At last, the time has come for Old Deuteronomy to make

the Jellicle Choice and decide which one cat will be reborn

into a new Jellicle life. At that moment, Grizabella reappears.

Again she recalls her "Memory" of how things used to be. She

pleads to her brothers and sisters, yearning to come back to

them. This time, through a greater appreciation of tolerance,

the cats accept her back into the tribe.



GRIZABELLA:

Daylight, see the dew on the sunflower

And a rose that is fading

Roses wither away

Like the sunflower I yearn to turn my face to the dawn

I am waiting for the day



SOLO:

Now Old Deuteronomy, just before dawn

Through a silence you feel you could cut with a knife

Announces the cat who can now be reborn

And come back to a different jellicle life



GRIZABELLA:

Memory, turn your face to the moonlight

Let your memory lead you

Open up, enter in

If you find there the meaning of what happiness is

Then a new life will begin



Memory, all alone in the moonlight

I can smile at the old days

I was beautiful then

I remember the time I knew what happiness was

Let the memory live again



Burnt out ends of smokey days

The stale cold smell of morning

The streetlamp dies, another night is over

Another day is dawning



Daylight, I must wait for the sunrise

I must think of a new life