Something Just Broke

Lyrics

[HOUSEWIFE] I was out in the yard Taking down the bed sheets When my neighbor yelled across [VOICE, spoken] "The President's been shot." [HOUSEWIFE] I remember where I was Just exactly where I was In the yard out back [VOICE, spoken] "The President's been shot." [OFFICE CLERK] I was getting me a shoeshine [HOUSEWIFE] Folding sheets [CLERK] When I heard [MAN] We were waiting for a carriage [CLERK] Newsboys [MAN] Suddenly there's shouting in the street [HOUSEWIFE] Lizzie's sheets [VOICE, spoken] "The President's been shot." [MAN] I'll remember it forever [HOUSEWIFE] And I thought [CLERK & MAN] Where I was, what I was doing [HOUSEWIFE] Something just broke [VOICE, spoken] "The President's been shot." [MAN, spoken] My God! [FARMER] I was up near the ridge Plowing [FACTORY HAND] We were working at the plant [SCHOOLTEACHER] I was halfway through Correcting the exams [FARMER] When my wife [FACTORY HAND] It was Mike [FARMER] She comes tearing 'cross the field [FACTORY HAND] Mike the foreman [SCHOOLTEACHER] In runs Billy [FACTORY HAND] I mean, he was crying [SCHOOLTEACHER] He was crying [FARMER] She was crying [SCHOOLTEACHER, FARMER, & FACTORY HAND] I'll remember it forever [HOUSEWIFE] And I thought [VOICE, spoken] "The President's been shot." [HOUSEWIFE] You know what? As a president, he isn't worth a lot [SCHOOLTEACHER, FARMER, & FACTORY HAND] I kept thinking [HOUSEWIFE] He's the kind that gets elected, then forgot [FARMER] Mr. Garfield [SCHOOLTEACHER] Mr. Lincoln [FARMER] He's a hack [FACTORY HAND] Bill McKinley [SCHOOLTEACHER] He's a giant [FACTORY HAND] He's a joke [HOUSEWIFE] Still, something just broke [VOICE, spoken] "The President is rallying." "The President is sinking." "The President is dead." [HOUSEWIFE] Something just broke [STOCKBROKER] I was down at the Exchange [HOUSEWIFE] Something just made a little dent [LADY] I'd been shopping [OLD MAN] I'd been sick [HOUSEWIFE] Something just broke [PAWNBROKER] All I know, it was a Friday [HOUSEWIFE] Only for a moment [OTHERS] I remember it exactly [HOUSEWIFE] Something got bent [WAITRESS] I'm taking the order [HOUSEWIFE] Something just left a little mark [SCHOOLBOY] I was getting dressed [WOMAN 2] Two potato soups [HOUSEWIFE] Something just went a little dark [OTHERS] Ahh [HOUSEWIFE] Something just went [OTHERS] And I wondered I was scared of What would follow [HOUSEWIFE] Something to be mended [STOCKBROKER] Made me wonder who we are [HOUSEWIFE] Something we'll have to weather [WOMAN] It was seeing all those torches [HOUSEWIFE] Bringing us all together [POLICEMAN] He was me [MINISTER] He was us [HOUSEWIFE] If only for a moment [OTHERS] I'll remember it forever [HOUSEWIFE] Nothing has really ended [OTHERS] Where I was, what I was doing [HOUSEWIFE] Something just been suspended [OTHERS] Like a flash [HOUSEWIFE] 'Cause something just broke [OTHERS, variously] And I thought And I thought to myself And I thought [HOUSEWIFE] Something just woke [OTHERS] And I thought I kept thinking [ALL] Something just spoke Something I wish I hadn't heard Something bewildering occurred Fix it up fast Please Till it's just smoke Till it's only something just passed [HOUSEWIFE] Nothing that will last [OTHERS] Where I was, what I was doing [HOUSEWIFE] Nothing but the moment Just an awful moment But Something just