[FATHER]   Where have I been?   How did we change,   Caught in this strange   New music?   Say,   Was I away too long?   [MOTHER]   Just like that tune,   Simple and clear,   I've come to hear   New music.   [FATHER]   New music.   Why,   Why can't you hear the song?   [YOUNGER BROTHER]   His fingers stoke those keys,   And every note says "Please",   And every chord says "Turn my way."   [MOTHER, FATHER]   I thought I knew   What love was but these lovers play...   [MOTHER, FATHER, YOUNGER BROTHER]   New music!   Haunting me,    And somehow taunting me-   My love was never half as true.   [FATHER]   And I as myself,    Why can't I sing it too?   [WORKERS, NEIGHBORS]   His fingers stoke those keys,   And every note says "Please",   And every chord says "Turn my way."   [WORKERS, NEIGHBORS, FAMILY]   I thought I knew   What love was    but these lovers play   New music!   [ALL]   Haunting me,    And somehow taunting me-   My love was    Never half as true.   [COALHOUSE]   Sarah, my life has changed.   Sarah, you've got to see.   Sarah, we got a son!   Sarah, come down to me...   [SARAH]   You and your music   Singing deep in me,    Making nice to me,    Saying something so new-   [COALHOUSE]   New   [SARAH]   Changing everything,   Meaning everything,   [COALHOUSE]   Music   [SARAH]   Calling my heart to you...    [COALHOUSE]   All for you, girl.   You, Sarah.   [SARAH]   Play that melody,   Your sweet melody,    Calling my heart to you.   [COALHOUSE]   You.   [ALL (except Coalhouse & Sarah)]   Just like that tune,   Simple and clear,   I've come to hear   New music-   Breaking my heart,   Op'ning a door,   Changing the world!   New music!   I'll    Hear it forevermore!