The Witches of Eastwick Music by Dana Rowe

Lyrics by John Dempsey

9. Waiting For The Music To Begin

Cue - Darryl:"of course you are"

1 Darryl:
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&b b 4
4 n
My God! Look at you. Ear to the strings,

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& b b 4
4 n>
. . . .
>
F Continuo feel

? b b 4 j
b b j j
4

colla voce
4
b b U
&b b
n # b b J
hand on the pegs, whol - ly in tune with that thing be - tween your legs. I'm
Solo pizz. j Uj

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b b

f

b b j j j j j j j j j U
&b b
n b
. . . . . . . . .

? b b U
b b j j j j b j
n

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b b
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us - 'ally not so for - ward, no it's true. But I'd be hard pressed to think of an - y - thing

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b
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b b w .

10
b b
&b b j 3 . j
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I'd rath - er do than sur - rend - er to the ec - sta - sy, the art - is - try, the

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b b n
& b b n ww 3 # .
b ww 4 ... n ..

? b b
b b w 3 .. n .
w n n 4 . n .

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b b n . j " n n#
&b b . n 4 nn # 3
J 4 4
mys - ter - y of you, Jane - y. The mys - ter - y of you....

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n gggg n n n n # # 3
b
b
& b b n . 4 b
n .. 4 n www b
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g
p
w
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b b . nnnn # 3
4 4

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Darryl:"Now go beyond them" (visual cue)
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&
4

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4

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CUE:"...Passion, Janey, passion!"

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24 Jane:
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When I was twelve

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&
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Fri - day would come, I'd go to Miss Pit - tro's, ros - in up my

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& j

ggg#
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j




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& # j
j j

bow. Stiff as a rail, Warm as an ice - berg.

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& # g j j

j

j

j

ggg . . . . . . . . . .

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j


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j
&
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Ut - ter pre - cis - ion; That was sta - tus quo.

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j




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j

An - y - time I dal - lied with pas - sion I was told to

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&

stop it, rein it in. And I'd go a - long, as

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j j j j j j

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j j
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j j n
# . n

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was the fash - ion; Wait - ing for the mu - sic

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to be - gin. I'd

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Cello
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j n
n
play... I'd play... I'd play...

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& j j j j j n j j j j j j b
n


n
n n

j j n b j
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j n # n
n
n
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& j n j
#
La la la la la la la la la la la....

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j j
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marc.
poco rall A Tempo
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81 Jane:
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So I grew up, pol - ished and prac - ticed.

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O - ver the years, I learned to play my part. Nev - er too

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rushed. Ne - ver with feel - ing. All this ap - plied in

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life as well as art. Jane - y at the strings like a spi - der.


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Con - stant - ly in mo - tion, cold and thin.

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Ter - ri - fied to know what lay in - side her. Wait - ing

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for the mus - ic... Wait - ing

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[Solo violin]
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for the mus - ic...
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G... F sharp...
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j J
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f dim.

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Oh, for the days when it all seemed so
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clear. Stick - ing to the beat. Stay - ing to the

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tone. Day af - ter week af - ter month af - ter year. Per - fect - ly in

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time. Per - fect - ly a - lone. But
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what sort of man could lay claim to my soul? Half Ra - vel?
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Half Ro - sin - ni? Part Shos - ta - ko - vich and part Pa - ga - ni - ni? Who

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knows? Who knows? For
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cresc.
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what sort of man would I lose all con - trol? Mah - ler - esque?
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Slight - ly Greig - y? Pep - pered with Brahms plus a pinch of Res -

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p cresc.

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pi - ghi? Here goes. Here goes... The
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notes car - ry on in their end - less cam - paign. The chords have turned dark - er where

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once they were plain. The air's grow - ing warm - er with ev' - ry re - frain! The

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room's get - ting hot - ter, the sound is in - sane!
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Is the bow - ing fin - 'lly ben - ding in the heat of this un -
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## Jane:
&
# n
end - ing... G... F - Sharp... F... E... G... F - Sharp...

## Darryl:
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> . > >
G... F sharp... F... E... G... F sharp...

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& n
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F... E... Wait - ing and wait - ing and wait - ing and wait - ing and

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nn b
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wait- ing... for the mus - ic... to be -

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f
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nn b
243 A Tempo
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gin...!

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&b
Darryl: "Cigarette?"
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b b b ... b n b ...
. b n ... b
n J
& . J 3

? b U ^" j
j
b
segue

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