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Scene 5: Hospital
Sparks (Instrumental)
A very concerned Mr.
& Mrs. Walker deliver four year old Tommy to a young doctor who lead him by hand
through a door. The Walkers leave and during the rest of the scene Tommy is escorted
through the door after door in an accelerating series of examinations and tests. The
doctors and nurses usher Tommy around like an automaton. He is the center of a whirl of
file cabinets, eye charts and swinging doors as lab technicians work at a counter where
tubes are delivered and tested, readings are taken and charts are filled out.
Nurses and Doctors hurry about, passing Tommy
and clipboards around like batons in a relay race.
They check the boy's pulse, reflexes, heartbeat,
eyesight and hearing.
In the end the Walkers return and consult with
the young doctor, who shakes his head. For the
Walkers this is the real court and the verdict is
catastrophic.
As the doctors walk off with the four year old Tommy,
a projection screen tells us it is now 1950, and a nurse
enters with a 10year old Tommy, who carries a balloon in one hand.
The narrator somersaults in from above to join Tommy
and his parents onstage.
Amazing Journey (reprise)
Tommy
Ten years old
With thoughts as bold as thought can be;
Loving life and becoming wise in simplicity.
Sickness will surely take the mind
Where minds can't usually go.
Come on the amazing journey
And learn all you should know.
A vague haze of delirium
Seeps in his mind
Soaring and flying images blind.
I'll be your leader;
I'll be your guide.
On the amazing journey, together we'll ride.
(Unseen by the Walkers, the Narrator takes the
balloon from Tommy and floats away with it.)
