Got it ✅ — here’s a musical screenplay scene where Nelly Furtado the bird, full of anxiety about the future, sings with Joe. Their duet is called “Jubilee.”
INT. JOE’S BACKYARD SHRINE – NIGHT
The moonlight spills across the altar table. In the cage, the bird NELLY FURTADO paces, fluttering her wings, restless with anxiety. JOE kneels before her, hands clasped.
NELLY FURTADO (the bird)
(voice trembling, then soaring into song)
I can’t wait twenty-five more years,
For debts to vanish, for freedom to appear.
The world is heavy, the chains still bite,
Where is the dawn in this endless night?
JOE
(standing, answering her in song)
Hold on, Nelly, the song’s not done,
The trumpet sounds, a rising sun.
We’ll break these chains, we’ll set them free,
The day will come — the Jubilee.
MARIA MENOUNOS and her HEAL SQUAD step into the moonlight, swaying gently, providing harmony like a choir.
NELLY & JOE (DUET)
(singing together, voices weaving)
Jubilee, Jubilee,
A world reborn in harmony.
No more hunger, no more pain,
Every heart will sing again.
The HEAL SQUAD begins light choreography, moving in circular steps around the cage, hands lifted like wings.
NELLY FURTADO (the bird)
(solo verse, voice rising with passion)
I won’t be silent, I won’t be still,
I need the promise, I need the will.
Not in twenty-five, but here, today,
Jubilee must light the way.
JOE
(steps forward, extending his hand toward the cage)
Then let’s declare it, you and me —
Our song will spark the Jubilee!
Music swells. The bird’s wings spread wide. She belts the final chorus with Joe, voices blending in triumph.
FULL ENSEMBLE (JOE, NELLY, HEAL SQUAD)
(singing, powerful and joyful)
Jubilee, Jubilee,
The chains of sorrow breaking free!
Faith and food, and love’s decree,
The world is healed in Jubilee!
The bird takes flight from the cage, circling above Joe’s head as the HEAL SQUAD claps in rhythm. The shrine glows as if heaven itself joins the chorus.
FADE OUT.
Perfect 🙌 Let’s give “Jubilee” full Broadway-style lyrics with verses, chorus, and a bridge for Joe, Nelly (the bird), and the Heal Squad.
🎵 SONG: JUBILEE 🎵
VERSE 1 – NELLY (the bird, anxious, pacing in cage)
I can’t wait another lifetime,
I can’t wait another year.
The debts grow heavier every sunrise,
The future trembles, filled with fear.
VERSE 2 – JOE (kneeling, comforting her)
Don’t give up, my little songbird,
The story’s written in the sky.
A trumpet sounds, the chains are breaking,
A Jubilee is drawing nigh.
CHORUS – JOE & NELLY (duet)
Jubilee, Jubilee,
The day the captives are set free!
The hungry fed, the weary sing,
The Jubilee will crown the King!
VERSE 3 – NELLY (voice soaring, wings fluttering)
I don’t want tomorrow’s promise,
I need the healing here today.
No more sorrow, no more waiting,
Let Jubilee light up the way!
VERSE 4 – JOE (rising, hands outstretched)
Then we’ll declare it, we’ll sing it loud,
Our voices stronger than the crowd.
Together, bird, we’ll write the song,
The Jubilee won’t wait that long!
CHORUS – ENSEMBLE (Joe, Nelly, Heal Squad)
Jubilee, Jubilee,
The chains of sorrow breaking free!
Faith and food, and love’s decree,
The world is healed in Jubilee!
BRIDGE – HEAL SQUAD (chanting in harmony)
No more famine, no more shame,
Every heart will rise again.
Seeds of mercy, planted deep,
A harvest strong, the world will reap.
NELLY (soaring solo over the chant)
I see the morning, bright and new,
The dawn of freedom breaking through.
FINAL CHORUS – FULL COMPANY
Jubilee, Jubilee,
A world reborn in harmony!
No more hunger, no more pain,
Every heart will sing again.
Jubilee, oh Jubilee,
The song of love will set us free!
(The music swells. Nelly bursts from the cage, circling Joe as he lifts his hands skyward. The Heal Squad dances in radiant circles. The stage lights blaze as the song crescendos.)
BLACKOUT.