One Second and a Million Miles
from the musical the Bridges of Madison County
by Jason Robert Brown
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(ROBERT)
(N.C.)
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:
A
Come with me.
A9 A A9
A A9
I can't tell you I know what the future will be.
D
Who knows anything?
A A9
I just look at those eyes; you've got so much to see.
D
Let me show you. There's
F#m7
Crowds and camels and hillsides to climb.
B
All I know is, in all of the time
D
From man's first breath
(D)
To God's last warning,
A Dsus2
You and I are just one second,
A Dsus2
Spinning by in one split-second.
F#m7 Dsus2
You and I have just one second
A E A A9 A A9
And a million miles to go.
(ROBERT)
A A9
I don't need to be rich, I don't need something new.
(FRANCESCA) D A
I don't want to go back to a world without this.
(ROBERT) A9
All I need, all I've needed my whole life was you.
(FRANCESCA) D
If I left this behind…
(ROBERT)
Please just look at me:
F#m
You were born with a wanderer's soul.
B
This is how you begin to be whole.
D
The stars keep burning,
(D)
Worlds keep turning
(ROBERT AND FRANCESCA)
A Dsus2
And you and I are just one second,
A Dsus2
Spinning by in just one second,
F#m7 Dsus2
You and I have just one second
(ROBERT)
A E Am
And a million miles to go..
(FRANCESCA)
(Am) G
Found and lost.
Gm F
Torn in half.
F E A
Before and after you.
(ROBERT) Am
Come with me.
(FRANCESCA)
(Am) G
Open heart,
Gm F
Open door.
F E A
Before and after you.
(ROBERT) A
Come with me.
(FRANCESCA)
(N.C.)
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
A
With you?
(ROBERT)
(A) A9
I can't tell you I know what the answer will be.
D
It's impossible.
A A9
But this thing, this is bigger than what we can see.
D
This is destiny.
F#m7
We are tied, we are locked, we are bound;
B
This will not be reversed or unwound.
D
Whatever fate the stars are weaving,
(D)
We're not breaking,
(D)
I'm not leaving,
A Dsus2
And you and I are just one second,
A Dsus2
Spinning by in just one second,
F#m Dsus2
You and I have just one second
(FRANCESCA)
N.C. (Tacit A) (Tacit E) A
And a million miles to go.
(ROBERT)
(A) Dsus2
All my life I have been falling…
(FRANCESCA)
(Dsus2)
All my life I have been
A
falling…
(ROBERT)
(A) Dsus2
All my life I have been falling into…
(FRANCESCA)
(Dsus2)
All my life I have been
F#m7
falling…
(ROBERT)
(F#m7)
You and I
(ROBERT AND FRANCESCA)
Dsus2
Have just one second
(ROBERT)
A E A
And a million miles to go.
(FRANCESCA)
(A)
Come with me.
