The Sondheim Lyrics Chain

[scenicdesign71]

There are big, tall, terrible,
Awesome, scary,
Wonderful giants
In the sky!

[MartinG]

Love this game!! 

It may come cannonballing down through the sky,
Gleam in its eye,
Bright as a rose!

Who knows?
It's only just out of reach,
Down the block, on a beach,
Under a tree.
I got a feeling there's a miracle due...

[AmyG]

I insist on
Miracles, if you do them,
Miracles - nothing to them!
I say don't,
Don't be afraid!

[KathyB]

Going with "afraid":

Listen everybody, I'm afraid you didn't hear
Or do you want to hear a crazy lady fall apart in front of you

[Vera Charles]

You could drive a person crazy.
You could drive a person mad.

[KathyB]

You have a thought you're fairly bursting with,
A personal discovery or problem, and it's
What's your rush, Henrik?
Shush, Henrik,
Goodness, how you gush, Henrik,
Hush, Henrik,
You murmur
I only--
It's just that--
For God's sake!
Later, Henrik...

[Leighton]

In the murmurs, in the gestures,
In the pauses, in the sighs.

[Vera Charles]

As for applause, please,
When there's a pause, please,
Although we welcome praise,
The echo sometimes lasts for days

[MartinG]

Mock me with praise.
Let me be used.
Vary my days.

But alone,
Is alone...

   

[Chris L]

Mock me with praise.
Let me be used.
Vary my days.

But alone,
Is alone...

   

The reference is pretty obvious , but are multiple words allowed?

[Vera Charles]

Mock me with praise.
Let me be used.
Vary my days.

But alone,
Is alone...

   

The reference is pretty obvious , but are multiple words allowed?

I've a feeling Martin has no-one is alone in mind as the next lyric in the chain?
Perhaps he "bolded" more than he meant? I prefer it when it's just one word, though ...

[Vera Charles]

Rather than hold things up, I'm going to assume Martin's lyric has been accepted ...
No one is alone
Truly
No one is alone
I wish...

[Chris L]

@scenicdesign71 seems to remember the old game pretty well, so I'm going to let him determine if multiple words are allowed. Until he weighs in, I'm going to rule that you can only use a single word as the next target, though that sequence of letters can be spread across multiple words in the response.

[KathyB]

@scenicdesign71 seems to remember the old game pretty well, so I'm going to let him determine if multiple words are allowed. Until he weighs in, I'm going to rule that you can only use a single word as the next target, though that sequence of letters can be spread across multiple words in the response.

I remember multiple words being allowed, as long as those words were found in the same order in another song.

[scenicdesign71]

@scenicdesign71 seems to remember the old game pretty well, so I'm going to let him determine if multiple words are allowed. Until he weighs in, I'm going to rule that you can only use a single word as the next target, though that sequence of letters can be spread across multiple words in the response.

I remember multiple words being allowed, as long as those words were found in the same order in another song.

Was just about to say the same thing.   

wish...