[ticking stops]
[exhales deeply]
[gentle melody plays]
♪ When I was nine ♪
♪ Michael and I ♪
♪ Entered a talent show down at the Y ♪
♪ Nine a.m. Went to rehearse by some stairs ♪
[sobbing] ♪ Mike couldn't sing ♪
♪ I said, "No one cares" ♪
♪ We sang "Yellow Bird" ♪
♪ And "Let's Go Fly a Kite" ♪
♪ Over and over and over ♪
♪ Till we got it right ♪
♪ When we emerged ♪
♪ From the YMCA ♪
♪ Three o'clock sun ♪
♪ Had made the grass hay ♪
♪ I thought Hey, what a way to spend the day ♪
♪ Hey, what a way to spend the day ♪
♪ I make a vow ♪
♪ Right here and now ♪
♪ I'm gonna spend ♪
♪ My time this way ♪
♪ When I was sixteen ♪
♪ Michael and I ♪
♪ Got parts in West Side ♪
♪ At White Plains High ♪
♪ Three o'clock Went to rehearse in the gym ♪
[laughing] ♪ Mike played Doc Who did not sing ♪
♪ Fine with him ♪
♪ We sang "Got a rocket in your pocket" ♪
♪ And "The Jets are gonna Have their day tonight" ♪
♪ Over and over and over ♪
♪ Till we got it right ♪
♪ When we emerged ♪
♪ Wiped out by that play ♪
♪ Nine o'clock stars ♪
♪ And moon lit the way ♪
♪ I thought, hey ♪
♪ What a way to spend the day ♪
♪ Hey, what a way to spend the day ♪
♪ I made a vow ♪
♪ I wonder now ♪
♪ Am I cut out To spend my time this way? ♪
♪ I'm twenty-nine ♪
♪ Michael and I ♪
♪ Live on the West Side of SoHo, NY ♪
♪ Nine o'clock, I write a lyric or two ♪
♪ Mike sings his song now on Mad Avenue ♪
♪ I sing, "Come to your senses" ♪
♪ "Defenses are not the way to go" ♪
♪ Over and over and over ♪
♪ And over and over And over and over ♪
♪ Till I get it right ♪
♪ When I emerge from B Minor or A ♪
♪ Five o'clock, diner calls ♪
♪ I'm on my way ♪
♪ I think, hey ♪
♪ What a way to spend a day ♪
♪ Hey, what a way to spend a day ♪
♪ I make a vow ♪
♪ Right here and now ♪
♪ I'm gonna spend ♪
♪ My time this way ♪
♪ I'm gonna spend ♪
♪ My time this way ♪
[sighs shakily]