Stephen Schwartz
VI. Gloria - 3. Trope: “Half of the People”

[STREET CHORUS]
Amen!

Half of the people are stoned
And the other half are waiting for the next election
Half the people are drowned
And the other half are swimming in the wrong direction
They call it glorious living
They call it glorious living
And, baby, where does that leave you?
You and your kind?

[CHOIR]
Miserere nobis
Suscipe deprecationem nostram

[STREET CHORUS]
You and your youth and your mind?
Nowhere, nowhere, nowherе

[STREET MEN & WOMEN]
Half of the people arе stoned (Nowhere, nowhere)
And the other half are waiting (Nowhere)
For the next election (Nowhere)