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[JON]Why do we play with fire?Why do we run our finger through the flame?Why do we leave our hand on the stoveAlthough we know, we're in for some pain?​Oh, why do we refuse to hang a lightWhen the streets are dangerous?Why does it take an accidentBefore the truth gets through to us?​Cages or wingsWhich do you prefer?Ask the birds​Fear or love, babyDon't say the answerActions speak louder than wo..

[JON]When I was nineMichael and IEntered a talent show down at the Y​9 A.M. went to rehearse by some stairsMike couldn't singBut I said, "No one cares"​We sang "Yellow Bird" and "Let's Go Fly A Kite"Over and over and over'Til we got it right​When we emerged from the Y.M.C.AThree o'clock sun had made the grass hay​I thoughtHey, what a way to spend a dayHey, what a way to spend a dayI make a vowRi..

[KARESSA]You're on the airI'm undergroundSignal's fadingCan't be found​I finally open upFor you I would do anythingBut you've turned off the volumeJust when I've begun to sing​Come to your sensesDefenses are not the way to goAnd you know, or at least you knew​Everything's strangeYou've changed, and I don't know what to doTo get through, I don't know what to do​I have to laughWe sure put on a sho..

[JON]It's not you, she saysIt's just that life's so hardWe all get blue, I sayHang on tight, I'll be your bodyguard​Something's breakin' my baby's heartSomething's breakin' my baby's heartSomething's breakin' my baby's heartOh, oh, I just want to see her smile​It's a drag, she saysWhen the world's so meanIt's just a red flag, I sayGotta look for the green​Oh, oh, oh​Something's breakin' my baby'..

[JON]She can be whiteShe can be brownShe's always easyGoin' down, goin' down​She don't care, what I look likeOr how I dressShe never says, "No"Always says, "Yes"​Oh, oh, oh​SugarShe's refinedFor a small priceShe blows my mind​SugarShe's got the powerSoothes my soul for half and hourHalf an hour, half an hour, half an hour​[KARESSA (SPOKEN)]Twinkies! Oh my God, I love them!​[KARESSA]She's my hone..

[MICHAEL]Sunlight through the windowAcross from your bedBeauty is stillCan you see it?What more can you want?Is this real life?Is this real life?Heartbeats of your childrenAsleep in the next roomTrust so stillCan you hear it?What more can you want?Is this real life?Is this real life?​[MICHAEL & JON]Why do we seek up ecstasyIn all the wrong places?Why is it hard to seeThat heaven can have simpler..

[SUSAN]Are you saying we can't talk?​[JON]Are you saying we're not talking?​[SUSAN]What are you saying?​[JON]What are you saying?I'm saying:​[JON]I feel bad, that you feel badAbout me feeling bad, about you feeling badAbout what I said, about what you saidAbout me not being able to share a feeling​[SUSAN]If I thought that what you thoughtWas that I hadn't thought about sharing my thoughtsThen my..

[MICHAEL]No moreWalking up six flights of stairsOr throwing down the keyBecause there is no buzzer​No moreWalking thirteen blocksWith thirty pounds of laundryIn the fuckin' dead of Winter​No moreFaulty wiringNo morePainted floors​No moreSpitting out my Ultra BriteOn top of dirty dishesIn the one and only sink​Hello, to my walk in closetsTidy as Park AvenueHello, my butcher block tableI could get..

[DINER WORKERS (SPOKEN)]Straight back and to the leftPick up those fucking eggsB...ring! B...ring!Who took my rye bread?Four waters to table sevenI'm sorry, we don't deliver on SundayI need table three for two, yesterdayIs there a list?Harrington? Harrington?Kaplan, K-A-P-L-A-N for seven​[JON]Order​[DINER WORKERS (SPOKEN)]No, I'm sorry, those people were here firstWe don't have tables for sevenA..

[Jon]Break of day, the dawn is hereJohnny's up and pacingCompromise, or persevereHis mind is racingJohnny has no guideJohnny wants to hideCan he make a markIf he gives up his spark?Johnny can't decide​[Susan]Susan longs to live by the seaShe's through with competitionSusan wants a familyJohnny's got a tough decisionJohnny has no guide​[Jon & Susan]Johnny wants to hidCan he settle downAnd still n..