This is an update: I've been sent a great version of the song by a singer/songwriter named Dayna Lynn in British Columbia, Canada, so I don't think I need any more help on this one:
https://soundcloud.com/david-gardiner-8/a-girl-who-gets-around-stage-versionIn fact there is now only one remaining set of lyrics needing a melody and arrangement, which is for a young male voice (since the character in the musical is a teenager) and it's a kind of 'teenage angst' song that's used at two points in the play with slightly different words. here it is if anybody is interrested. Mood 'anxious', style, simple ballad with single instrument accompaniment:
Danny’s Confession Song
It’s way beyond what I should have to cope with
I don’t know what to say or who to tell
Should I speak at Connor’s trial as a witness
Should I talk to Pedro’s family as well?
What would it change if I should make a statement,
Explain the lead-up to the dark event?
Can anything be learned from how it happened,
That similar disasters might prevent?
Would I be seen as seeking out the limelight
Pretending there was something that I knew?
Would I be making mountains out of mole-hills
My story adding nothing that was new?
I need to talk to someone more impartial
My father’s mind is firmly made up
I need to get perspective and some distance
To know if I’ve been served a poison cup
It’s way beyond what I should have to cope with
I don’t know what to say or who to tell
There must be someone wise that I can turn to
With guidance he can offer me as well.
Someone who can help me to unburden
Someone I can trust to never tell…