A Quiet Place: Act 2: Scene2 Trouble in Tahiti (I) "Dop-Daa-Day-Day-" Songtext
von Leonard Bernstein

I was standing in a garden
A garden gone to seed
Choked with every kind of weed
There were twisted trees around me
A black against the sky
Black and bare and dead and dry
My father called, "Come out of this place!"
I wanted to go, but there was no way
No sign, no path to show me the way
Then another voice was calling
It barely could be heard
I remember every word
"There is a garden, come with me
A shining garden, come and see
There love will teach us harmony and grace
And love will lead us to a quiet place."
Then I ran to find the singer
I longed to see his face
He could free me from this place
Every step I took was terror


The ground beneath me burned
Stones were everywhere I turned
And worst of all, there was the noise
Angry shouts, furious cries
And the roar of millions of flies
Through it all his voice was calling
But now it seemed quite near
Soft and warm and strong and clear
"There is a garden, come with me..."
Down? Did you come here for this?
Won′t you sit down, please? Right there
No, it's only a question I want answered
Now tell me the truth, have I ever made any passes at you?
Answer the question
I′d forgotten that
Well, it wasn't much more than an accident, was it, Miss Raub?
Simply forget that the incident ever happened
The letters can wait, that's all
I just had to go inside me
To touch his silvery hand
Just to touch his tender hand
And I knew a big man in black
So handsome, so serene
Just my age, just seventeen
I saw him then, I saw his face
I ran to him, he vanished like smoke
I reached, I called, when I awokeWhen
Love will teach us harmony and grace
When love will lead us to a quiet place