A musical by Adam Gwon Ordinary Days - I'm Trying Lyrics
CLAIRE Uhm, what is this?
JASON Oh, come on. A childhood memento. Let’s put it there on the shelf.
CLAIRE How ‘bout the back of the pantry?
JASON My brother made it himself.
CLAIRE Good thing your brother doesn’t live here.
JASON Hey, do you think we could clean out some of the stuff in your closet?
CLAIRE What stuff? Didn’t we make room for all your things? Look, your drafting table fits perfectly over there.
JASON Honey, what is all this old junk? Do you really need it?
CLAIRE Just things I want to hold on to.
JASON Oh, come on. Old birthday cards, ticket stubs, I’ve never even seen you wear this sweater.
CLAIRE I want to keep it, okay?
JASON Hey, let’s take the day, just unpack. We’ll both be given more space. Once everything is in its place.
CLAIRE Oh my God, Jason.
JASON What is it?
CLAIRE You kept this?
JASON Of course I did.
CLAIRE Top ten things to do in New York before you leave it.
JASON The cover story in this magazine. I threw it in the trash.
CLAIRE And I said, “Go retrieve it. Nine of those things are things you’ve never seen.” Number Ten, eat a bagel.
JASON That’s the one I’ve done.
CLAIRE Number Nine, root for the Mets
JASON Does this go on?
CLAIRE All the way to Number One.
JASON Number Eight insists we go to Brooklyn
CLAIRE To see where they make beer
JASON Number Seven calls for CLAIRE Trapeze lessons
JASON She grabs my hand, and suddenly we’re at the pier.
CLAIRE They’ve got a tent set up right by the river. This whole circus thing, who knew? You go in a classroom for an hour and they show you what to do.
JASON Then, one at a time, They make you climb so high into the air. And as I go up, it’s hard not to throw up But I’m trying.
CLAIRE Every week we pick a number And work our way on down the list
JASON Broadway shows
CLAIRE Botanic gardens A tour of City Hall
JASON There wasn’t one we missed.
CLAIRE Number Three describes some cooking classes At the Institute Francais.
JASON I’m allergic to the French, you know.
CLAIRE He makes a face. I sign us both up anyway.
JASON She’s got a knack for flipping over omelets. She becomes the teacher’s pet.
CLAIRE Meanwhile, he’s got yoke stuck in his egg whites, And he’s getting quite upset.
JASON I am not upset. I’m simply letting breakfast stir my soul.
CLAIRE So he can’t cook.
JASON But honey, look. I’m trying.
CLAIRE In my head I draw a map that shows the whole entire city. I put a mental pushpin at the places where we laugh Like Number Four, that fancy store
JASON The salesman who ignored us.
CLAIRE Or Number Two
JASON The Zoo
CLAIRE And that giraffe.
JASON It was fun you know, to see the city I would do it all again. But that was what, a year ago? And all those places, well. We haven’t been since then.
CLAIRE I remember when we finally got finished. The Number One thing to do I hadn’t been to Central Park in ages So I’m soaking up the view We’re just standing still The city’s silhouette against the sky And I think, “Why can’t this moment last Instead of slipping into the past.” I want to keep that moment with me all of the time And heaven knows that I’m –
JASON Hey, let me be your tour guide this time. I know exactly where to find Number Eleven.
CLAIRE I’m trying.
[Thanks to Charley 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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