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john's choice - pulp musicals lyrics

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chorus
planet earth, eighteen thirty*five
sir john herschel stood before a crowd
of reporters at the new york sun
watching, waiting, hanging by a thread

narrator
this was gonna be big
and the whole world knows it
thomas paced anxiously
there is but one place to go from the top
he was glaring at benjamin
fully prepared for the hammer to drop

sun employee 1
sir john herschel
is it true?

thomas
yes, i’m tellin’ you
yes, i’m tellin’ you

benjamin
there is only one we can believe
he’s right there
sun employee 2
sir john herschel
is it real?

thomas
yes, i promise you

benjamin
no one’s asking you
this man has traveled many miles
just to clear the air

sun employee 3
your journal saved our jobs
provided us with hope

sun employees 1*3
you did the world a service
when you built your telescope

benjamin
there’s no telescope!

chorus
(reacts)
thomas
benjamin!

benjamin
all of us have read
and some of us have seen
astonishing things
that are hard to believe
but this isn’t one of them
this ends now
herschel, tell them how

chorus
sir john herschel
is that true?

narrator
rose and samuel
burst through the door

chorus
sir john herschel
is that true?

rose
what’s going on?
samuel
we’re too late

benjamin
say it, herschel!

chorus
sir john herschel
is that true?
is that true?
is that true?

john
yes, it’s true
there is no telescope
… not anymore

rose, samuel, thomas, benjamin
… what?

john
my observatory perished in a fire
how i survived, n0body knows

benjamin
herschel, what are you doing?

john
just a fortnight prior to the inferno
i sent a journal to my friends
your colleagues, samuel and rose

chorus
(reacts)

john
yes, it’s true, i built a telescope
at the cape of good hope
the grandest that any man had ever built
i pointed it at the moon
our companion

chorus
always there, watching us
from eden to edinburgh
as we grow

john
as she glows
i put my eye to the lens
i put my findings in pen
i saw what i saw
and now i’m giving it to you
here’s a headline
every word you read was true

chorus
(cheers)

benjamin
wait, wait, stop! he’s lying! crystal pyramids, lunar buffalo, and bat*people? how are you actually believing this?
it’s a hoax
one big hoax

thomas
shut up, you idiot! you’re fired!

benjamin
you can’t do that! the truth will come out
one day, and when it does*

samuel
hey, benjamin!

benjamin
what? (thump)

narrator
rose stratford knocked benjamin out
with a printing press plate

samuel
remind me not to p*ss you off

rose
(laughing) that felt great!

chorus
nothing can stop the sun
we just keep shining from above, shout it
out from the top of your lungs
extra, extra, read all about it
nothing can stop the sun
breaking news, we’re breaking through, shout it
out from the top of your lungs
extra, extra, read all about it

narrator
when the working day was done
tomorrow’s paper set to run
chester thomas felt disconnected

thomas
this is a nightmare
without weekly discoveries
we’ll go broke, and then i’ll be
booted from the industry
rose, samuel, john
tell me, how will i go on?

rose
hm…
why not add a little bit of fiction?

samuel
why not add a little bit of style?

rose
why not add a little bit of swagger?

john
why not add adventure to the pile?

rose
great astronomical discoveries
was never meant to be eternal

samuel
readers will move on
you will find another journal

thomas
but how?
how do i follow up
people who live on the moon?

rose
publish news and fiction side by side

samuel
let the audience be your guide

thomas
i guess it wouldn’t hurt to try

- pulp musicals lyrics

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