John Kander
A Quiet Thing
[JIMMY]
When it all comes true, just the way you planned
It's funny, but the bells don't ring
It's a quiet thing
When you hold the world in your trembling hands
You'd think, you'd hear a choir sing
It's a quiet thing

There are no exploding fireworks
Where's the roaring of the crowds?
Maybe it's the strange new atmosphere way up here
I'm on the clouds, but I don't hear the drums
I don't hear the band
The sounds I'm told such moments bring

Happiness comes in a tiptoe
Well, what do you know?
It's a quiet thing of еvery quiet thing