[REN]
Been working so hard
I'm punching my card
Eight hours, for what?
Oh, tell me what I got
[CHUCK, LYLE & TRAVIS]
Been working so hard
I'm punching my card
Eight hours, for what?
[OTHERS]
For what? For what?
For what? For what?
For what?
[WENDY JO]
Been working too damn hard
I'm punching that same card
Eight hours, I'm bustin' my butt
Oh, tell me what I got
[KIDS]
I got this feeling
That time's just holding me down
[RUSTY, URLEEN & WENDY JO]
I hate this feeling
Time is holding me down!
[KIDS]
I'll hit the ceiling
Or else I'll tear up this town
Tonight I gotta cut loose!
Footloose!
Kick off your Sunday shoes
Please, Louise
Pull me offa my knees
Jack! Get back!
C'mon before we crack
Lose your blues
Ev'rybody cut footloose
[BOY 1, spoken]
Ren! Hey, Ren! We heard you're moving!
[BOY 2, spoken]
What?! He's leaving Chicago?
[BOY 3, spoken]
Yeah, he's moving to some small town nobody's ever heard of!
[REN, spoken]
Hey! People have heard of it!
[BOY 2, spoken]
It don't even have a zip code!
[BOY 1]
What's the name of it?
[REN, spoken]
It's close to everything. People are flocking to it from all over
[BOY 3, spoken]
WHAT'S THE NAME OF IT?
[REN, spoken]
Bomont!
[ALL, spoken]
Bomont?! Where the hell is Bomont?
[RUSTY, WENDY JO & URLEEN, sung]
You're playing so cool
Obeying every rule
Dig way down in your heart
You're burning, yearning for some...
[ALL]
...Somebody to tell you
That life ain't passin' you by
[RUSTY, WENDY JO & URLEEN]
Life ain't passing me by
[ALL]
I'm tryin' to tell you
It will if you don't even try
[RUSTY, WENDY JO & URLEEN]
You can fly!
[ALL]
You can fly!
[RUSTY, WENDY JO & URLEEN]
You can fly!
[REN]
If you'd only cut loose!
[ALL]
Cut footloose!
[BOYS]
Whoah!
[ALL]
Cut footloose!
[GIRLS]
Aawww
[ALL]
Cut footloose!
[REN, spoken]
Mom! Where're you gonna put that? I can't close the trunk. The back seat is full!
[ETHEL, spoken]
Ren, don't start! I don't want to leave any more than you do
[REN, spoken]
Yeah, right!
[ETHEL, spoken]
Look! I, too, wish your father hadn't left. I, too, wish that things could be the way they were...
[REN, spoken]
Okay, okay...
[ETHEL, spoken]
...and we both wish I could be one of those strong single moms who suddenly becomes self-sufficient! But I'm not. Please feel free to disagree
[REN, spoken]
We've got a ten-hour drive. I'm sure I'll think of somethin'
[ALL]
First...
[KIDS]
We've got to turn you around
[SMALL GROUP]
Second...
[KIDS]
Then put your feet on the ground
[SMALL GROUP]
Third...
[KIDS]
Now take a hold of your soul!
[ALL]
Aawww
Life keeps holding me down
Ev'rybody cut, ev'rybody cut
Ev'rybody cut, ev'rybody cut
Ev'rybody cut, ev'rybody cut
[CHOIR]
On any Sunday here we'll be
Raising our voices in harmony
One day once our trials have ceased
We will be released
[SHAW]
On any Sunday, Lord I pray
Tell me exactly the words to say
Give me strength and maybe then
I can reach my fellow men
So we all may rise again
Thank you, Lord, Amen
(spoken)
Welcome to Bomont
[REN]
We've only been here two days and already
Chicago seems a million miles away
But we were barely hanging on there
'Specially with my father gone there's
Not too many places we could stay
But maybe Mom could find a job that's steady
And maybe I could stand it for a year
And maybe things won't be so bad
And maybe I won't miss my dad
And maybe we could start a new life here
[PARISHONERS]
Start a new life here!
[ETHEL & REN]
Have I done the right thing?
Picking up my life
Packing up the past
That's always fright'ning
Have I done the right thing?
[PARISHONERS]
The right thing! The right thing!
We strive to do what's right!
The right thing! The right thing!
Sin is a matter of black and white!
[SHAW, spoken]
This morning we welcome to our parish two new souls just arrived from Chicago. Ethel McCormack and her son... Ron, is it?
[REN, spoken]
(mumbles)
Ren
[SHAW, spoken]
Huh? Speak up! Let the Lord hear your voice!
[REN, spoken]
(louder)
Ren. Ren McCormack
[SHAW, spoken]
"Ren." Interesting name. Is it short for something?
[REN, spoken]
Nope
KIDS
There's rumors going 'round about the new kid
And everybody's talking til they're blue
Cuz you know how a stranger is -
If he's not dumb he's dangerous -
But either way, at least it's something new
[SHAW, spoken]
Now I invite you to join my wife Vi and our daughter Ariel
In this morning's convocation
[SHAW, VI & ARIEL]
God is love
Follow him and never roam
He has made the stars above
Just to light your way back home
[SHAW, spoken]
Everybody!
[REN & ETHEL, (SHAW, VI & ARIEL), KIDS, ADULT PARISHONERS]
We've only (God is) The right
Been here Thing! The
Two days and Right thing!
Already
Chicago (Love) We strive to
Seems Do what's
A million Right!
Miles away
(Follow him)
(And)
But we were (Never) The right
Barely Thing!
Hanging on
There
'Specially The right
With my/his Thing!
Father gone
There's
Not too many (Roam) Sin is a
Places we Matter of
Could
Stay (He has made) Black and
(The) White!
But (Stars) The
Maybe Right
Mom/I Thing!
Can find
A job
That's (Above) There's The
Steady Rumors Right
Goin' Thing!
Round
And About We do
Maybe I The new The
Can Kid
Stand it
For a
Year
(Just) And Right
(To) Ev'rybody's Thing!
(Light) Talkin' 'til
(Your) They're blue
And (Way) But We
Maybe Either Strive
Things Way
Won't be
So bad
And (Back) It's To do
Maybe Something
I/Ren New
Won't
Miss my/his
Dad
And
Maybe (Home) Either To do
We can Way at
Start a new Least it's something
Life here New
[ALL]
On any Sunday morning, here we'll be
Raising our voices in harmony
Gathering to join the feast
Asking nought but, Lord, at least
We pray that one day once our trials have ceased
We will be released!
