MY ONLY CHANCE & I NEED HIM

MY ONLY CHANCE

nobody knows me
nothing before the day that i came
like others who've lived and prayed for the same
they don't even know my family name
nobody knows

nobody sees me
blessed me with luck, the rules of their art
i've been all they hoped each day from the start
but no one has seen the dreams in my heart
nobody knows
nobody knows

this is my only chance love open my heart
years of broken dreams all in the past
this is my only chance love make me a part
of someone
who loves me

they've painted my face
they've chosen my past
they've nutured my pride
in the role that they cast
but insides there's a place
a place that nobody knows
who shows me


this is my only chance love open my heart
years of broken dreams all in the past
this is my only chance love make me a part
of someone
who shows me
he loves me
and knows me
at last...

I NEED HIM

a dream so real a heart so free
the son of heaven holding to me
just love to give and time to take
to make the love that lovers need

and when our love was gently made
more precious than a world of jade
i saw the smile i loved so much
the night i knew his gentle touch

...

the way he thinks his earnest frown
than man the god the child the clown
he makes each day a day to fly
and makes each night a starry night

a simple sign a single smile
the charm the wait the strength the guile
and though i knew i prayed for summer bliss
i never knew i'd feel like this

like winter nights need fire
like temples need a shrine
like lovers need desire
like prophets need a sign

i need him
cant he see?
i need him
to be mine

...

like children need their mother
like lovers need each other
like prisons need a key
like winter nights need fire
like temples need a shrine
like lovers need desire
like prophets need a sign

i need him
cant he see?
i need him
to be mine

Forbidden City - Portrait of an empress (Singapore Repertory Theatre)