Last night I happened to catch on television one of my favourite musicals, called "Little Shop of Horrors". It's about an ordinary guy named Seymour who finds a peculiar plant from outer space. When placed in the window of the florist shop in which he works, there is sudden interest and this Skid Row store suddenly sees a boom in business. But instead of water and nutrients, this plant craves human blood for sustenance. Meanwhile, another employee named Audrey dreams of escaping her miserable life, leaving her sadistic dentist boyfriend and perhaps settling down with "suddenly successful Seymour"...
Audrey sings a number called "Somewhere that's Green". I love the lyrics as they truly represent a lot of the Utopian ideas of the 1950's packaged neatly into a sentimental song."...And I dream of a place
Where we could be together at lastA matchbox of our own
A fence of real chain link,
A grill out on the patio
Disposal in the sink
A washer and a dryer and an ironing machine
In a tract house that we share
Somewhere that's green.He rakes and trims the grass
He loves to mow and weedI cook like Betty Crocker
And I look like Donna Reed
There's plastic on the furniture
To keep it neat and clean
In the Pine-Sol scented air
Somewhere that's green
Between our frozen dinner
And our bedtime, nine-fifteen
We snuggle watchin' Lucy
On our big, enormous twelve-inch screen
I'm his December Bride
He's Father, he Knows Best
Our kids watch Howdy Doody
As the sun sets in the west
A picture out of Better Homes and Gardens magazine
Far from Skid RowI dream we'll go
Somewhere that's green."
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS CAN BE YOUR FUN...
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