Where in the World
From "The Secret Garden"
Music by Lucy Simon, Lyrics by Marsha Norman


Now I see you in the window
Of a carriage, then a train,
Still my mind will not accept that
In your grave you must remain.
I hear your voice, then turn and
See a stranger's form and face.
Must I wander on tormented
Place to place to place to place?

Where can I go that you won't find me?
Why can't I find a place to hide?
Why do you want to chase me, haunt me?
Every step you're there beside me.

Where in the world, tell me where in the world
Can I live without your love?
Where on the earth, tell me where on the earth
Can I stay now that you are gone?

Why did I have to meet you, love you?
Why can't I rid you from my mind?
Why did you have to want me?
Won't you let me put my life behind me?

How in the world, tell me how in the world
Can I live without your love?
Why on the earth, tell me why on the earth
Should I stay now that you are gone?
Now that you are gone!

(In the context of the show, the music stops before he reaches
the last word, because he suddenly notices the ghost of his
wife in the room with him.)


MIDI sequence by Kelson Vibber, kelson@pobox.com
http://www.hyperborea.org/midi/