SCORES & PRACTICE TRACKS for SINGERS
AN AMERICAN MUSICAL
features SONGS for SOLOS and S.A.T.B. CHORUS (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Baritone voices).
Songs are accompanied by a four piece band consisting of
PIANO, KEYBOARD, BASS, and DRUMS.
On this page please find:
- Accompaniment Tracks
2. Voice-specific Practice Tracks
3. Lyrics
4. Downloadable Vocal Scores*
(* Numbering may be different)
Please note:
Accompaniment Tracks below are MP3s for rehearsal only.
Contact the composer for higher quality WAVs for performance.
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NO.1: DEMOCRACY’S CHILD
You have freedoms; you have rights!
You have futures shining bright.
You are Democracy’s Child.
You are the stories, you are the songs.
You are the heroes facing a world gone wrong.
You are Democracy’s Child.
Fear it! – It’s a threat to liberty!
See it ! - It’s a dark hostility!
Feel it! – It’s a deep toxicity!
Now all the world can clearly see the danger to democracy!
You are the future, you are the way.
You are the promise of a brand new day.
You are Democracy’s Child.
See it! - Like a vision in the distance!
Feel it! - It’s the goal of co-existence!
Be it! - With a resolute resistance!
Humanity now waits to see if you defend democracy!
You are the future, you are the way.
You are the promise of a brand new day.
You are Democracy’s Child.
You are the stories, you are the songs.
You are the heroes facing a world gone wrong.
You are Democracy’s Child.
You have freedoms; you have rights!
You have futures shining bright.
You are Democracy’s Child.
NO.2: FREEDOM
Freedom calls me; independence, liberation, democracy!
People singing, freedom ringing in defense of sweet liberty.
I’m standing for freedom, I’m standing for justice.
I’m standing for choosing, I’m standing for dignity.
The voices of tyrants still echo in the halls of liberty.
The forces of evil still linger planning for their victory.
If you want to truly be free; stand up, rise up, speak up, free up!
If you want real democracy; stand up, rise up, speak up, free up!
I’m voting for freedom, I’m voting for justice.
I’m voting for choosing, I’m voting for dignity.
Our voices, our meaning shall echo in the halls of liberty.
The songs we are singing; our music resonates in harmony.
If you want to truly be free; stand up, rise up, speak up, free up!
If you want real democracy; stand up, rise up, speak up, free up!
Freedom calls me; independence, liberation, democracy!
People singing, freedom ringing in defense of sweet liberty.
Freedom, freedom; now is the time in need my
Freedom, freedom; now is the time in need my
Freedom, freedom; now is the time in need my
Freedom, freedom!
NO.3: I’M SPEAKIN’ OUT!
There will be those who would abuse you,
Still you’re standing tall, facing them all.
And so to those who would confuse you and use you,
Speak out and say, “I’m Democracy’s Child!”
I’m speakin’ out today!
I’m gonna say what I need to say!
I’m speakin’ out today.
Now I know I’m okay.
Now when the night is filled with terrors,
I can still see, a new day for me.
And so in the night when I am on my own all alone,
I’ll speak out and say I’m Democracy’s Child!
I’m speakin’ out today!
I’m gonna say what I need to say!
I’m speakin’ out today.
Now I know I’m okay.
When you are on your own, and feeling all alone, what will you do?
I’ll speak out!
When you are terrified, totally mystified, what will you do?
I’ll speak out!
When the anxiety devours society, what will you do?
I’ll speak out!
When the authority is not the majority, what will you do
I’ll speak out!
Now in this time of fear and worries
I will not bow and I will not kneel.
I'll stand firm and fight ‘cause I am not alone on my own.
I’ll speak out and say I’m Democracy’s Child!
I’m speakin’ out today!
I’m gonna say what I need to say!
I’m speakin’ out today.
Now I know I’m okay.
When we are on our own, and feeling all alone.
When we are terrified, totally mystified.
When the anxiety devours society.
When the authority is not the majority, what are we gonna do?
We’re speakin’ out!
SPACER
NO.4: LADY JUSTICE
Justice, beautiful lady,
binding together a nation of laws.
Justice, beautiful icon,
blindfolded maiden weighing each cause.
Sun (beam on her, gleam on her, sheen on her)
Light up her way (what a sight, sacred light, burning bright)
Shine on her face (touching us, warming us, scorching us)
Burning with dreams on fire.
Moon (in the sky, fill my eye, flying bye)
Light up her night (what a sight, mirrored light, shining bright)
Shine on her path (pilot us, usher us, channel us))
Guiding us home again.
Justice, beautiful lady,
binding together a nation of laws.
Justice, beautiful icon,
blindfolded maiden weighing each cause.
NO.5: READ ALL ABOUT IT!
Reading the news of the day, we search for truth
Informing, brainstorming, heartwarming.
Beaming to us, all around us,
Delivered right to us on airways and byways.
ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS,
Magazines, newspapers, journals and bloggers.
Google and Yahoo and Duck Duck Go Internet,
Twitter and Face Book, and YouTube and Text books.
Hear them shouting out on the corners, “Extra, Extra!”
Casting doubting out for all readers.
Extra! Read all about it!
Watch them putting out information
“Extra, Extra!” Bringing stories out to the nation
Extra! Read all about it!
Reporting the real evidence, honest and true;
Unvarnished, ungarnished, untarnished
If we hear it and believe it
Our choices, our actions determine our liberty.
Influencers all have their say.
We consume it and review it,
It’s our choice to believe it or not.
We can sell it all on Main Street,
Rights for which our ancestors fought.
Hear them shouting out on the corner, “Extra, Extra!”
Casting doubting out for all readers.
Extra! Read all about it!
See them putting out information
“Extra, Extra!” Bringing stories out to the nation
Extra! Read all about it!
NO.6: IT’S MY DUTY
It’s my duty, it’s my right!
It’s my country, it’s my fight!
My country is my home, my national identity
My outlook I’ll made known with passionate intensity.
We people must stand together in our fight.
Defending our democratic right.
We’re marching together, we’re writing our letters.
We’re making our phone calls, our speeches, our protests.
We’re all of us singing together in harmony.
We’re all of us speaking out for freedom and justice.
Now! Destiny is calling out to all of us and our posterity.
Now! It’s our right to make our choice and to be free.
It’s my duty, it’s my right!
It’s my country, it’s my fight!
Our country is our home, our national identity
Our outlook we’ve made known with passionate intensity.
We people must stand together in our fight.
Defending our democratic right.
Now! Destiny is calling out to all of us and our posterity.
Now! It’s our right to make our choice and to be free.
We’re marching together, we’re writing our letters.
We’re making our phone calls, our speeches, our protests.
We’re all of us singing together in harmony.
We’re all of us speaking out for freedom and justice.
It’s my duty, it’s my right!
It’s my country, it’s my fight!
It’s my duty, it’s my right!
It’s my country, it’s my fight!
NO.7: LOVE WHO YOU LOVE
You tell me you love me and I tell you I love you.
So, we’ll stay here together singing love who you love.
Here, under the rainbow, we’ll dance together as lovers.
Strong and proud we show our selves.
We trust in each other and hold dear our closeness.
We celebrate knowing that we are loved.
So, tell me you love me and I’ll tell you I love you
And we’ll stay here together and love who you love.
Love was never our choosing.
Love was often confusing.
Yet here we are now in love.
You tell me you love me and I tell you love you.
So, we’ll stay here together singing love who you love.
NO.8: COME TOGETHER
We have many freedoms
But there’s one freedom not done alone.
We need each other for the freedom
To assemble peacefully.
When our lives are not what we hope for.
And, when our rights are not solid and strong
We can gather and protest together
So we can make our displeasure known.
Demonstrations, acclamations, aspirations, affirmations.
Self-expressions, public sessions, strong objections to oppressions!
Disaffections, disconnections, redirections, course corrections.
Strikes and pickets that’s the tickets to democracy.
People! Come together!
It’s our birth right to assemble.
We are peaceful yet determined
To pursue our aspirations.
NO.9: SHOULD I PRAY?
Should I pray, “Ave Maria?”
Should I kneel and bow my head?
Should I shout a Halleluiah?
Or, should I just go to sleep in my bed?
Is there only sky above me?
Is there only dirt beneath?
Is there a someone who cares for and loves me?
Or, am I only imagining?
Should I hope that someone can hear me?
Should I whisper a silent prayer?
Should I trust a God is near me?
Or should I just assume nobody’s there?
In my private thoughts I am distressed and deeply troubled.
There are so many voices who sing of different choices.
If your God is real then why has he not heard my praying,
Or calmed my anguished doubting and fears as they keep mounting?
Should I pray, “Ave Maria?”
Should I kneel and bow my head?
Should I shout a Halleluiah?
Or, should I just go to sleep in my bed?
NO.10: CROSSING OVER
Crossing over to a new world.
Crossing over the night.
Crossing over to the future.
Crossing over to the light.
As you stand with your banners unfurled,
Are you strong, are you brave, are you ready for the fight?
And as you journey now into the pain of the world,
Be bold as you follow the light.
Crossing over to a new world.
Crossing over the night.
Crossing over to the future.
Crossing over to the light.
Here within your hopes and your visions,
You are the hero, you are the champion, you are the savior.
You and those like you are ready to rise up, you are ready to brawl.
You are the savior, you are the champion, you are the hero now.
Crossing over to a new world.
Crossing over the night.
Crossing over to the future.
Crossing over to the light.
In your life there will be many days
when you may be vexed and sorely troubled.
Do not fret; you have the courage and strength.
Look into your core, into your heart,
there you will find a hero.
Crossing over to a new world.
Crossing over the night.
Crossing over to the future.
Crossing over to the light.
NO.11: WE ARE THE PEOPLE
We are! We are the people.
We are! We are autonomy
We are! We are all equal.
We are! We are democracy.
We are lawful, we are hopeful.
We are joyful, we are thankful.
Now, we are all singing.
Now, freedom is ringing.
Now, destiny’s gifting a mission, a vision
of unity, justice and domestic tranquility with
blessings of liberty for us and posterity.
We are! We are the people.
We are! We are autonomy
We are! We are all equal.
We are! We are democracy.
We are lawful, we are hopeful.
We are joyful, we are thankful.
We are a single nation; we have an obligation.
Now it is our right to follow light and destiny.
People! Now our time is here.
People! Have no dread or fear.
We are! We are the people.
We are! We are autonomy
We are! We are all equal.
We are! We are democracy.
We are lawful, we are hopeful.
We are joyful, we are thankful.
We have a single nation; we have an obligation.
Now it is our right to follow light and destiny.
We are! We are the people.
We are! We are autonomy
We are! We are all equal.
We are! We are democracy.
(shouted)
WE ARE!
NO.12: I’M AFRAID
I’m afraid!
After all the times you told me
that I’d never need to fear; ‘cuz you’d always be here.
I’m afraid!
After all the times you promised me,
that God was lookin’ out for me; is He here?
I’m afraid!
After all the times you’d comfort
me and shield me from reality; now it’s here!
Now in the night, when I’m all alone,
I am consumed by all my terrors.
Anxiety creeps, swallows me whole,
Don’t let me die by human error!
I’m afraid!
If the ones who make the laws and rules
are the same as those who think us fools,
How can I have hope?
I’m afraid!
If the billionaires with high placed friends
can influence for their own ends,
How can I still cope?
What am we gonna do, now that it’s happened?
What can I do, just to get though another day?
What are we s’posed to do, how can we stop it?
Insanity reigns, humanity strains to find a way!
When I stop and think how we’re on the brink, I feel so afraid.
I just want to say, can’t we find a way to live and let live every day.
I’m afraid!
After all the times they promised me
they’d keep the world quite safe for me…is it so?
I’m afraid!
After all the times they lied to me
about my frail security…so it goes.
Now in the night, when I’m all alone
I am consumed by all my terrors.
Anxiety creeps, swallows me whole.
Don’t let me die by human error!
I’m afraid!
That it may already be too late and
we’ve already sealed our fate, how will we survive?
I’m afraid!
If someone does not speak up
and say that we must find a better way,
I may not be alive…to be afraid.
NO.13: DON’T BE AFRAID
When in the night your terrors
Sing in your ear a terrible song,
That is the moment you must remember
Just who you are and where you belong.
Don’t be afraid, you are brave,
You are a force resilient.
Don’t be afraid, you are not alone.
Don’t be afraid, you are brave;
You are the hope; you are the dream;
You are the promise of democracy.
Wherever you roam, we’ll be there with you.
No matter how long the road may be.
Wherever you wander, so we too.
We’ll be there, walking right beside you, and whispering…
Don’t be fearful, don’t be alarmed, don’t be worried or vexed.
Let your voice be heard now, speak up free and wild,
For you are Democracy’s Child!
Don’t be afraid, you are brave,
You are a force resilient.
Don’t be afraid, you are not alone.
Don’t be afraid, you are brave;
You are the hope; you are the dream;
You are all possibilities.
Don’t be afraid, you are brave,
You are a force resilient.
Don’t be afraid, you are not alone.
Don’t be afraid, you are brave;
You are the hope; you are the dream;
You are all possibilities.
When in the night your terrors
Sing in your ear a terrible song.
That is the moment you must remember
You’re not alone so you need not be afraid.
NO.14: DANCE OF THE AUTOCRATS
Be advised, autocracies are real.
Be aware, once here there’s no repeal.
The Autocrats will spin you in a terrifying dance.
Be alert, or you haven’t got a chance.
The Autocrats now wait for you to take their boney hand.
Go on, take it now; it’s all their master plan.
Dance in the moon light, dance in the sun.
Dance ‘til your body is aching and done.
Dance like a demon alone in your shell.
Dance like you’re churning and burning in Hell.
The time has come, the Autocrats are here.
See their face, grinning in the night.
The Autocrats are waiting for you to speak their name.
Say it now; you know their worldly fame.
The Autocrats are calling you to rise and make a fateful choice.
Are you silent still, or will you raise your voice?
Dance in the moon light, dance in the sun.
Dance ‘til your body is aching and done.
Dance like a demon alone in your shell.
Dance like you’re churning and burning in Hell.
NO.15: LIKE THE PHOENIX
Here within the smoldering embers
Burns the pain and fire.
Here within my rage remembered
Still sting the tongues of ire.
Here I lie, my body burning;
Oh, how the pain consumes me.
Still I feel my mission is not completed;
So I’ll say I will not be defeated.
Like the Phoenix I will rise up,
I will spread my wings ascending.
They may burn me, they may spurn be,
Like the Phoenix I’m unending.
See me, hear me, know me,
Trust me when I tell you
I’m not only one child;
I am all the children crying out for justice.
So, I rise, my spirit burning;
Oh, how the fire now lifts me.
Still I feel my mission is not completed,
So I’ll say I will not be defeated.
Like the Phoenix I will rise up,
I will spread my wings ascending.
They may burn me, they may spurn be,
Like the Phoenix I’m unending.
Like the Phoenix I will rise up,
I will spread my wings ascending.
They may burn me, they may spurn be,
Like the Phoenix I’m unending love.
NO. 16: POWER TO THE PEOPLE
People! You have the power.
People! You have the right.
People! It’s not the time to cower.
People! It’s time to stand and fight.
Stand up, (stand up), rise up, (rise up) for
Liberty, freedom and all that you cherish and believe in.
Hear now destiny calling,
Crying out, shouting out, screaming out the warning.
Now is the time for you to speak up.
People, you have the power, you have the vision,
You have the strength that is needed.
So listen people, this is your duty, this is your mission,
This is your moment to defend your liberty.
People, your future, your dreams, your ambitions and
All that you cherish and all that’s precious to you are now in
Danger and peril if you do not defend them now.
So, rise up and stand up, and speak against the scourge of tyranny.
Now’s the time for you and me to stand up for our democracy.
If we don’t our life will be in the grip of autocracy.
So speak up now for democracy
For that is the thing that will keep us free.
Never doubt what we can do; our future’s up to you.
Power! Power to the people
For it is the people who keep us free.