(Harvey Fierstein) The Final Song :
(USA, 1996)
AB, CD, EFG
DDI, AZT
DDC, D4T,
You mean everything to me.
These are my new ABCs,
God, I hope you're proud of me?!
I wonder what I'll do, when the nightmare's finally over?
When tomorrow holds no fear
when the war is won, the plague is done, the cure at last is here
will I want to sing along to the final song?
I wonder how I'll feel when they fold the quilt away?
Will I shout and celebrate?
Or scream and yell, like bloody hell, for those who couldn't wait
cos it took too god-damned long for the final song!
Will I write my address book in ink,
and toast to life with a numbing drink
or fill an ocean with my tears,
tears I saved for fifteen years...?
'Cos who had time to cry? Not me!
I wonder who I'll be when the wounds turn into scars,
will the shadow leave my smile ?
And the good old ways of my early days returning for a while,
But I find that I've grown strong, with the final song
Or will I obsess about the war an old fool who cannot close the door,
with three friends in our backyard grave,
And hundreds more I could not save.
With barely time to say goodbye. Goodbye!
Will I still be alone, when the nightmare's finally over?
Can I risk my battered heart,
Without the fear that love will end before it gets to start?
I know it's getting better,
and yes, I still have hope!
I'm clinging to my sanity and learning how to cope.
I know that I will fight, cos I have fought my whole life long.
but, where will I belong,
where will I belong after the final song
