Posted: 12/4/17 at 1:02am
I was reading up on Ragtime and, reading the topic about the 2013 concert, I saw that someone mentioned some odd -to me, at least- lyrics to He Wanted to Say, which are definitely not in the OBCR copy I have of that show. So I googled them and found a website with the lyrics to that song, the same lyrics the poster mentioned, which are these:
"IN MY SOUL I AM YOUR BROTHER.
WE ARE BOUND TO ONE ANOTHER
ANGERED BY THE DARKNESS OF LIFE
AND THE LIES WE PERCEIVE. "
Full lyrics: https://www.allmusicals.com/lyrics/ragtime/hewantedtosay.htm
At least my copy of the OBCR does not have such lyrics; in fact, they're quite different versions. In fact, for comparison, Emma's initial lines in the version I have are "He wanted to say 'I am here because I have to be'...". I've looked up some performances of the song on YouTube and they usually feature the version on my cast recording.
Does anybody know why that is? Are there other lyric changes in the remaining songs? And, if so, is there a way to acquire a recording with such versions? I'm very fond of Ragtime, so I'd love to know more about this.