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* Big Opening Number

Huge long song.  This completely feels like Winesburg II.  It's all
happy, with townspeople crossing the stage and singing.  The whole
event is 'directed' by Douglas, the lead 12-year old protagonsist, who
pretends that all the townspeople are his puppets that he's
controlling.  Through the song, we learn about the setting (Greentown
1928), and how great summer is, and who all the characters are.  Eric
drafted some actual lyrics in this song, the chorus of which looks
something like 'morning glow':

  Summer morning, quiet morning
  Town just lit by the sunlight
  Come on morning, summer morning
  See the birds in flight
  The breath of summer is long and warm and slow
  And getting faster and faster because you know --

And then there are omnious choruses about the scary imaginary stalker
'The Lonely One', who hunts and strangles women.  (This chorus comes
back later in the show too.)

  Someone else is watching
  Summer morning
  Means summer nights are long
  Pretty girls go walking
  And someone is watching
  And pretty girls may end up gone
  Someone is watching:
  The Lonely One, the Lonely One.



* Being Alive Song

Doug is in the forest with his brother, and, through song, has a
personal catharsis, realizing that he's 'truly alive'.  No lyrics,
just a bunch of paragraphs of text about how he can feel so much and
how aware he is of nature, etc.  The idea of a heartbeat-pulse runs
through the whole song, the idea being that he's super-aware of his
aliveness.



* Spooky Ballad

This is where two women in the town tell a scary 'stalker' story to
the boys.  The whole narration is theoretically in song, about a scary
man coming up the stairs to get them.  No lyrics yet, just the story
told textually.

Eric describes the song as 'spooky', much like the cut Wash Williams
song -- simple folky guitar with simple singing of the scary story.
(Toward the end of this song, the "someone is watching" chorus comes
back, however.)



* Dandelion Wine Song


While the kids harvest dandelions and bring them to the press in the
basement, Grampa sings a happy song about how great and summery the
wine is, and how each jar captures the essence of summer.

Eric describes this as some sort of patter song -- mostly
instrumental, with Grampa just sort of speaking words in time.  Every
once in a while, the kids interrupt him and simply sing the phrase
"Dandelion Wine!"



* Forrester's Mini-Ballad

Doug meets Forrester (a.k.a. the visiting stranger to town) in the
graveyard, and Forrester sings a "very special" bit of already-written
lyrics to the boy.  The song and lyrics are very short, and are about
how Forrester needs Doug to help him remember all the beautiful things
about summer.



* Tarot Witch Chants

She introduces the 'happiness machine' scene with some lyrics about
fortunes, and seeing the future, yada yada.  Very short.

A few times during the scene, kids drop a penny in her, and she
"chants" some brief lyrics predicting their future.



* Happiness Machine Song

Big song sung by Leo Auffmann as he takes notes (while riding a
stationary bike) about how he'll build a 'happiness machine'.  Eric
has written *all* the lyrics to this song already, quite extensive.
Something uptempoey.



* Tom's Song ("Tom adds it up")

Tom is Doug's little brother.  He sings some already-written cute
rhymey lyrics about how hot the evening is.  During the musical
bridge, the jars of dandelion wine light up, and the song turns into a
reprise of Dandelion Wine (with Grandpa).

Song gets a short reprise later in the show, when Tom is counting
cicadas chirping.



* Ann's "Live Forever" Song

Doug begins speak-singing, then ends up singing a sort of love song to
the librarian, about how he's going to protect her and make sure she
never dies.  Lyrics already exist.  Very... weird.

This song gets reprised later in the show, when Ann disappears in the
ravine.  She ends up singing a reprise duet with her 'double' about
living forever.

Lyrics are short, but the song has to be sort of intense and able to
be both happy and creepy depending on how its sung.



* Closing music.

A more cool, calm, choral reprise of opening number, or maybe
something new and cool to fit the mood.  Eric's not sure.