Aftermath

Lyrics

[THE DRYER] Oh, oh Oh... [ROSE, spoken] Hello, I'm back Back from shopping Caroline? Noah? Is anyone home? Noah, go help Grandpa with the groceries Where's Caroline, darling? [NOAH, spoken] Caroline left [ROSE, spoken] She left? [NOAH, spoken] Yes [ROSE, spoken] Why, is anything wrong? [NOAH, spoken] No, she just left [ROSE, spoken] With the laundry still on? [THE DRYER] Oh [ROSE, spoken] Noah, is there something you aren't telling me? [NOAH] And the next day, day, day Caroline stayed away, way, way And she didn't come back, back, back And she didn't come back, back, back And the next day, day, day Caroline stayed away, way, way And she didn't come back, back, back And she didn't come back, back, back On the third day, day, day Carolinе stayed away, way, way And she didn't come back, back, back And shе didn't come back, back, back [ROSE] Stuart, I'm worried She left in a hurry I call her at home She won't come to the phone Her kids say she's out But I have my doubts I think she's there This isn't like her [ROSE, spoken] Stuart [STUART, spoken] Maybe she's ill [ROSE, spoken] And look, in the bleach cup [ROSE] A twenty dollar bill [ROSE & STUART] Noah, please, no monkey biz Tell us whose this twenty is [STUART, spoken] Noah? [ROSE, spoken] Did Caroline find this money in your pants? [MR. STOPNICK, spoken] No, Rose I think the twenty's mine I thought I'd lost it [MR. STOPNICK] Now everything's fine [NOAH] And the fourth day, day, day Caroline stayed away, way, way And she didn't come back, back, back And she didn't come back, back, back I did it, I killed her I did it, she died [ROSE] Dotty? Rose Gellman Is Caroline— [ROSE, sopken] Oh Well, why didn't she call and tell me so? [ROSE] I'm glad she's fine but I've been worried a lot I couldn't imagine For five days and not— Well, if she needed time off If it's family stuff And things around here Have been sort of tough Well, not tough, more like tense But it doesn't make sense To just up and vanish without an adieu [ROSE, spoken] I thought maybe she'd gotten the Spanish flu [ROSE] Tell her to call That's all that I ask I won't take her to task Just tell me what's what I worry a lot Thanks, Dotty, you're swell [Imitating DOTTY] You can all go to hell! [ROSE, spoken] I'm not the enemy! [MR. STOPNICK, spoken] No, you're the boss [ROSE, spoken] Oh, shut up, Papa Forget it, her loss [STUART, spoken] I have to go practice [ROSE, spoken] Great, thanks a lot, Stu [STUART, spoken] No, really, I do [MR. STOPNICK, spoken] So what else is new? Here's how I see it [ROSE, spoken] I didn't ask [MR. STOPNICK, spoken] Nonetheless [MR. STOPNICK] You want that boy to love you [ROSE] I guess, yes, of course And I've tried At bedtime he'll only let Stu tuck him in If I try and do it— Well, somehow, I blew it [MR. STOPNICK] His mother is dead [ROSE] Forget it! [MR. STOPNICK] And everything's wrong [ROSE] No win [MR. STOPNICK] Then you marry his father [MR. STOPNICK & ROSE] But you don't belong (But how he misses Caroline) [MR. STOPNICK AND ROSE] Caroline [MR. STOPNICK] Given the givens She's in perfect position For the boy to adore her She's competition [ROSE, spoken] Competition? Oh, yes, and I meant to destroy the silly attachment Of that little boy for the maid [ROSE] Oh, I'm the oppressor, right? I'm the employer [MR. STOPNICK] I don't mean you consciously planned To destroy her in Noah's affections [ROSE, spoken] Okay, fine [MR. STOPNICK] Well, not by design Maybe you had to One way or another It's hard, but not mean You got in between Maybe, Rosie Now you can be his mother [ROSE] It figures you'd figure in three seconds flat How to make me the villain [MR. STOPNICK, spoken] I didn't say that [ROSE] I'm glad you came down Now go home, keep in touch You've made me feel awful, thanks ever so much And while you were giving me this third degree Perhaps you neglected to notice that he Still won't let me near him So I've failed [MR. STOPNICK, spoken] Wait and see [ROSE] Just stop it, Papa Stop picking a fight [MR. STOPNICK] I didn't mean to upset you, Rosie Honor bright [ROSE] I'm not the boss Her loss Leave it be and let it end It's just no way to treat a friend