Nettie:
I wanna know how the world goes
How far is the moon?
How the sky changes color?
Hope I find out soon
What you want?
Celie:
I wanna sit and do nothing
Make you a new dress
Hope my babies are happy
Someplace God will bless
Pa:
Celie! Get to work!
Nettie:
Ain't no need to discuss
Celie:
It ain't worth a big fuss
Nettie & Celie:
Whatever come to us
Is in God's hands
When I lay me down to sleep
I will say my prayer
That God love me so deep
He will promise our souls to keep
Together
I'll say a prayer
Nettie:
Who that man talkin' to Pa?
Celie:
He lookin' for a new wife take care of his mean chirren
Mister:
I want to marry Nettie
She a sweet young girl
Pa:
She too young.
Mister:
She the cutest thing
In this whole world
Pa:
She gonna be a teacher
Nettie:
Picture me in a schoolhouse
With my college degree
I could teach all my children
To spell Tennessee
Pa:
You can have Celie, though. She too old to be livin' at home.
Celie:
Maybe I’ll have a garden
Where birds come to sing
I’ll know a finch from a sparrow
Fix a broken wing
Mister:
I don't want Celie. She ugly.
Nettie:
I wanna hear your birds sing
Celie:
Wanna hear your school bell ring
Nettie & Celie:
No matter what life bring
Us in God's hands
Pa:
Whyn't you quit comin' 'round here. Just go on an’ marry your Shug Avery?
Church Ladies:
Shug Avery
Nettie:
Who Shug Avery?
Church Ladies:
Shug Avery!
Celie:
She Mister ol' girlfriend
Mister:
Shug Avery not a child-raisin' woman, you know that. She the queen honeybee.
Pa:
She a low-down ho, is what everybody say.
You lookin' for a new Shug Avery, you better go to Memphis. All we got here is one
pretty girl you can't never have, and one ugly gal that work like a man.
Mister:
I-I-I-I-I really want that girl
Pa:
I told you no!
Nettie & Celie / Mister:
When I / I wanna
Lay me down to / marry
Sleep / Nettie
I will / she a
Say my prayer / sweet young girl
That God love
Me / She the
So deep / sweetest thing
He will / in this
Promise / whole
Our souls / wide world
To keep together. / I-I-I-I
I'll say a prayer / I really want that girl
Celie:
You want any kids?
Nettie:
Someday, I guess
We'll live in big houses
Celie:
Put swings in the trees
Nettie:
Braid up your gray hair
Nettie & Celie:
In the cool of the breeze
And one day
Our children will sing
When I lay me down to sleep
I will say my prayer
That God love me so deep
He will promise our souls to keep
Together
I'll say a prayer
I'll say our prayer