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jerry herman - i don't want to know (from dear world) lyrics

[jerry herman, spoken]
three in a row… was i spoiled? three in a row… i thought you just wrote a musical and it ran for seven years. but the seventies took me right back down to earth

first, i wrote a show called dear world, a musical—oh, you were there? the musical version of giraudoux’s the madwoman of chaillot, in which, by the way, angela lansbury won her second tony award in a musical of mine. but when we got to boston to try the show out, every conceivable thing that can go wrong with a musical did. songs were being changed, i had to— i had to replace two songs in forty eight hours, cast members wеre being hired and firеd, and scenes were being changed nightly. it was sturm und drang, i promise you

but when i look back at that time today, it’s fascinating that my favorite song from the score, and the song that i feel best captures the spirit of the giraudoux heroine, was written in a boston hotel room in an atmosphere of absolute chaos

[karen morrow]
if music is no longer lovely
if laughter is no longer lilting
if lovers are no longer loving
then i don’t want to know

if summer is no longer carefree
if children are no longer singing
if people are no longer happy
then i don’t want to know

let me hide every truth from my eyes
with the back of my hand
let me live in a world full of lies
with my head in the sand

for my memories all are exciting
my memories all are enchanted
my memories burn in my head with a steady glow
so if, my friends, if love is dead
i don’t want to know
[lee roy reams]
if music is no longer lovely
if laughter is no longer lilting
if lovers are no longer loving
then i don’t want to know

if summer is no longer carefree
if children are no longer singing
if people are no longer happy
then i don’t want to know

let me hide every truth from my eyes
with the back of my hand
let me live in a world full of lies
with my head in the sand

for my memories all are exciting
my memories all are enchanted
my memories burn in my head with a steady glow
so if, my friends, if love is dead
i don’t want to know

[lee roy & karen]
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la da da da da
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la da da da da
la da da
la da da da da da da

- jerry herman lyrics

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