CATHERINE
I guess I can't believe you really came
And that we're sitting on this pier.
See, I'm smiling â
That means I'm happy that you're here.
I stole this sweater from the costume shop -
It makes me look like Daisy Mae.
See, we're laughing â
I think we're gonna be okay.
I mean, we'll have to try a little harder
And bend things to and fro
To make this love as special
As it was five years ago.
I mean, you made it to Ohio!
Who knows where else we can go?
I think you're really gonna like this show.
I'm pretty sure it doesn't suck.
See, you're laughing, and I'm smiling,
By a river in Ohio
And you're mineâ¦
We're doing fine.
I think we both can see what could be better â
I'll own when I was wrong.
With all we've had to go through,
We'll end up twice as strong.
And so we'll start again this weekend,
And just keep rolling alongâ¦
Her face falls â Jamie has just told her he'll be leaving tomorrow.
I didn't know you had to go so soon.
I thought we had a little timeâ¦
Look, whatever, if you have to,
Then you have to, so whatever.
It's all right â
We'll have tonight.
You know what makes me crazy?
I'm sorry, can I say this?
You know what makes me nuts?
The fact that we could be together,
Here together,
Sharing our night, spending our time,
And you are gonna choose someone else to be with - no, you are.
Yes, Jamie, that's exactly what you're doing:
You could be here with me,
Or be there with them -
As usual, guess which you pick!
No, Jamie, you do not have to go to another party -
With the same twenty jerks you already know
You could stay with your wife on her fucking birthday
And you could, God forbid, even see my show
And I know in your soul it must drive you crazy
That you won't get to play with your little girlfriends â
No I'm not, no I'm not! â and the point is, Jamie,
That you can't spend a single day
That's not about
You and you and nothing but you.
Mahvelous novelist, you!
Isn't he wonderful, just twenty-eight!
The savior of writing!
You and you and nothing but you â
Miles and piles of you,
Pushing through windows and bursting through walls
En route to the sky!
And Iâ¦
I swear to God I'll never understand
How you can stand there, straight and tall
And see I'm crying,
And not do anything at allâ¦
- :
- In Concert With Anika Noni Rose
- 13
- Jason Robert Brown in Concert with Anika Noni Rose (Live)
- Songs for a New World (World Premiere Recording)
- Songs for a New World
- Parade (1999 original Broadway cast)
- The Last 5 Years
- Parade
- The Last Five Years
- Bridges of Madison County (2014 Broadway)
- How We React and How We Recover