ALEXANDER
Book & Lyrics by Wendy Waters
ALL THESE SCATTERED CORNERS
ALEXANDER
ALL THESE SCATTERED CORNERS NEED A SINGLE THREAD
TO PULL THEM INTO ORDER
AND THESE HARSH COMPANIONS NEED A SINGLE HEAD
TO THINK BEYOND TOMORROW’S GREED
FOOLISH, SIMPLE-MINDED, NEVER LOOK AROUND
NEVER LOOK BEHIND THEM AND LEARN
DO THEY THINK THEY’LL MISS THEIR TURN?
AT THE FEAST FOR THE FAT AND THE PRIVILEGED
AT THE TROUGH FOR THE PIGS AND THE KINGS
DO THESE FOOLS EVER THINK OF TOMORROW
AND THE RECKONING DESTINY BRINGS
THE MAP OF OUR WORLD IS IN TATTERS
AS HANDS, GREEDY HANDS RIP AND TEAR
EVERY CORNER IS FOLDED WITH SKIRMISH
EVERY BORDER IS FRACTURED WITH WAR
PEACE SWEET MISTRESS
WHERE ARE YOU?
AFRAID OF WHAT THESE FOOLS WILL DO?
AND LET ME BE LED THROUGH THE DARKNESS
AND LET MY SWORD BE SWIFT
CLEAR PATHWAYS THAT LEAD TO TOMORROW
MAKE THEM ROADS THAT WILL NOT SHIFT
WHEN I STUMBLE BE THERE WITH YOUR HAND OUT (takes Hephastion’s hand)
IF I DOUBT PLEASE BE THERE WITH YOUR EYES
MAKE LIGHT THE DARKEST OF WHISPERS
MAKE CLEAR THE DARKEST OF LIES
ALEXANDER AND SOLDIERS
PEACE SWEET MISTRESS
DO NOT WEEP
I WILL WATCH YOU WHILE YOU SLEEP
DIVINE PURPOSE
INSPIRED PLAN
GODS BE WITH ME
TAKE MY HAND
SUBLIME MOMENT
DESIRED SPAN
ONE LIFETIME
ONE MAN
Music by Wendy Waters & Ian Camilleri
HARNESS THE BEAST
OLYMPIAS
AN ARMY IS JUST ONE MAN WITH NEEDS
TO MEET A MAN’S NEEDS, HIS GREED, JUST STAND
OUTSIDE HIS ADDICTION AND FEED HIS GREED
TAME THE BEAST
HARNESS THE BEAST BUT DO IT WITH HONEY
MAKE IT SWEET
TAKE HIS ADDICTION TURN IT OVER
MAKE IT NEAT
SO IT IS WITH AN ARMY, GAIN THEIR TRUST
BEFORE YOU COMMAND THEM GIVE THEM LUST
HARNESS THE BEAST BUT DO IT WITH HONEY
MAKE IT SWEET
A MAN MUST BE THRILLED BEFORE HE WILL TRUST YOU
GIVE HIM MEAT
MAKE HIM ECSTATIC, MAKE HIM LONG
HARNESS THE BEAST
TALK TO HIM, LET HIM HEAR YOU
COME TO HIM, LET HIM BE NEAR YOU
HARNESS THE BEAST BUT DO IT WITH HONEY
DRINK THE WINE
CORNER THE MARKET, MAKE YOURSELF PERFECT
BE DIVINE
BUT LET YOUR AMBITION KEEP YOU SOBER
MEN WITH SMALL DREAMS DRAIN THE CUP
AND IN THE MORNING THEIR DREAMS ARE OVER
YOURS WILL BE SET TO ERUPT
A LITTLE BLOOD IS ALL I REQUIRE TO BE FREE
YOUR FATHER’S BLOOD
HE NEVER CARED MUCH FOR ME
MY SON BE STRONG YOU ARE MY ONLY WAY THROUGH
IF YOU SHOULD FAIL MY GENIUS WILL END HERE WITH YOU
MOTHER COME TO ME
ALEXANDER
MOTHER COME TO ME
THE STARS ARE SILENT
THE EMPTY STRETCH OF NIGHT
MAKES ME FEEL SMALL
THE TREES ARE GHOSTLY LEGIONS DARK AND SOMBER
MARCHING TO THEIR DEATHS ACROSS THE MOOR
THE FACES OF THE DEAD ARE ALL AROUND ME
GRINNING THROUGH THE FLESH, THE GLITTERING BONES
ASKING ME TO TELL THEM WHY I DROVE THEM
INTO EARLY GRAVES SO FAR FROM HOME
AND MEN WHO WILL NOT RISE AGAIN
POINT BONY FINGERS AT ME
THE SAME MEN WHO HAVE DIED FOR ME
ASK ME TO SHOW THEM THE DREAM
I AM WALKING DEAD
THE DREAM IS EMPTY
WHERE MY NAME WAS WRITTEN I READ LUST
THE NIGHT HAS CLOSED AROUND MY NAKED LONGING
THE STARS HAVE ALL BURNED OUT
THE PATH IS DUST
I CRY OUT TO THE GODS
BUT THEY ARE SILENT
I’M JUST A LONELY MAN UPON A HILL
THE FIRE THAT WAS BURNING IS AN EMBER
THE PASSION THAT WAS STIRRING IS NOW STILL
MOTHER COME TO ME
THE GODS WON’T ANSWER
THE TREES ARE CLOAKED IN MIST
THE EARTH IN SHROUD
MY HEART IS FULL OF DOUBT
MY MIND IS CHURNING
I AM NOT THE MAN YOU LONG TO BE
ALEXANDER
ALEXANDER Star of Macedonia
The Show
The show is currently ready to be workshopped.
The Last Tale
The Last Tale
Baghdad 800AD, ten years after Scheherazade has told the last of her 1001 tales. She is Baghdad's beloved saviour. But her jealous husband King Shariah cannot share his people or his power with anyone and plots her abduction and murder.
Lyrics and Book by Wendy Waters
Music by Shanon D. Whitelock
The Last Tale is a lush, colourful romp through ancient Baghdad when carpets flew and genies blew and romance was encrypted in every dune and star.
My #musical ALEXANDER, based on the life of the great conqueror as seen through the eyes of his faithful servant, Bagoas, a eunuch whom he acquired from King Darius after conquering Persia.
ALEXANDER follows the inner journey of a man tortured by ambition and his desire to save the world. His outer journey is well-documented but his inner torment and eventual descent into madness and melancholy is less well-known.
*Newsflash WENDY WATERS RITES WORDS Cabaret Show at The Pheasantry London 3rd September featuring songs from ALEXANDER, FRED & THE LAST TALE starring Frank Loman, Lauren Lovejoy, Louise Burke and Ricardo Nunes Fernandes on Piano.
Frank Loman singing ONE BAG OF GOLD
Ricardo Nunes Fernandes on Piano
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About Me
My Beginnings
I started life as an actress/singer. My passion for the world of Arts and Entertainment was equalled only by my passion for nature and art. In some respects I am very lucky my career as an actress/singer never found traction. To relieve the frustration I wrote - poems, music, plays and prose. Soon my writing started to get the attention I'd always hoped my singing would get. Transitioning to writing happened suddenly. I started winning prizes and found a freedom of expression and an autonomy over my career that acting and singing had never provided. Today I call myself a writer.
My Favorite Work
The work I enjoy most is polishing a first draft of a novel, play or lyric. I love it when the blank page is filled with scribbles and ideas and I can start
refining and polishing and crystallising my ideas. Completed works are Catch the Moon, Mary and Fields of Grace (novels) Miriam, Fred and Alexander (musicals) and a play based on Catch the Moon, Mary co-written with Jemina Macedo. Currently I'm working on a sequel to Catch the Moon, Mary.
My Life Today
My life today looks very different from my life only a few short years ago. Prior to 2015 I was just another unpublished author. Today I have a novel published and two musicals ready to be staged and a musical about to be workshopped. I have had the privilege of working with talented composers and been fortunate enough to work with actors in London who have given me their time and support in a reading at Tristan Bates Theatre in Covent Garden in 2017. Added to all this my work is being showcased at The Pheasantry on 3rd September.