(GK: Garrison Keillor, SS: Sue Scott, TK: Tom Keith, TR: Tim Russell)
GK:
It is March, the end of March,
Some snow still on the ground,
The woods are dead and brown
And we wonder, Where is spring?
QUARTET:
And it won't be long.TR (TO WAITER): Sir?? Excuse me? Sir?
It won't be long.
And it won't be long,
This poor sinner suffer here.
SS: (SOTTO VOiCE) Please. Eric. Don't make a scene.
TR: Sir? We ordered a plate of calamari and two orders of lasagna and a bottle of Chianti and that was forty-five minutes ago and we haven't even gotten a basket of bread yet!! I mean, come on!
QUARTET:
Oh it won't be long
It won't be long.
And it won't be long.
This poor sinner suffer here.
SS: Yes, I do mind if you put me on hold! Listen - it's about my kitchen renovation - the name is Pike, P-i-k-e, Phyllis Pike. 1437 Amaryllis Lane - you said you were going to get started on that right after Christmas - it's almost April - could you just give me a date when you're actually going to get started on it - okay?
CHORUS:
And it won't be long
It won't be long.
And it won't be long.
This poor sinner suffer here.
GK:
Waiting for the light to change,CHORUS:
Waiting for the daffodils,
When you have a bad migraine,
When the dentist slowly drills.
And it won't be longSS (SNUFFLY KID): Where are we now, Dad?
It won't be long.
And it won't be long.
This poor sinner suffer here.
TR: Almost to North Dakota, honey. Should be in Fargo in twenty minutes or so.
SS: Oh. Are we going to see mountains pretty soon?
TR: Pretty soon.
SS: When exactly?
TR: How about you lie down in back and close your eyes and Daddy'll wake you up when we come to the mountains -
SS: I can't sleep. I'm too hungry.
TR: There's fruit back there -bananas, grapes, apples---
SS: I'm not hungry for fruit.
TR: Well, we're not going to stop until it's suppertime.
SS: Will we be in California then?
TR: No.
SS: When will we be in California?
TR: Not for a while.
SS: Like when?
QUARTET:
Oh it won't be longSS (SNUFFLY KID): Is the show over yet? Can we go home?
It won't be long.
And it won't be long.
This poor sinner suffer here.
QUARTET:
Oh, it won't be long
It won't be long.
It won't be long.
This poor sinner suffer here.
(c) 1999 by Garrison Keillor