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PIANO – VOCAL SCORE Way Back When or (The Tale of the Clown from Pollis Minor) A Musical Fairy Tale Book, Music & Lyrics by James A. Goins 661-382-2810 james@jamesagoins.com Member
Characters Clown/ The Kingdom Jester before it split in two. Trusted advisor to both King Old Man: Beckus and King Neilio. Cunning and skillful his intelligence is matched only by his wit. King Neilio: King of his portion of the old Kingdom. Father of Prince Aaron and brother of King Beckus. Shrewd and ambitious, his sights are on both Queen Aluis and his brother’s kingdom. King Beckus: Ruler of his portion of the old kingdom and elder brother of King Neilio. King Beckus is simple, plain and stoutly handsome. He desires only his kingdom and his queen. Queen Aluis: Wife and Queen to Beckus. Crafty, shrewd, devious and wicked Alusi thinks only of herself and her position in life. She desires security above all else. Prince Aaron: Son of King Neilio and Captain of the Army. He is strong and resolute. He seeks an end to the conflict and the love of one of Queen Aluis’ handmaids. Jess: A handmaid to Queen Aluis and the romantic focus of Prince Aaron. Sir Robert: A long time Palace guard. Spy 1: A Beckean Spy/Player Spy 2: A Neilean Spy/Player Plus 14 more Players Time: Around 1525 in a kingdom long since forgotten. Place: The Kingdoms of Beckus and Neilio Pollis
%%ΥΥ3333˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙∑Vocal Ranges©Queen AluisClownJessKing BeckusKing NeilioQueen AluisPrince AaronWay Back When
Musical Numbers ACT ONE Score Script 1. War Clown, Company 1 3 2. The Message Clown, Aaron, King Neilio 8 10 3. Way Back When Clown, Aaron 16 15 4. Come Close to Me Jess, Aaron, Clown 21 23 5. Come Close to Me Underscore Jess, Clown 28 24 6. Give Me A Chance Clown, King Beckus 31 26 7. I Never Thought Jess, Queen Aluis 39 36 8. War: Reprise 1 Clown 49 39 ACT TWO 9. What Have I Done? King Neilio, Company 52 8 10. Stranger to My Heart Queen Aluis, Chamber Girls 62 14 11. One Step Further Clown, Jess, King Beckus 73 20 12. Tell Me! Aluis, Aaron, Company 86 26 *12A. I’m Sorry, Aaron Aluis 96A 28 13. Hear My Prayer King Neilio 97 30 14. War: Reprise 2 Clown, Aluis 102 35 15. Way Back When Underscore King Neilio, Aaron 105 37 16. War: Reprise 3 Clown 108 38 17. War: Reprise 4 Clown 109 40 18. Finale Clown, Company 111 44 *Optional Song
%%>ααααααααα757575−−−−−−−−−−−−∑‰œœœœ‰œœ∀œœ−œŒ ‰Eα/G D/GαSpiritedοq. = 67∑‰œœ∀ œœ‰œœµ œœ∑Dα/F Cm/Eα∑‰œœœœ‰œœ∀œœ−−œœ−−œœEα/G D/Gα∑‰œœ∀ œœ‰œœµ œœ−−œœ−−œœDα/F Cm/Eα%%>ααααααααα5œ œ œ œœœThis is the tale of two5‰œœœœ‰œœ∀œœ5−−œœ−œEα/G D/GαΕΕClown:Ιœœ−œbro - thers,‰œœ∀ œœ‰œœµ œœ−−œœ−œDα/F Cm/Eαœ=œ œ œ=œœborn in a king - dom of‰œœœœ‰œœ∀œœ−−œœ−œœœœ œœœone, now a- sun - der for‰œœ∀ œœ‰œœµ œœ−−œœ−œ%%>ααααααααα9œ œ œ œ œ=œ œthe one that had greed stole the9‰œœœœ‰œœ∀œœ9−−œœ−œœœ œ œ=œ œo - ther one's deed to his‰œœ∀ œœ‰œœµ œœ−−œœ−œœœ œœΙœbirth-right and to his‰œœœœ‰œœ∀œœ−−œœ−œMusic & Lyrics by James A. GoinsDe'Layna PublishingMusic & Lyrics Copyright © James A. GoinsAll Rights Reserved.1. WarWay Back WhenThe Clown from Pollis MinorCue: CLOWN: Then we beginwith, war!2x:Clown: Once upon a time or in this case "Way Back When."(Clown)
%%>ααααααααα12Ιœœ−œho - nor.12‰œœ∀ œœ‰œœµ œœ12−−œœ−œο∑‰œœœµœœœ‰œœœœœœ−œ−œG/B Ddim/Aα∑‰œœœœœœ‰ιœœœµ ‰−œ œΙœCmin/G Bdim/F∑‰œœœœœœ‰œœœµ−−œœœιœCmin/G Bdim/FÓ ‰ιœFor‰œœœœœœ‰œœœµœœœ−−œœ−œΙœ œ œ=œœjust like E - sau and‰œœœœœœ‰œœœµœœœ−−œœ−œCmin/G Bdim/FΕΕ%%>ααααααααα18Ιœ=œ œιœJa - cob the18‰œœœœœœ‰œœœµœœœ18−−œœ−œœœ œ œœœlat - ter was cun - ning and‰œœœœœœ‰œœœµœœœ−−œœ−œ˙=‰ιœbrave, he‰œœœœœœ‰œœœµœœœ−−œœ−œœ œ œ œ œœdressed like his bro - ther be -‰œœœœœœ‰œœœµœœœ−−œœ−œ%%>ααααααααα22œ œ œ œ œœguild his own fa - ther to22‰œœœœœœ‰œœœµœœœ22−−œœ−œœœ œœœœthis one the birth-right he‰œœœœœœ‰œœœµœœœ−−œœ−œ˙‰ιœgave! Now‰œœœœœœœœœµιœ−−œœ−œœ œ œ œœœWar is the on - ly thing−−−˙˙˙µ−−˙˙Cεε%%>ααααααααα26−œ]Œιœleft. Oh26−−−−˙˙˙˙26−−˙˙Fsus7/Bα−œ œ œ œœ œœWar has been put in - to−−−˙˙˙−−˙˙AαMaj7˙]‰ιœforce. Now−−œœœœœµ ‰−−œœŒ ‰Csus4/G Bdim/Dœ œ œ œœœwar is the on - ly thing−−−˙˙˙µ−−˙˙C˙]œ œleft. For the−−−−˙˙˙˙−−˙˙Fsus7/Bα1. War2
%%>ααααααααα31œœ œ œιœland that was one, now31−−−˙˙˙31−−˙˙AαMaj7œ−œ œ−œsplit in - to two,−−−˙˙˙−−˙˙Gminœ−œ−œ−œ−œ−œNei - li - o Bec - kus we've−−−˙˙˙−˙œιœœιœall been cursed by∑œΙœœΙœ−˙you!‰œœœœ‰œœ−−œœ−œEα/G Dm/FΟ%%>ααααααααα36∑36‰œœœœ‰œœ36−−œœ−œEα/G Dm/F∑‰œœœœ‰œœ−−œœ−œEα/G Dm/FŒ ‰ ŒιœButœœιœœ−−œœœœιœ−−œœœ œ œ œœœwait there is more to this‰œœœœ‰œœœœ−−œœ−−œœEα/G Dm/FΕΕ−œœœ œœœ œcra - zy old sto - ry, some - thing‰œœœœ‰ œœœœ−−œœ−œCm/EαBα/D%%>ααααααααα41œ œ œ œœœe - vil and wick - ed and41‰œœœœ‰œœ∀œœ41−−œœ−œœœœ œ=œ=œtwist - ed what flur - ry. The‰œœ∀ œœ‰œœµ−−œœœιœœΙœ œιœwife of one has‰œœœœ‰œœ∀œœ−−œœ−œœ−œ œ œœ œgi - ven their son to the‰œœ∀ œœ‰œœµ œœ−−œœ−œ%%>ααααααααα45œœ œœœ œbro - ther in ran - some for45‰œœœœ‰œœ∀œœ45−−œœ−œΙœœŒ ‰si - lence!CLOWN: Hummm.‰œœ∀ œœ‰œœµ œœ−−œœ−œ∑‰œœœµœœœ‰œœœœœœ−−œœ−−œœ∑‰œœœœœœ‰œœœµ−−œœ−œ∑‰œœœœœœ‰œœœ−−œœ−œŒ ‰ŒιœWhat∑−œ−œ1. War3
%%>ααααααααα51œΙœ œΙœe - vil deed was51‰œœœœœœ‰œœœµ51−−œœ−œœ−œœ œιœdone in that day, That‰œœœœœœ‰œœœµœœœ−−œœ−œœΙœ œœœbabes in arms must be‰œœœœœœ‰œœœµœœœ−−œœ−œœ−œœ œιœcar - ried a - way? What‰œœœœœœ‰œœœµ−−œœ−œ%%>ααααααααα55œ−œ−œ−œœ œdid this queeen do, that would55‰œœœœœœ‰œœœµœœœ55−−œœ−œ−œœœ œœ œhor - ri - fy you? She made‰œœœœœœ‰œœœµœœœ−−œœ−œœœ œ œœœlove to the kings young - er‰œœœœœœ‰œœœµ−−œœ−œ%%>ααααααααα58œœ ˙ιœbro - ther! Now58‰œœœœœœœœœµ ‰58−−œœœΙœœ œ œ œœœwar is the on - ly thing−−−˙˙˙µ−−˙˙Cεε˙‰ιœleft! Oh−−−−˙˙˙˙−−˙˙Fsus7/Bα−œ œ œ œœ œœwar has been put in - to−−−˙˙˙−−˙˙AαMaj7%%>ααααααααα62˙‰ιœforce. Now62−−−˙˙˙62−−œœœ œœFsus4œ œ œ œœœwar is the on - ly thing−−−˙˙˙µ−−˙˙C˙œ œleft. For the−−−−˙˙˙˙−−˙˙F7sus4œœ œ œιœland which was one now−−−˙˙˙−−˙˙Cmin/Eαœœ œ−œsplit in - to two−−−˙˙˙−−˙˙Gmin/D1. War4
%%>∀∀∀ΒΒΒ∑Œœ ιœœιœœ˙ÓEsus/Aοπ≡€™≠A∑ϖϖ∑∑Œœ ιœœιœœ˙ÓEsus/A∑ϖϖ∑œ œ œœ œιœSome-bo-dy tell me whereŒ œιœœιœœ˙ÓΕClown:%%>∀∀∀6œœœ œ=‰ ιœwe go wrong di -6ϖϖ6∑œ œ œœ œ œ œvi - ding the coun - try in aŒ œιœœιœœ˙Óœœœ=Œwar so long,ϖϖ∑œ œ œ œœ œ œ œten years of il - lu - sion in aŒ œιœœιœœ˙Ó%%>∀∀∀10œ œ œœœιœhap-pi- ness made of hell!10ϖϖ10∑ϖŒ œιœœιœœ˙Ó‰œœœœœœNo way out there's no wayϖϖ∑œœœ œ ˙to pre-vail!Œ œιœœιœœ˙ÓDe'Layna PublishingMusic & Lyrics Copyright © James A. GoinsAll Rights Reserved.2. The MessageRock FeelClown:King Beckus wants to know my lord, can...Cue: AARON: Deliver on themessage.(Clown, Aaron, King Neilio)
%%>∀∀∀14∑14ϖϖ14∑œ œ œœ=œ œœSome-thing is wrong when the king -Œ œιœœιœœ˙Óœœœœœœ œwith the ans-wers car-riesϖϖ∑œ œ œœ œœ œhate in his heart de-cep -Œ œιœœιœœ˙Ó%%>∀∀∀18œœœ œ ˙tion and rules18ϖϖ18∑œ œ œœ œ œœin the il - lu - sion of hap -Œ œιœœιœœ˙Óœœœ œœœœœpi - ness re-vealed in the blues.ϖϖ∑−˙‰ιœHell,Œ œιœœιœœ˙Ó%%>∀∀∀22‰œ œ œœœœno way out there's no way22ϖϖ22∑œœœ œ ˙to pre- vail!Œ œιœœιœœ˙ÓÓ Œ ‰ΙœCon -ϖϖÓ Œ ‰ιœ∀%%>∀∀∀25œ œ œ œ œ œœsi - der the moun - tains the hills25˙˙˙˙αœœœœœœœœ‰œœœœµ25−−˙˙œ œœE F∀m7∀5/EεBœ œ œ−œιœwe have climbed, theϖϖϖϖ−−˙˙œœœœœœœœsun on the sea but no peaceœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœ‰ιœœœœœœCMaj7Bmin72. The Message9
%%>∀∀∀28œœ œ ˙we can find.28Œ−−−˙˙˙28Œ−˙Bmin7œ œ œ œ œιœHor-ses to ride and fam -−−−−œœœœαιœœœœœœœœ œœœœœœµ−−˙˙œ œœE F∀m7∀5/Eœœ œ œ œ‰ιœ'ly to make, theϖϖϖϖ−−˙˙œœœœœœœœsun on our face but the truthœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœ‰ιœœœœœœCMaj7Bmin7%%>∀∀∀32œœ œ œœyou for - sake oh32Œ−−−˙˙˙32Œ−˙Bmin7ϖno!Œœ ιœœιœœ˙ÓΟ˙Óϖϖ∑∑Œœ ιœœιœœ˙ÓÓ Œ ‰ΙœItϖϖ∑CAaron:%%>∀∀∀37œΙœœ œ œœseems to me as I lis -37Œ œιœœιœœ37˙Óœœœ œ ˙ten to this,ϖϖ∑œ œ œ˙]ιœBec- kus the king seemsŒ œιœœιœœ˙Óœœ œœ−œιœa bit re-miss he -ϖϖ∑%%>∀∀∀√41Ιœ œœ]œ œœspeaks of things we have al -41Œ œιœœιœœ41˙Óœœœœœœœrea dy heardbe fore!ϖϖ∑−˙‰ιœClown!Œ œιœœιœœ˙ÓœŒœœœ œGive us some-thingϖϖ∑2. The Message10
%%>∀∀∀∋√(45œ˙Œmore!45Œ œιœœιœœ45˙Ó∑ϖϖ∑œ œ œœ œ œœDon't rant and rave a - bout for -Œ œιœœιœœ˙Óœœœœιœ−œmer in - jus - tice!ϖϖ∑%%>∀∀∀49œ œ œœιœœHere is our King, the gods49Œ œιœœιœœ49˙Óœœœ‰ ιœin-trust-ed, butϖϖ∑œ œ œœ œ œœif you be-lieve that much moreŒ œιœœιœœ˙Óιœ−œ œœœœcan come of this...ϖϖ∑%%>∀∀∀53∑53Œ œιœœιœœ53˙ÓÓ Œ ‰ΙœCon -ϖϖ∑Dœ œ œ œ œ œœsi - der the moun - tain the hills−−−−˙˙˙˙α‰ιœœœœµ−−˙˙œ œœE F∀m7∀5/Eεœ œ œ−œιœhe has climbed theϖϖϖϖϖϖ%%>∀∀∀57œœœœœœœsun on the sea but no peace57˙˙˙œœœ œœœœœ57−˙œœCMaj7Bmin7œœ œ œŒhe can find!ϖϖϖ−˙ œœ œ œ œ œιœHor - ses have road and fam -−−−−œœœœαΙœœœœœœœ ‰œœœœµ−−œœιœŒœœœœE E/B F∀m7∀5/E2. The Message11AARON: Let him stop to think and,
%%>αααααααααααα323232Œ ‰ιœœœYou search my−−−˙˙˙−−−˙˙˙F susΕεAClown:˙ œeyes for−−−−˙˙˙˙−−˙˙DαMaj7œœœcom -fort so−−−˙˙˙−−−˙˙˙Cmin7œœœblame-less yet−−−−˙˙˙˙−−˙˙DαMaj7œœœœnone can be−−−˙˙˙−−−˙˙˙F7sus4œœœfound at this−−−˙˙˙−−˙˙DαMaj7%%>αααααααααααα7−˙mo -7−−−˙˙˙−−−˙˙˙F9sus4−˙ment.−−−˙˙˙µ−−−˙˙˙FŒ ‰ιœœœThis truth you−−−˙˙˙−−−˙˙˙F sus˙ œtell is−−−−˙˙˙˙−−˙˙DαMaj7œœœhor - rid and−−−˙˙˙−−−˙˙˙Cmin7œœœshame-less and−−−−˙˙˙˙−−˙˙DαMaj7œœœœlife is not−−−˙˙˙−−−˙˙˙F7sus4%%>ααααααααααααµµααµµααµµαα35353514œœœsound and you14−−−˙˙˙−−˙˙DαMaj7−˙know−−−˙˙˙−−−˙˙˙F9sus4−˙µit!−−−˙˙˙µ−−−˙˙˙FœÓ−−−˙˙˙−−−˙˙˙œœ−˙œœWay back when when the= 55œœœ˙œœ œ−−˙˙−−˙˙Gmin/DΕΕγϕB3. Way Back WhenDe'Layna PublishingMusic & Lyrics Copyright © James A. GoinsAll Rights Reserved.(Clown, Aaron)Cue: AARON: How can I allowthis war to continue becauseof a lie?!
%%>αααααα19˙œ˙ œworld was young, your19˙˙œ−˙−−−˙˙˙œœœœFœœœœœœho - nor and va - lor wasœœœœœœœœ−−˙˙−−−˙˙˙Csus/FEαM7−˙ œÓtrue!−−−˙˙˙−−−˙˙˙µœœ˙œœGsus4G /Bœœ−˙œœTime stood still for theœœœ˙œœ œ−−˙˙−−˙˙Gmin/D%%>αααααα23˙œ˙ œheart was strong, yet23˙˙œ−˙−−−˙˙˙œœœœFœœœœœœfree-dom and jus - tice areœœœœœœœœ−−˙˙−−−˙˙˙EαM7 Csus/F−˙ œÓthrough!−−−˙˙˙−−−˙˙˙µœœ˙œœGsus4G /BAaron:œœ−˙œœWay back when in theœœœ˙œœ œ−−˙˙−−˙˙Gmin/D%%>αααααα27˙œ˙ œlight of day, you27˙˙œ−˙−−−˙˙˙œœœœFœœœœœœknew what was spo - ken wasœœœœœœœœ−−˙˙−−−˙˙˙EαM7 Csus/F−˙ œÓright!−−−˙˙˙−−−˙˙˙µœœ˙œœGsus4G /Bœœ−˙œœLife was good in aœœœ˙œœ œ−−˙˙−−˙˙Gmin/D%%>ααααααααααααααα31˙œ˙ œsim - ple way, but31˙˙œ−˙−−−˙˙˙œœœœFœœœœœœking-doms and ru - lers nowœœœœœœœœ−−˙˙−−−˙˙˙EαM7Csus/F−˙ œÓfight!−−−˙˙˙−−−˙˙˙µœœ˙œœGsus4/CGCAaron & Clown:œµœœ œœœWhat was one is now two,œœµœœœœœœœœœœ−−˙˙−−˙˙Csus Em7/G3. Way Back When17
%%>ααααααααα35Œœœœ œœœdoes'-nt it bo - ther you?35Œœœœœœœœœœœœœ−−˙˙−−˙˙Eα11/AαœœœœœœBut the cure lies in ourœœœœœœœœœœœ−−−˙˙˙αα−−−˙˙˙DαMaj7EαDαMaj7Eα−˙ œÓhands.−−−˙˙˙−−−˙˙˙µ−−−˙˙˙Œ ÓF susF sus F /Aœµœœ œœœSoon we will end this quest,œœµœœœœœœœœœœ−−˙˙−−˙˙Csus Em7/G%%>ααααααααααααααααααααα32323239Œœœœ œœœun-do all lies and tests.39Œœœœœœœœœœœœœ−−˙˙−−˙˙Eα11/AαœœœœœœGod will bring peace to ourœœœœœœœœœœœ−−−˙˙˙αα−−−˙˙˙DαMaj7Eα−˙ œÓlands−−−˙˙˙−−−˙˙˙µ−−−˙˙˙Œ ÓF sus F/A∑∑−˙ ˙ œ%%>αααααααααααα32323243−˙God43−−−˙˙˙œ œ œBαm∋add2(/DαΕD−˙will−−−˙˙˙œ œ œDαMaj7−˙bring−−−˙˙˙œ œ œDαM7α5−˙peace,−−−˙˙˙œ œ œDαMaj7−˙peaceœœœœœœœœœœ œ œBαm∋add2(/Dαε−˙toœœœœœœœœœœ œ œDαMaj7−˙ourœœœœœœœœœœ œ œDαM7α5%%>ααααααααααααµµααµµααµµαα35353550−˙lands.50œœœœœœœœœœ œ œDαMaj7Εœ œ œPeace to ourœœœœœœœœœœ œ œBαm∋add2(/Dαœ œ œlands he willœœœœœœœœœœ œ œDαMaj7˙Œbring!œœœÓœœœÓG sus7α9α5/Dαƒœœ−˙œœWay back when, when Iœœœ˙œœ œ−−˙˙−−˙˙Gmin/DΕDAaron:3. Way Back When18
%%>αααααα55˙œ˙ œdared to trust, my55˙˙œ−˙−−−˙˙˙œœœœFœœœœœœknight - hood and birth - right wasœœœœœœœœ−−˙˙−−−˙˙˙EαM7 Csus/F−˙ œÓsure!−−−˙˙˙−−−˙˙˙µœœ˙œœGsus4G /B%%>αααααα58œœ−˙œœPlans were made, full of58œœœ˙œœ œ−−˙˙−−˙˙Gmin/D˙œ˙ œdeeds un - just, now˙˙œ−˙−−−˙˙˙œœœœFœœœœœœblood runs like wa - ter soœœœœœœœœ−−˙˙−−−˙˙˙EαM7 Csus/F−˙ œÓpure!−−−˙˙˙−−−˙˙˙µœœ˙œœGsus4G /B%%>αααααα62œµœœ œœœWhat was one is now two,62œœµœœœœœœœœœœ−−˙˙−˙G sus Bm/DƒFAaron & Clown:Œ œœœ œœœdoes-'nt it bo - ther you?Œ œœ−œœ−œœ−œœ−œœ−œœ−−˙−−˙˙BαsusΕœœœœœœYet the cure lies in ourœœœœœœœœœœœ˙˙ααœ−−˙˙AαMaj7Bα−˙ œÓhands.˙˙˙œœœœµ˙Œ˙−−˙˙Csus4/F C%%>αααααα66œµœœ œœœSoon we will end this quest,66œœµœœœœœœœœœœ−−˙˙−˙G sus Bm/DƒŒ œœœ œœœun-do all lies and tests.Œ œœ−œœ−œœ−œœ−œœ−œœ−−˙−−˙˙BαsusΕœœœœœœGod will bring peace to ourœœœœœœœœœœœ˙˙ααœ−−˙˙AαMaj7Bαƒ−˙ œÓlands.ϖϖϖϖœœœœŒϖ œŒCsus43. Way Back When19