Preparations - Nick Choksi, Lucas Steele & Josh Groban: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

Nick Choksi, Lucas Steele & Josh Groban

Preparations

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Preparations was released on May 19, 2017 by Reprise as a part of the album Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Song Details

AlbumNatasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Release DateMay 19, 2017

LabelReprise

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM111

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Nick Choksi

Performer

Lucas Steele

Performer

Josh Groban

Performer

Dave Malloy

Programming

Mark Dover

Bass Clarinet

John Murchison

Bass

Alon Bisk

Cello

Caryl Paisner

Cello

Claudia Chopek

Viola, First Violin

Matt Doebler

Conductor, Keyboards

Or Matias

Conductor, Piano

Joey Cassata

Drums

Thad Debrock

Guitar

Marilyn Cole

Horn, Oboe

Jeff Marder

Programming

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Dave Malloy

Composer, Lyrics

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Dave Malloy

Producer

Luke Klingensmith

Luke Klingensmith

Assistant Engineer

Nate Odden

Assistant Engineer

Bob Ludwig

Mastering Engineer

Kevin Killen

Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer

Enrico de Trizio

Enrico de Trizio

Recording Engineer

Howard Kagan

Producer

Janet Kagan

Producer

Sonny Paladino

Producer

Isaiah Albolin

Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Ah, Anatole

Where are you off to?

[Verse 2]

Pierre, good man

Tonight I go away on an adventure

You'll not be seeing me for some time

I've found a new pleasure

And I'm taking her away

I'll send you a letter from Poland

[Verse 3]

Ha! An elopement

Fool, you are married already

Don't talk to me of that

I will not deprive myself of this one tonight

I take her tonight, lend me fifty rubles?

[Verse 4]

Ah, that's a true sage

Living in the moment

What I wouldn't give to be like him

[Verse 5]

The plan for Natalie Rostova's abduction

Had all been arranged

And the preparations made

On the day that Sonya decided to save her

That was the day

That the game was to be played

[Verse 6]

Natasha was to be on her back porch at ten

Anatole and his troika

Would scoop her up and then they'd ride forty miles

To the village of Kamenka, where an unfrocked priest

Was to make them get wed then back into the troika, off they'd go

Take the Poland highroad to the wedding bed

Passports, horses, ten thousand rubles I have taken from my sister

And another ten thousand raised with Dolokhov's help

[Verse 7]

We were gathered in my study drinking up some tea

Just Anatole, the two wedding witness and me

An abacus and paper money strewn on the desk

Persian rugs and bearskins hanging grotesque

Anatole was walking with his uniform unbuttoned

Walking to and fro

To and fro

To and fro

To and fro

To and fro

To and fro

To and fro

[Verse 8]

Now wait

You better just give it up now

Why don't you, while there's still time?

You'd really better drop it all

Give it up now, while there's still time

Do you know?

[Verse 9]

What, teasing again?

Oh fool, don't talk nonsense

Go to the devil, eh, really?

This is no time for your stupid jokes

[Verse 10]

I am not joking, I am talking sense

This is serious business

A dangerous business

Come here, come here

Come here, Anatole

Why would I joke about it, me of all people?

Who found the priest

Raised the money, got the passports, got the horses?

[Verse 11]

And well, I thank you for it

Do you think that I am not grateful?

[Verse 12]

And now you'll carry her away

But will they let it stop there?

You haven't thought this through, or do you just don't care?

Now listen to me tell it to you one last time

They will take you to the court and convict you for your crime

Already married and you're playing with a little girl

Don't you know?

Don't you think?

Don't you know?

[Verse 13]

Nonsense, nonsense

I'm scowling and grimacing

Didn't I explain it to you?

Didn't I, what?

[Verse 14]

And here Anatole with the stubborn attachment

Small minded people have

For conclusions they've worked out for themselves

Repeated this argument to me for the hundredth time

[Verse 15]

If this marriage isn't valid, then I'm off the hook

But if it is valid, it really doesn't matter

No one abroad is gonna know a thing about it

Isn't that so, now don't you know?

Don't talk to me

Don't, don't

What? What?

Ah, go to hell now, I'm a clutching my hair

It's the very devil here, feel how it beats

[Verse 16]

Ah, mon cher, mon cher

Quel pied et quel regard

What a foot she has

A glance, a goddess

And my handsome lips

Mutter something tender to myself

[Verse 17]

It's time

It's time

Now then, nearly ready?

You're dawdling

The driver is here

The driver is here

Balaga is here

Written by: Dave Malloy

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