Bi-Coastal

PETER
You used to live in New York City
Then you moved to L.A.
But you still miss the streets
Where you used to play

So you hurry on back there
Even leave your pool and your car
Only to find you no longer belong
Fool, don't you know what you are

You hit the streets at midnight
Still dancing after dawn
But something seems to be missing
Just what are you running from?

Do you like your love in the dark
Or laid out in the sun
When you can't make up your mind
Don't you know what you've become?

Bi-coastal, miss the natural speed of the city
Bi-coastal, California's fine if you're pretty

You can always hear me singing
Oh say can you see
From the towers of Manhattan
To the hills of Beverly

All those girls in TV movies
All those boys on Broadway
When you can't make up your mind
You know you'd go either way

Bi-coastal, miss the natural speed of the city
Bi-coastal, California's fine if you're pretty
Bi-coastal, miss the natural speed of the city
Bi-coastal, California's fine if you're pretty
Bi-coastal, when both are so much fun
Why do you have to pick
Why do you have to pick
Why do you have to pick one?


If You Were Wondering

PETER
If you were wondering who I am
I am a man
Just like any other man

GREG
Unlike any other man

PETER
If you were wondering who I was
I was a boy

GREG
Let me guess
Just like any other boy
Starting out on some great mystery

PETER
On the road
When I had no choice
I waited out a century
I took a load
Until I found my voice
There's nothing wrong with being me

If you were wondering who I love
I love you
'Cause that's all I have to do
'Cause I'm a man
Just like any other man
Unlike any other man

PETER & GREG
'Cause I'm a man
Just like any other man
Unlike any other man


Everything Old Is New Again

PETER
When trumpets were mellow
And ev'ry gal only had one fellow
No need to remember when
'Cause ev'ry thing old is new again

Dancin' at your Long Island Jazz Age parties
Waiter, bring us more Bacardis
We'll order now what they ordered then
'Cause ev'ry thing old is new again

Get out your white suit, your tap shoes and tails
Let's go backwards when forward fails
And movie stars you thought were long dead
Now are framed beside your bed

Don't throw your past away
You might need it some rainy day
Dreams can come true again
When ev'ry thing old is new again

ALL
Get out your white suit, your tap shoes and tails
Let's go backwards when forward fails
But leave Greta Garbo alone
And be a movie star on your own

Don't throw your past away
You might need it some rainy day
Dreams can come true again
When ev'ry thing old is new again

Get out your white suit, your tap shoes and tails
Let's go backwards when forward fails
But leave Greta Garbo alone
And be a movie star on your own

Don't throw your past away
You might need it some rainy day
Dreams can come true again
When ev'ry thing old is new again


Everything Old Is New Again (Reprise)

MARION
Don't throw the past away
You might need it some rainy day
Dreams can come true again
When ev'ry thing old is new again

Get out your white suit, your tap shoes and tails
Put it in backwards when forward fails
But leave Greta Garbo alone
And be a movie star on your own

Don't throw the past away
You might need it some rainy day
Dreams can come true again
When ev'ry thing old is new again
When ev'ry thing old is new again


Love Don't Need a Reason

PETER
If my heart always did
What a normal heart should do
If I always play a part
Instead of being who I really am

Then I might just miss
The one who's standing there
So instead of passing by
Show that someone that I care
Instead asking why
Why me? And why you?
Why not we two?

'Cause love don't need a reason
Love don't always rhyme
And love is all we have for now
What we don't have is time

No, I'm not about to go
Because I wanna stay
With you to the end
With you, my friend

I'll hold you close
Time won't tear us apart
I will stand by you
It's got to start with the beat of one heart
Together, we can see this through

PETER & GREG
'Cause love don't need a reason
Love is never a crime
And love is all we have for now

PETER
What we don't have is time


I Honestly Love You

GREG
Maybe I hang around here
A little more than I should
We both know I got somewhere else to go
But I've got something to tell you
That I never thought I would
But I believe you really ought to know
I love you
I honestly love you

I'm not trying to make you feel uncomfortable
I'm not trying to make you anything at all
But this feeling doesn't come along every day
And you shouldn't blow the chance
When you've got the chance to say
I love you
I love you
I honestly love you

And if we both were born
In another place and time
This moment might be ending with a kiss
But there you are with yours
And here I am with mine
So I guess we'll just be leaving it at this
I love you
I love you
I honestly love you


You and Me

LIZA
You and me
We wanted it all
We wanted it all
Passion without pain
Sunshine without rainy days
We wanted it always

You and me
We reached for the sky
The limit was high
Never giving in
Certain we would win that prize
I should have seen it in your eyes

Look how all our dreams came true
See how I've got me
And baby, you've got you
And through it all
Just one thing died
A little thing called love
A feeling deep inside

PETER
You and me
We're not like the rest
We once were the best

LIZA
Back when we were dumb
How did we become so smart
And learn to break each other's hearts

Look how all our dreams came true
See how I've got me
And baby, you've got you

PETER & LIZA
And through it all
Just one thing died
A little thing called love
A feeling deep inside

LIZA
You and me
We're not like the rest
We once were the best
But look what we became
Isn't it a crying shame
That we almost made it
But we wanted it all

PETER & LIZA
Remember you and me
We wanted it all

LIZA
We wanted it all


I Still Call Australia Home

PETER
I've been to cities that never close down
From New York to Rio and old London town
But no matter how far
Or how wide I roam
I still call Australia home

All the sons and daughters spinning 'round the world
Away from their family and friends
As the world gets older and colder
It's good to know where your journey ends

And someday we'll all be together once more
When all of the ships come back to the shore
I realize something I've always known
I still call Australia home

ALL
All the sons and daughters spinning 'round the world
Away from their families and friends
But as the world gets older and colder
It's good to know where your journey ends

And someday we'll all be together once more
When all of the ships come back to the shore
I realize something I've always known
I still call Australia

But no matter how far
Or how wide I roam
I still call Australia
I still call Australia
I still call Australia home


Don't Cry Out Loud

MARION
Baby cried the day the circus came to town
'Cause she didn't like parades just passing by her
So she painted on a smile and took up with some clown
And she danced without a net up on the wire
I know a lot about her 'cause you see
Baby is an awful lot like me

We don't cry out loud
We keep it inside
Learn how to hide our feelings
Fly high and proud
And if you should fall
Remember you almost had it all

Whatever goes on inside us is nobody's business. It's private. Don't you ever forget that.

Remember you almost had it
We don't cry out loud
Just keep it inside
Learn how to hide our feelings
Fly high and proud
And if you should fall
Remember you almost had it all
You almost had it all


Once Before I Go

PETER
Once before I go
I want you to know
That I would do it all again
I'm sure I'll make the same mistakes
But I could make it through the pain and joys and aches
I knew back then
I would do it all
I'd do it all again

Before I go
I want you to know
That I look back with no regrets
When our love was wearing thin
We were down and out
And still came back to win against all bets
Now when I look back
I still have no regrets

And it's so hard to say goodbye
When there's so much that's left unspoken in your eyes
But unless I spread my wings again
I'm afraid I'll never soar
So hang on to the memories
And hold me close once more
Once more

Just once before I go
I want you to know
That I have loved you all along
And even when we're far apart
I only need to feel you're living in my heart
And I'll be strong
I love you just the way
I've loved you all along

And it's so hard to say goodbye
When there's so much that's left unspoken in your eyes
But unless I spread my wings again
I'm afraid I'll never soar
So kiss me for the last time
And hold me close once more
Once more

Just once before I go
I want you to know
That I have loved you all along
And even when we're far apart
I only need to feel you're living in my heart
And I'll be strong
You are the light that shines on me
You always were, and you'll always be
So I have to let you know
Just this once
Just this once before I go


Finale: I Go to Rio

PETER
When my baby
When my baby smiles at me I go to Rio
De Janeiro, my-oh-me-oh
When my baby smiles at me, I do the Samba
And La Bamba
Now I'm not the kind of person
With a passionate persuasion for dancin'
Or roma-ancin'
But I give in to the rhythm
And my feet follow the beatin' of my heart

Woh-ho-oh-oh, when my baby
When my baby smiles at me I go to Rio
De Janeiro
I'm a Salsa fellow
When my baby smiles at me
The sun'll lighten up my life
And I am free at last, what a blast

Woh-ho-oh-oh, when my baby
When my baby smiles at me
I feel like Tarzan, of the Jungle
There on the hot sand
And in a bungalow while monkeys play above-a,
We'll make love-a
Now I'm not the type to let vibrations
Trigger my imagination easily
You know that's just not me
But I turn into a tiger
Everytime I get beside the one I love

Woh-ho-oh-oh, when my baby (when my baby)
When my baby smiles at me I go to Rio (Rio...)
De Janeiro
I'm a Salsa fellow
When my baby smiles at me
The sun'll lighten up my life
And I am free at last, what a blast

Rio de Janeiro
Rio!


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