The Proposal / The Night Was Alive
[BARRETT]
I'll be coming back to you, Darlene
Back to your dark eyes and hair
Marry me when I return, Darlene
And until that day, my love, take care

Be thee well
May the lord who watches all watch over thee
May God's heaven be you blanket as you softly sleep
Marry me
When you're finally in my arms you'll plainly see
This devoted sailor's heart and soul
Are yours to keep

BRIDE
Yours-to-keep...

Every day from G-M-O-M
("Good morning, old man")
To G-N-O-M
("Good night, old man")
My telegraph sends its messages to ships at sea
Sending out its
Dit dit-dah-dit dah-dit
Dit dit-dah-dit dah-dit
Dit dit-dah-dit dah-dit...
I was young and shy, detached and sad
Spent my days indoors, a home-bound lad
Hardly spoke, few friends
I kept myself to myself
Quite alone

Then I found Marconi's telegraph
It could span the planet's width by half
Fifty yards, two thousand miles the same!
Touch the spark, sound the tone

And the night was alive
With a thousand voices
Fighting to be heard
And each and every one of them
Connected to me

And my life cam alive
With a thousand voices
Tapping out each word
Like a thousand people
Joined in a single heartbeat

Tapping out our dit dit-dah-dit dah-dit
Dit dit-dah-dit dah-dit
Dit dit-dah-dit dah
Everywhere
[BARRETT]
Marry me
May the lord who watches all watch over thee
Marry me
May God's heaven be your blanket as you sleep

[BRIDE]
It's alive with a thousand voices
And every one of them
Connected to me
So alive with a thousand voices
Those people joined in a single
Heartbeat

Tapping out our Dit dit-dah-dit dah-dit

[BARRETT]
Marry me

[BRIDE]
Dit dit-dah-dit dah-dit

[BARRETT]
Marry me

[BRIDE]
Dit dit-dah-dit da -
[BARRETT]
Signed "Fred."