This Plum Is Too Ripe

Lyrics

[EL GALLO, spoken] Their moon was cardboard, fragile It was very apt to fray And what was last night scenic May seem cynic by today The play's not done Oh, no—not quite For life never ends in the moonlit night And despite what pretty poets say The night is only half the day So we would like to truly finish What was foolishly begun For the story is not ended And the play is never done Until we've all of us been burned a bit And burnished by—the sun! [LUISA, spoken] This plum is too ripe! [MATT, spoken] Sorry! Please don't watch me while I'm eating.  [LUISA, spoken] Sorry! [HUCKLEBEE, spoken] You are about to drown that magnolia.  [BELLOMY, spoken] Sorry! You're—standing—in—my—kumquat! [HUCKLEBEE, spoken] Sorry! [LUISA] Take away the golden moonbeam Take away the tinsel sky What at night seems oh, so scenic May be cynic by and by [MATT] Take away the painted sunset Take away the blue lagoon What at night seems oh, so scenic May be cynic much too soon [HUCKLEBEE] Take away the sense of drama Take away the puppet play What at night seems oh, so scenic May be cynic by today [BELLOMY] Take away the secret meetings Take away the chance to fight What at night seems oh, so scenic May be cynic in the light [LUISA, MATT, HUCKLEBEE & BELLOMY] So take it away and paint it upright! So take it away and decorate it! So take it away, that sun is too bright! [LUISA] I say that it really is a pity [LUISA & MATT] It used to be so pretty [LUISA, MATT, HUCKLEBEE, BELLOMY] Take away the golden moonbeam Take away the tinsel sky Take away the painted sunset What at night seems Take away Take away Oh, so scenic The blue lagoon The sense of drama May be cynic What at night seems Take away Take away By and by Oh, so scenic The puppet play The secret meetings May be cynic What at night seems Take away Much too soon Oh, so scenic The chance to fight May be cynic by today What at night seems oh, so scenic May be cynic in the light [HUCKLEBEE] By today [MATT] Much too soon [LUISA] By and by [MATT, spoken] This plum is too ripe! [LUISA, HUCKLEBEE & BELLOMY, spoken] Sorry!