Before and After You/One Second and a Million Miles - From “The Bridges of Madison County” - piano

Composed by Jason Robert Brown
Lyrics:
FRANCESCA
Holding you close against my skin
And pulling you inside me
Suddenly there's a world I never knew
Kissing you now, the waves begin
And evermore divide me:
Before and after you
You, with a touch, at once erased
The lines and walls around me
How did you know exactly what to do?
Feeling your fingers on my waist
I know my fate has found me:
Before and after you
Found and lost
Torn in half:
Before and after you
ROBERT (spoken) I love you, Francesca...
FRANCESCA And I love you.
More than my own life, I love you.
ROBERT (sung)
For the first time in my life,
I am not outside the moment
With a camera in between
me and the world
I think I know.
For the first time in my life,
I am somehow part of something.
You surround me, you connect me,
And I think I can't let go.
For the first time in my life,
You have opened up a channel
There is nothing to contain us,
We are joined, and we are free.
For the first time in my life,
I am risking something precious.
I am asking you, Francesca:
Come with me.
I can't tell you I know
what the future will be.
Who knows anything?
I just look at those eyes;
you've got so much to see.
Let me know you. There's
Crowds and camels and
hillsides to climb.
All I know is, in all of the time
From man's first breath
To God's last warning,
You and I are just one second,
Spinning by in one split-second.
You and I have just one second
And a million miles to go.
I don't need to be rich, I
don't need something new.
FRANCESCA
I don't want to go back
to a world without this.
ROBERT
All I need, all I've needed
my whole life was you.
FRANCESCA
If I left this behind…
ROBERT
Please just look at me:
You were born with a wanderer's soul.
This is how you begin to be whole.
The stars keep burning,
Worlds keep turning
BOTH
And you and I are just one second,
Spinning by in just one second,
You and I have just one second
ROBERT
And a million miles to go..
FRANCESCA
Found and lost.
Torn in half.
Before and after you.
ROBERT
Come with me.
FRANCESCA
Open heart,
Open door.
Before and after you.
ROBERT
Come with me.
FRANCESCA
How do I go?
Tell me.
How do I go?
How do I go with you?
How do I pack a bag,
Close a door,
Turn a key,
Walk away?
Look at where I am
And who I am
And tell me.
Is there something I don't know?
How do I go?
How can I go
With you?
ROBERT
I can't tell you I know
what the answer will be.
It's impossible.
But this thing, this is
bigger than what we can see.
This is destiny.
We are tied, we are
locked, we are bound;
This will not be reversed or unwound.
Whatever fate the stars are weaving,
We're not breaking,
I'm not leaving,
And you and I are just one second.
Spinning by in just one second.
You and I have just one second…
FRANCESCA
And a million miles to go.
ROBERT
All my life I have been falling…
FRANCESCA
All my life I have been falling…
ROBERT
All my life I have been falling into…
FRANCESCA
All my life I have been falling…
ROBERT
You and I
BOTH
Have just one second
ROBERT
And a million miles to go.
FRANCESCA
Come with me.

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Holding you close against my skin
And pulling you inside me
Suddenly there's a world I never knew
Kissing you now, the waves begin
And evermore divide me:
Before and after you
You, with a touch, at once erased
The lines and walls around me
How did you know exactly what to do?
Feeling your fingers on my waist
I know my fate has found me:
Before and after you
Found and lost
Torn in half:
Before and after you
For the first time in my life
I am not outside the moment
With a camera in between me and the world
I think I know.
For the first time in my life
I am somehow part of something.
You surround me, you connect me
And I think I can't let go.
For the first time in my life
You have opened up a channel
There is nothing to contain us
We are joined, and we are free.
For the first time in my life
I am risking something precious.
I am asking you, Francesca:
Come with me.
I can't tell you I know what the future will be.
Who knows anything?
I just look at those eyes; you've got so much to see.
Let me show you there's
Crowds and camels and hillsides to climb.
All I know is, in all of the time
From man's first breath
To God's last warning
You and I are just one second
Spinning by in one split-second.
You and I have just one second
And a million miles to go.
I don't need to be rich, I don't need something new.
I don't want t go back to a world without this.
All I need, all I've needed my whole life was you.
If I left this behind...
Robert
Please just look at me:
You were born with a wanderer's soul.
This is how you begin to be whole.
The stars keep burning
Worlds keep turning
And you and I are just one second
Spinning by in just one second
You and I have just one second
And a million miles to go.
Found and lost.
Torn in half.
Before and after you.
Come with me.
Open heart
Open door.
Before and after you.
Come with me.
How do I go?
Tell me.
How do I go?
How do I go with you?
How do I pack a bag
Close a door
Turn a key
Walk away?
Look at where I am
And who I am
And tell me.
Is there something I don't know?
How do I go?
How can I go
With you?
I can't tell you I know what the answer will be.
It's impossible.
But this thing, this is bigger than what we can see.
This is destiny.
We are tied, we are locked, we are bound
This will not be reversed or unwound.
Whatever fate the stars are weaving
We're not breaking
I'm not leaving
And you and I are just one second.
Spinning by in just one second.
You and I have just one second...
And a million miles to go.
All my life I have been falling...
All my life I have been falling...
All my life I have been falling into...
All my life I have been falling...
You and I
Have just one second
And a million miles to go.
Come with me.

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beautiful