Dave Malloy
Lights Out
[DAVE]
This is Side 3. Track 1, “Lights Out.”

(The lights go out.)

[BRITTAIN (Roxie)]
MOMMY?
MOMMY WILL YOU READ ME A STORY?

[GELSEY (Lady Usher)]
ROXIE
ROXIE HONEY YOU’VE GOT TO GO TO SLEEP

[BRITTAIN]
BUT I CAN’T
IT’S NOT DARK ENOUGH
THERE’S TOO MANY LITTLE LIGHTS
LITTLE MOONS
LITTLE CANDLES
LITTLE SNOWFLAKES
LITTLE GLOWS
LITTLE BITS OF STARDUST

[GELSEY]
HUSH NOW ROXIE HONEY
THOSE ARE LITTLE MAGIC LIGHTS IS ALL
EACH LITTLE MAGIC LIGHT IS A LITTLE MAGIC STORY
[GELSEY & BRITTAIN]
LITTLE MOONS
LITTLE CANDLES
LITTLE SNOWFLAKES
LITTLE GLOWS
LITTLE BITS OF STARDUST

[BRITTAIN]
It’s better when you tell it Mom.
Did your mom ever tell you stories?

[GELSEY]
My mom wasn’t very nice.

[BRITTAIN]
Oh. I’m sorry Mom.
JUST ONE STORY?

[GELSEY]
ALL RIGHT
ARABIAN NIGHTS?

[BRITTAIN]
YEAH

[GELSEY]
ALL RIGHT
This is Side 3, Track 2. “The Photograph.”