The Schmuel Song (Live at the London Palladium)-Ben Platt

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[00:00.40]The Schmuel Song (Live at the London Palladium) - Ben Platt
[00:02.44]Lyrics by：Jason Robert Brown
[00:03.51]Produced by：Jason Robert Brown
[00:35.28]Schmuel would work 'til half-past ten
[00:37.71]At his tailor shop in Klimovich
[00:40.69]Get up at dawn and start again
[00:43.11]With the hems and pins and twist
[00:48.06]Forty one years had come and gone
[00:50.49]At his tailor shop in Klimovich
[00:53.47]Watching the winters soldier on
[00:55.93]There was one thing Schmuel missed
[01:00.39]If I only had time old Schmuel said
[01:03.38]I would build the dress that's in my head
[01:06.30]A dress to fire the mad desire
[01:09.02]Of girls from here to Minsk
[01:12.12]But I have no more hours left to sew
[01:17.96]Then the clock upon the wall began to glow
[01:26.35]And the clock said nanananananana
[01:29.48]Oh Schmuel you'll get to be happy
[01:32.68]Nanananananana
[01:35.25]I give you unlimited time
[01:38.22]Nanananananana
[01:40.50]So Schmuel go sew and be happy
[01:43.31]But Schmuel said no no it's not my lot
[01:47.10]I've gotta make do with the time I've got
[02:00.22]Schmuel was done at half-past ten
[02:02.61]And he said good night old Klimovich
[02:05.54]Put on his coat to go but then the clock cried
[02:08.78]Wait not yet
[02:12.77]Even though you're not wise or rich
[02:15.03]You're the finest man in Klimovich
[02:17.99]Listen up Schmuel
[02:19.32]Make one stitch and you'll see what you can get
[02:24.79]But Schmuel said clock it's much too late
[02:27.42]I'm at peace with life
[02:28.87]I accept my fate
[02:30.48]But the clock said
[02:31.39]Schmuel one stitch and you will
[02:33.46]Unlock the dreams you've lost
[02:36.40]So Schmuel with reluctance took his thread
[02:42.29]He pulled a bolt of velvet and he said
[02:48.23]I should take out my teeth and go to bed
[02:53.96]I'm sitting here with talking clocks instead
[03:02.06]And the clock said nanananananana
[03:04.88]Oh Schmuel you'll get to be happy
[03:08.46]Nanananananana
[03:10.52]I give you unlimited time
[03:13.97]Nanananananana
[03:16.24]Just do it and you can be happy
[03:19.64]So Schmuel put the thread through the needle's eye
[03:22.69]And the moon stared down from a starless sky
[03:26.91]And he pushed the thread through the velvet black
[03:30.09]And he looked and the clock was turning back
[03:35.81]So he grabbed his shears and he cut some lace
[03:38.96]As the hands reversed on the old clock's face
[03:42.99]And his fingers flew and the fabric swirled
[03:46.01]It was nine fifteen all around the world
[03:51.27]Every cut and stitch was a perfect fit
[03:54.59]As if God himself were controlling it
[03:58.03]And Schmuel cried through a rush of tears
[04:01.70]Take me back take me back all forty one years
[04:17.32]And on it went down that silent street
[04:24.46]'Til Schmuel's dress was at last complete
[04:31.43]And he stretched his arms
[04:35.43]And he closed his eyes
[04:39.40]And the morning sun finally started to rise
[04:52.86]And the dress he made on that endless night
[04:56.43]Was a dress that would make any soul take flight
[04:59.53]Not a swatch not a skein had gone to waste
[05:02.69]Every ribbon and button ideally placed
[05:05.73]And sewn into the seams were forty one seasons of dreams
[05:15.63]Dreams that you could feel coming real
[05:26.47]And that very dress so the papers swore
[05:30.00]Was the dress a girl in Odessa wore
[05:33.00]On the day she promised forevermore
[05:36.41]To love a young man named Schmuel
[05:45.73]Who only one day before had knocked at her kitchen door
[06:04.94]Plenty have hoped and dreamed and prayed
[06:07.51]But they can't get out of Klimovich
[06:12.35]If Schmuel had been a cute goyishe maid
[06:15.79]He'd've looked a lot like you
[06:22.86]Maybe it's just that you're afraid
[06:25.22]To go out on to a limb-ovich
[06:31.89]Maybe your heart's completely swayed
[06:34.32]But your head can't follow through
[06:38.99]But shouldn't I want the world to see
[06:42.11]The brilliant girl who inspires me?
[06:44.99]Don't you think that now's a good time to be
[06:47.96]The ambitious freak you are?
[06:50.91]Say goodbye to wiping ashtrays at the bar
[06:56.51]Say hello to Cathy Hiatt big time star
[07:05.44]'Cause I say nanananananana
[07:09.55]Cathy you get to be happy
[07:12.95]Nanananananana
[07:15.43]I give you unlimited time
[07:18.49]Nanananananana
[07:20.62]Stop temping and go go be happy
[07:24.15]Here's a headshot guy and a new backstage
[07:27.00]Where you're right for something on every page
[07:30.04]Take a breath take a step
[07:32.53]Take a chance take your time
[07:54.47]Have I mentioned today
[07:58.21]How lucky I am
[08:02.10]To be in love with you?