By Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
Date: 3 July 2000
From This Day On
Fiona:
"Tommy, what is it?"
Tommy:
"It's no good, Fiona. I'm leaving.
And it isn't because I don't love you. I think
I do. But I guess I don't trust my own feelings.
Fiona:
"Ye mean ye're not sure ye can accept everythin'?"
Tommy:
"That's about it, I guess."
Mr. Lundie:
"Ye better hurry, Fiona. There's not much time left.
Dinna feel ashamed of yourself, Tommy. 'Tis the hardest
thing in the world to give everythin'; even though 'tis
usually the only way to get everythin'."
(Lundie exits. The music begins under)
Tommy:
"Do you understand at all?"
Fiona:
Dinna ye know, Tommy,
That ye're all I'm livin' for?
So how can ye go, Tommy,
When I'll need ye more an' more.
Tommy:
"No, Fiona, you won't remember it that way. And neither will I"
You and the world we knew
Will glow till my life is through;
For you're part of me
From this day on.
And
Someday if I should love,
It's you I'll be dreaming of;
For you're all I'll see
From this day on.
These hurried hours were all the life we could share.
Still I will go with not a tear just a prayer
That
When we are far apart
You'll find something from your heart
Has gone! Gone with me
From this day on.
"You see? We musn't be sorry about anything."
Fiona:
"I'm not. In fact I shouldna be suprised if I'll be
less lonely now than I was afore ye came. I think
real loneliness is not bein' in love in vain, but not
bein' in love at all"
Tommy:
"But it will fade in time."
Fiona:
"No it winna do that."
Through all the years to come
An' through all the tears to come
I know I'll be yours
From this day on
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