Song of Me / Today Is the First Day of the Rest of My Life / A New Life Coming

Lyrics

[WOMAN 1] I'm a bother to my mother And my father thinks I'm mad I've a brother and two sisters If I'd smother they'd be glad Every morning I awake With sunlight in my hair Then I stretch my arms to take A handful of the air Mother, father, sister, brother There's no other in my heart All my lifetime lies before me Please God, let it start [WOMAN 2] Here I stand with life ahead of me No place to hide Today is the first day of the rest of my life Though it's true what some have said of me That I'm untried Today is the first day of the rest of my life Hushed and scared and flushed and wary I watch for dawn All my waiting years suddenly are gone Wait, don't move, I'm still not ready yet I need more time to steady my heart But it's too late For now it starts [WOMAN 1] Beat by beat my pulse is quickening And growing strong Today is the first day of the rest of my life One might say my plot's been thickening For far too long Today is the first day of the rest of my life There, right there, the future's gleaming It blinds my eyes Soon my world will grow wider than the skies [WOMAN 1 & WOMAN 2] Wait, don't move, I'm still not grown enough And yet it's time to own my own heart I'm not prepared But let it start! [WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2 & MAN] Old rickety freight train is telling me straight There's a new life comin' Each click of the gears puts a song in my ears There's a new life comin' I couldn't ignore if I tried Hearin' those voices outside Sayin', "Boy, enjoy your joyride" My troubles at last disappear in the past There's a new life comin' Whatever you name, not a thing is the same There's a new life comin' What manner of fling will it be? Who know, who cares? Just bring my world to me! Old rickety freight train is telling me straight There's a new life comin' Old clickety rails are a-whisperin' tales Of a new life comin' [WOMAN 1 & MAN, WOMAN 2] I couldn't ignore if I tried (I couldn't ignore if I tried) Hearin' those voices outside (Hearin' those voices out—) [WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2 & MAN] Sayin', "Boy, enjoy your [WOMAN 1 & MAN, WOMAN 2] "Joyride, joyride" (Joyride, joy) [WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2 & MAN] It's a joyride, it's a joyride It's a joy to sing [WOMAN 2 & MAN, WOMAN 1] This ugly young duckling is changin' his luck (Speed) There's a new life comin' (Me to it, and then) Whatever my fortune I'll carry the torch of a (Sing) New life comin' (Me to it) [WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2 & MAN] What manner of fling will it be? Who know, who cares? Just bring my world to me! [WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2 & MAN, spoken] Yeah!