[Lyric] This Plum Is Too Ripe (Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt)

[LUISA] (spoken)
This plum is too ripe!

[MATT] (spoken)
Sorry!
Please don't watch me while I'm eating

[LUISA] (spoken)
Sorry!

[HUCKLEBEE] (spoken)
You're about to drown that magnolia

[BELLOMY] (spoken)
Sorry!
You're – standing –
In – my – kumquat!

[HUCKLEBEE] (spoken)
Sorry!
[LUISA] (sung)
Take away the golden moonbeam
Take away the tinsel sky
What at night seemed oh so scenic
May be cynic by and by

[MATT]
Take away the painted sunset
Take away the blue lagoon
What at night seemed oh so scenic
May be cynic much too soon

[HUCKLEBEE]
Take away the sense of drama
Take away the puppet play
What at night seemed oh so scenic
May be cynic by today

[BELLOMY]
Take away the secret meetings
Take away the chance to fight
What at night seemed oh so scenic
May be cynic in the light

[MATT, LUISA, HUCKLEBEE AND BELLOMY]
So take it away and paint it upright!
So take it away and decorate it!
So take it away, that sun is too bright!
I say that it really is a pity
It used to be so pretty
(The next part is sung in a round.)

[LUISA]
Take away the golden moonbeam
Take away the tinsel sky
What at night seemed oh so scenic
May be cynic by and by

[MATT]
Take away the painted sunset
Take away the blue lagoon
What at night seemed oh so scenic
May be cynic much too soon

[HUCKLEBEE]
Take away the sense of drama
Take away the puppet play
What at night seemed oh so scenic
May be cynic by today

[BELLOMY]
Take away the secret meetings
Take away the chance to fight
What at night seemed oh so scenic
May be cynic in the light
[BELLOMY, HUCKLEBEE]
By today

[BELLOMY, HUCKLEBEE, MATT]
Much too soon

[BELLOMY, HUCKLEBEE, MATT AND LUISA]
By and by

[MATT] (spoken)
This plum is too ripe!

[BELLOMY, HUCKLEBEE AND LUISA] (spoken)
Sorry!