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UNDER “HERO” WEBSTER LISTED YOU

CHARLOTTE
(placing her hand on his arm)
Daddy.
ALL OF MY LIFE
UNDER “HERO” WEBSTER LISTED YOU.

(During the following, OLDER CHARLOTTE steps into the light and takes the place of YOUNG CHARLOTTE, who steps out of the light. Both CHARLOTTES sing the next two lines simultaneously before OLDER CHARLOTTE takes over.)

BOTH CHARLOTTES
YOU WERE LARGER THAN LIFE.
AND THERE WAS NOTHING YOU COULDN’T DO.

OLDER CHARLOTTE
YOU MADE THE MOST DELICIOUS RAINBOW CAKES.
YOU HAD BLANKET FORTS DOWN PAT.
YOU WERE THE BEST AT SECRET HANDSHAKES
AND “PIN THE GRIN ON THE CHESHIRE CAT.”

MARCUS
Maybe. But this was when I knew things were changing between us.

OLDER CHARLOTTE
Couldn’t you have done something?

MARCUS
I WAS PROUD, I WAS FLOORED.
UNDER “ANGEL” WEBSTER LISTED YOU.
IT WAS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD
I WAS ALMOST GLAD TO BE LOSING YOU.

GONE WAS THE LITTLE GIRL I ONCE KNEW.

OLDER CHARLOTTE
WHERE WAS THE DADDY SHE RAN TO?
OO. DADDY, WHERE WERE YOU?

MARCUS
You were making friends. Getting a family. I held you back.

OLDER CHARLOTTE
I CAN HARDLY BE BLAMED.
YOU WERE ALWAYS BARELY SCRAPING BY.
IT WAS ALL FORTS AND GAMES
OR IT WAS “CHEER UP, CHAMP. DON’T CRY.”

MARCUS
YOU WERE GROWING OUT OF RAINBOW CAKES.
YOU WOULDN’T HOLD, OR TAKE MY HAND.
YOU HUNG AROUND WITH ME FOR MY SAKE.

OLDER CHARLOTTE
THE UNIVERSE ALWAYS LAUGHS AT OUR PLANS.

(YOUNG CHARLOTTE comes back in to replace OLDER CHARLOTTE, who stands just at the edge of the light. The two sing the following stanza simultaneously.)

BOTH CHARLOTTES
YOU WERE FUNNY AND STRONG.
WITH A LOOK THAT COULD MEZMERIZE YOU.
BUT SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
SOMETHING PREOCCUPIED YOU.
GONE WAS THE DADDY I ONCE KNEW.
GONE WAS THE DADDY I RAN TO.
OO. DADDY, WHERE WERE YOU?
DADDY, WHERE WERE YOU?

Words and Music by Michael Johnson
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