Don’t Forget the Lilac Bush

[SAM]
What are you going to do, Rose?

[ROSE]
I think I'll go away

[SAM]
I'll go with you

[ROSE, spoken]
Sam dear, that isn't possible

[SAM]
Don't you remember, only this morning
We said you and I would go away together

[ROSE]
Yes, but this morning things were so different
I never dreamed it would be this way

[SAM]
I'll go where you go
I don't care about anything else
Do you think I can stay here
In this slum, never seeing you
Never hearing your voice
Never standing by your side?
Oh, Rose, I love you!
My life is nothing unless you're mine

[ROSE]
Oh, if it could bе!

[SAM]
There's no hope for us unlеss we love each other
Unless I belong to you
And you belong to me

[ROSE]
Oh Sam, it's love that I want
More than anything in the world
But loving and belonging
They're not the same
Look at my father, my poor mother
If she had belonged to herself
And he had belonged to himself
It never would have happened
And that's why
Even though my heart breaks
I can't belong to you
Or have you belong to me

[SAM]
Oh Rose, this is the end of my world

[ROSE, spoken]
If we say goodbye now
It doesn't mean it has to be forever
Why when we're older and wiser
Maybe things will be different, Sam
Oh, I'm so fond of you
No matter where I go or what I do
I'll always be thinking of you
(sung)
And don't forget the lilac-bush
Bright in the morning air
Remember, always remember
Remember that I care
Remember that I care