Otto (Mathew White) and Josef (Arnold Livingston Geis) journey to Shanghai in the opening number of this moving opera about two Jewish immigrants fleeing Germany during World War II.
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♪ Tearful goodbyes in Berlin with no time to tarry.
♪ ♪ Mama and Papa in tears and were on our own.
♪ ♪ Overnight train to Trieste with all we could carry.
♪ ♪ Anxiously boarding a shi to a place unknown.
♪ ♪ One place hasnt denied our plight.
♪ ♪ One place shines on our bleake ♪ One place answers our every prayer.
♪ ♪ Shanghai, beacon of light on a silent shore.
♪ ♪ Shanghai, out of the darkness you rise.♪ Watch over us.
♪ Shanghai, are you the home we are searching for?
♪ ♪ Shanghai, answer these desperate cries.
♪ ♪ History has taught us too wel the sorrow of leaving.
♪ ♪ Too many times in the pas we were forced to flee.
♪ ♪ Families have been torn apart and though we are grieving....♪ ♪ .... there is a city of hop gleaming on the sea.♪ ♪ Closer, now we see land in sight.♪ ♪ Closer, sailing into the light.♪ ♪ Closer, soon well be finally there.
.♪ ♪ Shanghai, beacon of light on a silent shore.
♪ ♪ Shanghai, out of the darkness you rise.
♪ Watch over us.
♪ Shanghai, are you the home we are searching for?
♪ ♪ Shanghai, answer these desperate cries.
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