Waiting For The Light

[LIZZIE, spoken] My name is Lizzie Andrew Borden. Not Elizabeth. Lizzie. Andrew, after my father, I was so christened. I am innocent. I leave it to my council to speak for me (sung) Maybe someday I'll walk in the open [EMMA, spoken] My full name is Emma L. Borden, I am the sister of miss Lizzie Borden [LIZZIE] Maybe someday We'll all forget [BRIDGET, spoken] The name's Bridget Sullivan. I was sometimes called Maggie by miss Emma and miss Lizzie [LIZZIE] Maybe someday They won't whisper point and stare [ALICE, spoken] I am Alice Russell [LIZZIE] But my secret's safe now [ALICE, spoken] I exchanged calls with miss Lizzie Borden regularly. She always received me upstairs [LIZZIE] My secret's Safe Now [ALICE, spoken] Lizzie spoke of trouble with her stepmother. That Mrs. Borden thought so-and-so. But the whole thing was, as far as I could see, that one's own mother might've had more influence over the father. It was the father more than the mother. They were young girls. But young girls cannot go and do and have [LIZZIE] They tried to keep me down But I said no I'm moving uptown honey It's where I'm gonna go But I'm down here in the big house Help me count the days I've got thirteen days in Taunton Then I'll fly away [EMMA, spoken] I have no recollection of anything of that kind. No sir, I don't seem to remember it. I don't remember what you asked me. I don't remember the question, nor the answer. I can only say I don't remember giving it. I don't know whether I did or not, I can't tell you. I don't know. I was in Fairhaven [LIZZIE] I got my dream team workin' On my defense It cost me a bloody fortune But I spared no expense 'Cause let me tell you Losing is not a game I play I'll be leaving by the front door When I fly away I got twelve more days in Taunton And then I'll fly away I got Then I'll fly away [ALICE, spoken] About seven o'clock on the evening of Wednesday, August third I was waiting for miss Lizzie Borden. But when she came she said- [BRIDGET, spoken] She was on her way to Benson's pharmacy for prussic acid. To clean a stain [ALICE, spoken] She said "Mr. and Mrs. Borden were awfully sick last night. We were all sick, all but Maggie." [BRIDGET, spoken] I had a sick headache and I was sick to my stomach [ALICE, spoken] And she said Mrs. Borden even told the doctor she thought she had been poisoned. I asked her who would do something like that and she didn't know. She said "I can't sleep at night. I'm that afraid somebody will do something." {EMMA & LIZZIE] Now that you mention it I Can't stand the night I sit here in the darkness Waiting for the light[LIZZIE] Eleven days in Taunton waiting For the break of day Ten more days in this hole Then I'll fly away They love me in the jailhouse They love me in the street They love me in the courtroom Yeah I know I got 'em beat I got nine more days in Taunton [ALICE] This This This is not love I don't know what it is[LIZZIE] When this whole thing is over I've got to get away [EMMA, spoken] Well, I don't know how to describe it to you [BRIDGET, spoken] It was not a Calico dress [ALICE, spoken] It was a cheap cotton Bedford cord [EMMA, spoken] An American cloth [ALICE, spoken] All cotton [EMMA, spoken] I think one part of it was black or very- [BRIDGET, spoken] Light blue [ALICE, spoken] With a small dark figure [BRIDGET, spoken] A sprig [ALICE, spoken] I did not suggest to miss Lizzie Borden that she change her dress [EMMA, spoken] I think she did [ALICE, spoken] I saw no blood on that dress. Not a drop [LIZZIE] Can we just drop the dress talk The subject's getting dull [LIZZIE & BRIDGET] Gonna buy myself a brand new dress Gonna buy a whole damn closet full 'Cause I got plenty of money Girl, I just got paid [LIZZIE] Four more days in Taunton Then I'll fly away [BRIDGET, spoken] After Mrs. Borden told me to wash the windows, I didn't see her anymore until I found her dead on the upstairs. I don't remember to have heard a sound of anyone about the house until Mr. Borden came to the door. As I unlocked it I said "Oh, p'shaw" and miss Lizzie laughed at the top of the stairs [LIZZIE] You say that I'm not weeping That I'm not dressed in black Call me a Yankee Clytemnestra Well imagine that I've done my share of crying Lord my dues is paid I got three more days in Taunton Then I'll fly away [ALICE, spoken] Her sister turned and said "What are you going to do?" {EMMA, spoken] I swear I didn't say it. The reason I say I didn't say so is because I didn't say so [ALICE, spoken] And Lizzie said "I'm going to burn this old thing up." [EMMA, spoken] There was nothing of that kind said [ALICE, spoken] It was covered in- [EMMA, spoken] Paint! It was soiled, just as any dress would get soiled and I said "Why don't you?" or something like that. I can't tell the exact words [ALICE, spoken] I am quite sure I left the room and told the officer that I saw miss Lizzie Borden burn that dress [ALICE & LIZZIE] Turn of the century Turn of the screw Turn of the tables Between me and you [LIZZIE] Got two more days in Taunton Until my judgement day One more day in Taunton Then I'll fly away They take me to the courthouse The verdict's coming in It only took an hour For those white-haired gentlemen To put this all behind me Oh, today's the day When the old man says [VOICEOVER] "Not guilty!" [LIZZIE] Watch me fly away [EMMA] Maybe someday [LIZZIE] I'll walk in the open [EMMA] Maybe someday [LIZZIE] We'll all forget [EMMA] Maybe someday [LIZZIE] They won't whisper point and stare But my secret's safe now [EMMA] Yes your secret's safe [EMMA & LIZZIE] Our secret's safe now Maybe someday We'll tell the world Maybe someday We'll make them understand [ALICE] Maybe someday You'll come back to me [EMMA] But your secret's safe now [ALICE & BRIDGET] Her secret's safe now [EMMA] Our secret's safe [BRIDGET] Our secret's safe [ALICE] Our secret's safe [ALICE, BRIDGET, EMMA] Now