Portrait of Playwrights Chris Miller, Nathan Tysen, The Burnt Part Boys

Portrait of Playwrights Chris Miller, Nathan Tysen, The Burnt Part Boys

Photographed at Playwright Horizons Main Stage 2010

Scenic Designer  Brian Prather

Portraits 

Peter Sumner Walton Bellamy©2014

Photograph taken with Hasselblad film camera.
Film hand-developed by photographer

MAN I NEVER KNEW from The Burnt Part Boys

music by Chris Miller lyrics by Nathan Tysen

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I WATCH WOMEN EVERY SUNDAY

TEND A ROW OF EMPTY GRAVES

WIVES OF MEN WHOSE BODIES

NEVER LEFT COMPANY CAVES

I AM ONE OF MANY BOYS

HEARING HEARTBEATS IN THE HILL

I AM ONE OF MANY BOYS

WITH GIANT BOOTS TO FILL

IS THERE SOMETHING I CAN DO

FORCED TO FOLLOW FOOTSTEPS

SOMETHING I CAN DO

FOR THE MAN I NEVER KNEW

WATCH MY BROTHER EVERY MORNING

SOMEHOW GOT HIS ROLES REVERSED

SHOULD BE GRADUATING

BUT THE COMPANY GOT HIM FIRST

I AM ONE OF MANY BOYS

FEELING TRAPPED BEFORE WE’RE TRAPPED

I AM ONE OF MANY BOYS

BUT I’M THE FIRST THAT’S SNAPPED

IS THERE SOMETHING I CAN DO

FORCED TO FOLLOW FOOTSTEPS

SOMETHING I CAN DO

FOR THE MAN I NEVER KNEW

grownups speak on your behalf

say i’m more like you with every day

but in this crumpled photograph

all resemblance fades away

IS THERE SOMETHING I CAN DO

FOR THE MAN I NEVER KNEW

I’M CALLING TO MY FATHER

CALLING TO THE MOUNTAIN

TONIGHT I TAKE A VOW

I PROMISE TO KEEP

I’M GOING TO MY FATHER

GOING TO THE MOUNTAIN

NO MAN WILL DISTURB

HIS DEEP DEEP SLEEP

I AM ONE OF MANY BOYS

and we share a common code

i am one of many boys

and i’m ready to explode

THERE’S GONNA BE FIRE

THERE’S GONNA BE NOISE

THERE’S GONNA BE HELL TO PAY FOR THE BURNT PART

BOYS