Top Songs By Noah J. Ricketts
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Noah J. Ricketts
Vocals
Original Broadway Cast of The Great Gatsby - A New Musical
Vocal Ensemble
Daniel Edmonds
Conductor
Nicholas Cheng
Keyboards
Trevor Neumann
Trumpet
JAMI DAUBER
Trumpet
Jennifer Wharton
Trombone
Antoine Silverman
First Violin
Melissa Tong
Violin
Entcho Todorov
Violin
Emily Bruskin Yarbrough
Violin
Paul Woodiel
Violin
Cenovia Cummins
Violin
Adda Kridler
Violin
Jonathan Dinklage
Violin
Lisa Matricardi
Violin
Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf
Cello
Jessica Wang
Cello
Natalie Tenenbaum
Keyboards
Bernd Schoenhart
Guitar
Saadi Zain
Bass
Chris Jago
Drums
Yuri Yamashita
Percussion
Mark Phaneuf
Reeds
Rick Heckman
Reeds
Erin Paul Ozolins
French Horn
Lady Jess
Violin
Tom "Lucky" Murray
Reeds
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jason Howland
Composer
Nathan Tysen
Lyrics
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Based on the Work of
Kait Kerrigan
Book
Kim Scharnberg
Orchestrator
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jason Howland
Producer
Nathan Tysen
Associate Producer
Billy Jay Stein
Producer
Chunsoo Chin
Producer
Mark Shacket
Producer
Kait Kerrigan
Associate Producer
Ian Kagey
Recording Engineer
Derik Lee
Recording Engineer
Neal Shaw
Recording Engineer
Matthew Soares
Assistant Engineer
Beth Scott
Assistant Engineer
Omisha Chaitanya
Assistant Engineer
Dave McNair
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
On my last night in New York
I wander down to the water's edge
I find myself clinging to my father's advice
To reserve judgment
I think about the way New York slapped me
With a wild promise
I mistook for meaning
And the whole summer washes over me
The quiet brutality of Daisy and Tom
Jordan and the mess we made
Wolfsheim
The Wilsons
All of us
Holding on to the foul dust of our dreams so tightly
We couldn't see straight
And as I turn to look at the shoreline
Here is what I'll never forget
I still can see Gatsby
Standing in silhouette
He's staring down the darkness
His arms stretched to the sky
With infinite hope that made him fool enough
To try
The flight across the water
Is always out of reach
So why do we
Why do we
Why do we keep reaching?
Gatsby believed in the green light
The orgastic future that year by year
Recedes before us
It eluded us then, but that's no matter (Where's the party)
(And can you take me there) Tomorrow we will run faster
(And when the party's over) Stretch out our arms further
(Can you find another party somewhere) And one fine morning
(We live for today) So we beat on
(We pay off the cops) Boats against the current
(And today is never over) Borne back ceaselessly into the past
(If the party never stops)
Where's the party and can you take me there
And when the party's over can you find another party somewhere
We live for today
We pay off the cops
And when you think the party stops
The party's roaring on
The party's roaring on
Oh, we beat on and on and on and on
And on
And on and on
And on
Writer(s): Nathan Tysen, Jason Howland, Masi Asare
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