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Message In A Bottle

Premiere: 11/3/2023 | 01:25:25 | TV-14 |

Experience five-time Olivier Award nominee Kate Prince’s dance and theater show set to the songs of 17-time Grammy winner Sting. Telling the story of a migrant family, the show from London’s Sadler's Wells Theatre features a mix of dance styles.

Streaming until: 1/31/2025 @ 11:59 PM EST

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About the Episode

Great Performances presents Message In A Bottle, featuring the hits of 17-time Grammy-winning artist Sting with choreography by five-time Olivier Award nominee Kate Prince. The dance-theater production from London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre tells the story of a family forced to leave their homeland and embark on a perilous journey to freedom. With musical arrangements by Alex Lacamoire (Broadway’s “Hamilton,” “Dear Evan Hansen”), and a mix of dance styles performed by Kate Prince’s ZooNation dance company, Great Performances: Message In A Bottle relays a quest for humanity and hope. Recorded in August 2022, the show features Sting’s chart-topping hits including “Every Breath You Take,” “Roxanne,” “Walking On The Moon” and more.

For more information about Message In A Bottle on tour, visit the tour’s website.

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PRODUCTION CREDITS

For Great Performances: Message In A BottleKate Prince is director and choreographer, with Marcus Viner directing for screen. Music and lyrics are by Sting. Produced by Austin Shaw, Desara Bosnia and Florent Trioux, executive producers are Eliza Lumley, Suzanne Walker, Alice Webb, Joshua Andrews and Stuart Galbraith. A Sadler’s Wells and Universal Music UK production, Message In A Bottle is co-produced with Birmingham Hippodrome and The Lowry, Salford.

For Great Performances, Bill O’Donnell is series producer and David Horn is executive producer.
SERIES OVERVIEW

For more than 50 years on PBS, Great Performances has provided an unparalleled showcase of the best in all genres of the performing arts, serving as America’s most prestigious and enduring broadcaster of cultural programming. Showcasing a diverse range of artists from around the world, the series has earned 67 Emmy Awards and six Peabody Awards. The Great Performances website hosts exclusive videos, interviews, photos, full episodes and more. The series is produced by The WNET Group. Great Performances is available for streaming concurrent with broadcast on PBS.org and the PBS App, available on iOS, Android, Roku streaming devices, Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung Smart TV, Chromecast and VIZIO.

FUNDING CREDITS

Great Performances: Message In A Bottle is funded by the Lewis “Sonny” Turner Fund. Series funding for Great Performances is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, the Thea Petschek Iervolino Foundation, Jody and John Arnhold, the Abra Prentice Foundation LLC, The Starr Foundation, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, the Jack Lawrence Trust, Seton J. Melvin, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Leni and Peter May, the Estate of Worthington Mayo-Smith and Ellen and James S. Marcus.

TRANSCRIPT

♪♪ -Next, on "Great Performances"... -♪ Just a castaway ♪ ♪ An island lost at sea, oh ♪ -The global refugee crisis comes to life in a dynamic new dance piece by acclaimed choreographer Kate Prince, set to the iconic music of Sting.

-♪ I'm an alien ♪ ♪ I'm a legal alien ♪ ♪ I'm an Englishman in New York ♪ -After suffering an attack on their peaceful village, a father, mother, and three siblings must leave their homeland to embark on a perilous journey to freedom.

-♪ Sea of worries ♪ ♪ Sea of fears ♪ -Join us for a universal story of survival, hope, and love, told through the power of dance and new interpretations of Sting's classic songs.

-♪ I'll be watching you ♪ -"Message In A Bottle" starts right now.

-♪ Ee-ay-oh-oh-oh ♪ ♪♪ Major funding for "Great Performances" is provided by... ...and by contributions to your PBS station from viewers like you.

Thank you.

[ Instrumental music plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Intro to "Desert Rose" plays ] ♪♪ -♪ Ya leel ♪ ♪ Ya leel ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ Hadaee mada tawila ♪ ♪ Wa ana nahos ana wahala ghzalti ♪ ♪ Wa ana nahos ana wahala ghzalti ♪ ♪ Wa ana nahos ana wahala ghzalti ♪ ♪♪ -♪ I dream of rain ♪ ♪ I dream of gardens in the desert sand ♪ ♪ I wake in vain ♪ ♪ I dream of love as time runs through my hand ♪ ♪ I dream of fire ♪ ♪ These dreams that tie two hearts that will never die ♪ ♪ Near the flames ♪ ♪ The shadows play in the shape of the man's desire ♪ ♪ This desert rose ♪ ♪ Whose shadow bears the secret promise ♪ ♪ This desert flower ♪ ♪ No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this ♪ ♪ And now she turns ♪ ♪ This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams ♪ ♪ This fire burns ♪ ♪ I realize that nothing's as it seems ♪ ♪ I dream of rain ♪ ♪ I dream of gardens in the desert sand ♪ ♪ I wake in vain ♪ ♪ I dream of love as time runs through my hand ♪ ♪ I dream of rain ♪ ♪ I lift my gaze to empty skies above ♪ ♪ I close my eyes ♪ ♪ The rare perfume is the sweet intoxication of love ♪ -[ Sings in Arabic ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ I dream of rain ♪ ♪ I dream of gardens in the desert sand ♪ ♪ I wake in vain ♪ ♪ I dream of love as time runs through my hand ♪ ♪ Sweet desert rose ♪ ♪ Whose shadow bears the secret promise ♪ ♪ This desert flower ♪ ♪ No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this ♪ ♪ Sweet desert rose ♪ ♪ This memory of hidden hearts and souls ♪ ♪ This desert flower ♪ ♪ This rare perfume is the sweet intoxication of love ♪ ♪♪ -[ Singing in Arabic ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ You could say I ♪ ♪ Lost my faith in science and progress ♪ ♪♪ ♪ You could say I lost my belief in the holy church ♪ ♪♪ ♪ You could say I ♪ ♪ Lost my sense of direction ♪ ♪♪ ♪ And you could say all of this and worse but ♪ ♪ If I ever lose my faith in you ♪ ♪♪ ♪ There'd be nothing left for me to do ♪ ♪♪ [ Intro to "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Though I've tried before to tell her ♪ ♪ Of the feelings I have for her in my heart ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Every time that I come near her ♪ ♪ I just lose my nerve, as I've done from the start ♪ ♪ Every little thing she does is magic ♪ ♪ Everything she do just turn me on ♪ ♪ Even though my life before was tragic ♪ ♪ Now I know my love for her goes on ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I resolved to call her up ♪ ♪ A thousand times a day ♪ ♪ And ask her if she'd marry me ♪ ♪ In some old-fashioned way ♪ ♪ But my silent fears have gripped me ♪ ♪ Long before I reach the phone ♪ ♪ Long before my tongue has tripped me ♪ ♪ Must I always be alone?

♪ ♪ Every little thing she does is magic ♪ ♪ Everything she do just turn me on ♪ ♪ Even though my life before was tragic ♪ ♪ Now I know my love for her goes on ♪ ♪♪ ♪ On and on and on and ♪ ♪ Every little thing ♪ ♪ Every little thing ♪ ♪ Every little thing ♪ ♪ Every little thing ♪ ♪ Every little thing ♪ ♪ Every little thing she does ♪ ♪ Every little thing she does ♪ ♪ Every little thing she does ♪ ♪ Every little thing she does ♪ ♪ Everything she does is magic ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Eee oh, oh, eee oh, oh ♪ ♪ Eee oh, oh, eee oh, oh ♪ ♪ Eee oh, oh, eee oh, oh ♪ ♪ Eee oh, oh, eee oh, oh ♪ ♪ Eee oh, oh, eee oh, oh ♪ ♪ Eee oh, oh, eee oh, oh ♪ ♪ Eee oh, oh, eee oh, oh ♪ ♪ Eee oh, oh, eee oh, oh ♪ ♪ Every little thing she does ♪ ♪ Every little thing she does ♪ ♪ Every little thing she does is magic, magic, magic ♪ ♪ Magic, magic, magic ♪ ♪ Ey oh, yo oh ♪ ♪ Eee oh oh oh oh oh ♪ ♪♪ [ Intro to "Fields of Gold" plays ] ♪♪ ♪ Will you stay with me?

♪ ♪ Will you be my love?

♪ ♪ Among the fields of barley ♪ ♪ We'll forget the sun in his jealous sky ♪ ♪ As we lie in fields of gold ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I never made promises lightly ♪ ♪ And there have been some that I've broken ♪ ♪ But I swear in the days still left ♪ ♪ We'll walk in fields of gold ♪ ♪ We'll walk in fields of gold ♪ ♪ We'll walk in fields of gold ♪ [ Explosions ] [ Intro to "King of Pain" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ There's a little black spot on the sun today ♪ ♪♪ ♪ It's the same old thing as yesterday ♪ ♪♪ ♪ There's a black hat caught in a high tree top ♪ ♪♪ ♪ There's a flag pole rag and the wind won't stop ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I have stood here before inside the pouring rain ♪ ♪ With the world turning circles running 'round my brain ♪ ♪ I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign ♪ ♪ But it's my destiny to be the king of pain ♪ ♪♪ ♪ There's a little black spot on the sun today ♪ ♪ That's my soul up there ♪ ♪ It's the same old thing as yesterday ♪ ♪ That's my soul up there ♪ ♪ There's a black hat caught in a high treetop ♪ ♪ That's my soul up there ♪ ♪ There's a flag pole rag and the wind won't stop ♪ ♪ That's my soul up there ♪ ♪ I have stood here before inside the pouring rain ♪ ♪ With the world turning circles running 'round my brain ♪ ♪ I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign ♪ ♪ But it's my destiny to be the king of pain ♪ ♪♪ ♪ There's a king on a throne with his eyes torn out ♪ ♪ There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt ♪ ♪ There's a rich man sleeping on a golden bed ♪ ♪ There's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ There's a little black spot on the sun today ♪ ♪♪ ♪ It's the same old thing as yesterday ♪ ♪ I have stood here before inside the pouring rain ♪ ♪ With the world turning circles running 'round my brain ♪ ♪ I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign ♪ ♪ But it's my destiny to be the king of pain ♪ ♪ There's a little black spot on the sun today ♪ ♪♪ ♪ There's a little black spot on the sun today ♪ ♪ There's a little black spot on the sun today ♪ [ Intro to "Fragile" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ If blood will flow when flesh and steel are one ♪ ♪ Drying in the color of the evening sun ♪ ♪ Tomorrow's rain will wash the stains away ♪ ♪ But something in our minds will always stay ♪ ♪ Perhaps this final act was meant ♪ ♪ To clinch a lifetime's argument ♪ ♪ That nothing comes from violence ♪ ♪ And nothing ever could ♪ ♪ For all those born beneath an angry star ♪ ♪ Lest we forget how fragile we are ♪ ♪♪ ♪ On and on the rain will fall ♪ ♪ Like tears from a star ♪ ♪ Like tears from a star ♪ ♪ On and on the rain will say ♪ ♪ How fragile we are ♪ ♪ How fragile we are ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ On and on the rain will fall ♪ ♪ Like tears from a star ♪ ♪ Like tears from a star ♪ ♪ On and on the rain will say ♪ ♪ How fragile we are ♪ ♪ How fragile we are ♪ ♪ How fragile we are ♪ ♪ How fragile we are ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Tanks rumbling, machine-gun fire, explosions ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Intro to "Don't Stand So Close to Me" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Young teacher, the subject of schoolgirl fantasy ♪ ♪ She wants him so badly, knows what she wants to be ♪ ♪ Inside her there's longing, this girl's an open page ♪ ♪ Bookmarking, she's so close now ♪ ♪ This girl is half his age ♪ -♪ Don't stand, don't stand so ♪ ♪ Don't stand so close to me ♪ ♪ Don't stand, don't stand so ♪ ♪ Don't stand so close to me ♪ -♪ Her friends are so jealous ♪ ♪ You know how bad girls get ♪ ♪ Sometimes it's not so easy to be the teacher's pet ♪ ♪ Temptation, frustration ♪ ♪ So bad it makes him cry ♪ ♪ Wet bus stop, she's waiting ♪ ♪ His car is warm and dry ♪ -♪ Don't stand, don't stand so ♪ ♪ Don't stand so close to me ♪ ♪ Don't stand, don't stand so ♪ ♪ Don't stand so close to me ♪ ♪ Don't stand, don't stand so ♪ ♪ Don't stand so close to me ♪ ♪ Don't stand, don't stand so ♪ ♪ Don't stand so close to me ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ Whoa-oh-oh, whoa ♪ ♪ Whoa-oh-oh, whoa ♪ ♪ Whoa-oh-oh, whoa ♪ ♪ Whoa-oh-oh, whoa ♪ ♪ Whoa-oh-oh, whoa ♪ ♪ Whoa-oh-oh, whoa ♪ ♪ Whoa-oh-oh, whoa ♪ ♪ Whoa-oh-oh, whoa ♪ ♪ Whoa-oh-oh, whoa ♪ ♪ Whoa-oh-oh ♪ -♪ I don't want to spend the rest of my life ♪ ♪ Looking at the barrel of an Armalite ♪ ♪ I don't wanna spend the rest of my days ♪ ♪ Keeping outta trouble like the soldiers say ♪ ♪ I don't want to spend my time in hell ♪ ♪ Looking at the walls of a prison cell ♪ ♪ I don't ever want to play the part ♪ ♪ Of a statistic on a government chart ♪ -♪ Whoa-oh-oh, whoa ♪ ♪ Whoa-oh-oh, whoa ♪ ♪ Whoa-oh-oh, whoa ♪ ♪ Whoa-oh-oh ♪ ♪♪ -♪ And they're only going to change this place ♪ ♪ By killing everybody in the human race ♪ ♪ They would kill me for a cigarette ♪ ♪ But I don't even wanna die just yet ♪ ♪ There has to be an invisible sun ♪ ♪ It gives its heat to everyone ♪ ♪ There has to be an invisible sun ♪ ♪ That gives us hope when the whole day's done ♪ ♪ There has to be an invisible sun ♪ ♪ It gives its heat to everyone ♪ ♪ There has to be an invisible sun ♪ ♪ That gives us hope when the whole day's done ♪ -♪ There has to be an invisible sun ♪ ♪ It gives its heat to everyone ♪ ♪ There has to be an invisible sun ♪ ♪ That gives us hope when the whole day's done ♪ ♪ There has to be an invisible sun ♪ ♪ That gives us hope when the whole day's done ♪ ♪ That gives us hope when the whole day's done ♪ ♪ That gives us hope when the whole day's done ♪ -♪ There has to be an invisible sun ♪ ♪ That gives us hope when the whole day's done ♪ ♪ Give me hope ♪ ♪ That gives us hope when the whole day's done ♪ [ Waves crashing ] [ Intro to "Inshallah" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ Sea of worries ♪ ♪ Sea of fears ♪ ♪ In our country ♪ ♪ Only tears ♪ ♪ In our future ♪ ♪ There's no past ♪ ♪ If it be your will ♪ ♪ It shall come to pass ♪ -♪ Inshallah ♪ ♪ Inshallah ♪ ♪ If it be your will ♪ ♪ It shall come to pass ♪ -♪ As the wind blows ♪ ♪ Growing colder ♪ ♪ Against the sad boats ♪ ♪ As we flee ♪ ♪ Anxious eyes ♪ ♪ Search in darkness ♪ ♪ With the rising ♪ ♪ Of the sea ♪ -♪ Inshallah ♪ ♪ Inshallah ♪ ♪ If it be your will ♪ ♪ It shall come to pass ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Water splashes ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ If it be your will ♪ [ Intro to " plays ] ♪♪ [ Coughing ] [ Seagulls squawking ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ I still ♪ ♪ Love you ♪ ♪ I still ♪ ♪ Want you ♪ ♪ I still ♪ ♪ Love you ♪ ♪ I still ♪ ♪ Want you ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Indistinct shouting ] [ Helicopter rotors whirring ] ♪♪ [ Whistle blows ] [ Indistinct shouting ] [ Intro to "Shadows in the Rain" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ Woke up in my clothes again this morning ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Don't know exactly where I am ♪ ♪ And I should heed my doctor's warning ♪ ♪ He does the best with me he can ♪ ♪♪ ♪ He claims I suffer from delusions ♪ ♪ Yet I'm so confident I'm sane ♪ ♪ It can't be no optical illusion ♪ ♪♪ ♪ So how can you explain?

♪ ♪ Shadows in the rain ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Shadows in the rain ♪ ♪♪ [ Indistinct shouting ] [ Drum solo ] ♪ Woke up in my clothes again this morning ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Don't know exactly where I am ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I should heed my doctor's warning ♪ ♪ He does the best with me he can ♪ ♪♪ ♪ He claims I suffer from delusions ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I'm so confident I'm sane ♪ ♪♪ ♪ It can't be no optical illusion ♪ ♪♪ ♪ How can you explain?

♪ ♪ Shadows in the rain ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Shadows in the rain ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Shadows in the rain ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Shadows in the rain ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Shadows ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Shadows ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Shadows ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Shadows in the rain ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Shadows in the rain ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Shadows in the rain ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Shadows in the rain ♪ ♪♪ [ Door slams ] [ Intro to "Every Breath You Take" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ Every breath you take ♪ ♪ Every move you make ♪ ♪ Every bond you break ♪ ♪ Every step you take ♪ ♪ I'll be watching you ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Every single day ♪ ♪ And every word you say ♪ ♪ Every game you play ♪ ♪ Every night you stay ♪ ♪ I'll be watching you ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Oh, can't you see ♪ ♪ You belong to me?

♪ ♪ How my poor heart aches ♪ ♪ With every step you take ♪ ♪ Every move you make ♪ ♪ And every vow you break ♪ ♪ Every smile you fake ♪ ♪ Every claim you stake ♪ ♪ I'll be watching you ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Since you've gone, I've been lost without a trace ♪ ♪ I dream at night, I can only see your face ♪ ♪ I look around, but it's you I can't replace ♪ ♪ I feel so cold, and I long for your embrace ♪ ♪ I keep crying ♪ ♪ Baby, baby, please ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I'll be watching you ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I'll be watching you ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I'll be watching you ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I'll be watching ♪ ♪ You ♪ ♪♪ [ Intro to "Message in a Bottle" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Just a castaway, an island lost at sea, oh ♪ ♪ Another lonely day with no one here but me, oh ♪ ♪ More loneliness than any man could bear ♪ ♪ Rescue me before I fall into despair, oh ♪ ♪ I'll send an S.O.S.

to the world ♪ ♪ I'll send an S.O.S.

to the world ♪ ♪ I hope that someone gets my ♪ ♪ I hope that someone gets my ♪ ♪ I hope that someone gets my message in a bottle, yeah ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Message in a bottle ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Message in a bottle ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Message in a bottle ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Walked out this morning, I don't believe what I saw ♪ ♪ A hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore ♪ ♪ Seems I'm not alone at being alone ♪ ♪ A hundred billion castaways, looking for a home ♪ ♪ I'll send an S.O.S.

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♪ ♪ E-yeah oh ♪ -♪ Free, free, set them free ♪ ♪ Free, free, set them free ♪ ♪ Free, free, set them free ♪ ♪ Free, free, set them free ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ There is no political solution ♪ -♪ Free, free, set them free ♪ -♪ To our troubled evolution ♪ -♪ Free, free, set them free ♪ -♪ I have no faith in constitution ♪ -♪ Free, free, set them free ♪ -♪ There is no bloody revolution ♪ -♪ Free, free, set them free ♪ -♪ We are spirits in the material world ♪ ♪ We are spirits in the material world ♪ ♪ We are spirits in the material world ♪ ♪ We are spirits in the material world ♪ ♪ Our so-called leaders speak ♪ -♪ Free, free, set them free ♪ -♪ With words, they try to jail ya ♪ -♪ Free, free, set them free ♪ -♪ They subjugate the meek ♪ -♪ Free, free, set them free ♪ -♪ But it's the rhetoric of failure ♪ -♪ Free, free, set them free ♪ -♪ We are spirits in the material world ♪ ♪ We are spirits in the material world ♪ ♪ We are spirits in the material world ♪ ♪ We are spirits in the material wooooooorld ♪ -♪ We are spirits in the material world ♪ ♪ We are spirits in the material world ♪ ♪ We are spirits in the material world ♪ ♪ We are spirits in the material wooooooorld ♪♪ -♪ If you need somebody, call my name ♪ ♪ If you want someone, you can do the same ♪ ♪ If you want to keep something precious ♪ ♪ You got to lock it up and throw away the key ♪ ♪ If you want to hold on to your possession ♪ ♪ Don't even think about me ♪ ♪♪ ♪ If you love somebody ♪ ♪ If you love someone ♪ ♪ If you love somebody ♪ ♪ If you love someone ♪ ♪ Set them free ♪ -♪ Free, free, set them free ♪ -♪ Set them free ♪ -♪ Free, free, set them free ♪ -♪ Set them free ♪ -♪ Free, free, oh oh ♪ -♪ Set them free ♪ -♪ Free, free, set them free ♪ -♪ If it's a mirror you want ♪ ♪ Just look into my eyes ♪ ♪ Or a whipping boy ♪ ♪ Someone to despise ♪ ♪ Or a prisoner in the dark ♪ ♪ Tied up in chains you just can't see ♪ ♪ Or a beast in a gilded cage ♪ ♪ That's all some people ever want to be ♪ ♪ If you love somebody ♪ -♪ Love somebody ♪ -♪ If you love someone ♪ -♪ Love somebody ♪ -♪ If you love somebody ♪ -♪ Love somebody ♪ -♪ If you love someone ♪ ♪ Set them free ♪ -♪ Free, free, set them free ♪ -♪ Set them free ♪ -♪ Free, free, set them free ♪ -♪ Set them free ♪ -♪ Free, free, oh oh ♪ -♪ Set them free ♪ -♪ Free, free, set them free ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Intro to "Brand New Day" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Starting up a brand new day ♪ -♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Thinking in a brand new way ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Starting up a brand new day ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Thinking in a brand new way ♪ ♪♪ [ Intro to "Love Is the Seventh Wave" plays ] ♪♪ -♪ Every ripple on the ocean ♪ ♪ Every leaf on every tree ♪ ♪ Every sand dune in the desert ♪ ♪ Every power we never see ♪ ♪ There is a deeper wave than this ♪ ♪ Swelling in the world ♪ ♪ There is a deeper wave than this ♪ ♪ Listen to me, girl ♪ ♪ At the still point of destruction ♪ ♪ At the center of the fury ♪ ♪ All the angels all the devils ♪ ♪ All around us can't you see ♪ ♪ There is a deeper wave than this ♪ ♪ Rising in the land ♪ ♪ There is a deeper wave than this ♪ ♪ Nothing will withstand ♪ -♪ I say love is the seventh wave ♪ ♪ I say love is the seventh wave ♪ ♪ I say love is the seventh wave ♪ ♪ I say love is the seventh wave ♪ ♪ I say love is the seventh wave ♪ ♪ I say love is the seventh wave ♪ ♪ I say love is the seventh wave ♪ ♪ I say love is the seventh wave ♪ ♪ I say love ♪ [ Intro to "De Do Do" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ Don't think me unkind ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Words are hard to find ♪ ♪♪ ♪ They're only checks I've left unsigned ♪ ♪♪ ♪ From the banks of chaos in my mind ♪ ♪♪ ♪ And when their eloquence escapes me ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Their logic ties me up and rapes me ♪ ♪♪ ♪ De do do do, de da da da ♪ ♪ Is all I want to say to you ♪ ♪ De do do do, de da da da ♪ ♪ They're meaningless and all that's true ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ De do do do, de da da da ♪ ♪ Is all I want to say to you ♪ ♪ De do do do, de da da da ♪ ♪ Is all I want to say to you ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Intro to "Walking On The Moon" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Giant steps are what you take ♪ ♪ Walking on the moon ♪ ♪ I hope my leg don't break ♪ ♪ Walking on the moon ♪ ♪ We could walk forever ♪ ♪ Walking on the moon ♪ ♪ We could be together ♪ ♪ Walking on, walking on the moon ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Some may say ♪ ♪ I'm wishing my days away ♪ ♪ No way ♪ ♪ And if it's the price I pay ♪ ♪ Some say ♪ ♪ Tomorrow's another day ♪ ♪ You stay ♪ ♪ I may as well play ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Keep it up ♪ -♪ Eee oh oh oh oh oh ♪ -♪ Keep it up ♪ -♪ Eee oh oh oh oh oh ♪ -♪ Keep it up ♪ -♪ Eee oh oh oh oh oh ♪ -♪ Keep it up ♪ -♪ Eee oh oh oh oh oh ♪ ♪ Eee oh oh oh oh oh ♪ ♪ Eee oh oh oh oh oh ♪ ♪ Eee oh oh oh oh oh ♪ ♪ Eee oh oh oh oh oh ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Intro to "Be Still My Beating Heart" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ Be still my beating heart ♪ ♪ It would be better to be cool ♪ ♪ It's not time to be open just yet ♪ ♪ A lesson once learned is so hard to forget ♪ ♪ Be still my beating heart ♪ ♪ I'll be taken for a fool ♪ ♪ It's not healthy to run at this pace ♪ ♪ The blood runs so red to my face ♪ ♪ I've been to every single book I know ♪ ♪ Soothe the thoughts that plague me so ♪ ♪ Sink like a stone that's been thrown in the ocean ♪ ♪ My logic has drowned in a sea of emotion ♪ ♪ Stop before you start ♪ ♪ Be still my beating ♪ -♪ Be still my beating heart ♪ ♪ Be still my beating heart ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Be still my beating heart ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Be still my beating heart ♪ ♪ Be still my beating heart ♪ [ Plane engine roars ] ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Intro to "Englishman In New York" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ I don't drink coffee, I take tea, my dear ♪ ♪ I like my toast done on one side ♪ ♪ You can hear it in my accent when I talk ♪ ♪ I'm an Englishman in New York ♪ ♪ If "manners maketh man" as someone said ♪ ♪ He's a hero of the day ♪ ♪ It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile ♪ ♪ Be yourself no matter what they say ♪ -♪ Whoa ♪ -♪ I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien ♪ ♪ I'm an Englishman in New York ♪ -♪ Whoa ♪ -♪ I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien ♪ ♪ I'm an Englishman in New York ♪ ♪ Modesty, propriety can lead to notoriety ♪ ♪ You could end up as the only one ♪ ♪ Gentleness, sobriety are rare in this society ♪ ♪ At night a candle's brighter than the sun ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Dance break ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ If "manners maketh man" as someone said ♪ ♪ He's a hero of the day ♪ ♪ It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile ♪ ♪ Be yourself no matter what they say ♪ ♪ Be yourself no matter what they say ♪ -♪ I'm a legal alien ♪ -♪ Be yourself no matter what they say ♪ -♪ I'm a legal alien ♪ -♪ Be yourself no matter what they say ♪ ♪ Be yourself no matter what they say ♪ ♪ Be yourself no matter what they say ♪ ♪ Be yourself no matter what they say ♪ ♪♪ [ Intro to "Shape of My Heart" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ He deals the cards as a meditation ♪ ♪ And those he plays never suspect ♪ ♪ He doesn't play for the money he wins ♪ ♪ He don't play for respect ♪ ♪♪ ♪ He deals the cards to find the answer ♪ ♪ The sacred geometry of chance ♪ ♪ The hidden law of a probable outcome ♪ ♪ The numbers lead a dance ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier ♪ ♪ I know that the clubs are weapons of war ♪ ♪ I know that diamonds mean money for this art ♪ ♪ But that's not the shape of my heart ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ And if I told her that I loved you ♪ ♪ You'd maybe think there's something wrong ♪ ♪ I'm not a man of too many faces ♪ ♪ The mask I wear is one ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier ♪ ♪ I know that the clubs are weapons of war ♪ ♪ I know that diamonds mean money for this art ♪ ♪ But that's not the shape of my heart ♪ ♪ That's not the shape ♪ ♪ The shape of my heart ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪ -♪ Starting up a brand new day ♪ ♪ A brand new day ♪ -♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪ -♪ Starting up a brand new day ♪ ♪ A brand new day ♪ [ Intro to "The Bed's Too Big Without You" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ The bed's too big without you ♪ ♪ Cold wind blows right through that open door ♪ ♪ I can't sleep with your memory ♪ ♪ Dreaming dreams of what used to be ♪ ♪ When she left I was cold inside ♪ ♪ That look on my face was just pride ♪ ♪ No regrets, no love, no tears ♪ ♪ Living on my own was the least of my fears ♪ ♪ The bed's too big without you ♪ ♪ The bed's too big without you ♪ ♪ The bed's too big ♪ ♪ Without you ♪ ♪ The bed's too big ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Since that day when you'd gone ♪ ♪ Just had to carry on ♪ ♪ I get through the day, but late at night ♪ ♪ Made love to my pillow, but it didn't feel right ♪ ♪ No, the bed's too big without you ♪ ♪ The bed's too big without you ♪ ♪ The bed's too big ♪ ♪ Without you ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Without you ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Without you ♪ ♪ Without you ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Into to "Roxanne" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ Roxanne ♪ ♪ You don't have to put on the red light ♪ ♪ Those days are over ♪ ♪ You don't have to sell your body to the night ♪ ♪ Roxanne ♪ ♪ You don't have to wear that dress tonight ♪ ♪ Walk the streets for money ♪ ♪ You don't care if it's wrong or if it's right ♪ ♪ Roxanne ♪ ♪ You don't have to put on the red light ♪ ♪ Roxanne ♪ ♪ You don't have to put on the red light ♪ -♪ Roxanne ♪ -♪ Put on the red light ♪ -♪ Roxanne ♪ -♪ Put on the red light ♪ -♪ Roxanne ♪ -♪ Put on the red light ♪ -♪ Roxanne ♪ -♪ Put on the red light ♪ -♪ Roxanne ♪ -♪ Put on the red light ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ I loved you since I knew you ♪ ♪ I wouldn't talk down to you ♪ ♪ I have to tell you just how I feel ♪ ♪ I won't share you with another boy ♪ ♪ You know my mind is made up ♪ ♪ So put away your make up ♪ ♪ Told you once, I won't tell you again ♪ ♪ It's a bad way ♪ ♪ Roxanne ♪ ♪ You don't have to put on the red light ♪ ♪ Roxanne ♪ ♪ You don't have to put on the red light ♪ -♪ Roxanne ♪ -♪ You don't have to put on the red light ♪ -♪ Roxanne ♪ -♪ Put on the red light ♪ -♪ Roxanne ♪ -♪ Put on the red light ♪ -♪ Roxanne ♪ -♪ Put on the red light ♪ -♪ Roxanne ♪ -♪ Put on the red light ♪ -♪ Roxanne ♪ -♪ Put on the red light ♪ -♪ Roxanne ♪ -♪ Put on the red light ♪ -♪ Roxanne ♪ -♪ Put on the red light ♪ -♪ Roxanne ♪ -♪ Put on the red light ♪ -♪ Roxanne ♪ -♪ Put on the red light ♪ -♪ Roxanne ♪ -♪ Oh, you don't have to put on the red light ♪ -♪ Roxanne ♪ -♪ Put on the red light ♪ -♪ Roxanne ♪ -♪ Put on the red light ♪ -♪ Roxanne ♪ -♪ Roxanne ♪ ♪ Roxanne ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Intro to "So Lonely" plays ] ♪ Well, someone told me yesterday ♪ ♪ That when you throw your love away ♪ ♪ You act as if you just don't care ♪ ♪ You look as if you're going somewhere ♪ ♪ But I just can't convince myself ♪ ♪ I couldn't live with no one else ♪ ♪ And I can only play that part ♪ ♪ And sit and nurse my broken heart ♪ ♪ So lonely, lonely ♪ ♪ So lonely ♪ ♪ So lonely ♪ ♪ So lonely ♪ ♪ So lonely ♪ ♪ So lonely ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ So lonely ♪ ♪ So lonely ♪ ♪ So lonely ♪ ♪ So lonely ♪ ♪ So lonely ♪ ♪ So lonely ♪ ♪ So lonely ♪ ♪ So lonely ♪ ♪ So lonely ♪ ♪ So lonely ♪ ♪ So lonely ♪ ♪ So lonely ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Intro to "Fields of Gold" plays ] ♪♪ -♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪♪ -♪ You'll remember me when the west wind moves ♪ ♪ Upon the fields of barley ♪ ♪ You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky ♪ ♪ As we walk in fields of gold ♪ ♪ So she took her love ♪ ♪ For to gaze a while ♪ ♪ Upon the fields of barley ♪ ♪ In his arms she fell as her hair came down ♪ ♪ Among the fields of gold ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Will you stay with me?

♪ ♪ Will you be my love?

♪ ♪ Among the fields of barley ♪ ♪ We'll forget the sun in his jealous sky ♪ ♪ As we lie in fields of gold ♪ ♪ I never made promises lightly ♪ ♪ And there have been some that I have broken ♪ ♪ But I swear in the days still left ♪ ♪ We'll walk in fields of gold ♪ ♪ We'll walk in fields of gold ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Many years have passed since those summer days ♪ ♪ Among the fields of barley ♪ ♪ See the children run as the sun goes down ♪ ♪ Among the fields of gold ♪ ♪ As we walk in fields of gold ♪ ♪ We will walk in fields of gold ♪ ♪ Mmmmmm ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Intro to "The Empty Chair" plays ] -♪ If I should close my eyes, that my soul can see ♪ ♪ And there's a place at the table that you saved for me ♪ ♪ So many thousand miles over land and sea ♪ ♪ I hope to dare, that you hear my prayer ♪ ♪ And somehow I'll be there ♪ ♪♪ ♪ And when the winter comes and the trees lie bare ♪ ♪ And you just stare out the window in the darkness there ♪ ♪ Well, I was always late for every meal you'll swear ♪ ♪ But keep my place and the empty chair ♪ ♪ And somehow I'll be there ♪ ♪ And somehow I'll be there ♪ ♪♪ [ Intro to "They Dance Alone" and "Invisible Sun" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ One day we'll dance on their graves ♪ -♪ There has to be an invisible sun ♪ -♪ One day we'll laugh in our joy ♪ -♪ That gives us hope when the whole day's done ♪ -♪ One day we'll dance on their graves ♪ -♪ There has to be an invisible sun ♪ -♪ One day we'll laugh in our joy ♪ -♪ That gives us hope when the whole day's done ♪ -♪ One day we'll dance on their graves ♪ -♪ One day we'll sing our freedom ♪ -♪ One day we'll laugh in our joy ♪ -♪ And we'll dance ♪ ♪ And we'll dance ♪ ♪ And we'll dance ♪ ♪ We'll dance ♪ ♪ One day we'll sing our freedom ♪ ♪ Dance, we'll dance ♪ ♪ And we'll dance ♪ ♪ And we'll dance ♪ ♪ We'll dance ♪ ♪ One day we'll sing our freedom ♪ ♪ Oh, one day we'll sing our freedom ♪ ♪ Oh, one day we'll laugh in our joy ♪ ♪ And we'll dance ♪ [ Intro to "Message in a Bottle" plays ] ♪♪ -♪ I'll send an S.O.S.

to the world ♪ ♪ I'll send an S.O.S.

to the world ♪ ♪ I hope that someone gets my ♪ ♪ I hope that someone gets my ♪ ♪ Message in a bottle ♪ -To find out more about this and other "Great Performances" programs, visit pbs.org/GreatPerformances.

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