STARLIGHT EXPRESS Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics by Richard Stilgoe Personaggi: CONTROL MOTHER GREASEBALL PEARL DINAH BUFFY ASHLEY ROCKY ROCKY II ROCKY III FREIGHT FLAT TOP DUSTIN KRUPP WRENCH PURSE VOLTA JOULE ELECTRA BOBO RUSTY RUHRGOLD ESPRESSO PRINCE OF WALES TURNOV NINTENDO POPPA HTTP://COPIONI.CORRIERESPETTACOLO.IT ACT ONE Overture Control This is control! This is control! Tonight is the most important night in the history of the world! Take your seats for the World Championship Railroad Race! Trains to your tracks Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one Trains gone! Four trains going for two final places Greaseball and Espresso are the early leaders with Nintendo pressing in third This is turning into a real grudge match And here's a surprise: look at that Rusty go - Mother Put those trains away. Control Oh Mum - just five more minutes. Mother Put those trains away and get into bed. Control But... Mother No buts. Control Starlight Express, Starlight Express Are you real - yes or no? Starlight Express, Starlight Express... Entry of the National Trains Control This is control, this is control Tonight is race night Let's hear it for the champion engines of the world From France the 120 mph Sudest. The power of the Sudest - Bobo From Italy - the Rome to Milan Express - the Settebello. Powered by Espresso From Germany - right on time - the Inter-Continental Express. Powered by Ruhrgold From Russia - as fast as possible - the Trans-Siberian express. Powered by Turnov From Japan - the Shinkanssen bullet train - the power of the bullet - Nintendo From Great Britain - battling through the wrong kind of snow - the Royal Train. Powered by the Prince of Wales British Rail announce a delay in the arrival of the Royal Train. This is due to staffing difficulties And from the US of A - the reigning champion: the greatest diesel locomotive in history - the Union Pacific Powered by - Greaseball Rolling Stock Greaseball I'm just the fastest thing you'll ever see That streak of lightning you just missed was me Don't stop now - we gotta keep it going all night Rolling stock, rolling stock HTTP://COPIONI.CORRIERESPETTACOLO.IT You got no wheels, you don't know how it feels Rolling stock, rolling stock You got no lovers if you got no wheels Don't try to show you can go faster than me This is my back view and it's all you'll see Don't stop now - we gotta keep it going all night Rolling stock, we're rolling stock So get the motion in your wheels somehow The racing action's starting here and now Don't stop now - we gotta keep it all night Rolling stock, we're rolling stock Rolling stock, we're rolling stock Rolling stock, we're rolling stock He'll Whistle At Me Coaches Woo woo, woo woo - nobody can do it like a steam train Woo woo, woo woo - everybody's waiting for their dream train Pearl I'll know him when I see him, for long before I see him I will hear the far off signal, I will hear the distant call And then he'll whistle at me, he'll send a note and woo me He'll whistle at me, I'm gonna hitch him to me Some day soon he'll whistle at me, that's how I'll recognise him And maybe I will whistle at him, that should surprise him Don't give me insistent humming, horns and bells and distant drumming I want steam that's under pressure as it rises to a scream Somebody whistle at me, I'm all anticipation I need someone to whistle at me, I'm waiting at the station Come on, someone whistle at me, I'm longing to be near him I need someone to whistle at me, I'll know him when I hear him He'll whistle at me Freight Dinah Oh no Buffy Oh shucks Pearl It's the freight train Ashley The dumb trucks Buffy Forty tons of empty chrome Dinah The lights are on Ashley But nobody's home Buffy Let's show them who's boss Dinah Let's play a joke Pearl Yeah, let's have some fun Ashley Let's have a smoke Dinah Here they come... HTTP://COPIONI.CORRIERESPETTACOLO.IT Buffy To fill our station... Pearl With witty, sparkling conversation! Trucks (Coaches) Freight is great (That's brilliant!) Freight is great (Don't you wish you'd thought of that?) We carry weight 'cos we are freight And freight is great (One more time!) Freight is great (Did you think of that all by yourselves?) Freight is great (It's so profound!) We never sulk, we hulk the bulk 'Cos freight is great (Well I certainly learned something today!) We never make a fuss, we got the goods on us We take the loads from off the roads And freight is great (You just listen to what the coach says!) Coaches Couldn't stand gravel and sand Being ignored, no one aboard Nobody complaining, we were late again I should hate carrying freight Nobody living in me Got to be a living breathing passenger train Freight Freight is great, freight is great Coaches (Freight) Couldn't stand gravel and sand Being ignored, no one aboard (is great) Nobody complaining, we were late again (we carry weight) I should hate carrying freight Nobody living in me (and freight is great) Got to be a living breathing passenger train Coaches It's Mommas and Poppas Freight It's commerce and hoppers Coaches It's daughters and sons Freight It's quarters and tons They get in your hair Coaches It's the fun of the fare Freight Freight Coaches Folks Freight Tares Coaches Fares Passengers, commuters and mail Freight Trees and meat, gravel and shale All Are great, are great, are great Are great, are great HTTP://COPIONI.CORRIERESPETTACOLO.IT Control Control. Control. You wagons and passenger cars just cut it out. Trucks will identify themselves. Rocky I'm Rocky, there's lots like me Rocky II I'm Rocky Two Rocky III I'm Rocky Three Rockies The only time we get sick inside is when some bum hitches a ride Wait for the sharp corner to come And open the door - bye bye, bum! Freight Freight is great Control Brick truck. Flat top Flat top, who you looking at? Yeah, there's bricks, what's wrong with that? No, you're right, they don't all match - Yeah, they're heavy - here, catch! All Freight is great Control The big hopper. Flat top Dustin, that's you mate Control Come on, the big hopper! Flat top Come on, Dustin! Dustin I'm the big hopper, I'm not a box Rockies Yeah, your head is full of rocks Dustin They're not rocks, they're bits of gravel Gravel's got a right to travel Travelling with gravel in & Flat top Praying that we don't get wet Water and mortar, do things they didn't oughta Empty me before I set Freight Down the track, from A to B and back We carry things, not people, people talk a lot That isn't what we like Coaches They're strong and silent Freight None of us may be a genius But we know one thing, what we know is Freight Freight is great Freight is great Freight is great HTTP://COPIONI.CORRIERESPETTACOLO.IT Coaches (Freight) Couldn't stand gravel and sand Being ignored, no one aboard (is great) Nobody complaining, we were late again (we carry weight) I should hate carrying freight Nobody living in me (and freight is great) Got to be a living breathing passenger train Coaches It's Mommas and Poppas Freight It's commerce and hoppers Coaches It's daughters and sons Freight It's quarters and tons They get in your hair Coaches It's the fun of the fare Freight Freight Coaches Folks Freight Tares Coaches Fares Passengers, commuters and mail Freight Trees and meat, gravel and shale All Are great, are great, are great Are great, are great Are great, are great AC/DC Control Oh, boy, a late entry. A superstar challenger. These must be his minders. Pearl He's got a gun! Krupp Halt. I am Krupp, Electra's armaments truck. Rocky Who's Electra? Krupp We ask the questions. Wrench I am Wrench, Electra's repair truck. Dustin This Electra must be rich to have his own repair truck Flat-Top Or unreliable Purse I am Purse, Electra's money truck Electra is rich. Switch your allegiance to Electra Volta I am Volta, Electra's freezer truck Joule I am Joule, Electra's dynamite truck HTTP://COPIONI.CORRIERESPETTACOLO.IT Volta Electra is cool Joule Electra is hot Volta Cool Joule Hot Company A megastar. A megawatt Rich, hot, powerful - rich, hot, cool Rich, hot, powerful - rich, hot, cool Electra ... Electra ... Electra ... Electra ... Electra I am electric - feel my attraction Feel my magnetism - you will agree I am electric - I have the contact I am electric - the future is me AC/DC it's okay by me I can switch and change my frequency I am electric - mind how you touch me I can shock you, I can set you on fire I can reach up and pluck down the lightning Watch the conductor, see the live wire AC/DC it's okay by me I can switch and change my frequency Company Electra ... Electra ... Electra ... Electra I am electric - resistance is pointless Feel my magnetism - you will agree You can't ignore me, you must adore me I am electric, come closer to me AC/DC it's okay by me I can switch and turn you on to me Can switch and turn you on to me Can switch and turn you on to me Company Electra ..