Liverpool Oratorio Movement 6: Work [Dutch translation]

[Mary Dee's Office]................................video from 51.50

[WOMEN'S Chorus (office staff)]

Working women at the top

Will it ever stop?

Papers piling up and up

Days go by like Monday, Tuesday

Work until we drop

All the time looking great

Running late

In a state, losing weight

Running late again

And again

[MARY DEE]

Let me have the letter that you typed up yesterday

Did Mr. Fisher send the fax to LA?

Make sure the flowers don't arrive too late

And cancel my appointment at the Squash Club

[WOMEN'S Chorus]

What club?

[MARY DEE]

Squash Club

[WOMEN'S Chorus]

Working women on the go

Will they ever know

What it takes to run the show?

Days go by like lightning

Will it ever slow?

Half the time feeling dead

Over-fed

Aching head

Miss my bed

Over-fed again And again

[MARY DEE]

Did they ever pick up the accountant's resume?

Make sure the car arrives in time for the plane

Get me the details of the takeover bid

And write another letter to the Minister

[WOMEN'S Chorus]

Minister?

[MARY DEE]

The Minister of love

[WOMEN'S Chorus]

Love

(La)

[MARY DEE]

Where's the time for standing still?

[WOMEN'S Chorus]

Holding hands and walking free

[MARY DEE]

Where's the time for you

[MARY DEE and WOMEN'S Chorus]

And me?

[MARY DEE]

Did I sign the letter that you typed up yesterday?

Is Mr. Fisher on the flight to LA?

He's got the details of the takeover bid

And I'll be in a meeting with the Minister

[WOMEN'S Chorus]

Minister, Minister of love

Love

[MARY DEE]

Feeling confusion

Fear of intrusion

Frightened of losing my mind

Dreams of the future

Thoughts of myself left behind

[WOMEN'S Chorus]

Working women at the top

[MARY DEE]

Will I ever stop?

Orders piling up and up

[WOMEN'S Chorus]

Days go by like Thursday, Friday

[MARY DEE]

Always on the go

Part of myself lives inside

[Shanty's office]

[MEN'S Chorus]

When you ask a working man

'Does he ever stop?

Will he make it to the top?

Should he take a break on Sunday?

Work until he drop

[SHANTY]

My early days in school required

A lot of concentration

I was finding out

But now in later years I find

My colleagues here are more inclined

To mess about

My wife at home

Would surely never understand

If I so much as look at someone else

[MEN'S Chorus]

If men had been the faithful sort

It surely would have changed the course of history

Don't ask me who the first man was

That dared to take a mistress

It's a mystery

Your wife at home

Would surely have to understand

If you were ever seen with someone else

[MR. DINGLE]

Oh, no she won't!

[MEN'S Chorus]

You wouldn't dare!

[SHANTY]

Oh, yes I would!

[MR, DINGLE]

Oh, no you don't!

[MEN'S Chorus]

All things matrimonial

[SHANTY and MR. DINGLE]

(Ah)

Carry with them certain responsibilities

[MR. DINGLE]

Let's find ourselves a little hostelry

Where you can sit and have a drink on me

We'll get a chance

To talk about anyone who bothers us

There's so much more to life than meets the eye

It's quite enough to make a throat feel dry

So let's repair

To where no-one else would dare to bother us

Let's have a drink

While we think what to do

And while we think

I'll accept a little drink from you

If everybody took a serious view of life

We all would feel the same as you

But, as it is

We don't, so it isn't going to bother us

Let's have a drink

While we think what to do

And while we think

I'll accept a little drink from you

[MARY DEE]

Part of myself grows inside

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