Made Alive

NARRATOR:

From a world that's never ending, from a sky beyond
the skies, a child is born and love is made alive

Like a flaw that seeks perfection, with a will that
will survive, a child is born and love is made alive

Overture

NARRATOR:

Behold the boy - The stranger, the working man's son
With skin like white lightning
And eyes like two shots from a gun

They'll teach him to pray and work everyday
He'll learn how to sweat in the sun
But God has a place - A place for him in His plan
He won't be like his old man, he won't be made to crawl

His folks named him John
But everyone else called him Snow
With flesh bright as Sunday
And a face full of something unknown

Shunned as he grew, he finally withdrew
Asleep in a world all his own
Then he awoke like a child in the Promised Land
With barely the strength to stand
And tears in his eyes

He's a stranger in a strange land from a world far away
Like a savior in the wasteland with a high price to pay
He's a stranger in a strange land
And he can't find his way home

At seventeen years old he awoke from a world far away
(He awoke to a time gone away)
With a gift ever-reaching and a calling he had to obey
(They watched as he left home one day)
They all looked on
While the prodigal son
Left the home of his father that day
Hit New York City with just the shirt on his back
With a tape deck and battery pack
And no turning back...

He's a stranger in a strange land from a world far away
Like a savior in the wasteland with a high price to pay
He's a stranger in a strange land
Stranger in a strange land

SNOW:

I never saw such a place in all my life
This is tomorrow's song
I think I've waited too long
Can't seem to see through the scraping of the sky
And now it seems so wrong
To think I spent such a...

Long time suffering and crying to the sky
Long time suffering and never knowing why

I have a gift that can see beyond the years
The touch so refined
I have transcended all time
My heart can reach through the secret well of tears
And when they all come out
Won't have to spend such a...

Long time suffering and crying to the sky
Long time suffering and never knowing why
The child awakening to a city in the sky
Spent such a long time suffering
And never knowing why

I may be only seventeen but I see things
Look at the woman who's head keeps hangin' down
I cannot feel her hate I feel her needing
Somehow I feel like I cannot let her down

I never saw such a place in all my life
This is tomorrow's song, I waited much too long
The change can come in a twinkling of an eye
The slave running free;
The salmon floating downstream
The change can come in a twinkling of an eye
The slave running free, so why'd we spend such a

[CHORUS]

The change can come in a twinkling of an eye...

THE KNIGHT:

Hey, hey, hey - Welcome to New York City
We got the hottest girls and they'll do anything you want
Hey there whitey, so white you're kinda pretty
Why don't you come on in, depending on how much cash you got

I LIKE IT!
Look, boy, where you from?
I love ya now - Walk boy don't you run

It's hotter than the sun, walk, boy don't you run
You better get a gun, where you from Ohio or somethin'?
Don't you gimme the eye or my friends just might stop by
We'll have ourselves a time, you won't look so happy about it

I LIKE IT!
You better find your Mama to protect you now
You look like the wind might blow you down

I LIKE IT!
Don't touch me now
You better find your Mama to protect you now
She'll protect you now - She'll protect you now
She'll protect you now - Don't touch me now...

SNOW:

I see a boy who watched his father
Be beat to death right on the living room floor
As he watched through the door - You watched through the door

Now you're a young man filled with anger
You know your life on earth could mean so much more
Don't you know what it's for, I think you know what it's for

To love beyond words - (Love beyond all words)
Love beyond words

THE KNIGHT:

Now I somehow have understanding
Like I've never had before in my life
Do you know what that's like, I think you know what it's like

To love beyond words - (Love beyond all words)
Love beyond words

THE PROSTITUTE:

Hey Snow White and the Harlem Knight
You make a perfect pair
Skin and bones and a hatchet faced homes
Hey, what you doin' 'round here
Why don't you go back to Central Park
Or stick around and see why love is art

In my sin I've sunk right in; I finally understood
Why all the geeks and the Jesus freaks
Just love to do us good
Maybe you would like some for yourself?
Or maybe you and the white shadow can go to hell

'Cause I'm sick of pity and morphine
I'm sick of you runnin' me down
I'm sick but maybe there's something
That can still save me from the depths of this town

One more time I'll speak my mind
And then you'd better go
Before Sad Sam and the backdoor man
Make me wish I'd just said no
I might come to your meeting in the park
But now you'd better go it's getting dark

'Cause I'm sick of pity and morphine
I'm sick of you runnin' me down
I'm sick but maybe there's something
That can still save me - That can still save me

SNOW:

Come you worn out weak and tired
To this meeting in the dark of the night
And you'll walk in the light
Yes, you'll walk in the light

If you're addicted and afflicted
My name is Snow and I've the gift and the sight
And we'll make it alright -
Yes, we'll make it alright

THE ADDICT:

Richy Rich got high on the high life
Ron the rage it raged into my life
The Dow Jones it took on new meaning
I'd pick my feet before every
High-powered country club meeting

The Devil's got my throat
I'm goin' down that's all she wrote
The Devil's got my throat
I'm goin' down that's all she wrote

Oh my God! Look what's become of me!
My best friends a spider;
My girlfriends a cardboard cut-out I stole from Circuit City

The Devil's got my throat
I'm goin' down that's all she wrote
The Devil's got my throat
I'm goin' down that's all she wrote

Moving forward in my mind...

Alright that was fun now let's hit the skyline
I don't know what he's got but I know it ain't mine

The devil's got my throat
I'm goin' down that's all she wrote
I'm your cruel joke
I'm goin' down that's all she wrote
The devil's got my throat
I'm goin' down that's all she wrote

STREET PEOPLE:

We've heard this same kind of thing a million times
But this kid's a freak; the weirdest one this week
I hear that he has a gift well we shall see
The Albino Saint; I bet a jolt he ain't
I'm gonna go just to check the geek boy out
I hope it's not too long; I guess we can't go wrong
Who wants to go meet me in the park tonight
I hope it's not too long; I guess we can't go wrong
Who wants to go meet me in the park tonight...

SNOW:

Red forest green
As you stand at the waterfall
And there's no in between
You go back or you trust the fall

And the man says that'll be forty-five
And the best of your mind's crying
'Take the dive'

And open wide the flood gates
And let love take your soul
Open wide the flood gates
'til there's so much you overflow

Out of the blue
And into uncertainty
And since you are a child
You just want some kind of security

But the desert will always be hot and dry
Until the cool water comes rushing by

And open wide the flood gates
And let love fill your soul
Open wide the flood gates
'til there's so much you overflow
Open wide the flood gates
Sprinkle this soul around
Open wide the flood gates

You spent your life running away
You run but you're not far away

Open wide the flood gates
And let love take your soul
Open wide the flood gates
'til there's so much you overflow
Open wide the flood gates
Sprinkle this soul around
Open wide the flood gates
Let this Love come down
Open wide the flood gates

SNOW:

Open wide the flood gates and let love move your soul
Open wide the flood gates 'til there's so much you overflow
Open wide the flood gates - Let it wash away the past
Open wide the flood gates - Man, you'll feel you're home at last
Open wide the flood gates - Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

SNOW AND COMPANY:

Open up the flood gates in your mind that you might be set free
Open up the windows left behind and stand in what could be
When something shifts the bulb will light and you may understand
Something beyond your sense of sight far from the world of man

(Glass is all breaking - Everything's changing NOW)

Open up the window feel the calm of the first cool breeze
Feel how the wind blows you can see the forest through the trees
When you flip the switch you may deny what you once held as true
All will be revealed; seek and you'll find that you can

Open up the flood line - we got separated by time
Lifting up the gate now - we got separated somehow
Let's come together now

Open up the flood gates and believe that all will come to pass
Release the dream and let your woodwinds be all turned to brass
When something shifts you may belie your former way of life
Don't you want to be out of your mind; come on and

Open up the flood line - we got separated by time
Lifting up the gate now - we got separated somehow
Let's come together now

Go before the gafe goes down
When you hear the calling sound (I will go)
You will not be turned away
Bring your weakness with your strength (I will go)
Where the river meets the sea - Where the sky is holding me (I will go)
Love will be your ministry - Let it fly when you open up the flood line

THE HOMELESS:

I've been here since long ago
Waiting for the end
I don't need to have a home
But I could use a friend

So many people they don't give a damn
They look away when they see what I am
I've been like half a man
But I could be whole
Won't you befriend this solitary soul

Got a lot of breezes left to blow
Where I'm going I don't know
Got a lot of heartache I don't show
What it's like you'll never know
To be the solitary soul

I've been here since long ago
Buried in my tears
Feels like I've walked alone
For a thousand years

So many people they don't give a damn
They look away when they see what I am
I've been like half a man
But I could be whole
Won't you befriend this solitary soul

Got a lot of breezes left to blow
Where I'm going I don't know
Got a lot of heartache I don't show
What it's like you'll never know
To be the solitary soul

SNOW AND COMPANY:

I see your heart
I know what you've been through
I know you
Come be a part
You know you belong here
So dry your tears because

Love beyond words can fill your heart
Love beyond words - You'll feel a part
Love beyond words
You won't be alone anymore

THE HOMELESS:

How can you be
Like a sky stretched out before me
And the world is turning your way
Even darkness is better this way

Can it be true
That it all comes rushing from you
When my resistance is gone
And there's nothing that I can lean on

You are the wind at my back
You give what I lack
You're the jewel in my hand
You're like rain on dry land

You're the focus the beam
You're realities dream
You're the blue in my black
You're the wind at my back

All of the above
I'II have the lot for my love
As we're becoming somehow
As we're changing the future to now

I just want to live
In the place that you have to give
I'll let the heat beat me down
Until the water comes down

You are the wind at my back
You give what I lack
You're the jewel in my hand
You're like rain on dry land

You're the focus the beam
You're realities dream
You're the blue in my black
You're the wind at my back

You are the wind at my back
You give what I lack
You're the jewel in my hand
You're like rain on dry land

And my soul has been kissed
Just because you exist
You're the dream that's a fact
You're the wind at my back

You're the wish that I make
You're the prize I might take
You're the gold that is free
You're the groom on one knee

You're the focus the beam
You're realities dream
You're the blue in my black
You're the wind at my back

[instrumental]

NARRATOR:

Another 4th of July
Another pie in the sky
Another man hears the call

Another snake in the grass
Another tire's been slashed
Another man takes the fall

[CHORUS]
And like a dream dressed in white
Fast as a trick of the light
You see the vision of every man

You've known it since you were small
Even before you could crawl
You had the vision of every man

Another 4th of July
Another shot hits the sky
Another man has to pay

We wish our boy would stay sane
We wish he'd change his name
But life just isn't that way

[CHORUS]

Another 4th of July
Another shot hits the sky
Another ego exalts the man

Another 4th of July
Another shot hits the sky
Another ego exalts the man

THE EGO:

I'm the guy who lurks
In the heart of every man
I'm the creepy jerk
Dressed up like your dearest friend

I am Jonah's whale flying friendly sail
I'm the mind you're living in
I - I'm the guy

I'm the guy who thinks
Of the press and interviews
Like to walk a mile
In God's favorite running shoes

If you specify who has made you cry
Who can give the suicidal blues
I - I'm the guy

I'm the one you can't get free
I will always be
Like a wolf that's at your door
What your women wants is me
I'm the one she's waited for
She's waited for

I'm the one eyed jack
I'm the one you can't ignore
Just give me somethin' better than that
I'm the guy who wants more and more
and more and more and more

And then when I'm through
You'll be turned into
An emotional vegetable
'Cause I - I'm the guy

I'll tell you how great you are
You're the best by far
You're a drop dead centerfold
That girl ain't nothin' - you're the star
And your life will be controlled
It'll be controlled by me

NARRATOR:

Behold the man, the stranger, the working man's son
He reflected the mountain
Now all souls can see what's been done

And the word spread fast as wild fire
But the people changed as the wind swept higher
And the crowd's got huge, man, you should've seen the choir

And in 2 years he made the cover of Time
The albino priest with the psychic mind
"You wanna see Mr. Snow you better get in line"

He might've been fine - He might've got through it OK
If not for the girl, when he saw her I guess everything changed

And the loose in him wound up tight
And the flanks all faded in the failing light
And the needy people seemed an oversight

He knew about things he couldn't know
He knew about people and he told them so
But until he touched her he didn't know - She let him know

SNOW:

Carie
Won't you come and see me, the clouds have hid the sun
Let's take a chance and run with just what we can carry

Carie
Won't you come and save me, I am of the earth
But you are like a church with one hand in the sky
And a face that answers why
Won't you please just hear me

Everywhere I hear you - Everywhere you call
Everyday I feel the need to fall into you
I need to be behind your castle walls

Carie
I see it all so clearly, the window's open now
Let's take what fate's allowed, time may never come
Let's take a chance and run with just what we can carry

SNOW:

I think I'II give her a call to see if she's up
It's kinda late but you know it wouldn't surprise me
If I get her machine again

You see there's a problem I have
And have had for a long, long time
I wish I was blind as a bat
Cause no matter where I'm at
I can see her standing there

I'm still looking for answers - Maybe I can do better
Or maybe this is where I'll be for all eternity

This is a torture of sorts
I've seen the reports of my demise
But don't feel sorry for me
It's not like I can see at all
She's the best thing I've had
And have had for a long, long time
But I'm just a freak with a gift
Living in a paradigm shift
My world is changing everywhere

I'm still looking for answers
Maybe I can do better
Or maybe this is where I'll be for all eternity
I'm still looking for answers
Maybe I can do better, or maybe this is it for me
This is where I'll be for all eternity
I'm not opposed to being alone, the needle is stuck
My penance was made by my run out of luck
And I don't suppose
you'd consider changing your mind
I promise you it will be different this time
And I don't have nothin' to bring to the table
Oh no matter what I say
I'll be here forever - Forever will be today

I'm still looking for answers - Maybe I can do better
Or maybe this is it for me
This is where I'll be for all eternity

CARRIE:

You're a Freak Boy
You're a Freak Boy
You're a Freak Boy
How could you think I'd love you
You're a toothpick; so pathetic
You make me sick
I barely even know you

I took my turn in your prayer line
I felt something more like a warning
They all saw you secretly looking
Now you're here
At two in the morning

You're a Freak Boy
You're a Freak Boy
You're a Freak Boy
How could you think I'd love you
You're a magnet for the pathetic
I can't tell you
How much your face revolts me

In a way you are the worst kind
Think you know so much about people
So how come you never saw me
Open my church
And smell all the people now

You're a Freak Boy
You're a Freak Boy
You're a Freak Boy
How could you think I'd love you
You're a Freak Boy
You're a Freak Boy
You're a Freak Boy

SNOW:

And when we touch
The future dies
I see the face of my demise
I'm all alone without a friend
I see my fate; my bitter end

Thought I was the bigger man
But all I've done
Is a grain of sand
Thought I gave the best of me
But all it was was vanity

All is vanity
All is vanity

SNOW:

As the sun burns my eyes
I am pierced to the core
Everyday I feel dead
Nothing feels like before

When my friends come to play
I won't answer the door
When they come in the night
I won't be here no more

Help me I'm dying
My soul is crying
Help me I'm dying now

Hear the shots in the night
And I don't care what for
I had mustard today
I can't eat it no more

When death walks in my house
I will speak my desire
Let the storm take me out
With unquenchable fire

Help me I'm dying
My soul is crying
Help me I'm dying now

SNOW:

I'm a Freak boy
I'm a Freak boy
I'm the milk
Left out until morning
I'm a Freak boy
Everlasting
I'm a bomb set off
Without warning now

I'm a Freak boy
I'm a Freak boy now

On the street now
Barely breathing
They don't call me Snow
It's too charming
Somehow I still
Have some feeling
Like a dog
You best not alarm me now

I'm a Freak boy now
I'm a Freak boy now

THE ADDICT:

Hey, ain't that Snow
He looks like he's flyin'
Pick him up and bring him along
We'll show him a good time

The Devil's got my throat
I'm goin' down that's all she wrote
The Devil's got my throat
I'm goin' down that's all she wrote

The Devil's got my throat
I'm goin' down that's all she wrote
And I'm your cruel joke
I'm goin' down that's all she wrote
The Devil's got my throat
I'm goin' down that's all she wrote

SNOW:

Looks like I'm goin' out
With these dudes...

[instrumental]

SNOW:

Help me I'm dying
Help me I'm dying now

And as the whirlwinds disappeared
I looked around and I was here
The clouds were clearing from my eyes
My life stood still and began to rise

And all the faces round about
Began to smile and call me out
No time to think; nothing to know
Just one tremendous letting go

And God was there behind a veil
And everyone I'd helped or failed
These words escaped inside my soul
There's no denying

I will go
(Go before the gate goes down
When you hear the calling sound)
I will go
(You will not be turned away
Bring your weakness with your strength)
I will go
(Where the river meets the sea
Where the sky is holding me)
I will go
(Love will be your ministry
Fly it high when you open up the flood line)

And when I finally came around
Propped in a bed my head bound
I saw my friends they all were there
Some eyes were wet
Some eyes were clear

They gathered round
And touched my hand
And I began to understand
I saw a future yet unknown
I saw a child returning home

And God said
"Welcome back my friend"
He brought me back to life again
And when He calls me
Down the road
I will be going

I will go
(Go before the gate goes down
When you hear the calling sound)
I will go
(You will not be turned away
Bring your weakness
With your strength)
I will go
(Where the river meets the sea
Where the sky is holding me)
I will go
(Love will be your ministry
Fly it high when you
Open up the flood line)

Made Alive Again

SNOW:

From a world that's never ending
From a sky beyond the skies
A child is born
And love is made alive

Like a flaw that seeks perfection
With a will that will survive
A child is born
And love is made alive


Wind At My Back

SNOW:

And you are the wind at my back
You give what I lack
You're the jewel in my hand
You're like rain

And my soul has been kissed
Just because you exist
You're the gold that is free
You're the groom on one knee

You're the wind at my back
You give what I lack
You're the jewel in my hand
You're like rain on dry land

You're the focus the beam
You're realities dream
You're the blue in my black
You're the wind at my back

You are the wind at my back
You give what I lack
You're the jewel in my hand
You're like rain on dry land

You're the flow that I feel
The illusion so real
You're the ocean the tide
You're the door open wide

And my soul has been kissed
Just because you exist
You're the gold that is free
You're the groom on one knee

You're the focus the beam
You're realities dream
You're the blue in my black
You're the wind at my back

You're the wish that I make
You're the prize I might take
You're the dream that's a fact
You're the wind at my back

You're the flow that I feel
The illusion so real
You're the ocean the tide
You're the door open wide

And my soul has been kissed
Just because you exist
You're the blue in my black
You're the wind at my back