A musical by Adam Gwon Ordinary Days - Big Picture Lyrics
DEB I’ll have a mocha caramel latte-chino Made with skim milk, no whipped cream Please put that in a grande cup But use the same amount of coffee that you’d put into a tall That way there’s about an inch of extra room on top To stir in my own nutmeg without spilling any coffee at all What do you want?
WARREN I’ll have a tea.
DEB What kind?
WARREN Just. Tea?
DEB He’ll have your green Darjeeling tea, Which I’m sure you know cannot be steeped for more than ninety-five seconds. Shall we? So, what’s your deal?
WARREN My what?
DEB Your deal. What are you about?
WARREN Well, I’m about five foot five, I guess. You really don’t find me funny at all.
DEB Funny, yes. Amusing, no. But seriously, Warren, I want to know. Describe to me your big picture
WARREN Well, there’s this Picasso
DEB Don’t start. Everyone’s got a big picture. Something they shoot for that sets them apart. We’ve all got an awful lot to do before we’re dead. So, where do you see yourself in, say, five years?
WARREN I haven’t thought that far ahead.
DEB Are you gonna be serious?
WARREN Do I have to. Well. I work for an artist.
DEB Tell me what you do.
WARREN I don’t know, I watch his cat. And this morning I fixed his curtain rod.
DEB Sure, okay, that pays the rent But that is not exactly what I meant When I asked to hear your big picture Something beyond your daily routine Talk about your big picture The fairy tale ending that you’ve always seen I am sure there’s something more to you than doing chores Everyone’s got a big picture in mind
WARREN So, what’s yours?
DEB Well, since you asked. In five years I’ll have an amazing apartment With bookshelves built into the walls A window that looks out on someplace big And a personal assistant who screens my calls The book I write will be required reading To get into the seminars that I’ll be leading That’s the plan, as far as I can see it. And yet it isn’t quite apparent What I’m supposed to do to get it. Some big picture. How’s your tea?
WARREN My what?
DEB Your tea?
WARREN Oh, it’s sort of… gotten cold.
DEB These stupid baristas don’t know how to heat a proper –
WARREN Deb, it’s really okay. Look, I know that we just met. But it seems to me that maybe you might wanna get Some perspective on this big picture Big, after all, is a relative term. Maybe this whole big picture Shouldn’t be something on which you stand firm You’re in a rut, who cares, so what? If your picture’s not quite clear. I mean, you and me and lukewarm tea. This could be your really big picture right here.
DEB Oh my God, you’re right.
WARREN See?
DEB Sitting here at Starbucks drinking mediocre coffee with A professional cat sitter is all my life is going to amount to.
WARREN That’s not really what I meant.
DEB No, it’s okay, I’m a strong woman, I can handle it. Oh my God, what time is it? I have to go.
JASON Where are you going, Claire?
WARREN You don’t have to go.
CLAIRE Please don’t –
JASON Claire, stop.
DEB Yes, I do, I’m late for my appointment.
CLAIRE Not now.
WARREN Deb, there’s something I want to show you.
JASON You can’t just leave me in the rain And hope that things will wash away.
DEB I can’t. Not now. Yes, later, Warren. I promise, later, Warren.
JASON Promise me. Would you just then. Don’t you want to - Jesus, Claire. Where are you going, Claire? Can’t you just talk to me, Claire?
[Thanks to Shiela for lyrics]
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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
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