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letra de is that remarkable? - adam guettel

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[reporters]
get me new york city!
h-llo, chicago?
could you put me through to bowling green?
you ready for the lowdown
the real straight p–p?
here comes the mother-lode scoop

get me b-tte, montana!
h-llo, savannah?
could you put me through to abilene?
you ready for the info?
’cause she’s a pip!
i’m mighty glad i made the trip!

cave city, comma, capital k, capital y; february three:
“cave man underground!”

[reporter 3]
you got it?

[reporters 1 + 2]
yeah

[all]
“caveman underground
imprisoned by rock.”
[reporter 3]
somewhere in the cold hills of kentucky, comma
a caver named floyd collins lies pinned in a sandy cave by a boulder on his foot, period

[reporter 2]
kentuckian trapped for no one knows how long under two ton slab of granite

[reporter 1]
the brave man lies in a coffin of stone, comma, trapped under nearly…
[rep. 1 & 2]
“cave man trapped inside a boulder.”

[rep. 1 & 3]
“kentuckian caught alone;
coffin of stone.”

[rep. 2 & 3]
“buried while still alive.”

[all three]
“seven tons of rock!”
is that remarkable?

[locals]
that’s remarkable!

[reporters]
is that remarkable enough?

[locals]
most amazing thing i ever saw!

[reporters]
is it incredible?

[locals]
whoa!

[reporters]
i wonder what tomorrow will bring!

[miller, spoken]
mr. carmichael, i need to speak to you. i have an idea. i want to go down again with a jack and a crowbar. i think i can pry the rock of his foot.​

[carmichael, spoken]
you’re not serious, miller.​

[miller, spoken]
we have to try something, and soon sir. the one thing we can’t have happen is for floyd to lose hope.​

[reporters, spoken]
floyd’s starting to lose hope!
—lose hope!
—lose hope!

(sung)
i want the walla walla bugle!
the paducah tribune!
is this the mexicali telegram?
you ready for the lowdown
the real straight p–p?
here comes the mother-lode scoop!
i want the alamogordo banner!
the boise gazette!
get me the b-mblebee in birmingham!
you read for the goods?
’cause she’s ready to pop
this is going over the top!

(spoken)
cave city, comma, capital k, capital y; february four:

(sung)
“cave victim losing hope”
[reporter 3]
according to skeets miller

comma, collins is quickly slipping into a state of deep despair

[reporter 2]
the trapped man was heard to cry out, quotes
“get me out of here, comma, even if you have to tear my foot off!” exclamation, close quotes

[reporter 1]
floyd is reported to be in a state of delirium
conversing with cave crickets and even begging them… [miller]
—huh?

[reporters 1 & 2]
“cave victim crying out
asking for… milk.”

[reporters 1 & 3]
“crying out in deep despair
to tear his foot off!”

[reporters 2 & 3]
“losing hope and crying out
in deep despair”

[all three]
…to “hurry, hurry
hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry
pull me out!”
[reporters]
remarkable?

is that remarkable enough?

is it incredible?
[miller]
wait…

if you report what you see…

[locals]
whoa!

[reporters & locals]
i wonder what tomorrow will bring?

[miss jane, spoken]
lee, there’s a fella just arrived from people’s bank, and he’s saying he wants to help us some with our money trouble.​

[lee collins, spoken]
oh god, bless him! janie, where is he?

[reporters, spoken]
“god bless him”
—”god bless him”
—”the collins family is deeply religious!”

[reporters, sung]
gimme the lackawanna pulpit!
pierre picayune?
is this the tallah-ssee democrat?
sharpen that woody, ’cause here’s the dope
chock full of tragedy and hope!
i’d like the ponca city sun!
the saginaw globe!
put me through the escanaba finch!
grab a feather and double dip;
this bird is ready to rip!

“collins family waits and prays.”

cave city, comma, capital “k,” capital “y.” february six!

“nellie, jane, old man collins, sitting on log.”
[reporter 2]
the picture of the old weathered farmer and his bent backwoods wife is a touching one, period

[reporter 1]
the virginal sister is a colorful example of the folkways and eccentricities of the hillbilly life, period [reporters 1 & 3]
“the picture of the weathered fam’ly is touching.”

[reporters 2 & 3]
“a virginal and colorful example of the life.”

[all three]
“remarkably enough,” comma
“although they live such simple lives,”
comma, “the collins family manages to own a car and even wear shoes.”

[bishop, spoken]
i’m freezing.​

[reporters, spoken]
what?
[reporters, sung]
he’s free!

floyd collins is free!

he’s free!

not free!
[locals]
what?

[doyle]
hogwash!

[bishop]
amazing!

[jewell]
balderdash!

[family]
hooey!

[miller]
but i was just with him
and he’s

[reporters]
“skeets miller—celebrity hack!”

[reporters & locals]
i wonder what tomorrow will bring?

[reporters]
go on, ya’ know you’re yella!
now listen fella
this ain’t no literary magazine!
i only want the goodies
the mother-lode scoop!
i only want to scoop
i only want to scoop
i only want to scoop the p–p
ooo
scoop the p–p!
scoop the p–p!

- adam guettel

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