Aftermath Songtext
von Jeanine Tesori

Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh

Hello! I′m back
Back from shopping
Caroline?
Noah?
Noah, help grandpa with the groceries
Where's Caroline, darling?

Caroline left

She left?

Yes

Why? Is anything wrong?

No
She just left

With the laundry still on?

Noah?
Is there something you aren′t telling me?


And the next day, day, day
Caroline stayed away, way, way
And she didn't come back, back, back
And she didn't come back, back, back

And the next day, day, day
Caroline stayed away, way, way
And she didn′t come back, back, back
And she didn′t come back, back, back

On the third day, day, day
Caroline stayed away, way, way
And she didn't come back, back, back
And she didn′t come back, back, back

Stuart, I'm worried
She left in a hurry
I called her at home
She won′t come to the phone
Her kids say she's out
But I have my doubts
I think she′s there
This isn't like her
Stuart!

Maybe she's ill


And look, in the bleach cup
A 20 dollar bill!

Noah, please
No monkey biz
Tell us who′s this 20 is

Noah

Did Caroline find this money in your pants?

No, Rose
I think the 20 is mine
I thought I′d lost it
Now everything's fine

And the fourth day, day, day
Caroline stayed away, way, way
And she didn′t come back, back, back
And she didn't come back, back, back

I did it
I killed her!
I did it
She died

Dottie?
Rose Gellman
Is Caroline-?
Oh, well, why didn′t she call and tell me so?
I'm glad she′s fine
But I've been worried a lot
I couldn't imagine
For five days and not-
If she needed time off, if it′s family stuff
And things around here have been
Well, sorta tough
Well, not tough, more like tense
But it doesn′t make sense
To just up and vanish
Without an adieu
I though maybe she'd gotten the Spanish flu!
Tell her to call
That′s all that I ask
I won't take her to task
Just tell me what′s what
I worry a lot
Thanks, Dottie, you're swell
You can all go to hell

I′m not the enemy!

No! You're the boss

Oh, shut up, papa!
Forget it! Her loss

I have to practice

Great, thanks a lot, Stu

No, really, I do!

So what else is new?
Here's how I see it-

I didn′t ask

Nonetheless
You want that boy to love you

I guess
Yes, of course!
And I′ve tried
At bedtime he'll only let Stu tuck him in
If I try to do it- well somehow I blew it

His mother is dead

Forget it

And everything′s wrong (no win)
Then you marry his father
But you don't belong (but how he misses Caroline)
Caroline (Caroline!)
Given the givens
She′s in perfect position
For the boy to adore her
She's competition

Competition!
Oh, yes
And I meant to destroy
The silly attachment
Of that little boy for the maid
Oh, I′m the oppressor, right?
I'm the employer

I don't mean you consciously planned
To destroy her in Noah′s affection (okay, fine)
Well, not by design
Maybe you had to
One way to another
It′s hard but not mean
You got in between
Maybe Rosie, now you can be his mother

It figures you'd figure
In three seconds flat
How to make me the villain

I didn′t say that

I'm glad you came down
Now, go home
Keep in touch
You′ve made me feel awful
Thanks ever so much!
And while you were giving me
This third degree
Perhaps you neglected to notice
That he still won't let me near him
So I failed!

Wait and see

No, just stop it, papa
Stop picking a fight

I didn′t mean to upset you, Rosie
Honor bright

I'm not the boss
Her loss
Leave it be
And let it end
It's just no way to treat a friend