Christopher Paul Richards - The World Is Upside Down lyrics

[BARRIE] Welcome, my friends [BOYS] Mr. Barrie! [BARRIE] Glad you could join me on this most auspicious day [BOYS] Hip hip, hooray! [BARRIES] I hope you'll forgive Mistakes and errors We're just getting under way [BOYS] Of course! We understand [BARRIE] You may recognize some of the scenes You all played a part in sowing the seeds ‘Cause there is magic here in my imagination Just believe and it can be a creation The stories we invented All the fun that we found Appearing here before your eyes The world is upside down! [MISS BASSETT] Our characters [MISS JONES] Nibs and Tootles...? [MISS BASSETT] What is their motivation? Because you see, I have to live and breathe my part, drawing from my own life experience... [BARRIE] Nibs is a lost boy [MISS BASSETT] Lost! Good, interesting [MISS JONES] Yes... [MISS BASSETT] That I can use [MISS JONES] Good, right [MISS BASSETT] Is he lost in an emotional purgatory? ...or lost in an existential search for himself? [MISS JONES] Yes! [BARRIE] No, he's just lost [MISS BASSETT] Good heavens! Where, when, and how? [BARRIE] Do you have experience being lost? [MISS BASSETT/MISS JONES] We're experiencing it now [MR. HENSHAW] Dogs! [MISS POTTER] Boys! [MR. CROMER] Flying! [MISS BASSETT] Lost! [FROHMAN] So... [ACTORS] Frustration! [BARRIE/BOYS] Believe and it can [ACTORS] No! [BARRIE/BOYS] Be a creation [MISS BASSETT] Actors don't fly... [MR. CROMER] Because actors could die! [BOYS] Start by saying I can do And then you can try [MISS JONES] I can't [MISS POTTER] I won't [MR. HENSHAW] Will not [MR. TURRIN] Not me [ACTORS] There is no magic in your imagination I do not believe in your new creation This disaster is all due to your play This could be my last first day [MR. CROMER] Nauseous! [MISS POTTER] Anxious... [MR. HENSHAW] My reputation! [MISS BASSETT/MISS JONES] Playing lost? [ACTORS] Get lost! Serious actors cannot work this way! [FROHMAN] A positive start! [ACTORS] The world is upside down!