Jason Robert Brown
The Garden Of Disapointed Mothers
[FEMALE ENSEMBLE]
Aah-aah-aah-aah-aah-aah

[MAHI, spoken]
The famous Garden of the Disappointed Mothers!

[JACK, spoken]
How long has this been here?!

[MAHI, spoken]
Nobody knows! Many centuries!

[JACK, spoken]
Unbelievable! They’re so… so real!

[BEA]
There he is!
There he is!
The deadpanned promise-breaker;
My son!

[JACK, spoken]
I can talk to it?

[BEA, spoken]
“It”? Now I’m “it”!
(singing)
Never get married;
That’s what I cried!
Didn’t I know you’d betray me
The second I died?!

[JACK, spoken]
What do you want from me?!

[BEA]
No other girl could ever love you
Like your mommy can do
Who will protect you?!
I will protect you!
Never get married!

[JACK, spoken]
Mom, all you’re protecting me from is happiness!
Tell me, what can I do short of being miserable forever to make you feel better?

[BEA, spoken]
Me?! This isn’t about me!
I know these girls!
Once she gets that ring
She’ll make your life a living hell!
Ask your father
[JACK, spoken]
If you met her, mom…

[BEA, spoken]
I don’t have to

[JACK, spoken]
No… you do…