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original broadway cast of violet - "it was my mama's…" lyrics

[monty, spoken]
and whatcha got here?

[violet, spoken]
come on now!
[monty, spoken]
oooh, stuff’s falling out.
what’s in the envelope, love letters? ooohoooh-oooh! [violet, spoken]
dammit to h-ll!
d-mn you.
(sung)
look at what my jesus has done…
he make a dumb man speak
a man speak dumb
lord almighty
make a dead man come
stop it, it isn’t funny. flick! help me!

[flick, spoken]
grow up, monty. both of you.

[violet & young vi, spoken]
it was my mama’s.

[father, spoken]
but that doesn’t make it yours. where did you get that?

[young vi, spoken]
your bedside drawer.

[father, spoken]
you got no business being in there! you know better.

[young vi, spoken]
what’s the big deal? you never talk about mama. i bet she was pretty. was she pretty, papa?

[father, spoken]
violet, please! there are things in those pages…you are too young for it.

[young vi, spoken]
but she was my age when she started writing in it.

[father, spoken]
it was different for her.

[young vi, spoken]
why, because she was pretty? would you have loved her if she looked like me?

[bus driver 2, spoken]
bus 322 to memphis, making all local stops, will be leaving the nashville station in 15 minutes. connections are available in memphis to all points west. p-ssengers reboarding bus 322 may reclaim your seats at any time.

[violet, spoken]
come to say goodbye?

[old lady, spoken]
why don’t you stay the night with me and my boy? harvey won’t mind. that’s him out there, by the desoto? you can wash, change clothes and catch a new bus tomorrow.

[violet, spoken]
no, thank you. i’m in a hurry to get to tulsa.

[old lady, spoken]
you got to overnight in memphis anyway, why not spend that night here?

[violet, spoken]
why not spend it in memphis?

[old lady, spoken]
a girl alone. a girl maybe feels she’s got to prove something? some people might try to take advantage

[violet, spoken]
next week, when i’m pretty, i hope i’ll have that problem. thank you, but no.

[old lady, spoken]
young lady, don’t you think you’re being unrealistic?

[violet, spoken]
excuse me?

[old lady, spoken]
i understand you maybe don’t have too many opportunities for… do you really think these soldiers are the answer?

[monty, spoken]
i must’a missed the question. did ya hear a question, flick?

[flick, spoken]
i don’t think i did.

[old lady, spoken]
what i mean is, i had looks once. in the end, it don’t amount to much.

[monty, spoken]
and you are living proof of that.

[old lady, spoken]
sticks and stones! sticks and stones.

[violet, spoken]
that was real nice of you, thanks.

[monty, spoken]
i was helping you get rid of her.

[violet, spoken]
you call that help? did you think i’d be impressed?

[monty, spoken]
why would i wanna impress you?

[flick, spoken]
why’nt you just leave her be, soldier.

[violet, spoken]
i think the old lady is full of it. looks don’t amount to much? tell that to ingrid bergman. she made a whole career off’a cheekbones. i could live with that. or elke sommer’s looks. i’d take that hair. twelve years of ugly ought’a be worth something.

[monty, spoken]
you gonna mix and match?

[violet, spoken]
i can’t tell you exactly how it’s gon’ happen. but the preacher says you have to envision how you want your healing to go.

[flick, spoken]
sounds like you got a plan.

- original broadway cast of violet lyrics

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