Oh The Places You'll Go
Introduction: Ellaina
Welcome to the farewell performance of the Waverly Belmont Elementary 5th grade class. We are the class of 2031, determined to achieve, and destined for greatness.
1A: Genesis
Congratulations! Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places! You're off and away!
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
1B: Will O
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go.
1C: Winston
You'll look up and down streets. Look 'em over with care.
About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there."
With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,
you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.
1D: Anna
And you may not find any you'll want to go down.
In that case, of course, you'll head straight out of town.
It's opener there in the wide open air.
1E: Tristan
Out there things can happen, and frequently do
to people as brainy and footsy as you.
And when things start to happen, don't worry. Don't stew.
Just go right along. You'll start happening too.
OH! THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Song 1: Million Dreams
(Presley)
I close my eyes and I can see
The world that's waiting up for me
That I call my own
Through the dark, through the door
Through where no one's been before
But it feels like home
(Ellaina)
They can say, they can say it all sounds crazy
They can say, they can say I've lost my mind
I don't care, I don't care, so call me crazy
(Presley and Elaina)
We can live in a world that we design
'Every night I lie in bed
The brightest colors fill my head
A million dreams are keeping me awake
I think of what the world could be
A vision of the one I see
A million dreams is all it's gonna take
(Elaina)
Oh a million dreams for the world we're gonna make
(Marion)
There's a house we can build
Every room inside is filled
With things from far away
The special things I compile
Each one there to make you smile
On a rainy day
Sylvia)
They can say, they can say it all sounds crazy
They can say, they can say we've lost our minds
I don't care, I don't care if they call us crazy
(Marion and Sylvia)
Runaway to a world that we design
Every night I lie in bed
The brightest colors fill my head
A million dreams are keeping me awake
I think of what the world could be
A vision of the one I see
A million dreams is all it's gonna take
(Sylvia)
Oh a million dreams for the world we're gonna make
(Presley, Eliana, Marion, Sylvia)
However big, however small
Let me be part of it all
Share your dreams with me
You may be right, you may be wrong
But say that you'll bring me along
To the world you see
To the world I close my eyes to see
I close my eyes to see
(Marion)
Every night I lie in bed
The brightest colors fill my head
A million dreams are keeping me awake
A million dreams, a million dreams, Ahhh --
(Presley, Eliana, Marion, Sylvia)
I think of what the world could be
A vision of the one I see
A million dreams is all it's gonna take
(Presley)
A million dreams for the world we're gonna make.
2A: Luca
You'll be on your way up! You'll be seeing great sights!
You'll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.
You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed.
You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead.
2B: Micah
Wherever you fly, you'll be best of the best.
Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.
Except when you don't.
Because, sometimes, you won't.
2C: Sylvia
I'm sorry to say so but, sadly, it's true
that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you.
You can get all hung up in a prickle-ly perch.
And your gang will fly on. You'll be left in a Lurch.
2D: William N.
You'll come down from the Lurch with an unpleasant bump.
And the chances are, then, that you'll be in a Slump.
And when you're in a Slump, you're not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself is not easily done.
Song 2: Bad Day
(Harmony)
Where is the moment we needed the most?
You kick up the leaves, and the magic is lost
They tell me your blue sky's faded to gray
They tell me your passion's gone away
And I don't need no carrying on
(Carolina)
You stand in the line just to hit a new low
You're faking a smile with the coffee to go
You tell me your life's been way off line
You're falling to pieces every time
And I don't need no carrying on
'Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me, "don't lie"
You work at a smile, and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down, and you really don't mind
You had a bad day
You had a bad day
(Genesis)
Well you need a blue sky holiday
The point is they laugh at what you say
And I don't need no carrying on
You had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me, "don't lie"
You work at a smile, and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day
(Genesis)
Sometimes the system goes on the blink
And the whole thing, it turns out wrong
You might not make it back and you know
That you could be well, oh, that strong
And I'm not wrong (yeah, yeah, yeah)
So where is the passion when you need it the most? Oh, you and I -
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
'Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
You see what you like
And how does it feel one more time?
You had a bad day
You had a bad day
Had a bad day
Had a bad day
Had a bad day
3A: Margo
You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.
Some windows are lighted. But mostly they're darked.
A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin!
Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?
How much can you lose? How much can you win?
3B: Oscar
And IF you go in, should you turn left or right...
or right-and-three-quarters? Or, maybe, not quite?
Or go around back and sneak in from behind?
Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find,
for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.
3C: Kaylee
You can get so confused that you'll start in to race
down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace
and grind on for miles cross weirdish wild space,
headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.
The Waiting Place...
3D: Annaliese
...for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go
or a bus to come, or a plane to go
or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
or the waiting around for a Yes or No
or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.
3E: Pelleg
Waiting for the fish to bite
or waiting for the wind to fly a kite
or waiting around for Friday night
or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake
or a pot to boil, or a Better Break
or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants
or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.
Everyone is just waiting.
Song 3: Waiting On the World to Change
(Dancers: Triana, Jamia, Harmony, Amir, Pelleg, Cambryn, Austin, Parison, Brooklyn, Brandt, Janessa)
(Rap Solo: Sullivan)
Class of '31 we
run, run, run
whatever we gotta do we'll get it
done, done, done
We know we're gonna do something that's
great, great, great
but sometimes we can't stand
the wait - listen to me
everybody says they want to
win this game - but you
gotta wait your turn when you
play this game - so we
dream and we work and we
fan the flames - and we
hope while we're waiting on
the world to change
(Jayla)
Me and all my friends
We're all misunderstood
They say we stand for nothing and
There's no way we ever could
Now we see everything that's going wrong
With the world and those who lead it
We just feel like we don't have the means
To rise above and beat it - so we keep
Waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
Waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
It's hard to beat the system
When we're standing at a distance
Waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
(Anna)
Now if we had the power
To bring our neighbors home from war
They woulda never missed a Christmas
No more ribbons on their door
And when you trust your television
What you get is what you got
'Cause when they own the information, oh
They can bend it all they want - that's why we're
Waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
Waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
It's not the we don't care
We just know that the fight ain't fair - so we keep
Waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
- Dance Break -
And we're still waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
One day our generation
Is gonna rule the population
So we keep on waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
Now I keep on waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting (waiting)
We're waiting on the world to change
Waiting on the world to change
Waiting on the world to change
Waiting on the world to change
4A: Genesis
NO! That's not for you!
Somehow you'll escape all that waiting and staying
You'll find the bright places where Boom Bands are playing.
With banner flip-flapping, once more you'll ride high!
Ready for anything under the sky.
Ready because you're that kind of a guy!
4B: Carolina
Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!
There are points to be scored. There are games to be won.
And the magical things you can do with that ball
will make you the winning-est winner of all.
Fame! You'll be as famous as famous can be,
with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.
4C: Will O
Except when they don't
Because, sometimes they won't.
I'm afraid that some times you'll play lonely games too.
Games you can't win 'cause you'll play against you.
4D: Austin
All Alone! Whether you like it or not,
Alone will be something you'll be quite a lot.
And when you're alone, there's a very good chance
you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants.
There are some, down the road between hither and yon,
that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.
Song 4: Go the Distance
(Luca)
I have often dreamed of a far off place
Where a hero's welcome would be waiting for me
Where the crowds will cheer, when they see my face
And a voice keeps saying this is where I'm meant to be
I'll be there someday, I can go the distance
I will find my way - if I can be strong
I know every mile would be worth my while
When I go the distance, I'll be right where I belong
(Tatum)
Down an unknown road to embrace my fate
Though that road may wander, it will lead me to you
And a thousand years would be worth the wait
It might take a lifetime but somehow I'll see it through
And I won't look back, I can go the distance
And I'll stay on track, no I won't accept defeat
It's an uphill slope
But I won't lose hope, 'till I go the distance
And my journey is complete
(Luca and Tatum)
But to look beyond the glory is the hardest part
For a hero's strength is measured by his heart
(Interlude: Ribbon Dancers)
Like a shooting star, I will go the distance
I will search the world, I will face its harms
I don't care how far, I can go the distance
'Till I find my hero's welcome waiting in your arms
(Luca)
I will search the world
(Tatum)
I will face its harms
(Luca/Tatum)
'Til I find my hero's welcome waiting in -- your arms
5A: Luca
So on you will go though the weather be foul.
On you will go though your enemies prowl.
On you will go though the Hakken-Kraks howl.
Onward up many a frightening creek,
though your arms may get sore and your sneakers may leak.
5B: Winston
On and on you will hike, And I know you'll hike far
and face up to your problems, whatever they are.
You'll get mixed up, of course, as you already know.
You'll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go.
5C: Anna
So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact
and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act.
Just never forget to be dexterous and deft.
And never mix up your right foot with your left.
5D: James
And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(Ninety eight and three quarter percent guaranteed.)
KID, YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!
5E: Charlie Rose
So...be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray
or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea,
You're off to Great Places! Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So...get on your way!
Song 5: Today Is the First Day
(Kaylee)
I am learning - I am learning
I am growing - I am growing
I'm expanding - I'm expanding
what I'm knowing - what I'm knowing
I am smarter - I am smarter
I am kind - I am kind
every day - ooh - I'm getting better
getting better all the time
(Kevin)
I am hoping - I am hoping
I'm believing - I'm believing
I am striving - I am striving
I'm achieving - I'm achieving
I will soar - I will soar
I will fly - I will fly
Every day - ahhh - I'm getting better
I am rising to the sky
Today is special for me
Cause today is today
Today is special for me
Cause today is the first day
of the rest of my life
(Kylee)
I am mindful - I am mindful
of my roles - of my roles
I am focused - I am focused
on my goals - on my goals
There's no limit - there's no limit
to what I can be - to what I can be
I am - ooh - grateful, ever grateful
to the people here to help me
(Tristan)
I am doing - I am doing
what it takes - what it takes
I will learn from - I will learn from
my mistakes - my mistakes
I won't give up - I won't give up
I won't quit - I won't quit
I will keep - ooh - on moving forward
til' I find out where I fit
Today is special for me
Cause today is today
Today is special for me
Cause today is the first day
of the rest of my life
(James)
Go on an lose yourself in the music
the moment you own it
you better never let it go
You only got one life to live, you can
win it if you live it learning
to make the most of every moment
You can believe you'll achieve what you
think, what you dream
what your mind can conceive
will be yours if you leave
it all on the field - at the end of each play
live you got today
Knowledge and determination
Focus and persistence too
These are the characteristics
that will make my dreams come true
Day after day I am building my mind
I am important I'm one of a kind
I will live it out - never ever doubt
every single day I'll say, "HEY"
Today is special for me
Cause today is today
Today is special for me
Cause today is the first day
of the rest of my life