I Do Want More

for soprano and piano

text by Steve Rouse and Joy Stephens
from The Mousewife, a chamber opera for young audiences

(1995) Duration: 3:00

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Performance by Jessica Bortz Schaap (soprano) and David George (piano)

(1995) for soprano and piano Performed by Jessica Bortz (soprano) and David George (piano) text by Steve Rouse and Joy Stephens from The Mousewife a chamber opera for young audiences It's true. I do want more. I want children, lovely children. I want crumbs that cover the floor. I want quiet nights with only a small light here by my door. I do want more. I want spaces... wide, wide places Where we can always scamper and play. And I want Miss Wilkinson's broom taken away! I want laughter and friends, Play with no end, And all of the fun I can find. I want soft and warm, Safe... no harm, And all of the quiet that I can. I want memories Of everything right And everything sweet, Everything calm in the night. And when everything's quiet, Sometimes it seems, That what I want most, What I really must need.... It seems... I want dreams? Yes, I think... that it seems... That what I want most are my dreams.
 

It's true. I do want more.

I want children, lovely children.

I want crumbs that cover the floor.

I want quiet nights with only a small light here by my door.
I do want more.

I want spaces... wide, wide places

Where we can always scamper and play.

And I want Miss Wilkinson's broom taken away!
I want laughter and friends,
Play with no end,

And all of the fun I can find.
I want soft and warm,
Safe... no harm,
And all of the quiet that I can.
I want memories

Of everything right

And everything sweet,
Everything calm in the night.
And when everything's quiet,
Sometimes it seems,

That what I want most,

What I really must need....
It seems... I want dreams?

Yes, I think... that it seems...

That what I want most are my dreams.