Music: John Kander
Lyrics: Fred Ebb
Book: George Abbott + Robert Russell
Premiere: Tuesday, May 11, 1965
When it all comes true
Just the way you planned
It's funny but the bells don't ring
It's a quiet thing
When you hold the world
In your trembling hand
You think you'd hear a choir sing
It's a quiet thing
There are no exploding fireworks
Where's the roaring of the crowd
Maybe it's the strange new atmosphere
Way up here among the clouds
But I don't hear the drums
And I don't hear the bands
The sounds I know such moments bring
Happiness comes in on tiptoe
Well, what do you know
It's a quiet thing
A very quiet thing...
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