Songs of Serafina

I:

(Male voices speaking)

“Open her up, why don’t you?”

scraping noise

“Don’t you know what happens when you open up a Virgin?”

scraping gets louder

…

Plucking, strumming banjo, clapping

V1:

Hey, folks, let me tell you a tale of the day bad dog Benny came to the cul-de-sac

well a big black mutt came thunderin’ in

his paws were big enough to shake the ground

he came marching in and I do swear that ol Benny had a target on his back

he’s a mean, lean, snarling machine

and oh, you should hear him growl!

Intro:

Heard from my doctor you gotta pant like a dog so you won't choke...

So depress your tongue, relax your jaw,

And let me make you my bitch.

(Laughter)

Intro:

Lifted up upon the wings of grace...

Hey! Hey!

Let’s go!

Connect a string to that bird’s tail

So you can grab on and fly into the clouds...

Two doves, one tail.

So long, so long…

He flies like a bird, turns on a dime when it’s time,

A runway built for wings.

sound of plane taking off

V1:

There is no end to the kindness of strangers

Strangers are kind to all

There is no beginning to express gratitude

if you are grateful to all.

A walk in the park feels like ice cream all day

When you remember this saying:

I:

the sound of fireworks in the distance

…

old school record starts to play, ballroom music

…

C:

Pushing, pushing, pushing out.

Mom needs a break.

Pushing, pushing, pushing out.

Flip her circuits and watch her go

Wind up, wind up, wind up,

watch her go.

Get it all out.

V1:

Sitting on the faultlines in the middle of a crossroad

it ain’t easy to figure out the way

everything moves so fast

feels like we’re all slipping away…

phone lines don’t ring

and the city’s too far-

everything’s just too vast.

But take some time, child, to remember this:

Intro:

Hey.

You.

Yeah, you.

What’s that pulling at your strings?

snip, snip

(Laughter)

Oops!

V1:

Cough, cough

Ok.

I’m just a man hanging from a tree.

Okay?

Do you get where this song’s going yet?

I’m just a man hanging from a tree.

Okay?

Ok.

I’m just a girl with her legs open.

Okay?

Ok.

No bud left between.

Do you get where this song’s going yet?

Ok.

Now, listen up.

Shiny, happy people,

this is a story about the sledgehammer

and how it finds its way between your teeth.

This is the story about the ice pick

that finds your brain in the dark and goes

sound of someone screaming

This is a story about people living bad

and how it only gets worse when you start to beg.

Yeah,

We’ve been living rough

Sleeping with no bed.

We’ve been feeling tilted

With a sledgehammer to the head.

Sledgehammer to the head,

Sledgehammer to the head,

When are we gonna talk about the sledgehammer to the head?