Marc Kudisch - Something Just Broke lyrics

WOMAN 1: I was out In the yard Taking down the bed sheets When my neighbor yelled across: PROPRIETOR: "The president's been shot." WOMAN 1: I remember where I was Just exactly where I was In the yard out back... PROPRIETOR: "The president's been shot." MAN 1: I was getting me a shoeshine... WOMAN 1: ...Folding sheets... MAN 1: ...When I heard... WOMAN 2: We were waiting for a carriage... MAN 1: ...Newsboys... WOMAN 2: ...Suddenly there's shouting in the street... WOMAN 1: ...Lizzie's sheets... THE PROPRIETOR: "The president's been shot." WOMAN 2: ...I'll remember it forever... WOMAN 1: ...And I thought: WOMAN 2 and MAN 1: Where I was, what I was doing... WOMAN 1: Something just broke PROPRIETOR: "The president's been shot." MAN 1: My God! MAN 2: I was up near the ridge Plowing... MAN 3: We were working at the plant... WOMAN 2: I was halfway through correcting the exams... MAN 2: ...When my wife... MAN 3: ...It was Mike... MAN 2: ...She comes tearing 'cross the field... MAN 3: ...Mike the foreman... WOMAN 2: ...In runs billy... MAN 3: ...I mean, he was crying... WOMAN 2: ...He was crying... MAN 2: ...She was crying... WOMAN 2, MAN 2, MAN 3: I'll remember it forever... WOMAN 1: And I thought: PROPRIETOR: "The president's been shot." WOMAN 1: You know what? There are presidents who aren't worth a lot WOMAN 2, MAN 2, MAN 3: I kept thinking: WOMAN 1: There's the kind that gets elected, then forgot MAN 1 and WOMAN 1: Mr. Garfield WOMAN 2: Mr. Lincoln MAN 1 and WOMAN 1: He's a hack MAN 3 and WOMAN 1: Bill McKinley WOMAN 2: He's a giant MAN 1, MAN 3, WOMAN 1: He's a joke WOMAN 1: Still, something just broke PROPRIETOR: "The president is rallying." "The president is sinking." "The president is dead." WOMAN 1: Something just broke MAN 2: I was down at the Exchange... WOMAN 1: Something just made a little dent WOMAN 2: I'd been shopping... MAN 1: I'd been sick... WOMAN 1: Something just broke MAN 3: All I know, it was a Friday... WOMAN 1: Only for a moment MAN1, MAN 2, MAN 3, BOY: I remember it exactly... WOMAN 1: Something got bent WOMAN 2: I'm taking the order... WOMAN 1: Something just left a little mark BOY: I was getting dressed... WOMAN 2: ...two potato soups... WOMAN 1: Something just went a little dark Something just went MAN 2: And I wondered: WOMAN 2: I was scared... MAN 2 and WOMAN 2: What would follow... WOMAN 1: Something to be mended... MAN 1: Made me wonder who we are... WOMAN 1: ...Something we'll have to weather... MAN 2: It was seeing all those torches... WOMAN 1: ...Bringing us all together... MAN 2: He was me... MAN 3: He was us... WOMAN 1: ...If only for a moment... ALL: I'll remember it forever... WOMAN 1: ...Nothing has really ended... MAN 1, MAN 2, MAN 3, BOY: Where I was, what I was doing... WOMAN 1: ...Only just been suspended... MAN 1, MAN 2, MAN 3, BOY: Like a flash... WOMAN 1: ...'Cause something just stirred... VARIOUS: And I thought And I thought to myself And I thought And I thought I kept thinking WOMAN 1: ...Something just woke... ALL: Something just spoke Something I wish I hadn't heard Something bewildering occurred BOY and MAN 2: Fix it up fast Please MAN 2 and MAN 3: Till it's just smoke WOMAN 1 and WOMAN 2: Till it's only "Something just pa**ed" Nothing that will last WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2, MAN 1: Where I was, what i was doing MAN 2, MAN 3, BOY: Nothing but the moment WOMAN 2: Just an awful moment WOMAN 1 But something just--