Is It True?/It's a Hoax!

**Is It True/It's a Hoax** is the seventh song from The Great Moon Hoax sung by the full company. It is the seventh track on the soundtrack album and was written by Matt Dahan.

## Lyrics

**Chorus:**

Now we know (And now we know)

We're not alone (We're not alone)

**Narrator:**

Planet Earth, eighteen thirty five

On a Tuesday, August twenty-fifth

The penny paper New York Sun

Ran a story claiming there was life

On the lunar surface, who would believe this?

...Everyone believed this

**Sun Employees:**

(excited crowd noises)

**Narrator:**

Thomas sent for Samuel

Called back to work, and when he arrived

People applauded

A room left for dead, now looked alive

**Sun Employees:**

(excited counterpoint)

**Sun Employee 1:**

Samuel, Samuel

Is it true?

**Samuel:**

Yes, I'm telling you

Yes, I'm telling you

John sent me a copy of his notes

It’s all here

**Sun Employee 2:**

Samuel, Samuel

Is there more?

**Samuel:**

Yes, there's plenty more

Yes, there's plenty more

Weekly columns full of breaking news

Have no fear

**Sun Employee 3:**

How'd you get the exclusive?

Do you know the man?

**Samuel:**

He's a family friend

We've been in touch since he began

It traveled by post from the African coast

Since he’s still on his quest

I wish that he were around

He'd put all of your doubts to rest

**Chorus:**

A young man with a pencil

Thought he was lost, but he turned the tide

Young man with potential

Saving our paper and saving our hide

**Samuel:**

Benjamin

**Benjamin:**

Samuel, I have never

Seen the Sun this way

**Samuel:**

Early returns are good?

**Benjamin:**

We'll be rich by the end of the day!

**Narrator:**

Chester Thomas

Owner of the New York Sun

Opens his door

And glares at everyone

**Thomas, spoken:**

Samuel, my office

**Narrator:**

Though his paper's in demand

Selling fiction’s not his brand

Samuel Stratford forced his hand

Now he’s in a fragile state

Money tends to complicate

Things that once had no debate

**Thomas:**

It’s a lie

One big lie

I saw it in your notebook yesterday

It’s a hoax

One big hoax

Your arrogance is fully on display

To think that you could pull the wool

Over this city’s eyes

What you did is staggering

But it is no surprise

‘Cause you're a lie

One big lie

So naive and blinded by your youth

I'm not mad... uh, wait...

Why aren't I mad?

‘Cause what if this big lie became the truth?

I could huff and puff until

Your story disappears

​​But we just sold more papers

Than we did all of last year

It’s a lie

One big lie

A lie that I can live with if I try

I’ll be rich

I’ll be so rich

I hate and love you so much I could cry

Oh, I'm sorry you were fired

Welcome back, you're hired

The work you're doing with your sister's

Wonderfully inspired

I have faith in you, sonny

Don't try anything funny

Good talk, now make me money

**Benjamin, spoken:**

What happened in there?

**Samuel, spoken:**

…I have no idea. I think I was...

Complimented?

**Benjamin, spoken:**

**(laughs)**

Welcome back, Samuel

**Chorus:**

When the working day is through

Samuel walks the avenue

The same one he and Rose had walked for ages

Manhattan was a gorgeous sight

But he would get no sleep tonight

**Rose, spoken:**

Samuel, there you are!

**(sung)**

Let’s go, we have work to do

**Samuel:**

New adventures to accrue

**Rose, Samuel:**

An empty book's in front of you

It’s time to fill the pages

**Margaret:**

Don't be scared of the dark

Cause that is where the dreaming starts...

## External Links

* Is It True?/It's a Hoax on iTunes
* Is it True?/It's a Hoax on Spotify