The FRANKENSTEIN World Premiere Recording features all of the essential and most memorable songs and scenes from the New York production.

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ACT ONE

1. PRELUDE

2. A GOLDEN AGE

3. FIND YOUR WAY HOME/
         GOLDEN AGE Pt. 2

4. AMEN

5. BIRTH TO MY CREATION

6. 1:15 A.M.

7. DEAR VICTOR/BURN THE
         LABORATORY

8. THE HANDS OF TIME

9. YOUR FATHER'S EYES

10. THE CREATURE'S TALE Part 1

11. THE WAKING NIGHTMARE

12. THE CREATURE'S TALE Part 2

13. THE MUSIC OF LOVE

14. THE CREATURE'S TALE Part 3

15. WHY?

16. THE PROPOSITION

ACT TWO

17. A HAPPIER DAY

18. THE MODERN PROMETHEUS

19. ANOTHER LIKE HIM

20. THE WORKINGS OF THE HEART

21. AN ANGEL'S EMBRACE

22. THE WORKINGS OF THE HEART
        Reprise

23. THESE HANDS

24. THE CHASE

25. THE COMING OF THE DAWN

26. AMEN Reprise

TRACK 20: THE WORKINGS OF THE HEART

FATHER: Alphonse Frankenstein kindly requests the honor of your presence
at the wedding of his son, Victor, to his ward, Elizabeth Lavenza.

ELIZABETH:

HE'S HERE WITH ME, YET SEES ME NOT
HE LOVES, BUT CANNOT GIVE
HE SEEKS THE MYSTERIES OF LIFE
WITHOUT FIRST KNOWING WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE

A BRILLIANT MIND... SUCH GIFTED HANDS...
A MASTER OF HIS ART
AND YET HE STILL CAN'T UNDERSTAND
THE WORKINGS OF THE HEART

YOU NEED NOT FACE THIS WORLD ALONE
OR KEEP YOUR SECRETS LOCKED INSIDE
LOVE CAN WEATHER ANY STORM
IF YOU TRUST IN YOU AND I

HOW CAN WE LIVE, HOW CAN WE LOVE
OUR SOULS A WORLD APART?
YOUR NOBLEST DREAMS ARE NOT ABOVE
THE WORKINGS OF THE HEART

VICTOR:

I LOST MY WAY SO LONG AGO
TOO MANY SINS TO NOW CONFESS
AND YET YOU STILL CAN TOUCH ME SO
THROUGH THIS PAIN AND EMPTINESS

ELIZABETH:

YOU NEEDN'T FEAR TOMORROW
I LOVE THE MAN YOU ARE
YOUR HEART IS ONE THAT FOLLOWS
SOME BRIGHT, BUT DISTANT STAR

VICTOR:

HOW COULD I CARE FOR ANY OTHER LIFE?
WITH YOU MY WORLD BEGINS ANEW
WHILE I WAS CHASING DREAMS ACROSS THE NIGHT
I COULDN'T SEE, AS NOW I SEE
MY ONLY DREAM IS YOU

ELIZABETH:

ALWAYS DID I KNOW YOU'D SAY THESE WORDS TO ME
I'VE KNOWN THE GOODNESS IN YOU ALL OUR LIVES
DON'T BLAME YOURSELF FOR WHAT YOU CANNOT BE

MINISTER: Dearly beloved... we are gathered here today before God to unite this man and woman in holy matrimony.

ELIZABETH: WE NEEDN'T FEAR TOMORROW

VICTOR: WITH YOU THE WORLD BEGINS ANEW

ELIZABETH: TRUE LOVE CAN NEVER DIE

VICTOR: YOU ARE MY ONLY GUIDING STAR

ELIZABETH: WITH ALL THESE DREAMS TO FOLLOW

VICTOR: AM I TOO LATE TO LIVE THIS DREAM?

ELIZABETH: PLEASE PROMISE ME YOU'LL TRY

ELIZABETH & VICTOR: TO KNOW THE WORKINGS OF THE HEART

VICTOR: SO SOON THE END TO ALL THIS MADNESS

ELIZABETH: HOW I SO WANT TO BELIEVE YOU

VICTOR: NEVER AGAIN WILL YOU KNOW SADNESS

ELIZABETH: TO HOLD YOU FAST AND NEVER LEAVE YOU

ELIZABETH & VICTOR:

THROUGH DARKEST NIGHTS AND LOST DAYS
OUR HEARTS WILL LOVE FOR ALWAYS
THAT'S SOMETHING EVEN DEATH CANNOT UNDO

MINISTER: I now pronounce you man and wife.

VICTOR: It was planned for us to spend the first night of our union in a villa on the shores of Lake Geneva. From there, I would be sure to see his approach, and I could go out to meet my fate. And Elizabeth would be spared the sight of it.