I Can See It (The Fantasticks) - Betty Buckley

Beyond that road lies a shining world.

Beyond that road lies despair.

Beyond that road lies a world that’s gleaming.

People who are scheming.

Beauty!

Hunger!

Glory!

Sorrow!

Never a pain or care.

He’s liable to find a couple of surprises there.

There’s a song he must sing;

It’s a well-known song.

But the tune is bitter

And it doesn’t take long to learn!

I can learn!

That pretty little world that beams so bright.

That pretty little world that seems delightful

Can burn!

Burn!

Burn!

Let me learn!

Let me learn!

For, I can see it!

Shining somewhere!

Bright lights somewhere invite me to come there

And learn!

And I’m ready!

I can hear it!

Sirens singing!

Inside my ear I hear them all singing

Come learn!

Who knows, maybe

All the visions I can see

May be waiting just for me To say take me there, and

Make me see it!

Make me feel it!

I know it’s so I know that it really

May be!

Let me learn!

I can see it!

(He can see it!)

Shining somewhere!

(Shining somewhere!)

Those lights not only glitter

But once there they burn!

I can hear it!

(He can hear it!)

Sirens singing!

(Sirens singings!)

Don’t listen close

Or maybe you’ll never

Return!

Who know, maybe

All the visions that I (he) sees

May be waiting just for me (him) to Say

I can see it!

Say

Shining somewhere!

Say

Let me see it!

Say

Take me there

And make me a part of it!

Make me see

Those shining sights inside of me!

(Make him see it!)

Make me feel

Those lights inside

Don’t lie to me!

(Make him feel it!)

I (he) know (s) it’s so --

I (he) know (s) that it really may be!

Just what I always waited for!

This is what my life’s created for!

Let me (him) learn!