THE HUMAN HEART
(This song is from the one-act Broadway musical “Once on this Island” that also has a book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty. Based on the novel "My Love, My Love" by Rosa Guy, the musical is a retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" set in the French Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. The show also includes elements of the Romeo and Juliet story. A synopsis of this heart-warming musical can be read at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_on_This_Island. For now, enjoy this beautiful, inspiring song from that short musical.)
ERZULIE
The courage of a dreamer
The innocence of youth
The failures and the foolishness
That lead us to the truth
ERZULIE & STORYTELLERS
The hopes that
Make us happy
ERZULIE
The hopes that
Don't come true
ERZULIE & STORYTELLERS
And all the love
There ever was
ERZULIE
I see this all
In you
ERZULIE & STORYTELLERS
You are part
Part of the
Human heart
ERZULIE
You are part
STORYTELLER
You are part
ERZULIE, STORYTELLERS
You are part
ERZULIE
Of all who took the journey
And managed to endure
The ones who knew such tenderness
The ones who felt so sure
ERZULIE & STORYTELLERS
The ones who
Came before you
ERZULIE
The others yet
To come
ERZULIE & STORYTELLERS
And those who
You will teach
It to
ERZULIE
And those you
Learned it from
ERZULIE & STORYTELLERS
You are part
Part of the
Human heart
ERZULIE
You are part
STORYTELLER
You are part
ERZULIE, STORYTELLERS
You are part
ERZULIE
This is the gift I give
Through your love you'll live
Forever...
ERZULIE
Forever
STORYTELLERS
You are part
Part of the
Forever
STORYTELLERS
Human heart
ERZULIE
You are part
STORYTELLER
You are part
ERZULIE, STORYTELLERS
You are part
Tonight
Tonight
ERZULIE
Part of the human...
ERZULIE, STORYTELLERS
Heart.
