Adventure’s the Life For Me

Artist

Kevin Norberg

Album

“The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” – stage musical

Lyrics

REEPICHEEP: If you’re looking for adventure
There are two things you should bring:
With a sword in hand and courage in heart,
You’ll conquer most anything!

REEPICHEEP + ALL: There’s nothing like a good adventure

REEPICHEEP: To bring out the mouse in me!

REEPICHEEP + ALL: So take me on another voyage for
ADVENTURE’S THE LIFE FOR ME!

ALL: You can take a trip on a Narnian ship
And sail on an ocean breeze.
You can battle a gale and a serpent’s tail
And conquer the seven seas!

REEPICHEEP + ALL: There’s nothing like a good adventure
To bring out the best in me!
So take me on another voyage for
ADVENTURE’S THE LIFE FOR ME!

keychange

RYNELF: When the waves began to thrash us,
And the winds began to blow;
When we lost our mast, it was I who stood fast

SAILORS: As he rode out the storm below!

RYNELF + ALL: There’s nothing like a good adventure

RYNELF: To bring out the man in me!

RYNELF + ALL: So let’s go on another voyage for
ADVENTURE’S THE LIFE FOR ME!

Instrumental Break

LUCY: You can fall in the lap of a slaver’s trap,
A nightmarish tale to tell,
There’ll be things much worse
than a witch’s curse,

REEPICHEEP: But valor can break the spell!

LUCY & REEPICHEEP: There’s nothing like a good adventure

LUCY: To bring out the girl in me!

LUCY + ALL: So let’s go on another voyage for
ADVENTURE’S THE LIFE FOR ME!

much slower

EUSTACE: Well, I guess you knew when I joined your crew
I was perfectly ill-behaved!
But the monster who set sail with you

a tempo

Is back in the dragon’s cave!

EUSTACE + ALL: There’s nothing like a good adventure

EUSTACE: To bring out the beast in me!

EUSTACE + ALL: So take me on another voyage for
ADVENTURE’S THE LIFE FOR ME!

ALL: There’s nothing like a good adventure
To bring out the best —

RYNELF: And the man

REEPICHEEP: And the mouse

LUCY: And the girl

EUSTACE: And the beast

SAILORS: As we sail to the east!

ALL: To bring out the best in me,
So take me on another voyage for
ADVENTURE’S THE LIFE FOR ME!

So we’ll take another trip on our sailing ship
For ADVENTURE’S THE LIFE FOR ME!

Behind the Song

ADVENTURE’S THE LIFE FOR ME opens the second act and is reprised near the end of the musical when the crew is about to leave their adventures behind and go their separate ways.

The solos are sung by REEPICHEEP (the valiant mouse), RYNELF (shipmate), LUCY, EUSTACE and joined by the cast (SAILORS) on the Dawn Treader.

Copyright

1983, 2008 Kevin M. Norberg, Invisible Camel Publishing, ASCAP