Medley: Gabrielle / Coco

Lyrics

[Part I: Gabrielle] [COCO, spoken] The one thing I have never regretted is independence I began to yearn for it when I was a child When I was eight years old I lived with two cold gray aunts in a cold gray house My mother died when I was two My father, my father was a Champagne salesman And he was exactly like his product Just as irresistible, and if you're poor, just as hard to find I adored him And I lived for his occasional visit Six weeks before my first communion He came for the afternoon I pleadеd with him to take me away with him [PAPA, spoken] But Gabriellе, where would I take you? I live nowhere, I travel But I will not be away for a year this time I'm coming back for your communion in seven weeks [COCO, spoken] Six [PAPA, spoken] Even better And you're not going to wear that hideous bedspread That your aunt selected for you I'm going to buy you a communion dress fit for a princess [COCO, spoken] Could it be red? [PAPA, spoken] A red communion dress? Why not? Bright red Now, what do you say to that? [COCO, spoken] Take me with you, Papa [PAPA, spoken] Next time, Gabrielle After your communion We will go away together And you will always be happy [PAPA] Gabrielle There's a new and happy you Not far away Gabrielle What became of what's-her-name The world will say Gabrielle Will be never seen again Amen Gabrielle Will be known as merry Mimi? [COCO, spoken] No [PAPA] Momo? [COCO, spoken] No [PAPA] Kiki? [COCO, spoken] Uh uh [PAPA] Coco? [COCO, spoken] Coco! [PAPA] Fare thee well Little drab unhappy Gabrielle, farewell Fare thee well From that wild, delicious child Coco, farewell Gabrielle Dream away a little Play a little Pray a little Make the hours fly 'Til we tell Gabrielle Goodbye [COCO, spoken] Take me with you, Papa [PAPA, spoken] Six weeks is not a long time, Coco [COCO, spoken] Five, five [PAPA, spoken] Just keep thinking about that bright red communion dress [PAPA] Gabrielle Dream away a little Play a little Pray a little Make the hours fly [COCO, spoken] Papa! [PAPA] 'Til we tell Gabrielle Goodbye [Part II: Coco] [COCO, spoken] I never saw him again For weeks after my communion I sat by the road watching for him And then, one day I began to hear that small, clear voice Of that other person we carry inside And it was saying [COCO] Coco, Coco Hoping too high Fell down from the sky And started to cry It's the end of Coco Coco Where is a friend To trust and depend upon? Scan the hills Rake the sky But your searching Won't end 'til you try To Learn to turn to Someone who's called Coco, Coco, Coco [COCO, spoken] Slowly my self-pity turned to bitterness And my bitterness to resolve That one day I would never lean on anyone Count on anyone Or place my fate in anyone's hands but mine Ever again [COCO] Scan the hills Rake the sky But your searching Won't end 'til you try To [COCO & ENSEMBLE] Learn to turn to Someone who's called Coco, Coco, Coco