
(Woo!) (Woo!) (Wuh!)
Oh! No! No! I can’t go!
The Pink Panther Theme
Music by Henry Mancini
Arranged by Charles Beale
The song is entirely scat sounds.
Poison In My Pocket
Music and Lyrics by Steven Lutvak and Robert L. Freedman
Soloist: David Hayes
I am sitting here with poison in my pocket
Look whose head is finally on the block
It seems that now at last the moment I’ve been waiting for is here
All that’s really left to be decided is the dish to put the poison in, provided
I can do what must be done discreetly when the coast is clear
I confess it pains me some to ruin someone’s cooking–oh!
For God’s sake, now another servant’s looking
I have had a run of luck but this one does require skill
Fish or fowl, it must be well-selected so that no one else at all will be affected
What an awful waste to do in someone I don’t want to kill
Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun
Music and Lyrics by Steven Lutvak and Robert L. Freedman
Soloist: Sean Boley
When you’re lookin’ down the barrel of a gun
It concentrates the mind completely
And suddenly, you’ll find
A love for human kind
That makes you look upon the world
More sweetly
When all at once, it seems your life is done
You recognize it all goes by so fleetly
There’s so much left to do
Except, of course, for you
When you’re lookin’ down the barrel of a gun
When you’re lookin’ down the barrel of a gun
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Music and Lyrics by Norman Whitfield and Barrel Strong
Arranged by Tim Sarsany
I bet you’re wonderin’ how I knew
Baby, baby, baby ’bout your plans to make me blue
With some other girl you knew before (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Between the two of us girls you know I loved you more
It took me by surprise I must say (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
When I found out yesterday (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Don’t you know that I heard it through the grapevine (oh, I heard it through the grapevine)
Not much longer would you be mine (not much longer would you be mine)
Oh I heard it through the grapevine (oh, I heard it through the grapevine)
Oh I’m just about, just about, just about to lose my mind
Oh yes, I am, oh yes, I am, oh yes, I am
Baby won’t you listen to me
Boy take a good look at these tears of mine
Baby, baby these tears I can’t hold inside
Losin’ you would end my life you see (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Because you mean that much to me
You could’ve told me yourself (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
That you love somebody else (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Instead I heard it through the grapevine (oh, I heard it through the grapevine)
Oh, not much longer would you be mine (not much longer would you be mine)
Oh, I heard it, yes, I heard it (heard it through the grapevine)
Oh, just about, just about, just about, to lose my mind
Oh yes, I am, oh yes, I am, oh yes, I am
Go, go
Go, I gotta go
Go, go
You gotta let me go
Go, go, go
I gotta go whoa, whoa, whoa
Say believe half of what you see
Oh, ho, and none of what you hear
Baby baby, but I just can’t help bein’ confused
If it’s true please baby, won’t ya tell me dear
Oh, do you plan to let me go (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
For the other girl you loved before? (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Don’t ya know that I heard through the grapevine (oh, I heard it through the grapevine)
Not much longer would you be mine (not much longer would you be mine)
Don’t ya know that I heard it, yes I heard it (heard it through the grapevine)
I heard it, I heard it (heard it through the grapevine)
Stay Away
Music and Lyrics by Kurt Cobain and Nirvana
Arranged by Michael Blaha
Monkey see, monkey do (I don’t know why)
Rather be dead than cool (I don’t know why)
Every line ends in rhyme (I don’t know why)
Less is more, love is blind (I don’t know why)
Stay
Stay away
Stay away
Stay away
Give an inch, take a smile (I don’t know why)
Fashion shits, fashion style (I don’t know why)
Throw it out and keep it in (I don’t know why)
Have to have poison skin (I don’t know why)
Stay
Stay away
Stay away
Stay away
I don’t know why
I don’t know why
Stay
Stay away
Stay away
Stay away
Monkey See, monkey do (I don’t know why)
Rather be dead than cool (I don’t know why)
Every line ends in rhyme (I don’t know why)
Less is more, love is blind (I don’t know why)
Stay
Stay away
Stay away
Stay away
I don’t know why
I don’t know why
Stay
Stay away
Stay away
Stay away
Evacuate the Dancefloor
Music and Lyrics by Yann Peifer, Allan Eshujis, Manual Reuter, DJ Marian, Yanou
Arranged by Adelaide Kawasaki
Soloist: Craig Brandenburg
Turn up the music, let’s get out on the floor
I like to move it, come and give me some more
Watch me gettin’ physical, out of control
There’s people watchin’ me, I never miss a beat
Steal the night, kill the lights, feel it under your skin
Time is right, keep it tight ’cause it’s pulling you in
Wrap it up, we can′t stop ’cause it feels like an overdose
Oh, oh, evacuate the dance floor
Oh, oh, I’m infected by the sound
Oh, oh, stop, this beat is killing me
Hey Dr. DJ, let the music take me underground
(Everybody in the club) oh, oh, evacuate the dance floor
Oh, oh, I’m infected by the sound
(Everybody in the club) oh, oh, stop, this beat is killing me
Hey Dr. DJ, come burn this place right down to the ground
My body’s achin’, system overload (overload)
Temperature’s risin’, I’m about to explode
Watch me, I’m intoxicated, take in the show
It’s got me hypnotized, everybody step aside
Steal the night, kill the lights, feel it under your skin
Time is right, keep it tight ’cause it’s pulling you in
Wrap it up, we can’t stop ’cause it feels like an overdose
(Feels like an overdose)
Oh, oh, evacuate the dance floor
Oh, oh, I’m infected by the sound
Oh, oh, stop, this beat is killing me
Hey Dr. DJ, let the music take me underground
(Everybody in the club) oh, oh, evacuate the dance floor
Oh, oh, I’m infected by the sound
(Everybody in the club) oh, oh, stop, this beat is killing me
Hey Dr. DJ, come burn this place right down to the ground
Come on and evacuate, feel the club is heatin’ up
Move on and accelerate, push it to the top
Come on and evacuate, feel the club is heatin’ up
Move on and accelerate, you don′t have to be afraid
Now guess who’s back on a brand-new track that got everybody in the club goin’ mad?
So everybody in the back, get your back up off the wall and just shake that thang
Go crazy, yo, lady, yo, baby, let me see you wreck that thang
Now drop it down low, low, let me see you take it to the dance floor, yo
(Everybody in the club) evacuate the dance floor
(Everybody in the club) I′m infected by the sound
(Everybody in the club) stop, this beat is killing me
Hey Dr. DJ, let the music take me underground
Oh, oh, evacuate the dance floor
Oh, oh, I’m infected by the sound
Oh, oh, stop, this beat is killing me
Hey Dr. DJ, let the music take me underground
(Everybody in the club) oh, oh, evacuate the dance floor
Oh, oh, I’m infected by the sound
(Everybody in the club) oh, oh, stop, this beat is killing me
Hey Dr. DJ, come burn this place right down to the ground