Music: Steven Chesklik-deMeyer/Tim Maner/Alan Stevens Hewitt/Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer
ALICE (spoken)
Lizzie spoke of trouble with her stepmother.
That Mrs. Borden thought so-and-so.
But the whole thing was, as far as I could see,
that one's own mother might've had more influence over the father.
It was the father more than the mother.
They were young girls.
But young girls cannot go and do and have
LIZZIE
They tried to keep me down
But I said no
I'm moving uptown honey
It's where I'm gonna go
But I'm down here in the big house
Help me count the days
I've got thirteen days in Taunton
Then I'll fly away
EMMA (spoken)
I have no recollection of anything of that kind.
No sir, I don't seem to remember it.
I don't remember what you asked me.
I don't remember the question, nor the answer.
I can only say I don't remember giving it.
I don't know whether I did or not, I can't tell you.
I don't know. I was in Fairhaven
LIZZIE
I got my dream team workin'
On my defense
It cost me a bloody fortune
But I spared no expense
'Cause let me tell you
Losing is not a game I play
I'll be leaving by the front door
When I fly away
I got twelve more days in Taunton
And then I'll fly away
I got
Then I'll fly away
ALICE (spoken)
About seven o'clock on the evening of Wednesday,
August third I was waiting for miss Lizzie Borden.
But when she came she said-
BRIDGET (spoken)
She was on her way
to Benson's pharmacy for prussic acid.
To clean a stain
ALICE (spoken)
She said "Mr. and Mrs. Borden were awfully sick last night.
We were all sick, all but Maggie."
BRIDGET (spoken)
I had a sick headache and I was sick to my stomach
ALICE (spoken)
And she said Mrs. Borden even told the doctor
she thought she had been poisoned.
I asked her who would do something like that and she didn't know.
She said "I can't sleep at night.
I'm that afraid somebody will do something."
EMMA & LIZZIE
Now that you mention it I
Can't stand the night
I sit here in the darkness
Waiting for the light
LIZZIE
Eleven days in Taunton waiting
For the break of day
Ten more days in this hole
Then I'll fly away
They love me in the jailhouse
They love me in the street
They love me in the courtroom
Yeah I know I got 'em beat
I got nine more days in Taunton
ALICE
This
This
This is not love
I don't know what it is
LIZZIE
When this whole thing is over
I've got to get away
EMMA (spoken)
Well, I don't know how to describe it to you
BRIDGET (spoken)
It was not a Calico dress
ALICE (spoken)
It was a cheap cotton Bedford cord
EMMA (spoken)
An American cloth
ALICE (spoken)
All cotton
EMMA (spoken)
I think one part of it was black or very-
BRIDGET (spoken)
Light blue
ALICE (spoken)
With a small dark figure
BRIDGET (spoken)
A sprig
ALICE (spoken)
I did not suggest to miss Lizzie Borden that she change her dress
EMMA (spoken)
I think she did
ALICE (spoken)
I saw no blood on that dress. Not a drop
LIZZIE
Can we just drop the dress talk
The subject's getting dull
LIZZIE & BRIDGET
Gonna buy myself a brand new dress
Gonna buy a whole damn closet full
'Cause I got plenty of money
Girl, I just got paid
LIZZIE
Four more days in Taunton
Then I'll fly away
BRIDGET (spoken)
After Mrs. Borden told me to wash the windows,
I didn't see her anymore until I found her dead on the upstairs.
I don't remember to have heard a sound
Of anyone about the house until Mr. Borden came to the door.
As I unlocked it I said "Oh,
P'shaw" and miss Lizzie laughed at the top of the stairs
LIZZIE
You say that I'm not weeping
That I'm not dressed in black
Call me a Yankee Clytemnestra
Well imagine that
I've done my share of crying
Lord my dues is paid
I got three more days in Taunton
Then I'll fly away
ALICE (spoken)
Her sister turned and said "What are you going to do?"
EMMA (spoken)
I swear I didn't say it.
The reason I say I didn't say so is because I didn't say so
ALICE (spoken)
And Lizzie said "I'm going to burn this old thing up."
EMMA (spoken)
There was nothing of that kind said
ALICE (spoken)
It was covered in-
EMMA (spoken)
Paint! It was soiled, just as any dress would get soiled
And I said "Why don't you?" or something like that.
I can't tell the exact words
ALICE (spoken)
I am quite sure I left the room and told the officer
That I saw miss Lizzie Borden burn that dress
ALICE & LIZZIE
Turn of the century
Turn of the screw
Turn of the tables
Between me and you
LIZZIE
Got two more days in Taunton
Until my judgement day
One more day in Taunton
Then I'll fly away
They take me to the courthouse
The verdict's coming in
It only took an hour
For those white-haired gentlemen
To put this all behind me
Oh, today's the day
When the old man says
"Not guilty!"
LIZZIE
Watch me fly away