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stephen sondheim - four black dragons lyrics

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[fisherman]
i was standing on the beach
near the cliffs
of oshawa
i was spreading out the nets
for the morning sun

it was early in july
and the day was getting hot
and i stopped to wipe my eyes
and by accident i turned
and looked out to sea

and there came
breaking through the mist
roaring through the sea
four black dragons
spitting fire

and i ran
cursing through the fields
calling the alarm
shouting to the world:

“four black dragons
spitting fire!”
and the earth trembled
and the sky cracked
and i thought it was the end of the world

[thief]
i was rifling through the house
of some priests
in uraga
it was only after dawn
they were sleeping still

i had finished with the silks
i was hunting for the gold
when i heard them getting up
so i bolted through a door
which looked out to sea

[fisherman]
and there came

[thief]
and there came

[fisherman]
breaking through the mist

[thief]
boiling through the mist

[fisherman]
roaring through the sea

[thief]
rising from the sea

[fisherman]
four black dragons

[thief]
four volcanoes

[fisherman]
spitting fire

[thief]
spitting fire!
and i ran

[fisherman]
and i ran

[thief]
cursing down the halls …

[fisherman]
cursing through the fields …

[thief]
shouting to the priests

[fisherman]
shouting to the world

[thief & fisherman]
“notify the gods!
four black dragons
spitting fire!”

[reciter]
and the feet pattered
and the men came down to stare
and the women started screaming like the gulls:

[townspeople]
hai! hai!

[reciter]
and the crowded into temples
and they flapped about the square:

[townspeople]
hai!

[reciter]
like the gulls

[townspeople]
hai!
hai! hai!
four black dragons
spitting fire!

[reciter]
then the hooves clattered
and the warriors were there
diving quickly through the panic
like the gulls

[townspeople]
hai! hai!

[reciter]
and the swords were things of beauty
as they glided through the air

[townspeople]
hai!

[reciter]
like the gulls

[townspeople]
hai!
hai! hai!
four black dragons
spitting fire!
[thief & company]
and the sun darkened
and the sea bubbled
and the earth trembled
and the sky cracked
and i thought it was the end
of the world! [ fisherman]
i had seen
dragons before
never so many
never like these
and i thought it was the end
of the world!

[reciter]
and it was

- stephen sondheim lyrics

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