The Stars Look Down

Shine

Grandma's Song

Solidarity

Expressing Yourself

The Letter

Born To Boogie

Angry Dance

Marry Christmas Maggie Thatcher

Deep Into The Ground

He Could Be A Star

Electricity

Once We Were Kings

The Letter (Reprise)

Finale

The Letter .......... Elton John

Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher .......... Elton John

Electricity .......... Elton John

The Stars Look Down .......... Elton John

Shine .......... Billy Elliot The Musical

FULL ENSEMBLE

Through the dark, and
through the hunger
Through the night and
through the fear
Through the fight and
years of hardship
Through the storms and
through the tears
And although your feet are weary,
And although your soul is worn
And although they'll try to break you,
And although you'll feel alone
We will always stand together
In the dark, right through the storm.
We will stand, shoulder to shoulder
To keep us warm.

And the stars look down on the mean and hungry
And the stars look down and show the way
And the stars look down and we'll stand together
To see a day
When the stars look down and know our history
When the stars look down upon our past
And the stars look down and see a future bright at last
When we'll stand as one, beneath the sun

And though our hands are bruised and bleeding
And our lungs are full with dust
And our hearts are near to breaking
We will never forgo the trust
We will fight through pain and hunger
Every arrow, every knife.
And we will never give the hope up
Of a proud and honest life
So we will always stand together
Through the frost, the hail, the snow
The stars are our redemption
And some know.

The stars look down when we're abandoned,
Look down in the heart of night
And the stars look down and give us vision
To see the light.

The stars look down upon our struggle
The stars look down and know the past
The stars look down and see a future bright at last
When we'll stand as one, beneath the sun.

All out together
All out as one
All out for victory
Till we've won.
All out together
All out as one
All out for victory
All out till we've won

BILLY

Take me up and hold me gently
Raise me up and hold me high
Through the nights under darkness
Will come a day whet we will fly
And although we've been rejected
And although we've been outcast
We will find a new tomorrow
When we come to rest at last
And we will stand there proudly
And we will never walk alone
And we will be returned
Back to our home

And the stars look down at their reflection
And the stare look down and there's a light
When the stars look down they'll see the justice
And the right
And the stars look down and see the struggle
And the stars look down and know the pain
And the stars will lead us back to where light shines again
Where we'll stand as one beneath the sun
One beneath the sun
When we stand as one
All out together,
When we stand as one all out as one,
When we stand as one all out for victory,
When we stand as one till we've won.
When we stand as one all out together,
When we stand as one all out as one,
When we stand as one all out for victory,
When we stand as one till we've won
When we stand as one all out together,
When we stand as one all out as one,
When we stand as one all out for victory,
All out till we've won.

MRS. WILKINSON

Try to keep your arm in line
Come on at least pretend you're doing fine
You can wow 'em every time
All you have to do in shine
Forget about content
Focus on style
Steal an inch on them
And they'll give you a mile
And smile, smile, smile, smile

It doesn't matter if you're large or small
Trapezeoid, or short or tall
Even if you can't dance stall
All you really have to do is shine

It doesn't matter if your life's a mess
The whole process will coalesce
Girls, just try to effervesce
All you really have to do is shine.

Give 'em the old razzle dazzle
Turn on the old pizzazz
There won't be time to shilly shally
Give it backbone, give it welly
Bowl 'em over, knock 'em out
Show 'em what life is all about
Give them the old razzle dazzle
And shine

It doesn't matter if you're unemployed
Only partially humanoid
An octopoid whose mind's a void
All you really have to do is shine

It doesn't matter if you're special needs
Maimed or lame, or born in Leeds
They love to see a heart that bleeds
All you really have to do is shine.

Give 'em the old razzle dazzle
Turn on the old pizzazz
There won't be time to shilly shally
Give it backbone, give it welly
Bowl them over, knock 'em out
Show them what life's all about
Give them the old razzle dazzle
And shine!

You might be feeling lousy
You might be feeling blue
A little apprehensive
A minor touch of flu
They couldn't give a monkey's cuss
They couldn't give a fig
Come on son get over it
It's all part of the gig
Give 'em the old rinkle tinkle
Give 'em the old kabam
Knock 'em sideways blow their minds out
There's no time for half time frolics
Grab the buggers by the bollocks
Show 'em what class is all about
Give 'em that old razzle dazzle
And shine

Lights!

Doesn't matter if you're short or squat
Cerebrally challenged, completely shot
You might have it or might not
All you really have to do is
All you really have to do is shine
Give 'em that old razzle dazzle and shine
Give 'em that old razzle dazzle and shine
And shine
And shine.

GRANDMA

I hated the sod - for thirty-three year
We should never have married of that I'm quite clear
He spent the housekeeping money on whisky and beer
And never lifted a finger
Times were hard, but the swine rolled back pissed
So we'd fight and he'd swing and he rarely missed
So I'd clobber the sod when he couldn't resist:
Asleep, you can't lift a finger.

But we'd go dancing.., and he'd hold me tight
He was air, He was water, He was breath, He was light
And he would hold me there, with all his might.
And it was bliss for an hour or so
But then they called time to go
And in the morning we were sober.

O he'd drink and he'd talk just like a fool
Lie like a bairn and snore like a mule
Rarely was sober, pretty much was the rule
And he never lifted a finger
I suppose times were hard, things were different then
Women were women and men, they were men
Seventeen, that was it, your life ended when you had a ring around your finger.

But we'd go dancing, he was me own Brando
And for a moment there my heart was a-glow
We had dust in our hair and nowhere to go
Boo we were free for an hour or three
From the people we had to be
But in the morning we were sober.

But if I went through my time again,
Oh I'd do it without the help of men
Or at least your Grandad
But then again, you know
Best not to linger

What is the use of dreaming now?
I had my chance, well anyhow,
If I'd only known then what I know now
I'd've given them all the finger

And gone dancing, and not give a shit
and spin around and reel and love each bit
And I'd dance alone and enjoy it
And I'd be me for an entire life.
Instead of somebody's wife
and I never would be sober.
And I never would be sober.

POLICE
Oi Geordie
Wanna see something
You've never seen before
And that's just off the overtime
Wanna see some more?

MINERS
You think yer smart ya cockney shite
You wanna be suspicious
When you were on the picket line
We went and fucked yer missus
All of us at once

Solidarity solidarity
Solidarity forever
All for one and one for all
Solidarity forever
Solidarity solidarity
Solidarity forever
All for one and one for all
Solidarity forever

POLICE
Keep it up till Christmas lads,
It means a lot to us
We send our kids to private school.
On a private bus

We've got a lot to thank you for
Geordie you're a corker
A nice extension on the house and a fortnight in Maiorca
Solidarity, solidarity
Solidarity forever

MINERS
Don't worry lads we're on your side
Solidarity forever.
Solidarity, solidarity
Solidarity forever
We're proud to be working class,
Solidarity forever.

GIRLS
Solidarity, solidarity,
Solidarity forever.
We're proud to be working class,
Solidarity forever.

POLICE
You fucking worms
You fucking moles
You fucking Geordie shits
We're hereto kick your Geordie arse
You little Geordie gits

MINERS
We're terrified,
We're petrified,
Those words are so obscene
We'll boot your fuckin' cockney skulls,
Right back to Bethnal Green

MINERS AND GIRLS
And one [two three]
and two two three] etc

MINERS (CONT'D)
Solidarity, solidarity,
Solidarity forever
We're proud to be working class
Solidarity forever.
Solidarity, solidarity,
Solidarity forever
We're proud to be working class
Solidarity forever.

MINERS
Come on lads get at them
Really get stuck in
It's tutu bleeding tea dance.
Do the fuckers in.

MINERS
Solidarity, solidarity,
Solidarity forever
We're proud to be working class
Solidarity forever.
Solidarity, solidarity,
Solidarity forever
We're proud to be working class
Solidarity forever.

WILKINSON
Shine, just shine
All you have to do is shine (etc)

GIRLS
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Etc

MINERS
Solidarity, solidarity,
Solidarity forever
We're proud to be working class
Solidarity forever.

Even ever ever ever
Ever ever ever even
Forever forever
Forever forever

Is it sinful if you're blue
To cheer up the place?
What is wrong with dressing up in satin and lace?
Get some earrings, some mascara, heels and a fan.
Pretty soon you will start to feel a different man.

What the hells wrung with expressing yourself?
Being who you want to be?
Will anybody die if you put on a dress?
Who the hell cares if your blushers a mess?

Start a new fashion, buck all the trends.
Emphasise in-teg-rit-eeeee.

Cos what the hell is wrong with expressing yourself
For wanting to be me?

BILLY
What the hell is wrong with wearing a dress?
Being who you wanna be?

MICHAEL
Who the hell is it you try to impress
All you have to do is learn to care less
Start a new fashion, buck all the trends

MICHAEL
Billy, sing something to me

What the hell is wrong with expressing yourself?
For trying to be free.

If you manna be a dancer, dance
If you manna be a miner, mine
If you want to dress like somebody else,
Fine, fine, fine.

It's not a big statement, it's not a weird act
Just a good idea at the time
We'll not complain about your boring life
If you'll just leave mete mine.
If you wanna be a dancer, dance
If you wanna be a miner, mine

Everyone is different
It's the natural state
It's the facts, it's plain to see,
The world's grey enough without making it worse
What we need is in-div-id-ual-ity.

And I will have missed you growing,
And I'll have missed you crying
And I'll have missed you laugh.
Missed your stomping and your shouting,
I'll have missed telling you off,
But please Billy,
Know that I was always there.
I was with you through everything.
And please, Billy...

WILKINSON
But please, Billy
know that I will always be
Proud to have known you
Proud that you were mine
Proud in everything
And you must premise me this, Billy

DEAD MUM
In everything you do
Always be yourself, Billy
And you always will be true

And Ill have missed you growing,
I'll have missed you crying
And I'll have missed you laugh.

DEAD MUM AND WILKINSON
Missed your stamping and your shooting,
I have missed telling you off,
But please, Billy,
know that I was always there.
I was with you through everything.
And please, Billy,
Know that I will always be.
Proud to have known you.

DEAD MUM
Love you forever.

BILLY
Love you forever.

We weren't born to stand still
Ain't a question of will
Gotta move it's a fact
You were born to react
You weren't made to behave
Like you will in the grave.

Where mu-sic is played
Oh the soul - will be swayed
And your feet they will move
As if on - ly to prove
That it was - n't by chance
We were des - tined to dance.

We were born to boogie,
We were born to boogie
It ain't a puzzle,
Cos we're blood and muscle
From the day of creation
We were the dance sensation.
Come on and shake per bootie
Cos we were born to boogie
Anyone can get it
Cos we're born kinetic
Come on and Mash Potat-a
The way God made pa.

Your feet and your hands
Oh your toes and your glands
Your eyes and your chin
Your face and your skin
Oh your brawn and your brains
Your balls and your chains

We were born to boogie,
We were born to boogie
It ain't a puzzle,
Coo we're blood and muscle
From the day of creation
We were the dance sensation.

BRAITHWAITE
Come on and shake yer bonnie
we were born to boogie
Anyone can get it
We were born kinetic

Come on and "Mash Potat-a"
The way God made ya.

We were born to boogie
We're all born to

We came up from the ocean
In full locomotion
And when we hit the ground
We just danced around
Because they say
It's in the DNA

We were born to boogie
We were born to boogie
We were born to boogie
WE'RE-ALL-BORN-TO-BOOGIE!

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TONY
Can you hear it in the distance?
Can you...sense it far away?

GEORGE
Is it old Rudolph the Reindeer?
Is it Santa on his sleigh?

TONY & GEORGE
It's heading up to Easington.

It's coming down the Tyne.

Oh! It's bloody Maggie Thatcher and Michael Heseltine!
So Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher
May God's love be with you
We all sing together in one breath
Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher
We all celebrate today
Cos it's one day closer to your death

They've come to raid your stockings
And to steal your Christmas pud
But don't be too downhearted
It's all for your own good
The economic infrastructure
Must be swept away
To make way for business parks and lower rates of pay, so...

Merry Christmas, Maggie Thatcher
May God's love be with you
We all sing together it one breath
Merry Christmas, Maggie Thatcher
We all celebrate today
Cos it's one day closer to your death.
And they've brought their fascist bootboys
And they've brought the boys in blue
And the whole Trade Union Congress
will be at the party too
And they'll all hold hands together
All standing in a line
Cos they're privatising Santa
This merry Christmas time, so...
Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher
May God's love be with you
We all sing together in one breath
Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher
We all celebrate today
Coo it's one day closer to your death.

Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher
May God's love be with you
We all sing together in one breath
Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher
We all celebrate today
Coo it's one day closer to your death.

LITTLE GIRLS
Oh my darling, Oh my darling,
Oh my darling Heseltine
You're a tosser, you're a wanker
And you're just a Tory Swine.

Oh once I was a young man
Looked over vales and hills
Saw myself a future
of riches and of thrills
But on me fifteenth birthday
I paid my union dues
And they sent me deep into the ground

Oh the winter wind can blow me colder
Oh the summer's heat can parch me dry
But I'll not leave here for a fortune
I shall never leave here till I die

Oh once I had a family
Sons to make you proud
They have gone and left me now,
And I count the time out loud
For now I am an old man
Just waiting for my turn
Till they take me back into the ground

Oh the winter wind can blow me colder
Oh the summer's heat can parch me dry
But I'll not leave here for a fortune
I shall never leave here till I die

Oh the winter wind can blow me colder
Oh the summer's heat can parch me dry
But I'll love these dark, dark hills forever
And I won't leave them until I die

Oh once I loved a woman
She meant all she world to me
Saw ourselves a future
As far as I could see
But I was only forty-seven
when they took her down from me
And buried her deep

BILLY
Oh the winter wind can blow me colder
Oh the summer's heat can parch me dry
But I'll love these dark, dark hills forever
And I won't leave them now until I die

DAD
I couldn't take it anymore son
It was tearing me apart
We're lost, we're finished man, we're through
I need to give the kid a future
I need to look him in the eye
Believe me son I'd do the same for you

TONY
But you can't give in now Dad
We've all been out a year
I can never talk to you again
You can't do this to me Dad
You can't do it to yourself
He's just a kid, he's only just a bairn

DAD
He could be a star for all we know
We don't know how far he can go
And no one else can give what I can give,
And no one else can give what I can give
He could go and he could shine
Not just stay here counting time,
Son we've got the chance to let him live,
Yes, we've got the chance to let him live

TONY
This isn't about us Dad
It's not about the kid
It's all of us, it's everybody's chance
It's everybody's future
It's everybody's past
It's not about a bairn who wants to dance

It's about our history
It's about our rights
Think about the sacrifice we've made
It's what you always taught us since I was a lad
Please, Dad, don't let that passion fade

DAD
He could be a star for all we know
We don't know how far he can go
And no one else can give what I can give,
And no one else can give what I can give

MINERS
We're all in this together Jack
There is another way
All for one.
And one for all
Take this and this.
And this and this
And this and this
And this and this.
Don't worry, lad, we'll never let you fall.

DAD
He could be a star for all we know
We don't know how far he can go

TONY
But we'll give all that we can give
We'll all give all that we can give

MINERS
We will go and we will shine
We will go and seize the time
We will all have pride in how we live
We will all have pride in how we live
(Yes we'll all have pride in how we live
Yes we'll all have pride in how we live)
We will always stand together
Through the dark and through and through the storm
We will stand shoulder to shoulder
To keep us warm

I can't really explain it,
I haven't got the words
It's a feeling that you can't control
I suppose it's like forgetting, losing who you are
And at the same time something makes you whole
It's like that there's a music playing in your ear
And I'm listening, and I'm listening and then I disappear

And then I feel a change
Like a fire deep inside
Something bursting me wide open impossible to hide
And suddenly I'm flying, flying like a bird
Like electricity, electricity
Sparks inside of me
And I'm free I'm free

It's a bit like being angry,
it's a bit like being scared
Confused and all mixed up and mad as hell
It's like when you've been crying
And you're empty and you're full
I don't know what it is, it's hard to tell
It's like that there's a music playing in your ear
But the music is impossible, impossible to hear
But then I feel it move me
Like a burning deep inside
Something bursting me wide open impossible to hide
And suddenly I'm flying, flying like a bird
Like electricity, electricity
Sparks inside of me
And I'm free I'm free
Electricity, sparks inside of me
And I'm free, I'm free
I'm free. Free I'm free

MEN
Once we built visions on the ground we hewed
We dreamt of justice and of men renewed
All people equal, in all things
We once were heroes,
Once were kings
But all great things must come to pass
We know the first will soon be last
And in the ground we maybe lain
But a seed is sown to rise again

So we walk proudly
And we walk strong
All together
We will go atone
The ground is empty
And cold as hell
But we all go together when we go

We saw a land where wealth was shared
Each pain relieved, each hunger fed
Each man revered, each tyrant killed
Each soul redeemed, each life fulfilled

From each mats means to each his need
We saw a time man would be freed
We fought for all the things we saw
The battle's lost but not the war

So we walk proudly
And we walk strong
All together
We will go as one
The ground is empty
And cold as hell
But we all go together when we go
We will go down but our heads are proud
We will go down with our voices loud
We will go down but come again
And we all go together when we go
Ah... (3 times)
And we all go together when we go.

We walk proudly, and we walk strong
All together we will go as one
The ground is empty, and cold as hell
But we all go together when we go.

We walk proudly, and we walk strong
All together we will go as one
The ground is empty, and cold as hell
But we all go together when we go.

We walk proudly, and we walk strong
All together we will go as one
The ground is empty, and cold as hell
But we all go together when we go.

BILLY
And please, Mammy...
know that I will always be
proud to have known you
proud that you were mine
Proud in everything...
And I promise you this, Mammy,

In everything I do,
I'll always be myself,

MUM
ln everything you do
Always be yourself

BILLY
Mammy.
And I always will be true.

MUM
Love you forever.

BILLY
Love you forever.

MUM
Love you forever.

BILLY
Mam.

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Dear Billy,
I must seem a distant memory
Which is probably a good thing
And it will have been a long, long time
And I will have missed you growing
And I'll have missed you crying
And I'll have missed you laugh

Missed your stamping and your shouting
I have missed telling you off
But please, Billy, know that I was always there
I was with you through everything

And please, Billy, know that I will always be
Proud to have known you
Proud that you were mine
Proud in everything
And you must promise me this, Billy
In everthing you do
Always be yourself, Billy
And you always will be true
Love you forever
Love you forever

Mam

Can you hear it in the distance
Can you sense it far away
Is it old Rudolph the reindeer
Is it Santa on his sleigh
It's heading up to Easington
It's coming down the Tyne
Oh it's bloddy Maggie Thatcher
And Michael Heseltine

[Chorus:]
So merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher
May God's love be with you
We all sing together in one breath
Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher
We all celebrate today
'Cause it's one day closer to your death

They've come to raid your stockings
And to steal your Christmas pud
But don't be too downhearted
It's all for your own good
The economic infrastructure
Must be swept away
To make way for call centres
And lower rates of pay

[Chorus]

And they've brought their fascist boot boys
And they've brought the boys in blue
And the whole Trade Union Congress
Will be at the party too
And they'll all hold hands together
All standing in a line
'Cause they're privatising Santa
This merry Christmas time

[Chorus 2x]

Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Heseltine
You're a tosser, you're a tosser
And you're just a Tory Swine

I can't really explain it, I haven't got the words
It's a feeling that you can't control
I suppose it's like forgetting, losing who you are
And at the same time something makes you whole

It's like that there's a music, playing in your ear
And I'm listening, and I'm listening, and then I disappear

And then I feel a change, like a fire deep inside
Something bursting me wide open, impossible to hide
And suddenly I'm flying, flying like a bird
Like Electricity, electricity
Sparks inside of me, and I'm free, I'm free

It's a bit like being angry; it's a bit like being scared
Confused and all mixed up and mad as hell
It's like when you've been crying
And you're empty and you're full
I don't know what it is, it's hard to tell

It's like that there's some music, playing in your ear
But the music is impossible, impossible to hear

But then I feel it move me
Like a burning deep inside
Something bursting me wide open
Impossible to hide
And suddenly I'm flying
Flying like a bird
Like Electricity, electricity
Sparks inside of me
And I'm free, I'm free

Electricity sparks inside of me
And I'm free, I'm free
Oh, I'm free