Unworthy 1990 'Assassins'

James Pitt-Payne and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia - 15 Nov 2002

[Hinckley:] I am nothing,
You are wind and water and sky,
Jodie.
Tell me, Jodie, how I can earn your love.
I would swim oceans,
I would move mountains,
I would do anything for you.
What do you want me to do?
I am unworthy of your love,
Jodie, Jodie
Let me prove worthy of your love.
Tell me how I can earn your love,
Set me free
How can I turn your love to me?
[Fromme:] I am nothing,
You are wind and devil and god.
Charlie,
Take my blood and my body for your love.
Let me feel fire,
Let me drink poison,
Tell me to tear my heart in two,
If that's what you want me to do.
I am unworthy of your love,
Charlie, darlin',
I have done nothing for your love.
Let me be worthy of your love,
Set you free.
[Hinckley:] I would come
take you from your life
[Fromme:] I would come take
you from your cell
[Hinckley:] You would be queen to me,
not wife
[Fromme:] I would crawl belly deep
through Hell
[Hinckley:] Baby, I'd die for you
[Fromme:] Baby, I'd die for you
[Hinckley:] Even though
[Fromme:] Even though
[Hinckley & Fromme:] I will always know:
I am unworthy of your love,
Charlie - Jodie darlin',
Let me prove worthy of your love.
I'll find a way to earn your love,
Wait and see.
Then you will turn your love to me,
Your love To me.

Soft karaoke
Words
nyl guit 1
nyl guit 2
clean guit
str 1
str 2
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Unworthy 1990 from 'Assassins'
by Stephen Sondheim
copyright as per vocal score
Scene: The basement rec room
in John Hinkley's house.
Cue: Hinkley - 'Love, John.'
sequence and karaoke by
James Pitt-Payne, London UK and
Ian Cousins, Opera Australia
on Friday 15 November 2002 at 13.50
in association with Doug Grierson
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This song is one of Sondheim's loveliest.
It is sung by John Hinckley,
the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Regan
so Jodie Foster would notice him,
and is also sung by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme,
one of the Manson girls.
'Assassins' is described as a show
which used some of Sondheim's loveliest music
to dress up mildewed insights into why people
want to kill the President of the United States.
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