INT -- THE THEATRE -- NIGHT
(Suddenly we are back in reality. Pippin sits alone on a block onstage. The leading player enters.)
LEADING PLAYER
So what's it like being king?
PIPPIN
It sucks. I'll never find what I'm looking for.
LEADING PLAYER
Sure you will.
(Music begins. This number is done much in the way the original was done on stage. The leading player sings.)
You look frenzied, you look frazzled.
Piqued as any alp.
Flushed and rushed and razzle-dazzled.
Dry your lips, damp your scalp.
Now I can see you're in a rut, in....
Disaray.
And I'm not one to butt in,
But in fact, I must say...
That if you take it easy---trust a while.
Don't look blue, don't look back.
You'll pull through in just a while,
'Cause you're on the right track.
PIPPIN
On the right track. LEADING PLAYER
On the right track. Take it easy.
On the right track. Take it easy.
On the right track. Take it easy.....
LEADING PLAYER
Why get flurried?
PIPPIN
Flustered.
LEADING PLAYER
Keep those...
PIPPIN
Hopes aloft.
LEADING PLAYER
Keep cool as custard.
PIPPIN
Trying hard.
LEADING PLAYER
Stepping soft.
BOTH
There's no trick to staying sensible,
Despite each cul-de-sac,
'Cause each step's indispensible
When you're on, the right track.
PIPPIN
On the right track. LEADING PLAYER
On the right track. Take it easy.
On the right track. Take it easy.
On the right track. Take it easy.....
(They dance. Throughout this, the leading player shows Pippin several moves and he follows her lead. When the music mellows, the leading player addresses the audience.)
LEADING PLAYER
Pippin jumped back into life with his usual zest. He tried his hand at painting, and you know something? He wasn't half bad, but what he discovered was....
PIPPIN
You've got to be dead to find out if you were any good.
LEADING PLAYER
Next, he tried the religious life. He sought God in the highways, he sought him in the biways, until he finally cornered him in this huge cathedral. What he discovered was....
PIPPIN
The church isn't saving souls, it's investing in real estate.
LEADING PLAYER
Many, when things get dank, will
Feel their grip go.
We stay tranquil,
Spirits high, pulses low.
PIPPIN
But, what I left behind looks trifling.
What's ahead looks black.
Am I doomed to spend my life a-lingering on?
LEADING PLAYER
Lingering on....
PIPPIN
Just lingering on....
BOTH
A-lingering on.
PIPPIN
I'll never find it! Never, never, never! Shit!
LEADING PLAYER
Easy, baby.
(Sings.)
You're on the right track.
(The curtain closes.)
(Suddenly we are back in reality. Pippin sits alone on a block onstage. The leading player enters.)
LEADING PLAYER
So what's it like being king?
PIPPIN
It sucks. I'll never find what I'm looking for.
LEADING PLAYER
Sure you will.
(Music begins. This number is done much in the way the original was done on stage. The leading player sings.)
You look frenzied, you look frazzled.
Piqued as any alp.
Flushed and rushed and razzle-dazzled.
Dry your lips, damp your scalp.
Now I can see you're in a rut, in....
Disaray.
And I'm not one to butt in,
But in fact, I must say...
That if you take it easy---trust a while.
Don't look blue, don't look back.
You'll pull through in just a while,
'Cause you're on the right track.
PIPPIN
On the right track. LEADING PLAYER
On the right track. Take it easy.
On the right track. Take it easy.
On the right track. Take it easy.....
LEADING PLAYER
Why get flurried?
PIPPIN
Flustered.
LEADING PLAYER
Keep those...
PIPPIN
Hopes aloft.
LEADING PLAYER
Keep cool as custard.
PIPPIN
Trying hard.
LEADING PLAYER
Stepping soft.
BOTH
There's no trick to staying sensible,
Despite each cul-de-sac,
'Cause each step's indispensible
When you're on, the right track.
PIPPIN
On the right track. LEADING PLAYER
On the right track. Take it easy.
On the right track. Take it easy.
On the right track. Take it easy.....
(They dance. Throughout this, the leading player shows Pippin several moves and he follows her lead. When the music mellows, the leading player addresses the audience.)
LEADING PLAYER
Pippin jumped back into life with his usual zest. He tried his hand at painting, and you know something? He wasn't half bad, but what he discovered was....
PIPPIN
You've got to be dead to find out if you were any good.
LEADING PLAYER
Next, he tried the religious life. He sought God in the highways, he sought him in the biways, until he finally cornered him in this huge cathedral. What he discovered was....
PIPPIN
The church isn't saving souls, it's investing in real estate.
LEADING PLAYER
Many, when things get dank, will
Feel their grip go.
We stay tranquil,
Spirits high, pulses low.
PIPPIN
But, what I left behind looks trifling.
What's ahead looks black.
Am I doomed to spend my life a-lingering on?
LEADING PLAYER
Lingering on....
PIPPIN
Just lingering on....
BOTH
A-lingering on.
PIPPIN
I'll never find it! Never, never, never! Shit!
LEADING PLAYER
Easy, baby.
(Sings.)
You're on the right track.
(The curtain closes.)