Daylight

Description
This song begins after Mr. Mistoffelees's song, and is sung by Jemima. After Jemima finishes singing, Munkustrap explains to the Jellicles that Old Deuteronomy will now make the Jellicle Choice. Before the patriarch can commence, Grizabella interupts. Old Deuteronomy lets Grizabella speak, and this is where the song Memory starts.

Lyrics
JEMIMA:

Daylight,

See the dew on a sunflower.

And a rose that is fading,

Roses wither away.

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Like the sunflower,

I yearn to turn my face to the dawn.

I am waiting,

For the day.

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MUNKUSTRAP:

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.