Ordinary Days - One By One by One Lyrics

A musical by Adam Gwon
Ordinary Days - One By One by One Lyrics


WARREN
Good morning! Would you like to take a….
Hi! Could I interest you in….
Excuse me! A free piece of stock! This is for you.
“On the road of life let no obstacle,
Great or small, stand in your way.”
Hi. My name is Warren.
It’s another day out here in the metropolis.
I’m employed, as you might see, as an ambassador
For a very very influential downtown artist
whose been featured in the New York Times.
This guy, he is a genius.
He paints these pithy sayings all across the city.
But then he got arrested ‘cause I guess it is illegal
And he hired me to watch his cat.
While he’s in jail.

I have taken it upon myself
As someone very dedicated
To keep the artist’s vision with the people on the street
Even though the artist is incarcerated.

So. I made these flyers.
With the sayings that he painted on the sidewalks and the walls
And one by one by one my duty calls.

Good morning, sir!
Wouldn’t you like to brighten up your day?

MAN
No.

WARREN
Well, these were made especially, but wait – hey mister!
Ma’am take a work of art with you today.

WOMAN
Not today, thanks.

WARREN
But it’s been created by a – well, screw you!
Kindness is a virtue that is oftentimes ignored.
Ugh. Stop. Breathing, breathing.
Channeling the energy of positive vibrations.
Inviting them in one by one by one by one.

Okay. Here’s my frustration.
The city tends to make me feel invisible.
Yes, of all the superpowers it’s the one I’d like to have.
But it isn’t very handy when you’re trying
to get noticed as a pioneer of visual art.
I start. My every morning.
In the thick of all these people
with my hopes and dreams restored
And one by one by one I get ignored.

Ugh. It makes me wanna scream
Or write a manifesto
That declares the city void of any soul
Hello!
I’d nail it to the lamppost
And shout it from the rooftops
Loud and clear.
But who would hear?

Huh. Well, that’s auspicious.
And though surely it is not a guarantee.
Maybe one by one by one by one by one by one by one by one
This whole entire city’s gonna look at me.

[Thanks to Charley for lyrics]


Ordinary Days Lyrics One By One by One



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Ordinary Days the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
One By One by One
Don't Wanna Be Here
The Space Between
Let Things Go
Dear Professor Thompson (Part 1)
Life Story
Dear Professor Thompson (Part 2)
I'm Trying
Saturday at the Met
Favorite Places
Sort-Of Fairy Tale
Fine
Big Picture
Hundred-Story City
Party Interlude
Calm
Life Story (reprise)
Gotta Get Out
Rooftop Duet / Falling
I'll Be Here
Beautiful