"Costume Party" lyrics
Sharon Wheatley, Q Smith, Chad Kimball, Caesar Samayoa & 'Come From Away' Company Lyrics
(from "Come From Away (Original Broadway Cast Recording)" soundtrack)
3:45 AM
Overnight, the community's population
Has gone from approximately nine thousand to sixteen thousand
I'm sure barely any of us have slept tonight
We're hopeful that our visitors will be back in the air coming morning
I woke up from this dream which I can't quite remember
But there was this music in it that I'd heard somewhere before
I woke up from a dream that we were stuck in some backwater Canadian town
And that my air mattress deflated
I woke up to the smell of freshly baked bread
4 AM in Newfoundland is breakfast time in Germany
And we got a lot of passengers here from Frankfurt
So breakfast starts at 4 AM and we start scrambling eggs
Poached eggs, scrambled eggs, omelettes
Fried bologna
Something called toutans
I saw a casserole dish I don't think I could lift
They made enough food to feed seven thousand people
It's like they never slept
There's this one man from the Middle East
Well, we don't really know
Hasn't said a word to a soul
And some of the other passengers seem a bit wary of him
So it's a little odd to find him poking around a kitchen
Oh, hello (Hello)
Can I help you with something?
I would like to be of assistance with the food
Oh no, that's not necessary
Really, you go out there and sit down
I've been going all night, and I can't stop
None of us can
I splash some cold water on my face and just keep going
We've got seven thousand scared and angry people
Who don't want to be here
And they're about to wake up
In a crowded room
Filled with strangers sleeping
An airplane blanket
And pillow on the floor
The sun comes streaming
Through the window
And I can't sleep anymore
Staring at these strangers
Waking up around me
Sitting in a crowd of people
Waiting for the phone
And in a town that's suddenly doubled population
I feel so alone
It's like any of us could have died on Tuesday
And like we're dared to see things differently today
I'm feeling different
Distant, strange
Who are these people here?
Where am I?
No one knows me here
Who am I if I don't feel like the me from yesterday?
I wake up in a crowded room full of people sleeping on the floor
And I see Diane and ask, are we leaving?
Any time now
Is your hair different?
I mean, you look good, I like it
Huh, thank you
No shampoo for three days
They start handing out clothes to anyone who needs them
I haven't changed my clothes in thirty-nine hours
I wanted to burn my socks
Kevin puts on this plaid thing
He says he's incognito
And that he's going to blend in with the natives
But he just looks like a gay lumberjack
Changing into another woman's donated set of clothes
Looking different, feeling kind of different too
I can't quite explain, but when I woke
When David wasn't on that plane
It's like I changed into somebody else, but who?
And it's somehow like we're at a costume party
And for a second, you are not yourself (You are not yourself)
And you look around and blink your eyes
And barely even recognize
The person in the mirror who's turned into someone else
Hey, little sister
Yeah, still here, where they eat rainbows for breakfast
Are you taking care of mom?
No, I just wish I was home
No, not LA
Brooklyn, shut up
You're such a brat
No, I just needed to hear your voice
Excuse me, are you Hannah?
Yeah, that's me
My name's Beulah, someone told me your son's a firefighter
Yeah, mine is too here in town
And I know Gander's not New York, but
Is there anything I can do?
No, I just need to hear from my son
I understand
Praying for a phone call
Praying for a way home
Asking questions
Asking, can I get back on that godforsaken plane?
And all around me, people chat
And people snack like nothing's happened
And I need to hear we're going back before I go insane
Good morning, I'm Captain Bass
I've just heard from the airline
Now I know this is gonna be hard to hear
But the American airspace remains closed
I can't tell you how long we'll be on the ground
But we are gonna be here for some time
Here for some time
Here for some time
Here for too long
Here for how long?
When will we know?
When will we know? How much longer?
Beulah, wait
Can you help me find a Catholic church?
I can't sit here, I need to get some air
Let's go see where we are, the sun's out
It'll do you good
Seriously? You know what?
Go get lost in the woods
I'm going to be ready when we leave
And it's somehow like we're stuck here
At a messed up costume party
And there's nothing here familiar
Far away from those you care for
On an isolated island in-between
There and here
There and here
Overnight, the community's population
Has gone from approximately nine thousand to sixteen thousand
I'm sure barely any of us have slept tonight
We're hopeful that our visitors will be back in the air coming morning
I woke up from this dream which I can't quite remember
But there was this music in it that I'd heard somewhere before
I woke up from a dream that we were stuck in some backwater Canadian town
And that my air mattress deflated
I woke up to the smell of freshly baked bread
4 AM in Newfoundland is breakfast time in Germany
And we got a lot of passengers here from Frankfurt
So breakfast starts at 4 AM and we start scrambling eggs
Poached eggs, scrambled eggs, omelettes
Fried bologna
Something called toutans
I saw a casserole dish I don't think I could lift
They made enough food to feed seven thousand people
It's like they never slept
There's this one man from the Middle East
Well, we don't really know
Hasn't said a word to a soul
And some of the other passengers seem a bit wary of him
So it's a little odd to find him poking around a kitchen
Oh, hello (Hello)
Can I help you with something?
I would like to be of assistance with the food
Oh no, that's not necessary
Really, you go out there and sit down
I've been going all night, and I can't stop
None of us can
I splash some cold water on my face and just keep going
We've got seven thousand scared and angry people
Who don't want to be here
And they're about to wake up
In a crowded room
Filled with strangers sleeping
An airplane blanket
And pillow on the floor
The sun comes streaming
Through the window
And I can't sleep anymore
Staring at these strangers
Waking up around me
Sitting in a crowd of people
Waiting for the phone
And in a town that's suddenly doubled population
I feel so alone
It's like any of us could have died on Tuesday
And like we're dared to see things differently today
I'm feeling different
Distant, strange
Who are these people here?
Where am I?
No one knows me here
Who am I if I don't feel like the me from yesterday?
I wake up in a crowded room full of people sleeping on the floor
And I see Diane and ask, are we leaving?
Any time now
Is your hair different?
I mean, you look good, I like it
Huh, thank you
No shampoo for three days
They start handing out clothes to anyone who needs them
I haven't changed my clothes in thirty-nine hours
I wanted to burn my socks
Kevin puts on this plaid thing
He says he's incognito
And that he's going to blend in with the natives
But he just looks like a gay lumberjack
Changing into another woman's donated set of clothes
Looking different, feeling kind of different too
I can't quite explain, but when I woke
When David wasn't on that plane
It's like I changed into somebody else, but who?
And it's somehow like we're at a costume party
And for a second, you are not yourself (You are not yourself)
And you look around and blink your eyes
And barely even recognize
The person in the mirror who's turned into someone else
Hey, little sister
Yeah, still here, where they eat rainbows for breakfast
Are you taking care of mom?
No, I just wish I was home
No, not LA
Brooklyn, shut up
You're such a brat
No, I just needed to hear your voice
Excuse me, are you Hannah?
Yeah, that's me
My name's Beulah, someone told me your son's a firefighter
Yeah, mine is too here in town
And I know Gander's not New York, but
Is there anything I can do?
No, I just need to hear from my son
I understand
Praying for a phone call
Praying for a way home
Asking questions
Asking, can I get back on that godforsaken plane?
And all around me, people chat
And people snack like nothing's happened
And I need to hear we're going back before I go insane
Good morning, I'm Captain Bass
I've just heard from the airline
Now I know this is gonna be hard to hear
But the American airspace remains closed
I can't tell you how long we'll be on the ground
But we are gonna be here for some time
Here for some time
Here for some time
Here for too long
Here for how long?
When will we know?
When will we know? How much longer?
Beulah, wait
Can you help me find a Catholic church?
I can't sit here, I need to get some air
Let's go see where we are, the sun's out
It'll do you good
Seriously? You know what?
Go get lost in the woods
I'm going to be ready when we leave
And it's somehow like we're stuck here
At a messed up costume party
And there's nothing here familiar
Far away from those you care for
On an isolated island in-between
There and here
There and here
