Brittain Ashford - The Camera Shop lyrics

[BRENT] Side 1, Track 2. “The Camera Shop.” [BRITTAIN (Rose)] Excuse me? [GELSEY (Pearl)] Can I help you? [BRITTAIN] I hope so. I lost my camera. [GELSEY] Did someone steal it? [BRITTAIN] No. It got smashed. [GELSEY] Maybe we can repair it? [BRITTAIN] It got smashed and lost. The pieces are lost. [GELSEY] I'm sorry. Here, have some whiskey. [BRITTAIN] Thank you. [GELSEY] It was a real camera? Not a phone? [BRITTAIN] Not a phone. I do not like phones. [GELSEY] Me neither. Well, we'll get you all set up with a new camera. But sit first, and drink a bit. You need to take care of yourself. [BRITTAIN] Thank you. (pause) [GELSEY] Are you traveling? [BRITTAIN] Yes, from Portland. [GELSEY] Oh, I've been there once. They have that cool library. [BRITTAIN] That's Seattle. [GELSEY] Oh. I get them mixed up. (pause) Did you grow up there? [BRITTAIN] Yes, when I was a kid. [GELSEY] That's nice. It's nice to have roots. [BRITTAIN] What about you, have you been here long? [GELSEY] THIS STORE HAS BEEN IN MY FAMILY FOR FOUR GENERATIONS [BRITTAIN] Wow. [GELSEY] SEE THAT FIDDLE ON THE WALL? IT BELONGED TO MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER HER NAME WAS ROSE [BRITTAIN] Well, that's my name! [GELSEY] It's a beautiful name. OLD-FASHIONED, YOU DON'T HEAR IT A LOT ANYMORE [BRITTAIN] THE COLOR IS SO LIGHT…WHAT'S IT MADE OF? [GELSEY] AN OLD BREASTBONE [BRITTAIN] CREEPY [GELSEY] IT WAS THE BREASTBONE OF HER SISTER HER NAME WAS PEARL I'LL TELL YOU THE STORY: _________ [GELSEY (Pearl White)] ROSE AND PEARL LIVED BY THE SEA GATHERING SALT BY THE MOONLIGHT [GELSEY & BRITTAIN (Pearl White & Rose Red)] AND ROSE LOVED A MAN WHO LIVED IN THE TREES ROSE CRIED TO PEARL, “HOLD ME TIGHT, HOLD ME TIGHT” [GELSEY] ROSE WENT TO HIS TREEHOUSE AND LOOKED AT THE STARS THROUGH HIS TELESCOPE [GELSEY & BRITTAIN] SHE WANTED TO HOLD HIS HAND SO SHE WROTE HIM A POEM SIGNED IT AND SEALED IT [GELSEY] IN A RICE PAPER ENVELOPE [BRITTAIN] WITH A LILY FOR A STAMP [GELSEY] BUT THE MAN STOLE HER WORK HE WAS THE EDITOR OF A PRESTIGIOUS ASTRONOMY JOURNAL HE WROTE DOWN ALL SHE SAW AND PUBLISHED IT IN HIS NAME AND ROSE GREW TO HATE HIM AND THEN PEARL CAUGHT HIS EYE _________ [BRITTAIN (Rose)] I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED AND MORE THAN A LITTLE FRIGHTENED [GELSEY (Pearl)] IT'S OK MY DEAR THIS IS A CIRCULAR STORY _________ [GELSEY (Pearl White)] AND SO ROSE RAN INTO THE FOREST AND ASKED A GREAT BEAR TO MAUL THE ASTRONOMER AND TO TURN THE CRUEL SISTER INTO A BLACK CROW AND PUT THE CROW AND THE CORPSE IN A CAVE UNTIL THE CROW STARTED TO STARVE AND SHE'D HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO PECK OUT THE EYES OF HER LOVER AND EAT THEM _________ [BRITTAIN (Rose)] I DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF THIS [GELSEY (Pearl)] DON'T YOU REMEMBER? THE BEAR NAMED HIS PRICE: _________ [BRENT (Bear)] ONE POT OF HONEY ONE PIECE OF STARDUST ONE SECRET BAPTISM AND A PHOTO OF A GHOST [ALL] ONE POT OF HONEY ONE PIECE OF STARDUST ONE SECRET BAPTISM AND A PHOTO OF A GHOST [GELSEY] ROSE STOLE THE HONEY FROM A SOLDIER [GELSEY & BRITTAIN (Pearl White & Rose Red)] SHE PRETENDED TO LOVE [GELSEY] STOLE THE STARDUST FROM AN ANCIENT [GELSEY & BRITTAIN] SHE PRETENDED TO CARE [GELSEY] AND FOR THE BAPTISM SHE STOLE A BABY FROM ITS MOTHER A FRIGHTENED TEENAGER IN A MANSION [GELSEY & BRITTAIN] AND TOOK THE CHILD INTO THE SEA AND THE CHILD WAS BLESSED