[SHANTY]
And so it was that I had grown
Into a youth uncertain, thrown
Amongst the lions and the lambs
To pass the time we watched the children dance
I used to come here when this place was a crypt
Now the music plays
Oh don't you sometimes wish they'd stick to the script
As the local preacher says
Rain from heaven will blessings bring
Behold the harvest grown. R
Ian from heaven falls down on you
But me, I feel alone

[PREACHER (sympathetically)]
Alone

[SHANTY]
Alone

[PREACHER]
If they won't come to worship
God in a church
Something must be done
We have to instigate a nationwide search
For a way to make it fun
Rain from heaven will blessings bring
Behold the harvest grown
[SHANTY and PREACHER]
Rain from heaven falls down on you

[SHANTY]
But me, I feel alone
Alone
Here now
What am I doing here now?
Hear me
Why do you never hear me?
Why do you never hear me?

[MARY DEE (as half-ghost)]
I'll always be here
I'll never leave you
I'll always be in your mind
Dreams of the future
Ghosts of the past left behind

[WOMEN'S Chorus]
(Ah)

[SHANTY]
Thought I had a vision
Lying in a graveyard
Thought I heard a melody inside
Could it be the future
Speaking with the voice of those who died?
Thought I saw a kingdom
Happiness and laughter
Somewhere for an innocent to play
Is there any justice?
Do these things still happen in this way?
[MARY DEE]
Don't tell him no
It isn't fair
For he was told by those who know
There was love everywhere

[SHANTY]
Love everywhere

[MARY DEE]
Now's the time to tell him
While his mother's crying
Break it to him gently as she weeps
Let him know his father
Will be well looked after, where he sleeps

[Chorus (ghosts)]
He's sleeping amongst us
He's in our dreams
Don't worry. he's with us now

[SHANTY]
Don't say it's so
It isn't fair
For I was told by those who know
There was love everywhere
Alone