On The Edge

On the Edge - ‘Come From Away’ Original Broadway Cast

Some people spend their days crammed

Inside shoulder to shoulder with

Nothing to do but watch the news

And wait for something to happen

On the edge

We've got the TVs going 24 7

In the cafeteria and the more they

Watch the more scared and angry they get

On the edge of the

Some of the plane people haven't

Slept in three days

None of us have either

And we're jumping at our own shadows

On the edge of the world

Around suppertime on Thursday

People are waiting to use the

Phones and there's a fight in the hallway

El aakl hena helw awi Hagga Faw'

Hey hey what the hell you sayin'

I beg your pardon

You celebrating this you praying for

Your friends

MaaMa Laazim 'afil el sikha delwaa'

Why doesn't he speak English

Excuse me

You telling your Muslim friends

Where to bomb next

This was not all Muslims and I was not

I'm Muslim and I was born in connecticut

I'm an American citizen

You don't look American

What does that even mean

On the edge of the

World or wherever we are

We are we are

We are on the edge

Is there something

I need to do something

To keep me from thinking of

All those scenes on the tube

I need something to do

'Cause I can't watch the news

No I can't watch the news anymore

On the edge

FAA keeps delaying opening the airspace

And here on the ground we're dealing

With a whole mess of other problems

On the edge of the

Some of the planes are parked on a

Runway where the surface is all torn up

That debris gets into an engine and

They'll never leave

On the edge of the world

One of the big planes a triple 7

Is sinking into the asphalt

If we don't do something she'll

Be stuck here forever

On the edge of the world or

Wherever we are

We are we are we are on

We are we are we are

We are on the edge

I interview a woman from Queens-a mother

Her son's a firefighter and

They still can't account for him

She starts crying and I start crying too

And I can't stop shaking

I don't want to do this anymore

I check in with air traffic control

Again and it's more bad news

Not only is the airspace still

Closed but there's a storm headed

For Newfoundland

Hurricane Erin is making landfall

Tomorrow or the day after

If we don't get these planes

In the air soon no one's going anywhere

Claude people are starting to crack

Let's get everyone down to the Legion

Everyone's going down to the Legion

For a drink

Hi have you seen my boyfriend

His name is Kevin

He's about this tall and he's lost his mind

I just want to go out

Well I don't

Well I'm not going without you

Well I'm not staying for a long time

One drink

One drink

Hannah everyone's going out tonight

You go on without me

Beulah I need to wait by the phone

I'll wait with you

I keep waiting to hear from the airline

So I'll just be here by the phone

Tom if the kids want to speak with me

Bonnie I know you're not leaving the

Animals so I brought you some chili

But I really think that tonight

You should come home and get some sleep

Doug oh my get in here

We are about to have the first rare bonobo

Chimpanzee born in Newfoundland

Beulah they need some food down at the Legion

If you can spare any

Miss Beulah please let me help with the food

No love you're a guest

Please I am a master chef for an international

Hotel chain I oversee restaurants around

The world-I would like to help with the

Food

Get in there

Everyone's going out to the bar and

Nick is going

I'm going if diane is going

And I think-nobody here knows me

I can be whoever I wanna be

I'm not worried about my wallet

I'm not worried about getting shot

I am a little worried about how much

Irish whiskey I'm drinking