John Kander — Over the Wall II

[PRISONERS] Where is the woman I call my wife? Waiting for me to resume my life? Guarding her ass with a kitchen knife? Or screwing the janitor over the wall? Where is the friend in the photograph? Tender amigo who made me laugh? Splitting the shit with me half and half? Is he taking good care of it? Or stealing my share of it over the wall? [MOLINA] So I sit on my cot and my memory whirls As I think of the boys dressing up like girls Wearing too much mascara and phony pearls Over the wall [PRISONERS] Where are the children who bear my name? Making a circle to play a game? Do they say to the neighbors I'm not to blame? Or spit at the thought of me over the wall? [VALENTIN] So I wait in my cell, feeling half alive Sharing food with a rat, maybe four or five While the rats with the power can all survive Over the wall [ALL] Over the wall Over the wall Over the wall Over the wall Over the wall Over the wall Over the wall Over the wall Over the wall!