I've seen a thousand wonders
I've lived a hundred lifetimes
But not until this moment
Have miracles seemed real
As fleeting as a shadow
The time goes by unnoticed
The hate that drove me forward
Is gone, and I am face to face with
The man I used to be
Dreams I dared to dream
When love was all, the innocence of youth
Like memories of truth return to learn forgiveness
The man I used to be cannot be outrun
Albert still lives, whatever else I've done
Forever in his eyes, she'll see
The man who I used to be
And all the years will melt away
The nights will be much softer now, for
All the pain is gone
Hope is what moves on
I will be there, as near as her next prayer
As merciful as sweet redemption
Once blind, now I see
Once a slave, I'm free
Give me a star, to home would guide my heart
To resurrect a part of me
The man that I used to be
[FRANK W.:] Thomas Borchert
You know, as a composer you write these things
And I write them at home, and I sing them
And it's kind of funny, 'cause I sing terrible
And, you know, you dream of always having that perfect moment
When you have the great singer, wearing the right thing, in the perfect lightning
With a beautiful orchestra and a great maestro conducting it, and
Today—tonight is kind of like a dream come true, it's just wonderful
They say in New York, in the Theatre World, that
In the spring of 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson wrote a small little book called
"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde"
And that, a week later, myself and Leslie Bricusse started working on the show
It seemed that it took a long time to get to Broadway
But it's alive and well, and in fact, in the next couple of years, you'll see it revived on Broadway
When Leslie and I were working on the show, a bunch of extraordinary things happened to us
And probably the most was, uh—before there was a TV show, 'American Idol'
Used to be called 'Star Search'
And in '88-'89, which was a year of so many things that happened, which I'll tell you about later
This amazing girl from a small town in Minnesota, whose family is from here
She kept there winning every week, so I got to see her on TV all the time and
It was hard not to fall in love with her then
Anyway, Leslie and I heard her, and we decided to create the role of Lucy in "Jekyll & Hyde" for her
I know this is a special night for her, her family is here, and it's the first time
So many of her family will get to see her perform
So from "Jekyll & Hyde", the song is 'Bring on the Men'
Linda Eder