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No One Is Alone

by Stephen Sondheim

on Sondheim Unplugged (The NYC Sessions), Vol. 1 (2021), Into The Woods (1988), What Can You Lose: Myrra Malmberg Sings Sondheim (1995)

[CINDERELLA]
Mother cannot guide you
Now you're on your own
Only me beside you
Still, you're not alone
No one is alone, truly
No one is alone
Sometimes people leave you
Halfway through the wood
Others may deceive you
You decide what's good
You decide alone
But no one is alone

[LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD]
I wish..

[CINDERELLA]
I know
Mother isn't here now

[BAKER]
Wrong things, right things

[CINDERELLA]
Who knows what she'd say?

[BAKER]
Who can say what's true?

[CINDERELLA]
Nothing's quite so clear now

[BAKER]
Do things, fight things

[CINDERELLA]
Feel you've lost your way?

[BAKER]
You decide, but

Both:
You are not alone

[CINDERELLA]
Believe me, no one is alone

[BAKER]
No one is alone
Believe me

[CINDERELLA]
Truly

Baker and Cinderella:
You move just a finger
Say the slightest word
Something's bound to linger
Be heard

[BAKER]
No one acts alone
Careful
No one is alone

[BAKER & CINDERELLA]
One another's terrible mistakes
Witches can be right, giants can be good
You decide what's right, you decide what's good

[CINDERELLA]
Just remember:

[BAKER]
Just remember

[BAKER & CINDERELLA]
Someone is on your side

[LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD & JACK]
OUR side

[BAKER & CINDERELLA]
Our side--
Someone else is not
While we're seeing our side--

[LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD & JACK]
Our side..

[BAKER & CINDERELLA]
Our side--

[ALL]
Maybe we forgot:
They are not alone
No one is alone

[CINDERELLA]
Hard to see the light now

[BAKER]
Just don't let it go

[BAKER & CINDERELLA]
Things will come out right now
We can make it so
Someone is on your side
No one is alone
[interrupted]