Original Cast Recording - Act One Finale

(Bobby)
Free! People are free!
How can a fee enslave us?
See how we can be free from the chains he gave us!

We're suffering now such lives of sorrow.
Don't give us tomorrow.
Just give us today!

(The Poor)
Free! People are free!
How can a fee enslave us?
See how we can be free from the chains he gave us!

We're suffering now such lives of sorrow.
Don't give us tomorrow.
Just give us today!

(Bobby)
From ev'ry hill, ev'ry steeple, ring out the anthem of the people making a new way, breaking the clouds of gray to sing of today!

(Bobby and The Poor)
Sing of today!
Sing of today!
Sing today!
Sing today!
Sing today!

(Cladwell)
A little brutality is exactly what these people need. Officer Lockstock!

(Hope)
Daddy, wait. He only wants the people to be happy.

(Cladwell)
Happy you say?! Happy?!

So you want happy, Mister Strong?
Did you say happy, Mister Strong?
If they pee today I'm sure they'll be as happy as a pup.
With no rules and no more fees to pay, things would be looking up!
But too bad the water that we share could fit inside a cup!
What of tomorrow, Mister Strong?

(Bobby)
But what of today?!

(Cladwell)
But what of tomorrow, Mister Strong?!
Think of tomorrow, Mister Strong!
Our resources are as fragile as a newborn baby's skull.
With your actions, you would gut the child and leave a lifeless hull!
Could it be you're so short-sighted, so insensitive, so dull?
Think of tomorrow, Mister Strong!

(The Poor)
But what of today?!

(Cladwell and Co.)
You are wrong, Mister Strong, you and your socialistic throng.
If the people pee for free, they'll push the system to the brink.
If today there's spillage, tell us how tomorrow will not stink!

(Cladwell)
If it's you and me, now, Mister Strong.
Which one of us will blink?
I say it's you, Mister Strong.
For on the subject of tomorrow,

(Cladwell and Co.)
You are wrong!

(Hope)
Oh, Bobby, why didn't you tell me you were going to start a revolution?

(Bobby)
Maybe for the same reason you didn't tell me you were a Cladwell. So you can join us or you can stand aside.

(Hope)
Bobby, think!
You're standing on the brink!
You'll be arrested soon perhaps as soon as noon.

And I could never bear to see you taken where.
The guilty pee-ers meet.
The toilet judgement seat!

(Bobby)
You said to follow your heart here's where my heart leads.
Now I'll do my part to banish all needs.

You made me to see fantastic'lly clear.
When people pee free, we've nothing to fear.

(Hope)
Give up now!
We'll find a way somehow to help the people pee.

Without a hefty fee but if you must persist being an anarchist.
My father's men will see.
You're sent away from me!
You'll get Urinetown!

Bobby, you'll get Urinetown!

Off you'll go to Urinetown!

Urinetown!

Urinetown!

(Bobby)
Your words were like seeds.
At first they seemed mild.
They grew into deeds
This riot's our child

Sing of today, not tomorrow!
End their lives of sorrow!

Today!
Today!
Sing of today!

(Cladwell)
You've picked a fight you can't win, today, Mr. Strong! Your rabble is no match for my men.

(Little Sally)
You can punish our bodies, Mr. Cladwell, but you can never punish our spirits!

(Soupy Sue)
Punish our bodies?!

(Little Becky Two Shoes)
I never agreed to any punishment of my body!

(Cladwell)
Oh, punishment is all you'll ever know!

(The Poor)
Bobby, help!
He'll turn our brains to kelp!
No matter what we do we're in a real bad stew!
Those cops look awful mean like none we've ever seen!
When Cladwell gives the cue, our revolution's through!

(Cladwell and UGC Staff)
You are wrong, Mr. Strong!
You are wrong, Mr. Strong!
Very wrong, Mr. Strong!
You are wrong, Mr. Strong!

(Bobby)
Last night your words were like seeds
At first they seemed mild.
They grew into deeds.
This riot's our child!

(The Poor)
Bobby, please!
There's no way to appease a raging maniac, a real insaniac.
He's like a speeding train caught in a hurricane.
But he is in control and he is on a roll!

(Cladwell and UGC Staff)
You are wrong, Mr. Strong!
You are wrong, Mr. Strong!
Very wrong, Mr. Strong!
You are wrong, Mr. Strong!

(Bobby)
The child is on fire.
He's hot as the sun.
He'll burn like a pyre 'til freedom is won!

(Hope)
Oh, Bobby!
No, Bobby!
Oh, Bobby!
No, Bobby!

(The Poor)
Cladwell's nuts with no if's, and's or but's!
Yes, he's a real live loon! a freaking looney tune!
And when he's done with us, he'll put us on a bus, bound for that unknown place that we all all dread to face!

(Cladwell and UGC Staff)
You are wrong, Mr. Strong!
You are wrong, Mr. Strong!
Very wrong, Mr. Strong!
You are wrong, Mr. Strong!

(All but Bobby)
You'll/We'll get Urinetown!
Bobby, you'll/we'll get Urinetown!
Off you'll/we'll go to Urinetown!
Urinetown!
Urinetown!

(Bobby)
Sing of today, not tomorrow!
End their lives of sorrow!
Today! Today!
Sing of today!

(Hope)
So what'll it be, Bobby?

(Bobby)
Looks like we're in a real bad spot, doesn't it. I suppose we should leave.

(Hope)
Oh, Bobby, they'll never let you leave now.

(Bobby)
Not without you they won't. Which is why you're coming with us.

(Hope)
But how can I come with you and not fight against my father, unless...unless...oh dear God, Bobby, no!

(Bobby and Poor)
From ev'ry hill, ev'ry steeple, ring out the anthem of the people making a new way ,breaking the clouds of gray to sing of today!

Sing of today!
Sing of today!
Sing today!
Sing today!
sing today!

(Cladwell and Co.)
Wrong, Mr. Strong!
Think of tomorrow, Mr. Strong!
Our resources are as fragile as a newborn baby's skull!
With your actions you would leave a lifeless hull!
A lifeless hull, Mr. Strong!
You're very dull, Mr. Strong!
Disperse your throng, Mr. Strong!
Disperse your throng!
And end your song!
And end your song, Mr. Strong!
You're wrong, Mr. Strong!
You're wrong, Mr. Strong!
You're wrong, Mr. Strong!
You're wrong!

(Bobby)
Keep your men back, Cladwell! We've got your daughter and we're not letting her go!

(Lockstock)
Boss, what do we do?!

(Cladwell)
Seize them!

(Penny)
No!

(Cladwell)
Don't let them get away!

(Hope)
Help me!

(Penny)
Help her!

(Bobby)
Now run, run everybody! Run for your lives! Run!

(Women)
Urinetown!
Urinetown!
Urinetown!
Urinetown!
Urinetown!
Urinetown!

(Men)
Urinetown!
Urinetown!
Urinetown!
Urinetown!
Urine - !
Urinetown!

(Lockstock)
Well, that's it for Act One. As you can see, the rebel poor are making their get-away with Hope as their hostage. The rest of us have been thrown into confusion because - well, because we're all moving so damned slowly. So we don't get to catch them. Not yet. Enjoy intermission, and see you - shortly!

(All)
Urinetown!