I Do Want More

for soprano and piano

text by Steve Rouse and Joy Stephens
from The Mousewife, a chamber opera for young audiences

(1995) Duration: 3:00

PURCHASE

Performance by Jessica Bortz Schaap (soprano) and David George (piano)

It's true. I do want more.

I want children, lovely children.

I want crumbs that cover the floor.

I want quiet nights with only a small light here by my door.
I do want more.

I want spaces... wide, wide places

Where we can always scamper and play.

And I want Miss Wilkinson's broom taken away!
I want laughter and friends,
Play with no end,

And all of the fun I can find.
I want soft and warm,
Safe... no harm,
And all of the quiet that I can.
I want memories

Of everything right

And everything sweet,
Everything calm in the night.
And when everything's quiet,
Sometimes it seems,

That what I want most,

What I really must need....
It seems... I want dreams?

Yes, I think... that it seems...

That what I want most are my dreams.