MARIE MARIANNE To laugh is to know how to live To see is to know everything To read is to hold the key that you need The key you need to set you free
RINGMASTER All the world can see that in this great library
There’s a good medicine against tyranny And the movement of the heavens Though it may last forever Sees no right, no wrong, no weak, no strong And the star you see in the sky and the moon and the sun Shine on prince and pauper alike and favor no one
SOLO GIRL & CHILDRENS CHORUS The politics of the Rights of Man Is the sharing of apples with an even hand To plant a tree where birds may sit But who in France will nurture it