A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum Soundtrack
Lyrics
Free
(Sondheim)
(Hero)
"Pseudolus!"
(Pseudolus)
"Yes, Master?"
(Hero)
"Get me that girl!"
(Pseudolus)
"And if I can?"
(Hero)
"You are free!"
(Pseudolus)
"I am what?"
(Hero)
"Free!"
(Pseudolus)
"Free!"
Oh, what a word!
Oh, what a word!
"Say it again!"
(Hero)
"Free!"
(Pseudolus)
I've often thought
I've often dreamed
How it would be...
And yet I never thought I'd be...
"Once more!"
(Hero)
"Free!"
(Pseudolus)
But when you come to think of such things...
A man should have the rights that all others...
Can you imagine what it will be like when I am...
Can you see me?
Can you see me as a Roman with my head unbowed?
Sing it good and loud...
(Hero)
Free!
(Pseudolus)
Like a Roman, having rights
And like a Roman, proud!
Can you see me?
(Hero)
I can see you!
(Pseudolus)
Can you see me as a voter fighting graft and vice?
Sing it soft and nice...
(Hero)
Free
(Pseudolus)
Why, I'll be so conscientious that I may vote twice!
Can you see me?
Can you see me?
When I'm free to be whatever I want to be
Think what wonders I'll accomplish then!
When the master that I serve is me
And just me
Can you see me being equal with my countrymen?
Can you see me being Pseudolus the citizen?
Can you see me being...
Give it to me once again!
(Hero)
Free!
(Pseudolus)
That's it!
(Hero)
Free!
(Pseudolus)
Yes!
(Hero)
Fr...
(Pseudolus)
Now, not so fast...
I didn't think...
The way I am
I have a roof
Three meals a day
And I don't have to pay a thing
I'm just a slave and everything's free
If I were free
Then nothing would be free
And if I'm beaten now and then
What does it matter?
(Hero)
Free
(Pseudolus)
Can you see me?
Can you see me as a poet writing poetry?
All my verse will be -
(Hero)
Free!
(Pseudolus)
A museum will have me pickled for posterity!
Can you see me?
(Hero)
I can see you!
(Pseudolus)
Can you see me as a lover, one of great renown
Women falling down?
(Hero)
Free?
(Pseudolus)
No
But I'll buy the House of Lycus for my house in town
Can you see me?
Can't you see me?
Be you anything form king to baker of cakes
You're a vegetable unless you're free!
It's a little word, but oh, the difference it makes
It's the necessary essence of democracy
It's the thing that every slave
Should have the right to be
And I soon will have the right to buy a slave for me
Can you see him?
Well, I'll free him!
When a Pseudolus can move
The universe shakes
But I'll never move until I'm free!
Such a little word, but
Oh, the difference it makes!
I'll be Pseudolus, the founder of a family
I'll be Pseudolus the pillar of society
I'll be Pseudolus the man, if I can only be -
(Hero)
Free!
(Pseudolus)
Sing it!
(Hero)
Free!
(Pseudolus)
Spell it!
(Hero)
F - R - double...
(Pseudolus)
No, the long way...
(Hero)
F - R - E - E -
(Both)
Free!