Leonard Bernstein — VI. Gloria - 3. Trope: Half of the People

[STREET Chorus] Amen! Half of the people are stoned And the other half are waiting for the next Election Half the people are drowned And the other half are swimming in the Wrong direction They call it Glorious Living And, baby, where does that leave you You and your kind? [CHOIR] … miserere nobis; Suscipe deprecationem nostram [STREET Chorus] … you and your youth and your mind? Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere Half of the pеople are stoned And thе other half are waiting for the next Election …