Welcome to the full demo of The Longing and the Short of It, a musical evening of theatrical moments by award-winning composer-lyricist Daniel Maté.  The demo contains the entire show, performed by Alix Paige, Grace McLean, Victoria Huston-Elem, Noah Zachary, Daniel Maté, and Bob Stillman.  All instruments performed and programmed, and all sounds recorded and mixed, by Daniel Maté.   ©2015     www.danielmate.com   danielbmate@gmail.com

24 The Long Run, Part 2

23 Marry Me, America

22 Finally Me

21 If You Would Be So Kind

20 Parallel Universe Me

19 Everything Is Not As Real As This

17 When I Get Enlightened

16 We Don't Have To Date

15 February's Coming

14 Just Another Schmuck At The Coffee Bar

13 Something Like Okay

12 If I Wrote A Song

11 All About You

10 On My Wall

09 Misery Loves My Company

08 Before I Go

07 Kissing Women Left And Right

06 Starting Shit With You

05 You Make My Brain Work Right

04 I Don't Think Of You (It's All Good)

03 All I Want

02 Intervention

01 The Long Run, Part 1

00 the short of it [overture]

18 I Don't Wanna Know

Best Meal Ever (from the musical Hansel & Gretl & Heidi & Günter)

from the musical "Hansel & Gretl & Heidi & Günter": music by Will Aronson, lyrics by Daniel Maté, book by Hannah Kohl

It Wasn't So Bad

music and lyrics by Daniel Maté (in the style of Leonard Cohen) //
instruments and lead vocal by Daniel Maté // backing vocals by Tanya Maté
in honour of Cecil Hershler's 70th Birthday, from his four children: Abby, Chad, Laen, and Jena

THE BOOK OF CECIL AND RUTH

Well baby, you say it’s way too late;
That the cream of our love is past its expiry date.
Well clearly I’ve been thoughtless.
And you keep your kitchen spotless,
So who am I to disagree?
But if you’d pause now and then
And join me in the den,
There’s something I’d love for you to see.
‘Cause if you want to see how long love can last
Without getting long in the tooth,
Come take a look
In the book:
The Book of Cecil and Ruth.

See, they met when Ruth was in Standard 8.
He was a prefect, and he knew how to motivate.
But he didn’t flaunt his power.
The students didn’t cower. 
She knew he was a keeper from a glance.
But still she calmly waited
Until he’d graduated
And asked him to the Partner Party dance.
Now I wasn’t there, but I’m confident
They found themselves a kissing booth.
That’s all it took
To start the book,
The Book of Cecil and Ruth.

Now baby, you know how life can be.
First you’re crazy in love, next you’re raising a family.
Well Ruth, she said to Cecil,
“This marriage is a vessel,
Now all we need’s a place for it to land."
From South Africa to Sweden,
The path was slowly leadin’
To a future that they never could have planned.
Ontario by way of the Deep, Deep South;
Four kids but still radiant with youth.
With so much more
Life in store
In the book of Cecil and Ruth.

There they are,
On a sun-dappled beach 
With their loved ones in reach—
Oh baby, isn’t it sublime?
There they are,
Full of happiness and health,
Pitching in to share the wealth.
Writing a book to last for all time.

Now it says here, they’re still going strong.
Still learning from each other, still laughing loud and long.
And you can say it’s just a story,
An epic allegory,
But me, I say that every word is true.
And if such a love can blossom,
47 years and still be awesome,
Then it’s possible for me and you.
Now I can’t tell if you’re smirking or scowling,
And I don’t want to sound uncouth—
But just feast your eyes on their beauty:
It turns you on, baby.  Tell the truth.
Yeah, that’s the hook
Of the book
The book of Cecil and Ruth.
My song is done.
But long may it run:
The book of Cecil and Ruth.

The Book Of Cecil And Ruth

Daniel Maté

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