Any Moment / Moments in the Woods

CINDERELLA'S PRINCE: Anything can happen in the woods.

May I kiss you-?

Any moment we could be crushed.

BAKER'S WIFE: uh-

CINDERELLA'S PRINCE: Don't feel rushed.

BAKER'S WIFE: This is ridiculous,

What am I doing here?

I'm in the wrong story.

Wait one moment, please! We can't do this!

CINDERELLA'S PRINCE: Of course, you're right. How foolish.

Foolishness can happen in the woods.

Once again, please-

Let your hesitations be hushed.

Any moment, big or small,

Is a moment, after all.

Seize the moment, skies may fall

Any moment.

Days are made of moments,

All are worth exploring.

Many kinds of moments-

None is worth ignoring.

All we have are moments,

Memories for storing.

One would be so boring...

BAKER'S WIFE: But this is not right!

CINDERELLA'S PRINCE: Right and wrong don't matter in the woods,

Only feelings.

Let us meet the moment unblushed.

Life is often so unpleasant-

You must know that, as a peasant-

Best to take the moment present

As a present for the moment.

I must leave you.

BAKER'S WIFE: Why?

CINDERELLA'S PRINCE: The Giant.

BAKER'S WIFE: Will we find each other in the woods again?

CINDERELLA'S PRINCE: This was just a moment in the woods.

Our moment,

Shimmering and lovely and sad.

Leave the moment, just be glad

For the moment that we had.

Every moment is of moment

When you're in the woods...

Goodbye.

BAKER'S WIFE: What was that?

Was that me?

Was that him?

Did a Prince really kiss me?

And kiss me?

And kiss me?

And did I kiss him back?

Was it wrong?

Am I mad?

Is that all?

Does he miss me?

Was he suddenly

Getting bored with me?

Wake up! Stop dreaming.

Stop prancing about the woods.

It's not besseming.

What is it about the woods?

Back to life, back to sense,

Back to child, back to husband,

You can't live in the woods.

There are vows, there are ties,

There are needs, there are standards,

There are shouldn'ts and shoulds.

Why not both instead?

There's the answer, if you're clever:

have a child for warmth,

And a Baker for bread,

And a Prince for whatever-

Never!

It's these woods.

Face the facts, find the boy,

Join the group, stop the Giant-

Just get out of these woods.

Was that him? yes it was.

Was that me? No it wasn't,

Just a trick of the woods.

Just a moment,

One peculiar passing moment...

Must it all be either less or more,

Either plain or grand?

Is it always "or"?

Is it never "and"?

That's what woods are for:

For those moments in the woods...

Oh. if life were made of moments,

Even now and then a bad one-!

But if life were only moments,

Then you'd never know you had one.

First a Witch, then a child,

Then a Prince, then a moment-

Who can live in the woods?

And to get what you wish,

Only just for a moment-

These are dangerous woods...

Let the moment go...

Don't forget it for a moment, though.

Just remembering you've had and "and",

When you're back to "or",

Makes the "or" mean more

Than it did before.

Now I understand-

And it's time to leave the woods.