In Transit - Deep Beneath the City/ Not There Yet Lyrics |
A New A Cappella Musical on Broadway (2016) ALL TRENT
IN MY WAY, ‘CAUSE ALL I’M NOT THERE YET I’M NOT THERE YET STILL ALI THREE JANE FIVE TRENT NINE MS. WILLIAMS EIGHT NATE THIRTEEN MINUTES SO FAR NATE/ALI/JANE UNDERGROUND ON A TRACK IN A CROWDED CAR TIL I GET WHERE I ALL HAVE TO GET BUT I’M NOT THERE YET ALL HOW LONG UNTIL... JANE I CAN DO WHAT I DREAMED I WOULD DO I WOULD DO FOR A LIVING? ALL AND HOW LONG ‘TIL TRENT I CAN LOVE WHO I LOVE AND MY WORLD IS FORGIVING ALL I THOUGHT BY NOW NATE & ALI I’D BE BACK ON MY FEET AND I’D BE WHERE I NEED TO BE JANE/NATE/ALI/TRENT INSTEAD I’M PACKED WITH STRANGERS ALL RIDING THE UPTOWN ALI/JANE 3 TRENT/NINA DOWNTOWN D ALTHEA/SOPHIA CROSSTOWN E NATE/CHRIS/DAVE/STEVEN LOCAL G BOXMAN Ladies and gentlemen, due to train traffic ahead we are being momentarily held. ALL Fuuuuuuuuuuuck. ALL GOTTA DEAL WITH THE FACT THAT I’M NOT THE ONE DRIVIN’ GOTTA TUNE OUT THE WORLD AS A MEANS OF SURVIVIN’ NOT AT HOME, NOT AT PLAY, NOT AT WORK, NOT IN BED NOT ASLEEP, NOT AWAKE, NOT ALIVE AND NOT DEAD NOT IN PLACE BUT STILL NOT MOVING AHEAD BOXMAN EIGHT MILLION SOULS SO BUSY RUSHING AROUND BLIND TO THE BEAUTY OF THE MOMENT AND DEAF TO THE SOUND -- OF THE POLYRHYTHMIC MELODY THE MULTILAYERED HARMONY THE EVERCHANGING SYMPHONY OF LIFE UNDERGROUND WHERE TOGETHER WE RIDE, AND TOGETHER WE WAIT IN A TINY METAL ROOM AS WE ZOOM TOWARD OUR FATE AND WE STRESS ON THE EXPRESS, AND WE BITCH AND WE MOAN IN AN UNNATURAL PROXIMITY, TOGETHER BUT ALONE EIGHT MILLION SOULS RACE TO THEIR DESTINATIONS IN THIS LIMBO LIFE WE LIVE BETWEEN STATIONS (DRUM FILL) ALL NO I’M NOT THERE! WHY AM I NOT THERE YET? JUST ALI TWO JANE ONE NATE FOUR MS. WILLIAMS SIX TRENT SEVENTEEN MINUTES FROM HERE ALI/JANE/TRENT BUT THE TRACK AND THE MAP AND MY ROUTE’S NOT CLEAR ALL WILL I GET WHERE I HAVE TO GET? ALI I’M NOT THERE... MS. WILLIAMS NOT THERE... JANE/TRENT/NATE/CHRIS/ALI/MS. WILLIAMS NOT THERE... I’M ALL DEEP BENEATH THE CITY WITH A THOUSAND OTHER STRANGERS!!! [Thanks to James Allen Ford for lyrics]
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