[ENSEMBLE]
And there was distant music
Skipping a beat
Singing a dream

[WOMEN]
La, la la la la

[ALL]
A strange, insistent music
Putting out heat
Picking up steam

[MEN]
La, la la la la

[ENSEMBLE]
The sound of distant thunder
Suddenly starting to climb
It was the music
Of something beginning
An era exploding
A century spinning
In riches and rags
And in rhythm and rhyme
The people called it ragtime
Ragtime (Ragtime)
Ragtime (Ragtime)
Ragtime (Ragtime, ragtime)