Greer Grimsley, Emily D’Angelo, and Ben Bliss, as the Commander, Jess, and Eric, sing an excerpt from Act I in Jeanine Tesori’s new opera.
TRANSCRIPT
♪ No, thats a jeep.
Thats definitely a jeep.
♪ ♪ Who drives a jeep in the desert?
♪ ♪ The guilty do ♪ ♪ The guilty do ♪ ♪ Missiles spun up.
♪ ♪ Look at my hands, my shaking hands ♪ ♪ And them... look at them, poor saps ♪ ♪ You dont learn, do you?
♪ ♪ You cant hide from the eye in the sky ♪ ♪ Poor saps, its not fair ♪ ♪ We should make an announcement ♪ ♪ Attention people of the Gray Desert, ♪ ♪ Everything is witnessed ♪ ♪ The moment you step outside, you are under suspicion ♪ ♪ That would be fair.
Anyway...♪ ♪ The jeep.
The gray jeep is driving too fast ♪ ♪ Too fast to be innocent ♪ ♪ Too fast for me to see whos in it.
♪ ♪ But the speed is guilt enough.
Verdict?
♪ ♪ Guilty ♪ ♪ Guilty.
Give the jeep a little lead time and ..♪ ♪ Boom ♪
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