PEGGY:
I've never been so tired!
Gotta get home to bed.
Really don't want to wake up in the morning
Dead in the clothes I'm dressed in now.

Why I always think that I can sleep
For less than six hours a night
And then feel competent
Is anybody's guess.
I've never been so tired!

I've never felt so weary
Watching as every thing
Seems to be ending
Making socks and sandwiches,
Watching as boys and men
Dream of their destiny.
That's not something that women
Can afford to spend their time on
When there's floors to mop,
When there's kids Kids with mouths to feed.
I've never felt so weary!

(Off in the distance, in the darkness, we see a bright light beginning to grow. The women look at it in disbelief. )

EDITH: He didn’t.
PEGGY: He couldn’t have.
EDITH: It’s just the sort of thing he excels at.

BOTH
Can you see?
Do you notice a light
Way off in the distance
Almost like the old lamp of the Chili Line?
It can't be.
They can't be running the train.
Not this late. I’m (She's) going to kill you.

(EDITH goes off to the bridge.)

PEGGY: Jack, did you get them to run the train out here? You were not supposed to know!

JACK:
She was never gonna tell us it's her birthday.
She was never gonna let us wish her well.
Some people make a big deal but Edith don't.

She ain't never gonna tell you what she's thinkin'.
She ain't ever gonna tell you what she dreams.
You and I fold down the ears of Sear's catalogues.
But Edith don't. Edith won't.

Some people want more than they got.
Some people need a little, some a lot.
Edith is happy with nothing more
Than moon and cactuses and this cheap house.

She was never going to tell me that she loved me.
Wouldn't matter to me if she kept it hid.
I just wish that Edith had acted like she could.
Until she did.