Lynn Ahrens - Waiting for Life lyrics

(Daniel Beauxhomme drives by and Ti Moune stops to stare.) [TI MOUNE] A stranger in white In a car Going somewhere Going far... How it must feel To go racing wherever you please Flying as free as a bird With his tail in the breeze Even the fish in the sea Must be longing to fly Catching a glimpse Of a stranger in white racing by Oh, Gods Oh, Gods Are you there? What can I do To get you to look down and give in? Oh, Gods Oh, Gods Hear my prayer I'm here in the field With my feet on the ground And my fate in the air [TI MOUNE] Waiting for life to begin Mama's contented and Tonton accepts what he gets Happy for tea in their cups And no holes in their nets Happy to have what they have And to stay where they are They never even look up At the sound of a car! [PEASANTS] Ooh la ooh la ooh la ooh la Ooh la ooh la ooh la ooh la Ooh la ooh la ooh la ooh la Ooh la ooh la ooh la ooh Ooh la ooh la ooh la ooh la Ooh la ooh la, oh laaa... (Daniel enters, "driving", and Ti Moune sees him.) [TI MOUNE] A stranger! Racing down the beach Racing to places I was meant to reach My stranger One day you'll arrive... The car will stop And in I'll hop And off we'll drive... We'll drive! Oh, Gods Oh, Gods Please, be there Don't you remember Your little Ti Moune from the tree? Wake up! Look down! Hear my prayer! Don't single me out And then forget me! Oh, Gods Oh, Gods Let me fly! [PEASANTS] Oh oh oh [TI MOUNE] Send me to places Where no one before me has been [PEASANTS] Ooh la ooh la ooh la [TI MOUNE] You spared my life Show me why [PEASANTS] Oh oh oh [TI MOUNE] You get me to rise Like a fish to the bait And tell me to wait Well, I'm waiting... [PEASANTS] Waiting... [TI MOUNE] Waiting for life to Begin! Waiting for life To begin! [WOMEN] One small girl... One small girl... [MEN] One small girl... One small girl...