Alan Menken — Thirty Miles From the Banks of the Ohio / Look Whos Here

[SYLVIA, spoken] Eliot, where are you calling from? Any landmarks? Give me a clue! [ELIOT] Thirty miles from the banks of the Ohio I am standing on a bare and lonely street In a town where the economy's depressing And the people are completely obsolete Oh, the railroad hasn't run through here for ages And the factories are automated, too So the pretty people leave this town at twenty As does anyone with much of an IQ Now there's no one thirty miles from the Ohio But the folks for whom this country doesn't grieve No, there's no one thirty miles from the Ohio But the people so plain helpless they can't leave In the center of this town there sits a mansion It's my father's legal residence, I hear But because my dad is in the U.S. Senate He resides here just one week in every year We're about to throw those mansion doors wide open Pry the boards off all the windows, tear 'em down We're about to be the friends and brand-new neighbors Of the poor forgotten folks of this old town 'Cause there's no one thirty miles from the Ohio But the folks for whom this country doesn't grieve No, there's no one thirty miles from the Ohio But the people so plain helpless they can't leave [SYLVIA, spoken] Oh Eliot, come home. Come home! [ELIOT, spoken] Don't you understand, Sylvia? I am home! I know now that this has always been home. I'm in the town of Rosewater, the township of Rosewater, the county of Rosewater, the state of Indiana! [SYLVIA, spoken] What are you going to do there? [ELIOT, spoken] I'm gonna care about these people. They can't care about themselves. I see that now, because America doesn't need them. Not even for war, not anymore. So, Sylvia, I'm gonna be an artist! [SYLVIA, spoken] An artist? [ELIOT, spoken] An artist. I'm gonna love these discarded Americans, even though they are useless and unattractive. That, Sylvia - that will be my work of art! (sung) Look who's home Look who's here Here to loan you a dollar Or to lend you an ear If you tell me you're broke Then I'll say 'Have no fear!' Look who's here [DAWN] Oh, spread the word Spread the joy [DAWN & DIANE] Look who's come back to see us That senator's boy [ELIOT] If you say you need help I'll say 'I volunteer!' [ELIOT, DAWN, & DIANE] Look who's here [ELIOT] You see, the folks of this old town They need somebody to care They need some love and they need some cash And guess who's got plenty to spare [ENSEMBLE] Look who's home Look who's here [DIANA] Got us a voice now A friendly cashier [ENSEMBLE] So let's break out the wine Let's pass him a beer Look who's here [ELIOT] Hey, Diane Moon-Glampers! Dawn Leonard! Jerome! Won't you give me a smile, won't you wipe off that tear[ENSEMBLE] Look who's here Look who's here Look who's here[ELIOT] Mary Moody! Delbert Peach! Everybody![ALL] Look who's here