[05:57.00]Mass A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers I - VIII. Epistle:"The Word of the Lord" (Remastered, Highlights) - Leonard Bernstein
[05:57.00]Written by：Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Schwartz
[05:57.00]Brothers
[05:57.00]This is the gospel I preach
[05:57.00]And it's service I suffered hardship like a criminal
[05:57.00]Yeah even untwin imprisonment
[05:57.00]But there is no imprisoning
[05:57.00]The word of God
[05:57.00]Dearly beloved
[05:57.00]Do not be surprised if the world hate you
[05:57.00]We who love our brothers that cross' over to life
[05:57.00]But they who do not love abide in death
[05:57.00]Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer
[05:57.00]Dear mom and dad
[05:57.00]Nothing will make me change my mind
[05:57.00]Do not feel badly or worry about me
[05:57.00]Try to understand
[05:57.00]I am now a man
[05:57.00]You can lock up the bold man
[05:57.00]Go and lock up your bold man and hold man and told
[05:57.00]You can stiffle all adventure for a century or so
[05:57.00]Some other hope before it is reason
[05:57.00]I should whistle like a god
[05:57.00]But you cannot imprison the word of the Lord
[05:57.00]No you cannot imprison the word of the Lord
[05:57.00]For the word
[05:57.00]For the word is the taverse of the beginning
[05:57.00]It made the heavens and the earth and send them spinning
[05:57.00]And for several million years
[05:57.00]It's been stood all that for of then fine ideas
[05:57.00]It's been rough
[05:57.00]It's been rough but it appears to be winning
[05:57.00]And our people who doubt it
[05:57.00]There are people who doubt it and shouting out load
[05:57.00]There are lot of other yocust
[05:57.00]So he know he collect the crown
[05:57.00]They can flash it in but living settle as a soul
[05:57.00]But they're never gonna stuffle the word of the Lord
[05:57.00]No they're never gonna stuffle the word of the Lord
[05:57.00]Dear brothers
[05:57.00]I think God had made us a puzzles
[05:57.00]The most object of mankind
[05:57.00]We hunger and thirst
[05:57.00]We are naked
[05:57.00]We are roughly handled
[05:57.00]And we have no fix aboad
[05:57.00]The curse on me bless
[05:57.00]They persecute us and we suffer it
[05:57.00]They treat us as the scum of the earth
[05:57.00]The dreads of humanity
[05:57.00]To this very day
[05:57.00]Dear folks
[05:57.00]Jim look very well on my first visit
[05:57.00]He just have clean shave and he looked just like about
[05:57.00]Nineteen years old
[05:57.00]He says the prison food is very good
[05:57.00]Cafeteria style
[05:57.00]For the first few days he's not allowed any books
[05:57.00]Except his bible and his viviary
[05:57.00]We sat and talked about our marriage
[05:57.00]And how about we would grow through this
[05:57.00]When I hugged him he smelled so good
[05:57.00]The smell of clean plain soap
[05:57.00]He smelled like a nun
[05:57.00]Or like a child when you put him to bed
[05:57.00]All you big men of merits
[05:57.00]All you big men of merits who ferit our flaws
[05:57.00]You rely on our compliance with your science and your laws
[05:57.00]Find a freedom to demolish while you polish some award
[05:57.00]But you cannot abolish the word of the Lord
[05:57.00]No you cannot abolish the word of the Lord
[05:57.00]For the word
[05:57.00]The word created mother got it going
[05:57.00]It fill our empty brains with blood and set it flowing
[05:57.00]And for thousand of regimes
[05:57.00]It is your heart I polish and fancies schemes
[05:57.00]It's been told
[05:57.00]It's been tough and it seems it be growing
[05:57.00]All you people of power
[05:57.00]All you people of power you power is knock
[05:57.00]You make plan to ruin our feather
[05:57.00]But you'll never do some harm
[05:57.00]So you wait in the silent treason
[05:57.00]Until reason is restored
[05:57.00]And we wait for the season of the word of the Lord
[05:57.00]We all wait the season of the word of the Lord
[05:57.00]We wait
[05:57.00]We wait for the word of the Lord