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Something Broke
Assassins Company & Stephen Sondheim
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I was out
In the yard
Taking down the bed sheets
When my neighbor yelled across:
"The president's been shot"
I remember where I was
Just exactly where I was
In the yard out back
"The president's been shot"
I was getting me a shoeshine
Folding sheets
When I heard
We were waiting for a carriage
Newsboys
Suddenly there's shouting in the street
Lizzy's sheet
"The president's been shot"
I'll remember it forever
And I thought:
Where I was
What I was doing
Something just broke...
"The president's been shot"
My God
I was up near the ridge
Plowing
We were working at the plant
I was halfway through correcting the exams
When my wife
It was Mike
She comes tearing 'cross the field
Mike the foreman
In runs Billy
I mean, he was crying
He was crying
She was crying
I'll remember it forever...
And I thought:
"The president's been shot"
You know what?
There are presidents who aren't worth a lot
I kept thinking:
There's the kind that gets elected, then forgot
Mr. Garfield
Mr. Lincoln
He's a hack
Bill McKinley
He's a giant
He's a joke
Still, something just broke
"The president is rallying"
"The president is sinking"
"The president is dead"
Something just broke
I was down at the Exchange
Something just made a little dent
I'd been shopping
I'd been sick
Something just broke
All I know, it was a Friday
Only for a moment
I remember it exactly
Something got bent
I'm taking the order
Something just left a little mark
I was getting dressed
Two potato soups
Something just went a little dark
Something just went
And I wondered
I was scared of
What would follow...
Something to be mended
Made me wonder who we are
Something we'll have to weather
It was seeing all those torches
Bringing us all together
He was me...
He was us...
If only for a moment
I'll remember it forever
Nothing has really ended
Where I was, what I was doing
Only just be suspended
Like a flash
'Cause something just stirred
And I thought
And I thought to myself (and I thought)
Something just broke
And I thought
I kept thinking
Something just spoke
Something I wish I hadn't heard
Something bewildering occurred
Fix it up fast
Please
'Til it's just smoke
'Til it's only "Something just passed"
Nothing that will last
Where I was, what i was doing
Nothing but the moment
Just an awful moment
But something just-
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