This has got to be one of the most amazing musical theatre tunes I've ever heard! I can't believe that it took three, four? decades for me to discover it! Thanks to Patti LuPone's current Don't Monkey With Broadway tour, I got to hear it in person last Saturday night.
Patti’s biography tells us all about this show...it’s a hoot....she also writes about this song....that it is beautiful....and so it is. Thank you Patti Lupone....you are awesome
I was going to listen to her bio on audible and she sounds like she is giving the butcher cold cut orders. She is totally disinterested in the except on audible.
The Baker's Wife has a wonderful story but she is definitely correct by saying that the book and everything else just didn't work, but the score itself is actually probably one of Schwartz's best, with this song probably being one of, if not THE, best composition of his career......plus Patti LuPone sounds the most open and free than she has on any other recording.
AWESOME! I've heard her sing this so many times but she always belts the entire song, (which I LOVE) but it's nice to hear it a little softer hear... I LOVE THIS WOMAN!!!!
Brilliant rendition, some words are difficult to distinguish, but Patti’s verve and passion shine above them. I had a friend who knew her and hosted her occasionally on his boat. He was retired from teaching English at Hauppague HS on Long Island.
When I was a girl, I had a favourite story Of the meadowlark who lived where the rivers wind Her voice could match the angels' in its glory, But she was blind, The lark was blind. An old king came and took her to his palace, Where the walls were burnished bronze and golden braid, And he fed her fruit and nuts from an ivory chalice and he prayed "Sing for me, my meadowlark Sing for me of the silver morning. Set me free, my meadowlark And I'll buy you a priceless jewel, And cloth of brocade and crewel, And I'll love you for life if you will Sing for me." Than one day as the lark sang by the water The god of the sun heard her in his flight And her singing moved him so, he came and brought her The gift of sight, He gave her sight. And she opened her eyes to the shimmer and the splendour Of this beautiful young god, so proud and strong And he called to the lark in a voice both rough and tender, "Come along, Fly with me, my meadowlark, Fly with me on the silver morning. Past the sea where the dolphins bark, We will dance on the coral beaches, Make a feast of the plums and peaches, Just as far as your vision reaches, Fly with me." But the meadowlark said no, For the old king loved her so, She couldn't bear to wound his pride. So the sun god flew away and when the king came down that day, He found his meadowlark had died. Every time I heard that part I cried. And now I stand here, starry-eyed and stormy. Oh, just when I thought my heart was finally numb, A beautiful young man appears before me Singing "Come Oh, won't you come?" And what can I do if finally for the first time The one I'm burning for returns the glow? If love has come at last it's picked the worst time Still I know I've got to go. Fly away, meadowlark. Fly away in the silver morning. If I stay, I'll grow to curse the dark, So it's off where the days won't bind me. I know I leave wounds behind me, But I won't let tomorrow find me Back this way. Before my past once again can blind me, Fly away. And we won't wait to say goodbye, My beautiful young man and I. If I ever fall in love again If I ever fall in love again, It'll be with someone just like you. I don't say that I'm in love again But on the day you came my way, I knew. If I ever fall in love again, This is just the way it ought to be, But if it's really love again, I'll leave to fate, I'd rather wait and see. How can I know When my head is saying no And my heart's telling me that it's real? Can it be wrong If I burst into song At the wonder of feeling the way That I suddenly feel? If I ever fall in love again I shall know exactly what to do. And when I fall in love again I know it must be someone just like you. The way that I suddenly feel! If I ever fall in love again I shall know exactly what to do. And when I fall in love again I know it must be someone just like you. source: www.lyricsondemand.com/soundtracks/b/bakerswifelyrics/meadowlarklyrics.html
It's a great song, a really perfect theater song. Liz Callaway's version is probably my favorite, but I agree, it's a song that can be heard diferently through diferent singers, artists, voices. It's a great song, period
All the other recordings I have heard of her singing this are more nasally than I would and she tries to hold back her belts like but she doesn't here. This is great!!
I think if this somehow made it to Broadway that Patti could have won for this despite the show's faults.....this song, had it remained if it actually had made it Broadway, is gorgeous and it is probably one of the best vocal performances of all time. A freer and more open Patti.
WHAT DOES HE THINK I AM? WHAT SORT OF A WEAK-WILLED SENTIMENTAL SHEEP DOES HE THINK I AM? WELL, I WON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT HIM, I'LL JUST GO TO SLEEP! ... WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS? WHO COULD BE AS HANDSOME WHO COULD BE AS SMART AS HE THINKS HE IS? HE JUST HAS TO SNAP HIS FINGERS WOMEN FALL APART! WHAT DOES HE THINK THAT I'LL SLINK AWAY WITH HIM? THAT I'LL FOLLOW HIM RIPE AND DROOLING? WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS? AND WHAT DOES HE THINK I AM? AND WHO DO I THINK ... (sighs) I'M FOOLING? WHEN I WAS A GIRL l I HAD A FAVORITE STORY OF THE MEADOWLARK WHO LIVED WHERE THE RIVERS WIND HER VOICE COULD MATCH THE ANGELS' IN ITS GLORY BUT SHE WAS BLIND, THE LARK WAS BLIND AN OLD KING CAME AND TOOK HER TO HIS PALACE WHERE THE WALLS WERE BURNISHED BRONZE AND GOLDEN BRAID AND HE FED HER FRUIT AND NUTS FROM AN IVORY CHALICE AND HE PRAYED: "SING FOR ME, MY MEADOWLARK, SING FOR ME OF THE SILVER MORNING, SET ME FREE, MY MEADOWLARK, AND I'LL BUY YOU A PRICELESS JEWEL AND CLOTH OF BROCADE AND CREWEL AND I'LL LOVE YOU FOR LIFE, IF YOU WILL SING FOR ME." THEN ONE DAY AS THE LARK SANG BY THE WATER THE GOD OF THE SUN HEARD HER IN HIS FLIGHT AND HER SINGING MOVED HIM SO HE CAME AND BROUGHT HER THE GIFT OF SIGHT HE GAVE HER SIGHT AND SHE OPENED HER EYES TO THE SHIMMER AND THE SPLENDOR OF THIS BEAUTIFUL, YOUNG GOD, SO PROUD AND STRONG AND HE CALLED TO THE LARK IN A VOICE BOTH ROUGH AND TENDER "COME ALONG. FLY WITH ME, MY MEADOWLARK, FLY WITH ME ON THE SILVER MORNING, PAST THE SEA WHERE THE DOLPHINS BARK WE WILL DANCE ON THE CORAL BEACHES, MAKE A FEAST OF THE PLUMS AND PEACHES JUST AS FAR AS YOUR VISION REACHES FLY WITH ME." BUT THE MEADOWLARK SAID NO FOR THE OLD KING LOVED HER SO SHE COULDN'T BEAR TO WOUND HIS PRIDE SO THE SUN GOD FLEW AWAY AND WHEN THE KING CAME DOWN THAT DAY HE FOUND HIS MEADOWLARK HAD DIED EVERY TIME I HEARD THAT PART I CRIED ... AND NOW I STAND HERE STARRY-EYED AND STORMY OH, JUST WHEN I THOUGHT MY HEART WAS FINALLY NUMB A BEAUTIFUL, YOUNG MAN APPEARS BEFORE ME, SINGING "COME, OH, WON'T YOU COME?" AND WHAT CAN I DO IF FINALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME THE ONE I'M BURNING FOR RETURNS THE GLOW? IF LOVE HAS COME AT LAST IT'S PICKED THE WORST TIME STILL I KNOW I'VE GOT TO GO FLY AWAY, MEADOWLARK FLY AWAY IN THE SILVER MORNING, IF I STAY, I'LL GROW TO CURSE THE DARK SO IT'S OFF WHERE THE DAYS WON'T BIND ME I KNOW I LEAVE WOUNDS BEHIND ME BUT I WON'T LET TOMORROW FIND ME BACK THIS WAY BEFORE MY PAST ONCE AGAIN CAN BLIND ME FLY AWAY ... AND WE WON'T WAIT TO SAY GOOD-BYE MY BEAUTIFUL YOUNG MAN AND I.
I remember that! There was even a number in Forbidden Broadway that had someone (Christine Petti? Maybe. I forget) mumbling as Patti. The thing is, no matter what, I still love Patti. It's like she's singing into my very soul and my soul likes it.
I thought the harpsichord and bass part of the opening vamp to "Endless Delights" was what reminded ME of "Another Hundred People". th-cam.com/video/Xc0VcIVXIEQ/w-d-xo.html If this Keyboard/Piano accompaniment is to be compared with another work, I'd argue, personally, that it'd be a mix of "Marry Me A Little" form Company and "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin.
Beautiful song, Thanks for posting this, I'm currently reading Patti LuPone's memoir. So I felt the need to find this song that she said was basically the only good part of The Baker's Wife.
Intro: WHAT DOES HE THINK I AM? WHAT SORT OF A WEAK-WILLED SENTIMENTAL SHEEP DOES HE THINK I AM? WELL, I WON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT HIM I'LL JUST GO TO SLEEP WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS? WHO COULD BE AS HANDSOME WHO COULD BE AS SMART AS HE THINKS HE IS? HE JUST HAS TO SNAP HIS FINGERS WOMEN FALL APART! WHAT DOES HE THINK THAT I'LL SLINK AWAY WITH HIM? THAT I'LL FOLLOW HIM RIPE AND DROOLING? WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS? AND WHAT DOES HE THINK I AM? AND WHO DO I THINK…. (sighs) I'M FOOLING? ________________________ WHEN I WAS A GIRL l I HAD A FAVORITE STORY OF THE MEADOWLARK WHO LIVED WHERE THE RIVERS WIND HER VOICE COULD MATCH THE ANGELS' IN ITS GLORY BUT SHE WAS BLIND, THE LARK WAS BLIND AN OLD KING CAME AND TOOK HER TO HIS PALACE WHERE THE WALLS WERE BURNISHED BRONZE AND GOLDEN BRAID AND HE FED HER FRUIT AND NUTS FROM AN IVORY CHALICE AND HE PRAYED "SING FOR ME, MY MEADOWLARK, SING FOR ME OF THE SILVER MORNING, SET ME FREE, MY MEADOWLARK, AND I'LL BUY YOU A PRICELESS JEWEL AND CLOTH OF BROCADE AND CREWEL AND I'LL LOVE YOU FOR LIFE, IF YOU WILL SING FOR ME." THEN ONE DAY AS THE LARK SANG BY THE WATER THE GOD OF THE SUN HEARD HER IN HIS FLIGHT AND HER SINGING MOVED HIM SO HE CAME AND BROUGHT HER THE GIFT OF SIGHT HE GAVE HER SIGHT AND SHE OPENED HER EYES TO THE SHIMMER AND THE SPLENDOR OF THIS BEAUTIFUL, YOUNG GOD, SO PROUD AND STRONG AND HE CALLED TO THE LARK IN A VOICE BOTH ROUGH AND TENDER "COME ALONG. FLY WITH ME, MY MEADOWLARK, FLY WITH ME ON THE SILVER MORNING, PAST THE SEA WHERE THE DOLPHINS BARK WE WILL DANCE ON THE CORAL BEACHES, MAKE A FEAST OF THE PLUMS AND PEACHES JUST AS FAR AS YOUR VISION REACHES FLY WITH ME." BUT THE MEADOWLARK SAID NO FOR THE OLD KING LOVED HER SO SHE COULDN'T BEAR TO WOUND HIS PRIDE SO THE SUN GOD FLEW AWAY AND WHEN THE KING CAME DOWN THAT DAY HE FOUND HIS MEADOWLARK HAD DIED EVERY TIME I HEARD THAT PART I CRIED ... AND NOW I STAND HERE STARRY-EYED AND STORMY OH, JUST WHEN I THOUGHT MY HEART WAS FINALLY NUMB A BEAUTIFUL, YOUNG MAN APPEARS BEFORE ME, SINGING "COME, OH, WON'T YOU COME?" AND WHAT CAN I DO IF FINALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME THE ONE I'M BURNING FOR RETURNS THE GLOW? IF LOVE HAS COME AT LAST IT'S PICKED THE WORST TIME STILL I KNOW I'VE GOT TO GO FLY AWAY, MEADOWLARK FLY AWAY IN THE SILVER MORNING, IF I STAY, I'LL GROW TO CURSE THE DARK SO IT'S OFF WHERE THE DAYS WON'T BIND ME I KNOW I LEAVE WOUNDS BEHIND ME BUT I WON'T LET TOMORROW FIND ME BACK THIS WAY BEFORE MY PAST ONCE AGAIN CAN BLIND ME FLY AWAY ... AND WE WON'T WAIT TO SAY GOOD-BYE MY BEAUTIFUL YOUNG MAN AND I
My sister wanted to do this song for a voice recital but the piano accompaniment was too difficult for her voice teacher, so she tried asking her music teacher at school to do it...but it was too difficult for her, too...
@madeatari Nowadays she is sometimes accused of over-dictating her consonants. However, when she was in Evita she was panned for her diction, and forever after that she has always used intense diction. This was recorded before Evita, so that's probably why there isn't as intense enunciation.
cesarbrandi Nah! Sunset blvd and Pal Joey were recorded to perfection!! And all the 80s one were perfection too!! Live setting i agree Patti became a belter maniac. Also her diction is not as emphasised in recording, live shes always Mmmm and tttt and sssss - ing too much XD
Haha no they had already been on again and off again and on again and off again by now this was after she left the acting company and they got together when they were still in Juilliard
It's sad that this show was not recorded with Topol, the original star a far superior singer to Paul Sorvino. I remember vividly when Topol appeared on a talk show and performed the jaw dropping first act finale [which might have been changed given the show's troubles]. I was so sad that the show did not make it to Broadway on the basis of that great number alone.
Very nice version of this song by Patti Lupone. But in my mind I try to imagine Judy Collins singing this song, it's her style of song, and i think she would do a great version of this song.
I think this song does not hold a candle to the principal songs from Wicked, which, imho, is the masterpiece for which Schwartz will be best remembered. This song has promise but never quite gets there.
Perhaps the quality of the recordings suffers from age and conversion to YT. I think the style is a bit dated in this recording but the performance is stunningly beautiful and pitch perfect to my ears.
its written like that and it's genius!!! Stephen captures so many emotions in the song with the notes on the score and the amazing Patti lupone has brought it to life with the ability to act with her vocal the emotions portrayed through the way she sings it - her technique and control is absolutely superb! not many artists now days can do that they are very few and far between!
its written like that and it's genius!!! Stephen captures so many emotions in the song with the notes on the score and the amazing Patti lupone has brought it to life with the ability to act with her vocal the emotions portrayed through the way she sings it - her technique and control is absolutely superb! not many artists now days can do that they are very few and far between!
When I was a girl, I had a favourite story Of the meadowlark who lived where the rivers wind Her voice could match the angels' in its glory, But she was blind, The lark was blind. An old king came and took her to his palace, Where the walls were burnished bronze and golden braid, And he fed her fruit and nuts from an ivory chalice and he prayed "Sing for me, my meadowlark Sing for me of the silver morning. Set me free, my meadowlark And I'll buy you a priceless jewel, And cloth of brocade and crewel, And I'll love you for life if you will Sing for me." Than one day as the lark sang by the water The god of the sun heard her in his flight And her singing moved him so, he came and brought her The gift of sight, He gave her sight. And she opened her eyes to the shimmer and the splendor Of this beautiful young god, so proud and strong And he called to the lark in a voice both rough and tender, "Come along, Fly with me, my meadowlark, Fly with me on the silver morning. Past the sea where the dolphins bark, We will dance on the coral beaches, Make a feast of the plums and peaches, Just as far as your vision reaches, Fly with me." But the meadowlark said no, For the old king loved her so, She couldn't bear to wound his pride. So the sun god flew away and when the king came down that day, He found his meadowlark had died. Every time I heard that part I cried. And now I stand here, starry-eyed and stormy. Oh, just when I thought my heart was finally numb, A beautiful young man appears before me Singing "Come Oh, won't you come?" And what can I do if finally for the first time The one I'm burning for returns the glow? If love has come at last it's picked the worst time Still I know I've got to go. Fly away, meadowlark. Fly away in the silver morning. If I stay, I'll grow to curse the dark, So it's off where the days won't bind me. I know I leave wounds behind me, But I won't let tomorrow find me Back this way. Before my past once again can blind me, Fly away. And we won't wait to say goodbye, My beautiful young man and I.
This has got to be one of the most amazing musical theatre tunes I've ever heard! I can't believe that it took three, four? decades for me to discover it! Thanks to Patti LuPone's current Don't Monkey With Broadway tour, I got to hear it in person last Saturday night.
Patti’s biography tells us all about this show...it’s a hoot....she also writes about this song....that it is beautiful....and so it is. Thank you Patti Lupone....you are awesome
I was going to listen to her bio on audible and she sounds like she is giving the butcher cold cut orders. She is totally disinterested in the except on audible.
@@richardmayora1289 well, that's just how she sounds 😂
The Baker's Wife has a wonderful story but she is definitely correct by saying that the book and everything else just didn't work, but the score itself is actually probably one of Schwartz's best, with this song probably being one of, if not THE, best composition of his career......plus Patti LuPone sounds the most open and free than she has on any other recording.
In her book she talks about the fact that the main reason she wanted to do this show was because she wanted to sing this song
Johnathan Sumner and then they almost cut it!!
Yes yes yes yes. Yes Stephen yes Patti.
^^^^^^ +1 +1
AWESOME! I've heard her sing this so many times but she always belts the entire song, (which I LOVE) but it's nice to hear it a little softer hear... I LOVE THIS WOMAN!!!!
Absolutely Meadowlark is the best song Stephen ever wrote, and one of the best songs of the american musical theater
Brilliant rendition, some words are difficult to distinguish, but Patti’s verve and passion shine above them. I had a friend who knew her and hosted her occasionally on his boat. He was retired from teaching English at Hauppague HS on Long Island.
WOW. I am currently reading her memoir as well and just had to hear this song. I cannot even believe the directors wanted to cut this song.
The BEST recording of this song. EVER!
When I was a girl, I had a favourite story
Of the meadowlark who lived where the rivers wind
Her voice could match the angels' in its glory,
But she was blind,
The lark was blind.
An old king came and took her to his palace,
Where the walls were burnished bronze and golden braid,
And he fed her fruit and nuts from an ivory chalice and he prayed
"Sing for me, my meadowlark
Sing for me of the silver morning.
Set me free, my meadowlark
And I'll buy you a priceless jewel,
And cloth of brocade and crewel,
And I'll love you for life if you will
Sing for me."
Than one day as the lark sang by the water
The god of the sun heard her in his flight
And her singing moved him so, he came and brought her
The gift of sight,
He gave her sight.
And she opened her eyes to the shimmer and the splendour
Of this beautiful young god, so proud and strong
And he called to the lark in a voice both rough and tender,
"Come along,
Fly with me, my meadowlark,
Fly with me on the silver morning.
Past the sea where the dolphins bark,
We will dance on the coral beaches,
Make a feast of the plums and peaches,
Just as far as your vision reaches,
Fly with me."
But the meadowlark said no,
For the old king loved her so,
She couldn't bear to wound his pride.
So the sun god flew away and when the king came down that day,
He found his meadowlark had died.
Every time I heard that part I cried.
And now I stand here, starry-eyed and stormy.
Oh, just when I thought my heart was finally numb,
A beautiful young man appears before me
Singing "Come
Oh, won't you come?"
And what can I do if finally for the first time
The one I'm burning for returns the glow?
If love has come at last it's picked the worst time
Still I know
I've got to go.
Fly away, meadowlark.
Fly away in the silver morning.
If I stay, I'll grow to curse the dark,
So it's off where the days won't bind me.
I know I leave wounds behind me,
But I won't let tomorrow find me
Back this way.
Before my past once again can blind me,
Fly away.
And we won't wait to say goodbye,
My beautiful young man and I.
If I ever fall in love again
If I ever fall in love again,
It'll be with someone just like you.
I don't say that I'm in love again
But on the day you came my way, I knew.
If I ever fall in love again,
This is just the way it ought to be,
But if it's really love again,
I'll leave to fate, I'd rather wait and see.
How can I know
When my head is saying no
And my heart's telling me that it's real?
Can it be wrong
If I burst into song
At the wonder of feeling the way
That I suddenly feel?
If I ever fall in love again
I shall know exactly what to do.
And when I fall in love again
I know it must be someone just like you.
The way that I suddenly feel!
If I ever fall in love again
I shall know exactly what to do.
And when I fall in love again
I know it must be someone just like you.
source: www.lyricsondemand.com/soundtracks/b/bakerswifelyrics/meadowlarklyrics.html
It's a great song, a really perfect theater song. Liz Callaway's version is probably my favorite, but I agree, it's a song that can be heard diferently through diferent singers, artists, voices. It's a great song, period
SIIIIIIIING FOR MEEEEE!!!!!!! SIIIING MY ANGEL OF MUSIC!!!!!
oops
Michael Garay they’re making a joke because in the song it says “sing for me, my medowlark” and its similar to the line from phantom 👁👄👁
relatable
All the other recordings I have heard of her singing this are more nasally than I would and she tries to hold back her belts like but she doesn't here. This is great!!
Yeah... I love her version of this song... It's beautiful...
I think if this somehow made it to Broadway that Patti could have won for this despite the show's faults.....this song, had it remained if it actually had made it Broadway, is gorgeous and it is probably one of the best vocal performances of all time. A freer and more open Patti.
just the best of everything!
This is my favorite song. It gets me every time.
WHAT DOES HE THINK I AM?
WHAT SORT OF A WEAK-WILLED SENTIMENTAL SHEEP
DOES HE THINK I AM?
WELL, I WON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT HIM,
I'LL JUST GO TO SLEEP! ...
WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS?
WHO COULD BE AS HANDSOME
WHO COULD BE AS SMART AS HE THINKS HE IS?
HE JUST HAS TO SNAP HIS FINGERS
WOMEN FALL APART!
WHAT DOES HE THINK
THAT I'LL SLINK AWAY WITH HIM?
THAT I'LL FOLLOW HIM RIPE AND DROOLING?
WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS?
AND WHAT DOES HE THINK I AM?
AND WHO DO I THINK ...
(sighs)
I'M FOOLING?
WHEN I WAS A GIRL l I HAD A FAVORITE STORY
OF THE MEADOWLARK WHO LIVED WHERE THE RIVERS WIND
HER VOICE COULD MATCH THE ANGELS' IN ITS GLORY
BUT SHE WAS BLIND, THE LARK WAS BLIND
AN OLD KING CAME AND TOOK HER TO HIS PALACE
WHERE THE WALLS WERE BURNISHED BRONZE AND GOLDEN BRAID
AND HE FED HER FRUIT AND NUTS FROM AN IVORY CHALICE
AND HE PRAYED:
"SING FOR ME, MY MEADOWLARK,
SING FOR ME OF THE SILVER MORNING,
SET ME FREE, MY MEADOWLARK,
AND I'LL BUY YOU A PRICELESS JEWEL
AND CLOTH OF BROCADE AND CREWEL
AND I'LL LOVE YOU FOR LIFE,
IF YOU WILL SING FOR ME."
THEN ONE DAY AS THE LARK SANG BY THE WATER
THE GOD OF THE SUN HEARD HER IN HIS FLIGHT
AND HER SINGING MOVED HIM SO
HE CAME AND BROUGHT HER THE GIFT OF SIGHT
HE GAVE HER SIGHT
AND SHE OPENED HER EYES TO THE SHIMMER AND THE SPLENDOR
OF THIS BEAUTIFUL, YOUNG GOD, SO PROUD AND STRONG
AND HE CALLED TO THE LARK IN A VOICE BOTH ROUGH AND TENDER
"COME ALONG.
FLY WITH ME, MY MEADOWLARK,
FLY WITH ME ON THE SILVER MORNING,
PAST THE SEA WHERE THE DOLPHINS BARK
WE WILL DANCE ON THE CORAL BEACHES,
MAKE A FEAST OF THE PLUMS AND PEACHES
JUST AS FAR AS YOUR VISION REACHES
FLY WITH ME."
BUT THE MEADOWLARK SAID NO
FOR THE OLD KING LOVED HER SO
SHE COULDN'T BEAR TO WOUND HIS PRIDE
SO THE SUN GOD FLEW AWAY
AND WHEN THE KING CAME DOWN THAT DAY
HE FOUND HIS MEADOWLARK HAD DIED
EVERY TIME I HEARD THAT PART I CRIED ...
AND NOW I STAND HERE STARRY-EYED AND STORMY
OH, JUST WHEN I THOUGHT MY HEART WAS FINALLY NUMB
A BEAUTIFUL, YOUNG MAN APPEARS BEFORE ME,
SINGING "COME, OH, WON'T YOU COME?"
AND WHAT CAN I DO IF FINALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME
THE ONE I'M BURNING FOR RETURNS THE GLOW?
IF LOVE HAS COME AT LAST IT'S PICKED THE WORST TIME
STILL I KNOW
I'VE GOT TO GO
FLY AWAY, MEADOWLARK
FLY AWAY IN THE SILVER MORNING,
IF I STAY, I'LL GROW TO CURSE THE DARK
SO IT'S OFF WHERE THE DAYS WON'T BIND ME
I KNOW I LEAVE WOUNDS BEHIND ME
BUT I WON'T LET TOMORROW FIND ME
BACK THIS WAY
BEFORE MY PAST ONCE AGAIN CAN BLIND ME
FLY AWAY ...
AND WE WON'T WAIT
TO SAY GOOD-BYE
MY BEAUTIFUL YOUNG MAN
AND I.
Thanks for posting the lyrics!
DAMN!!!! Seriously this is a nightmare score to read =S Simply amazing music and amazing voice from patti
I love the intro to this song and wish singers would include it when they sing Meadowlark.
I remember that! There was even a number in Forbidden Broadway that had someone (Christine Petti? Maybe. I forget) mumbling as Patti. The thing is, no matter what, I still love Patti. It's like she's singing into my very soul and my soul likes it.
The best ever!!
Part of the melody of this sounds like part of the melody from Sondheim's "Another Hundred People" from Company.
broadwayboundguy well you see, both songs were written by the same person.
@@collinkilloran5721 No, they were not. Meadowlark was written by Stephen Schwartz, Another Hundred People by Stephen Sondheim.
I thought the harpsichord and bass part of the opening vamp to "Endless Delights" was what reminded ME of "Another Hundred People".
th-cam.com/video/Xc0VcIVXIEQ/w-d-xo.html
If this Keyboard/Piano accompaniment is to be compared with another work, I'd argue, personally, that it'd be a mix of "Marry Me A Little" form Company and "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin.
@@collinkilloran5721 XD
I can't help but go "Fly away, meadowlark, past the rusty fountains and the dusty trees with the battered bark..."
Beautiful song, Thanks for posting this, I'm currently reading Patti LuPone's memoir. So I felt the need to find this song that she said was basically the only good part of The Baker's Wife.
I remember the original star Topol on TV singing his big number and it was sensational.
@@richardmayora1289 Hope I can find that on TH-cam!
this is fantastic. thank you so much for posting this
Can we appreciate that it’s all composed by Schwartz from Godspell, Wicked, and Pippin
Intro:
WHAT DOES HE THINK I AM?
WHAT SORT OF A WEAK-WILLED SENTIMENTAL SHEEP
DOES HE THINK I AM?
WELL, I WON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT HIM
I'LL JUST GO TO SLEEP
WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS?
WHO COULD BE AS HANDSOME
WHO COULD BE AS SMART AS HE THINKS HE IS?
HE JUST HAS TO SNAP HIS FINGERS
WOMEN FALL APART!
WHAT DOES HE THINK
THAT I'LL SLINK AWAY WITH HIM?
THAT I'LL FOLLOW HIM RIPE AND DROOLING?
WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS?
AND WHAT DOES HE THINK I AM?
AND WHO DO I THINK….
(sighs)
I'M FOOLING?
________________________
WHEN I WAS A GIRL l I HAD A FAVORITE STORY
OF THE MEADOWLARK WHO LIVED WHERE THE RIVERS WIND
HER VOICE COULD MATCH THE ANGELS' IN ITS GLORY
BUT SHE WAS BLIND, THE LARK WAS BLIND
AN OLD KING CAME AND TOOK HER TO HIS PALACE
WHERE THE WALLS WERE BURNISHED BRONZE AND GOLDEN BRAID
AND HE FED HER FRUIT AND NUTS FROM AN IVORY CHALICE
AND HE PRAYED
"SING FOR ME, MY MEADOWLARK,
SING FOR ME OF THE SILVER MORNING,
SET ME FREE, MY MEADOWLARK,
AND I'LL BUY YOU A PRICELESS JEWEL
AND CLOTH OF BROCADE AND CREWEL
AND I'LL LOVE YOU FOR LIFE,
IF YOU WILL SING FOR ME."
THEN ONE DAY AS THE LARK SANG BY THE WATER
THE GOD OF THE SUN HEARD HER IN HIS FLIGHT
AND HER SINGING MOVED HIM SO
HE CAME AND BROUGHT HER THE GIFT OF SIGHT
HE GAVE HER SIGHT
AND SHE OPENED HER EYES TO THE SHIMMER AND THE SPLENDOR
OF THIS BEAUTIFUL, YOUNG GOD, SO PROUD AND STRONG
AND HE CALLED TO THE LARK IN A VOICE BOTH ROUGH AND TENDER
"COME ALONG.
FLY WITH ME, MY MEADOWLARK,
FLY WITH ME ON THE SILVER MORNING,
PAST THE SEA WHERE THE DOLPHINS BARK
WE WILL DANCE ON THE CORAL BEACHES,
MAKE A FEAST OF THE PLUMS AND PEACHES
JUST AS FAR AS YOUR VISION REACHES
FLY WITH ME."
BUT THE MEADOWLARK SAID NO
FOR THE OLD KING LOVED HER SO
SHE COULDN'T BEAR TO WOUND HIS PRIDE
SO THE SUN GOD FLEW AWAY
AND WHEN THE KING CAME DOWN THAT DAY
HE FOUND HIS MEADOWLARK HAD DIED
EVERY TIME I HEARD THAT PART I CRIED ...
AND NOW I STAND HERE STARRY-EYED AND STORMY
OH, JUST WHEN I THOUGHT MY HEART WAS FINALLY NUMB
A BEAUTIFUL, YOUNG MAN APPEARS BEFORE ME,
SINGING "COME, OH, WON'T YOU COME?"
AND WHAT CAN I DO IF FINALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME
THE ONE I'M BURNING FOR RETURNS THE GLOW?
IF LOVE HAS COME AT LAST IT'S PICKED THE WORST TIME
STILL I KNOW
I'VE GOT TO GO
FLY AWAY, MEADOWLARK
FLY AWAY IN THE SILVER MORNING,
IF I STAY, I'LL GROW TO CURSE THE DARK
SO IT'S OFF WHERE THE DAYS WON'T BIND ME
I KNOW I LEAVE WOUNDS BEHIND ME
BUT I WON'T LET TOMORROW FIND ME
BACK THIS WAY
BEFORE MY PAST ONCE AGAIN CAN BLIND ME
FLY AWAY ...
AND WE WON'T WAIT
TO SAY GOOD-BYE
MY BEAUTIFUL YOUNG MAN
AND I
My sister wanted to do this song for a voice recital but the piano accompaniment was too difficult for her voice teacher, so she tried asking her music teacher at school to do it...but it was too difficult for her, too...
Yes the piano part is crazy
I’m playing that tomorrow for the recital. Wish me luck 🍀
@@ZhannaKemp good luck! I have faith in you!
@madeatari Nowadays she is sometimes accused of over-dictating her consonants. However, when she was in Evita she was panned for her diction, and forever after that she has always used intense diction. This was recorded before Evita, so that's probably why there isn't as intense enunciation.
I must get this recording.
Shaun Stacey probably the most under appreciated recording I know of patti lupone is a goddess
Patti Lupone's voice got so much better in the 1990's...
Not really. She completely lost her ability to head mix and to be soft. Everything was belted and forte
cesarbrandi Nah!
Sunset blvd and Pal Joey were recorded to perfection!! And all the 80s one were perfection too!!
Live setting i agree Patti became a belter maniac. Also her diction is not as emphasised in recording, live shes always Mmmm and tttt and sssss - ing too much XD
Can you believe this was five years after Schwartz wrote Godspell?
Mark for myself:
2:45-3:36
Love Patti Lupone. Love this song. Sorry but i thought Wicked was obnoxious.
No, it isn't. The recordings for this took place in 1977, two years before Evita started its run on Broadway.
Is the beginning about Patti and Kevin Klines relashionship?😂
Haha no they had already been on again and off again and on again and off again by now this was after she left the acting company and they got together when they were still in Juilliard
1:15
It kills me to admit it because I can't bear her but this is actually beautiful!
It's sad that this show was not recorded with Topol, the original star a far superior singer to Paul Sorvino. I remember vividly when Topol appeared on a talk show and performed the jaw dropping first act finale [which might have been changed given the show's troubles]. I was so sad that the show did not make it to Broadway on the basis of that great number alone.
Very nice version of this song by Patti Lupone. But in my mind I try to imagine Judy Collins singing this song, it's her style of song, and i think she would do a great version of this song.
This recording is -after- Evita.
I think this song does not hold a candle to the principal songs from Wicked, which, imho, is the masterpiece for which Schwartz will be best remembered. This song has promise but never quite gets there.
Ironically the worst version I've ever heard.
All of these recordings and videos are horrible. No one is singing it in tune and vocally correctly. Sorry.
Perhaps the quality of the recordings suffers from age and conversion to YT. I think the style is a bit dated in this recording but the performance is stunningly beautiful and pitch perfect to my ears.
Honestly, check your speakers and your ears. This recording is great and she's singing in tune.
its written like that and it's genius!!! Stephen captures so many emotions in the song with the notes on the score and the amazing Patti lupone has brought it to life with the ability to act with her vocal the emotions portrayed through the way she sings it - her technique and control is absolutely superb! not many artists now days can do that they are very few and far between!
its written like that and it's genius!!! Stephen captures so many emotions in the song with the notes on the score and the amazing Patti lupone has brought it to life with the ability to act with her vocal the emotions portrayed through the way she sings it - her technique and control is absolutely superb! not many artists now days can do that they are very few and far between!
Kristin Lidström sings it very well! Maybe try listening to her version
When I was a girl, I had a favourite story
Of the meadowlark who lived where the rivers wind
Her voice could match the angels' in its glory,
But she was blind,
The lark was blind.
An old king came and took her to his palace,
Where the walls were burnished bronze and golden braid,
And he fed her fruit and nuts from an ivory chalice and he prayed
"Sing for me, my meadowlark
Sing for me of the silver morning.
Set me free, my meadowlark
And I'll buy you a priceless jewel,
And cloth of brocade and crewel,
And I'll love you for life if you will
Sing for me."
Than one day as the lark sang by the water
The god of the sun heard her in his flight
And her singing moved him so, he came and brought her
The gift of sight,
He gave her sight.
And she opened her eyes to the shimmer and the splendor
Of this beautiful young god, so proud and strong
And he called to the lark in a voice both rough and tender,
"Come along,
Fly with me, my meadowlark,
Fly with me on the silver morning.
Past the sea where the dolphins bark,
We will dance on the coral beaches,
Make a feast of the plums and peaches,
Just as far as your vision reaches,
Fly with me."
But the meadowlark said no,
For the old king loved her so,
She couldn't bear to wound his pride.
So the sun god flew away and when the king came down that day,
He found his meadowlark had died.
Every time I heard that part I cried.
And now I stand here, starry-eyed and stormy.
Oh, just when I thought my heart was finally numb,
A beautiful young man appears before me
Singing "Come
Oh, won't you come?"
And what can I do if finally for the first time
The one I'm burning for returns the glow?
If love has come at last it's picked the worst time
Still I know
I've got to go.
Fly away, meadowlark.
Fly away in the silver morning.
If I stay, I'll grow to curse the dark,
So it's off where the days won't bind me.
I know I leave wounds behind me,
But I won't let tomorrow find me
Back this way.
Before my past once again can blind me,
Fly away.
And we won't wait to say goodbye,
My beautiful young man and I.