"One More Day"
Creatively blocked and more depressed than ever, Beethoven once again breaks up with Josephine and embarks on a drunken rampage through the lonely streets of Vienna to sooth his aching soul. Here, by the banks of the Danube, he sings of woes and desperation
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ONE MORE DAY
Ludwig, still in his blanket, stumbles drunkenly through town,
swigging from a bottle of booze. He rages to himself.
BEET
“Breaking up with me”. I’m breaking up with you, Vixen! (drinks)“I have status” Who cares! I have GENIUS!(taps his ears) Hmmmm. Getting weaker, why is that? I thought these things…?
(He falls onto the curb of the sidewalk, drinks some more, cries out) Bettina!!! I’m sorry I’m such a mess. Help me!
(Song 16- One More Day)
BEET
ONE MORE DAY, ONE MORE DRINK
ONE MORE TIME FOR TIME TO BLINK
AM I REALLY HERE?
MY HEAD IN THE CLOUDS, PERHAPS DEATH IS NEAR
ONE MORE DAY, ONE MORE DAY
HAVE I FRIENDS? IS LOVE REAL?
CAN THIS BROKEN MAN BE HEALED
SITTING ALL ALONE
WHAT’S THERE TO SAY, WHEN YOU’RE WORN TO THE BONE
ONE MORE DAY, ALL ALONE
I HAD SOMEONE WHO LOVED ME
IN THE FUTURE THAT’S GONE PAST
I HAD A PLACE THAT WANTED ME
THAT I THOUGHT WOULD ALWAYS LAST
UNLESS YOU TAKE ME FAR AWAY
DON’T WASTE YOUR EMPTY WORDS ON ME
DON’T WASTE YOUR EMPTY WORDS
ON A LONELY SOUL LIKE ME
DON’T WASTE YOUR EMPTY WORDS
(Ludwig finds his way to small pedestrian bridge over the Danube. He peers deeply into the river below)
THE RIVER’S WIDE AND RUNS SO DEEP
SOMETIMES IT QUIETS AND GOES TO SLEEP
SOON MY TIME WILL COME
YOU’LL LOOK TO THE CLOUDS, YOU MIGHT SEE ME THERE
ONE MORE DAY, ONE MORE DAY MY DEAR
(Sly, Bettina and Neil enter and discover Ludwig on the bridge. They rush over to him)
SLY
There you are. We’ve been looking for you, brother.
BEETINA
Ludwig, you had us worried. Let’s get you home.
SLY
We came by your pad to give you the 411.
BEET
Unless that’s a bottle of Cognac, I’m not interested.
BETTINA
We have some news, Ludwig.
BEET
Oh, Bettina, my sweet love, I am so sorry I let you down.
BETTINA
No one has let anybody down. Now listen, Bay…
BEET (cries out)
Oh, Heavenly Muse, Where art Thou??!!
SLY
Speaking of the heavens, Neil has something to tell you.
NEIL
I have calculated the optimum time for our return to San Francisco!
BEET
Oh, this is wonderful news! Take me with you! I can’t stand it here a moment longer!
SLY
What do you say, Neil?
NEIL
Mr. Beethoven, twice through the time portal is risky enough as it is. But a third time for you? I don’t know…
BEET
But the Mushrooms!
NEIL
That doesn’t necessarily compute.