[00:00.00]Astonishing - Mindi Dickstein/Jason Howland/'Little Women' Original Broadway Cast
[00:03.60]Who is he
[00:04.31]Who is he with his marry me
[00:05.85]With his ring and his marry me
[00:07.47]The nerve the gall
[00:09.71]This is not
[00:10.58]Not what was meant to be
[00:12.10]How could he ruin it all with those two words
[00:15.95]I thought I knew him thought that he knew me
[00:18.40]When did it change
[00:19.61]What did I miss
[00:22.41]A kiss when I thought all along
[00:24.99]That we were meant to fight frontieers
[00:28.42]How could I be so wrong
[00:33.52]And I need
[00:34.32]How I need my sisters here
[00:35.95]If I can't share my dreams what were they for
[00:39.84]I thought our promise meant that
[00:41.24]We would never change and never part
[00:46.39]I thought together we'd amaze the world
[00:48.94]How can I live my dreams or even start
[00:52.40]When everything has gone apart
[01:09.08]I thought home was all I'd ever want
[01:14.22]My attic all I'd ever need
[01:19.50]Now nothing feels the way it was before
[01:24.42]And I don't know how to proceed
[01:29.09]I only know I'm meant for something more
[01:35.91]I've got to know if I can be
[01:41.49]Astonishing
[01:47.95]There's a life
[01:50.42]That I am meant to lead
[01:53.46]A life like nothing I have known
[01:58.41]I can feel it
[02:00.98]And it's far from here
[02:04.33]I've got to find it on my own
[02:10.00]Even now I feel its heat upon my skin
[02:14.91]A life of passion that pulls me from within
[02:20.60]A life that I am making to begin
[02:26.94]There must be somewhere I can be
[02:32.68]Astonishing
[02:38.46]Astonishing
[02:43.73]I'll find my way
[02:48.72]I'll find it far away
[02:53.97]I'll find it in the unexpected and unknown
[02:58.94]I'll find my life in my own way
[03:03.39]Today
[03:08.06]Here I go
[03:13.12]There's no turning back
[03:16.50]My great adventure has begun
[03:21.07]I may be small
[03:23.70]But I got giant plans
[03:27.27]To shine as brightly as the sun
[03:32.94]I will blaze until I find my time and place
[03:37.31]I will be fearless surrendering modesty and grace
[03:42.21]I will not disappear without a trace
[03:49.58]I'll shout inside a riot
[03:55.26]Be anything but quiet
[03:59.37]Christopher Columbus
[04:01.47]I'll be astonishing
[04:04.46]Astonishing
[04:09.51]Astonishing
[04:16.04]At last