Learning to Be Silent
Tom Snow & Catherine Cox & Dee Hoty * Track #5 On Footloose (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
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Album Footloose (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
- #1Footloose/On Any Sunday
Tom Snow & & & & Paul Castree & Hunter Foster & Artie Harris & & & Robin Baxter & & & & Rosalind Brown & Catherine Cox & Kathy Deitch & Stacy Francis & Tom Plotkin & Dee Hoty & Stephen Lee Anderson & Jennifer Laura Thompson & Jeremy Kushnier
- #2The Girl Gets Around
Tom Snow & Jennifer Laura Thompson & & &
- #3I Can’t Stand Still
Tom Snow & Jeremy Kushnier
- #4Somebody’s Eyes
Tom Snow & Jeremy Kushnier & Rosalind Brown & Kathy Deitch & Stacy Francis
- #5Learning to Be Silent
Tom Snow & Catherine Cox & Dee Hoty
- #6Holding on for a Hero
Tom Snow & Rosalind Brown & Kathy Deitch & Stacy Francis & Jennifer Laura Thompson
- #7Heaven Help Me
Tom Snow & Stephen Lee Anderson
- #8I’m Free/Heaven Help
Tom Snow & Stephen Lee Anderson & Jeremy Kushnier
- #9Let’s Make Believe We’re in Love
Tom Snow & Robin Baxter
- #10Let’s Hear It for the Boy
Tom Snow & Stacy Francis & Jennifer Laura Thompson & Robin Baxter
- #11Can You Find It in Your Heart?
Tom Snow & Dee Hoty
- #12Mama Says (You Can’t Back Down)
Tom Snow & Tom Plotkin & Hunter Foster & Paul Castree & Artie Harris & Jeremy Kushnier
- #13Almost Paradise
Tom Snow & Jeremy Kushnier & Jennifer Laura Thompson
- #14Dancing Is Not A Crime
Tom Snow & Jeremy Kushnier & Tom Plotkin & Hunter Foster & Artie Harris & Paul Castree
- #15I Confess
Tom Snow & Stephen Lee Anderson
- #16Can You Find It in Your Heart? (Reprise)
Tom Snow & Stephen Lee Anderson
- #17Footloose (Finale)
Tom Snow & Jennifer Laura Thompson & Jeremy Kushnier & Kathy Deitch & Rosalind Brown & Stacy Francis & Tom Plotkin & Artie Harris & Hunter Foster & Paul Castree
Learning to Be Silent by Tom Snow (Ft. Catherine Cox & Dee Hoty)
About
Both mothers are pressured not to speak their minds. Vi is the wife of the town pastor, who is a respected member of the community, and knows she shouldn’t contradict him in front of anyone else, but isn’t listened to at home. Ethel and her son Ren are staying in the house of an aunt and uncle whose...
Learning to Be Silent Lyrics
Vi
Swallowing my words
Staring at the floor
Counting little cracks in the tile
Struggling to smile without choking
Learning to be silent
Ethel
Watching how the dust
Dances out the door
Noticing my hands start to shake
Contemplating taking up smoking
Learning to be silent
Vi & Ethel
Always hearing
Ethel
"Hush, Ethel!"
Vi
"Please, Vi!"
Vi & Ethel
"Let's not have this conversation"
Ethel
And so I stand by
While my mind takes a small vacation
Vi & Ethel
La la la la la la la la
Vi
Making little sounds
Other folks ignore
Ethel
Quieting the beat of my heart
Never being part of the moment
Vi & Ethel
Learning to be silent
Vi
Learning there are some topics that we don't even mention
Ethel
And if they come up, then we try to be vague
Vi
There are subjects from which we divert all attention
Ethel
And some we avoid like the plague
Vi & Ethel
I'm
Becoming a mime
Vi
Biting my tongue
Ethel
Biding my time
Vi
Trying not to scream
Ethel
Managed it before
Vi & Ethel
Knowing if I'm going to survive
Then, dammit
Ethel
I've got to practice
Vi
Practice
Vi & Ethel
Learning hmm hmm hmm
Learning to Be Silent Q&A
Who wrote Learning to Be Silent's ?
Learning to Be Silent was written by Dean Pitchford & Tom Snow.