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(The Unicorn is searching for others of her kind)

Man's Road

Horizon rising up to meet the purple dawn.
Dust demon, screaming, bring an eagle to lead me on.
For in my heart I carry such a heavy load.
Here I am, on Man's Road.
Walking man's road.

I'm hungry, weary, but I cannot lay me down.
The rain comes, dreary, but there's no shelter I have found.
It will be a long time till I find my abode.
Here I am, on Man's road.
Walking man's road.

Moon rising, disguising lonely streets in gay displays.
The stars fade, the nightshade, closing makes the world afraid.
It waits in silence for the sky to explode.
Here I am on Man's road.
Walking man's road.

(The Unicorn discovers that all the others
 of her kind have been driven into the sea by the Red Bull)

"In the Sea"

In the sea,
The fish have learned to fly
On a moonlit night
On wings of silver
As the enchanted stars
Sail serenely by.

Chorus:

Do they know
Where do unicorns go?
Where winged horses fly?
Narwhals lost at sea
And never seen again.

Go.
Go and ask the magpie
"Where do unicorns go?"

In the trees
The birds have learned to speak
Many colored
They keep their secrets
In a parade of clouds
Playing hide and seek.

Chorus:

Do they know
Where do unicorns go?
Where winged horses fly?
Narwhals lost at sea
And never seen again.

Does myth
And mystery lie
Where the unicorns go?

To protect the unicorn from the Red Bull,
her wizard friend changes her into a woman, the Lady Amalthea

"Now That I'm A Woman"

Once, I can't remember
I was, long ago, someone strange.
I was innocent and wise,
And full of pain.

Now that I'm a woman
Everything is strange.

Once, when I was searching
Somewhere out of reach,
Far away,
In a place I could not find
Nor heart obey.

Now that I'm a woman
Everything is changed.
Everything is changed.
Everything has changed.

Prince Lir falls in love with the beautiful Lady Amalthea,
who is starting to forget she was ever a unicorn.

"That's All I've Got To Say"

Lir:

I've had time to write a book
About the way you act and look,
But I haven't got a paragraph.
Words are always getting in my way.
Anyway, I love you.
That's all I have to tell you.
That's all I've got to say.

And now, I'd like to make a speech
About the love that touches each,
But stumbling, I would make you laugh.
I feel as though my tongue were made of clay.
Anyway, I love you.
That's all I have to tell you.

I'm not a man of poetry.
Music isn't one with me.
It runs from me.
It runs from me.

(duet)