[ALL (except TI MOUNE, & DANIEL)] (sung)
SOME SAY...
[AGWÉ] (spoken)
How Ti Moune began her long journey toward the city!
[ALL (except TI MOUNE, & DANIEL)] (sung)
SOME SAY...
[CITY DWELLER (WOMAN 2)]
SOME SAY HER FEET WERE BARE
AND THE ROAD WAS LONG AND CRUEL
[ALL (except TI MOUNE, & DANIEL)]
SOME SAY...
[CITY DWELLERS (WOMAN 1, & MAN 1)]
SOME SAY SHE GOT A RIDE
FROM A VENDOR AND HIS MULE
[ALL (except TI MOUNE, & DANIEL)]
SOME SAY...
[CITY DWELLER (WOMAN 2)]
THE GODS PULLED UP IN A CAR
AND DROVE HER ALL THE WAY
[ERZULIE, ASAKA, AGWÉ, PAPA GE, & CITY DWELLERS]
WELL, NO ONE KNOWS
HOW THE REAL TRUTH GOES,
BUT THAT'S WHAT SOME SAY!
[ALL (except TI MOUNE, & DANIEL)]
SOME SAY...
[LITTLE GIRL]
AND HOW FAR DID SHE TRAVEL?
[GODS]
AS FAR AS YOU SUPPOSE
[LITTLE GIRL]
AND HOW LONG DID IT TAKE HER?
[GODS]
MUCH LONGER THAN YOUR NOSE!
[LITTLE GIRL]
AND WAS SHE EVER FRIGHTENED
OR WAS HER LOVE TOO STRONG?
AND DID SHE KNOW SHE'D END UP
IN OUR STORY AND OUR SONG?
[ALL (except TI MOUNE, & DANIEL)]
OUR STORY AND OUR SONG...
SOME SAY...
[ASAKA] (spoken)
What happened when Ti Moune finally reached the city!
[ALL (except TI MOUNE, & DANIEL)] (sung)
SOME SAY...
[CITY DWELLER (ANDREA)]
SOME SAY THEY LAUGHED AT HER
FOR HER PEASANT FEET WERE BARE
[ALL (except TI MOUNE, & DANIEL)]
SOME SAY...
[CITY DWELLERS (ARMAND, MAN 2, & MAN 1)]
SOME SAY THE VENDOR MAN
GAVE HER SHOES TOO SMALL TO WEAR
[ALL (except TI MOUNE, & DANIEL)]
SOME SAY...
[ASAKA]
THE GODS SAID "PUT ON THE SHOES!
IT'S THE PRICE YOU HAVE TO PAY!"
[GODS, CITY DWELLERS (ANDREA, ARMAND, & MAN 2)]
THE SHOES WERE TIGHT,
BUT SHE SAID:
[LITTLE GIRL] (spoken)
"All right!"
[GODS, CITY DWELLERS (ANDREA, ARMAND, & MAN 2)] (sung)
WELL, THAT'S WHAT SOME SAY!
[ALL (except TI MOUNE, & DANIEL)]
SOME SAY...
[PAPA GE] (spoken)
At last, still wearing her painful new city shoes, Ti Moune arrived at the gates of the Hotel Beauxhomme. But the fierce guard saw she had nothing to sell to the tourists.
[GATEKEEPER (MAN 2)]
Stop!
[ERZULIE]
But Ti Moune must have smilеd her most beautiful smile. And Erzuliе must have touched the fierce guard on the shoulder, for he nodded.
[ALL (except TI MOUNE, & DANIEL)] (sung)
SOME SAY...
[AGWÉ] (spoken)
The gate swung open and Ti Moune entered...
[ALL (except TI MOUNE, & DANIEL)] (sung)
SOME SAY...
[ASAKA] (spoken)
...and went in search of her Daniel...
[ALL (except TI MOUNE, & DANIEL)] (sung)
SOME SAY...
[ERZULIE]
SOME SAY SHE SCRUBBED THE FLOORS
'TIL SHE LEARNED WHERE HE WAS KEPT
[ALL (except TI MOUNE, & DANIEL)]
SOME SAY...
[AGWÉ]
SOME SAY SHE CLIMBED A VINE
TO THE WINDOW WHERE HE SLEPT
[ALL (except TI MOUNE, & DANIEL)]
SOME SAY...
[GODS]
THE GODS JUST LIFTED HER UP
AND PLACED HER WHERE HE LAY
[ALL (except TI MOUNE, & DANIEL)]
WELL, NO ONE KNOWS
HOW THE REAL TRUTH GOES
IT ALL DEPENDS
WHAT YOU HEAR FROM FRIENDS
IT'S NO SURPRISE,
IF IT'S ALL JUST LIES—
BUT THAT'S WHAT SOME SAY...
[LITTLE GIRL]
SOME SAY...
[ALL (except TI MOUNE, & DANIEL)]
THAT'S WHAT SOME SAY...
[LITTLE GIRL]
SOME SAY...
[ALL (except TI MOUNE, & DANIEL)]
THAT'S WHAT SOME SAY...
[LITTLE GIRL]
SOME SAY...
[ALL (except TI MOUNE, & DANIEL)]
THAT'S WHAT SOME SAY...
