Original Broadway Cast of Caroline, or Change
Why Does Our House Have a Basement?
[THE RADIO]
Underwater
[NOAH]
Why does our house have a basement?
Underground is underwater
This is where the Great Plains end
In the Gulf of Mexico
[ROSE]
Go to sleep, now
Go to sleep
[NOAH]
Rose?
[ROSE]
Noah?
[NOAH]
If there's only water underground
Is my mother buried underwater?
[ROSE]
Don't be silly, she's safe and sound
They buried her above the ground
In a dry little house
Not even a mouse can get in, I bet
Listen, your daddy's clarinet
[NOAH]
Good night, Caroline
[CAROLINE]
Go to bed, Noah
Stop botherin' the night
[NOAH]
I'm glad you came back to work today
Sorry I hid from you
[CAROLINE]
Someday you won't
Someday we'll talk again
Just got to wait
[NOAH]
Will we be friends then?
[CAROLINE]
Weren't never friends
[MOON and (with THE WASHING MACHINE below)]
Household rules and small decrees
Unsuspecting bring us these secret, little tragedies
[THE WASHING MACHINE (with MOON above)]
Household rules and small decrees
Unsuspecting bring us these
Costly, quiet victories
[NOAH]
Caroline?
[CAROLINE]
Mm?
[NOAH]
What's it like underwater?