What Would Love Do?

**What Would Love Do?** is a song from The Power of Love. It is sung by Madame Blueberry, Pa Grape, Jimmy Gourd, Jerry Gourd, Petunia Rhubarab and Miss Achmetha.

## Lyrics

**Archibald**: \*ahem\* Once upon a time, in Israel, there lived a woman named Naomi.
**Madame Blueberry**: *I am Naomi, I am Naomi, and my home-i is here in Israel!*
**Archibald**: Naomi had a husband. His name was Elimelech.
**Pa**: *Elimelech! Elimelech! That's me, I'm he, the husband of she.....her!*
**Archibald**: But Naomi and Elimelech weren't alone. They had two sons, Mahlon and Chilion.
**Jimmy**: *I'm Mahlon!*
**Jerry**: *I'm Chilion!*
**Jimmy and Jerry**: *And our names look silly on our name tags.*
**Jerry**: *But that's okay!*
**Jimmy and Jerry**: *Because where we live, there are lots of silly names!*
**Jerry**: Like Elimelech.
**Pa**: Hey, watch it.
**Archibald**: Naomi and Elimelech were in love!
**Madame Blueberry and Pa**: (romantically) \*sigh\*
**Archibald**: Mahlon and Chilion wanted to be in love...
**Jimmy and Jerry**: (sadly) \*sigh\*
**Jimmy**: What was that?
**Jerry**: My tummy. I'm hungry.
**Archibald**: But mostly, they just wanted food.
**Jimmy**: Yeah, where's the food?
**Pa**: Where is the food?
**Archibald**: There was a famine in Israel.
**Jimmy**: Meaning what?
**Archibald**: Oh, uh, no food.
**Jimmy**: No food?!
**Jerry**: No food?!
**Pa**: No food?! What are we doin' in Israel?!
**Archibald**: So they left Israel...
**Jimmy**: *Oh Israel, please don't think we're rude.*
**Pa**: *But we're going somewhere where there's food.*
**Archibald**: ..and walked all the way to the land of Moab.
**Pa**: Hey, it's Moab!
**Jimmy**: Is there food in Moab?
**Archibald**: Yes, they found food in Moab!
**Pa**: Food!
**Jimmy**: Food!
**Jerry**: Pizza!
**Archibald**: They found food in Moab, but Mahlon and Chilion also found love.
**Petunia**: I'm Ruth.
**Jimmy**: (dreamily) Hi, Ruth.
**Miss Achmetha**: I'm Orpah.
**Jerry**: Oprah?
**Miss Achmetha**: No. Orpah.
**Jerry**: Pizza?
**Miss Achmetha**: No! Orpah!!
**Madame Blueberry and Pa**: *There is food, there is love. There is everything we need given by our God above.*
**Jimmy and Petunia**: *There is food.*
**Jerry**: Pizza! Pizza!
**Jimmy and Petunia**: *There is love.*
**Jerry**: Orpah! Orpah!
**Jimmy and Petunia**: *There is everything we need given by our God above.*
**All**: *And we love being in love!*
**Archibald**: They were all wonderfully happy!
**All**: \*sigh\*
**Archibald**: Until something terrible happened...Elimelech died.
**Pa**: Wait, what?
**Madame Blueberry**: Elimelech!
**Archibald**: And then Mahlon died.
**Jimmy**: Wait, what?
**Petunia**: Mahlon!
**Archibald**: And then Chilion died.
**Jerry**: Uhh...what?
**Miss Achmetha**: Pizza!
**Archibald**: And just like that, Naomi, Ruth, and Oprah..
**Miss Achmetha**: Orpah!
**Archibald**: ..Orpah found themselves alone.
**Madame Blueberry**: *We are alone. Our love has died.*
**Petunia**: *Our hearts have wept.*
**Miss Achmetha**: *Our eyes have cried.*
**Petunia**: *It is a sad and horrid day.*
**Miss Achmetha**: *Our happiness has gone away.*
**Madame Blueberry**: *And there's no reason now to stay here in Moab.* I am going back to Israel.
**Petunia**: Should we come with you?
**Miss Achmetha**: Yeah, should we?
**Madame Blueberry**: *Don't be silly. You're still pretty. You'll find love again here in Moab. It's your home here, so don't woe dear. You've got family and friends here in Moab.*
**Miss Achmetha**: Okay! See ya!
**Archibald**: Ruth didn't know what to do. She cared about finding love again, but she also cared about Naomi. Naomi was old, she had no money, no land. Back in Israel, she would have to beg for food.
**Madame Blueberry**: I'll be fine, dear! Look out for yourself.
**Archibald**: Ruth was torn.
**Petunia**: *What should love be? What should love do? Look out for me, or look out for you? If I want a love that's true, what should love be, what should love do?*
**Archibald**: What would love do? Is love more than the funny feeling we get around someone we like? Is real love something stronger, something deeper, something that isn't about us at all? We'll find out right after this break!