I must have left my house at eight because I always do My train, I'm certain, left the station just when it was due I must have read the morning paper going into town And having gotten through the editorial, no doubt I must have frowned I must have made my desk Around a quarter after nine With letters to be read And heaps of papers waiting to be signed I must have gone to lunch At half past 12 or so The usual place, the usual bunch And still on top of this, I'm pretty sure it must have rained The day before you came I must have lit my seventh cigarette at half past two And at the time, I never even noticed I was blue I must have kept on dragging Through the business of the day Without really knowing anything I hid a part of me away At five, I must have left There's no exception to the rule A matter of routine I've done it ever since I finished school The train back home again Undoubtedly, I must have read the evening paper then Oh yes, I'm sure my life was well within its usual frame The day before you came I must have opened my front door at eight o'clock or so And stopped along the way to buy some Chinese food to go I'm sure I had my dinner watching something on TV There's not, I think, a single episode of Dallas that I didn't see I must have gone to bed Around a quarter after ten I need a lot of sleep And so I like to be in bed by then I must have read a while The latest one by Marilyn French or something in that style It's funny, but I had no sense of living without aim The day before you came And turning out the light I must have yawned and cuddled up for yet another night And rattling on the roof I must have heard the sound of rain The day before you came

I must have left my house at eight because I always do my train, I'm certain left the station just when it was due I must have read the morningpaper, going into town and having gotten through the editorial no doubt I must have frowned I must have made my desk around a quarter after nine With letters to be read and heaps of paper waiting to be signed I must have gone to lunch at half past twelve or so the usual place, the usual Bunch and still on top of this I'm pretty sure It must have rained the day before you came I must have lit my seventh cigarette at half past two And at the time I never even noticed I was blue I must have kept on dragging Through the business of the day and without really knowing anything I hid A part of me away at five I must have left there's no exception to the rule A matter of routine I've done it ever since I finished school the train back home again undoubtedly I must have read the evening paper then Oh yes, I'm sure my life was well within it's usual frame the day before you came I must have opened my front door at eight o'clock or so And stopped along the way to buy some chinese food to go I'm sure I had my dinner watching something on tv there's not, I think, a single episode of dallas that I didn't see I must have gone to bed around a quarter after ten I need a lot of sleep and so I like to be in bed by then I must have read a while the latest one by marilyn french or something in that style It's funny but I had no sense of living without aim The day before you came And turning out the light I must have yawned and cuddled up to yet another night And rattling on the roof I must have heard the sound of rain The day before you came

I had all but given up on Finding the one that I could fall into On the day before you I was ready to settle for Less than love and not much more There was no such thing as a dream come true Oh, but that was all the day before you Now you're here and everything's changing Suddenly, life means so much I can't wait to wake up tomorrow And find out this promise is true I will never have to go back to The day before you In your eyes I see forever Makes me wish that my life never knew The day before you Oh, but heaven knows those years without you Was shaping my heart for the day that I found you If you're the reason for all that I've been through Then I'm thankful for the day before you Yeah yeah Now you're here and everything's changing Suddenly, life means so much I can't wait to wake up tomorrow And find out this promise is true I will never have to go back to The day before you Was the last day that I ever lived alone And I'm never going back No, I'm never going back Now you're here and everything's changing Suddenly, life means so much I can't wait to wake up tomorrow And find out this promise is true (no I'm never going back) I will never have to go back to Yeah, I would never have to go back to The day before you The day before you

It's the last midnight It's the last wish It's the last midnight Soon it will be boom, squish Told a little lie Stole a little gold Broke a little vow Did you? Had to get your prince? Had to get your cow? Had to get your wish? Doesn't matter how Anyway, it doesn't matter now It's the last midnight It's the boom, splat Nothing but a vast midnight Everybody smashed flat Nothing we can do Not exactly true We can always give her the boy No, of course what really matters is the blame Someone you can blame Fine, if that's the thing you enjoy Placing the blame If that's the aim Give me the blame Just give me the boy No, no No? You're so nice You're not good, you're not bad You're just nice I'm not good, I'm not nice I'm just right I'm the witch You're the world I'm the hitch, I'm what no one believes I'm the witch You're all liars and thieves like his father Like his son will be too, oh, why bother? You just do what you do It's the last midnight So, goodbye all Coming at you fast, midnight Soon you'll see the sky fall Here, you want a bean? Have another bean Beans were made for making you rich Plant them and they soar Here, you want some more? Listen to the roar Giants by the score Oh well, you can blame another witch It's the last midnight It's the last verse Now, before it's past midnight I'm leaving you my last curse I'm leaving you alone You can tend the garden, it's yours Separate and alone Everybody down on all fours All right, mother, when? Lost the beans again Punish me the way you did then Give me claws and a hunch Just away from this bunch And the gloom And the doom And the boom Crunch

It's Frank DiLella with New York One's onstage We are here for the opening night of Eleanor!: The Eleanor Roosevelt musical Let's talk process When I'm in character I go insane I stagger, I stammer, I sob I make the audiences feel my pain And if they don't leave depressed Then I've not done my job Each time I find a role like Eleanor The artist inside of me thrives I put on that wig and those prosthetic teeth And know I'm changing lives By the time I get tuberculosis in act two Even the people who are dead inside Will shout "Bravo" on cue (bravo) The first review is in New Jersey Star Ledger Don't tell me Unless it's a rave or a mix positive It says we're hit, my God! We're a hit and I think we deserve it That's for sure Also it means that this tour de force Will not be forced to tour To Eleanor! May she run for eternity (To Eleanor!) Cheers to a show that's so inspiring It's almost too much to sit through And if we've won that might mean one more thing That in ten years or so, we'll do Eleanor 2 (wow) I can predict what the reviews will say Before the next note has arrived It's ground-breaking (Earth-shaking) Life-affirming (breath-taking) Gut-wrenching (heart-aching) In two words it's history-making That's why every actor strives For adulation and compensation That comes from nightly Changing Lives It's just what we do

Where are those happy days, they seem so hard to find I tried to reach for you, but you have closed your mind Whatever happened to our love? I wish I understood It used to be so nice, it used to be so good So when you're near me, darling can't you hear me? S. O. S. The love you gave me, nothing else can save me S. O. S. When you're gone How can I even try to go on? When you're gone Though I try how can I carry on? You seem so far away, though you are standing near You made me feel alive, but something died I fear I really tried to make it out I wish I understood What happened to our love, it used to be so good So when you're near me, darling can't you hear me? S. O. S. The love you gave me, nothing else can save me S. O. S. When you're gone How can I even try to go on? When you're gone Though I try how can I carry on? So when you're near me, darling can't you hear me? S. O. S. (S.O.S.) And the love you gave me, nothing else can save me S. O. S. When you're gone How can I even try to go on? When you're gone (when you're gone) Though I try, how can I carry on? (How can I carry on?) When you're gone How can I even try to go on? When you're gone (when you're gone) Though I try, how can I carry on? (How can I carry on)