By Kander & Ebb
Submitted by wistful
Date: 2001 Aug 13
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A Quiet Thing

When it all comes true
Just the way you planned
It's funny, but the bells don't ring
It's a quiet thing

When you hold the world
In your trembling hand
You'd think you'd hear a choir sing
It's a quiet thing

There are no exploding fireworks
Where's the roaring of the crowd?
Maybe it's this strange new atmosphere
Way up here among the clouds

But I don't hear the drums
I don't hear the band
The sounds I'm told such moments bring
Happiness walks in on tip-toe
Well what-d'ya know . . .
It's a quiet thing
A very quiet thing.