Quentin Earl Darrington - Prologue: 911 Emergency/I Have So Many Songs lyrics

[RHODA] Gordon! Gordon! [ENSEMBLE] 911 emergency Take him down to NYU Stroke's a possibility [RHODA] I should try to locate Roger! [DR. BERENSTEINER] Lift him carefully on one, two, three [ENSEMBLE] And up! [RICHARD] Take the pulse and watch his eyes [NANCY D.] Call the Department of Neurology [RHODA] I should try to locate his mother [ENSEMBLE] Somebody try to locate his mother! [RICHARD] When was he last seen eating? [RHODA] I don't know! [NANCY D.] Hysterics are self-defeating Don't you know? [DR. BERENSTEINER/RICHARD/NANCY D.] Presence of bleeding Where this whole mess is leading We cannot say for sure yet [RHODA] Roger's sailing near Martha's Vineyard [NANCY D.] Patient's name? [RHODA] Gordon Schwinn [NANCY D.] Are you next of kin? [RHODA] I wish! We work together. He's gay [NANCY D.] Is he HIV? [RHODA] I can't be absolutely sure but I don't think so. No! The answer is no! I think? [NANCY D.] First the blood test then EKG [ENSEMBLE] And then? [NANCY D.] Get a CAT scan and watch his eyes! [ENSEMBLE] And then? [NANCY D.] Call the Department of Neurology! [RHODA] I should try to cancel my meeting [ENSEMBLE] And then? [RHODA] I should get in touch with his mother! [ENSEMBLE] And then? [RHODA] I should try to locate Roger! [GORDON] All the songs I never wrote Fizzle and remain All the songs I did not start All the rhymes I never made All the stories I delayed in telling Are welling up inside my brain I should explain I have so many songs! I have so many songs! I have so many songs! [THE MINISTER] Stories of pa**ion Stories of friendship And tales of how romance survives [GORDON] I have so many songs! [THE MINISTER] Stories of yes-es Of frogs making messes And poor, unsuccessful and fat people's lives [GORDON] Stories of living [THE MINISTER] Stories of living [GORDON] Stories of dying [THE MINISTER] Stories of dying [GORDON/THE MINISTER] And ways we can deal with our fears [GORDON] Stories of horses Parental divorces And how rich or poor It's a very small sphere Where we appear