Sonny: What the hell. Guys like me shouldn't dream anyway!
Muses:
I'm alive
And the world shines for me today
I'm alive
Suddenly I am here today.
Thalia:
Seems like forever
Muses:
And a day
Euterpe:
Thought I could never
Muses:
Feel this way
Erato:
Is this really me?
Muses:
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
Melpomene:
And the dawn breaks across the sky
Muses:
I'm alive
Calliope:
And the sun rises up so high
Terpsicore:
Lost in another world
Muses:
Far away
Terpsicore:
Never another word
Muses:
Till today
But what can I say?
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
(Instrumental break)
Clio:
Suddenly came the dawn
Muses:
From the night
Clio:
Suddenly I was born
Muses:
Into light
Clio:
How can it be real?
Muses:
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
Clio: Sister Muses, come! Join me where the land embraces the sea.
There's an artist who needs our inspiration to achieve truly great work.
And as surely as we are the offspring of Zeus I tell you that I will go in disguise to help this
Sonny is his quest for artistic achievement.
Muses: Huzzah!
Clio: First, I will not call myself Clio. I will call myself Kira.
Calliope: You've thrown them off the track now.
Clio: Secondly, I will where roller skates and leg-warmers.
Euterpe: You shall be as current as today's headlines.
Clio: And thirdly, I will sport and Australian accent! G'Day, Mate!
Muses: Ahhh!
Clio: I tell you sisters, by the fires of Hephaestus . . .
I mean . . . by the fires of all the shrimp on the Barbie.
I shall help this Sonny Malone to fulfill his destiny.
Suddenly came the dawn
Muses:
From the night
Clio:
Suddenly I was born
Muses:
Into light
Clio:
How can it be real?
Muses:
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
And the world shines for me today
I'm alive
Suddenly I am here today