Andrew Lloyd Webber
What’s the Buzz / Strange Thing Mystifying
[APOSTLES]

What's the buzz? Tell me what’s happening?
Line repeats in background

[JESUS]

Why should you want to know?
Don't you mind about the future; don't you try to think ahead
Save tomorrow for tomorrow; think about today instead

I could give you facts and figures
I could give you plans and forecasts
Even tell you where I’m going

[APOSTLES]

When do we ride into Jerusalem?
Line changes and continues repeating in background

[JESUS]

Why should you want to know?
Why are you obsessed with fighting
Times and fates you can't defy?
If you knew the path we're riding
You'd understand it less than I
[MARY MAGDALENE]

Lеt me try to cool down your face a bit
Apostles stop, Mary rеpeats this line until all stop at Jesus's next line

[JESUS]

Mary, oh, that is good
While you prattle through your supper
Where and when and who and how
She alone has tried to give me
What I need right here and now

[APOSTLES]

What's the buzz? Tell me what's happening?
Line repeats until Judas's next line

[JUDAS]

It seems to me a strange thing, mystifying
That a man like you can waste his time
On women of her kind

Yes I can understand that she amuses
But to let her stroke you, kiss your hair
Is hardly in your line
It’s not that I object to her profession
But she doesn’t fit in well
With what you teach and say
It doesn't help us if you’re inconsistent
They only need a small excuse
To put us all away

[JESUS]

Who are you to criticize her?
Who are you to despise her?
Leave her, leave her, let her be now
Leave her, leave her, she's with me now

If your slate is clean, then you can throw stones
If your slate is not, then leave her alone!

I'm amazed that men like you can be so shallow thick and slow
There is not a man among you who knows or cares if I come or go

[ALL EXCEPT JUDAS]

No you're wrong! You’re very wrong!
No you're wrong! You're very wrong!
No you're wrong! You're very wrong!
No you're wrong! You're very wrong!
How can you say that?
How can you say that?
How can you say that?
How can you say that?

[JESUS]

Not one! Not one of you!