Vincent Rodriguez III
No One Else Is Singing My Song
(Verse)
[REBECCA]
Do you ever feel so alone
That if you were to pick up the phone
No one else would be on the other end?
[NATHANIEL]
Have you ever been far from home
So scared you had to roam
And now you're beaten and tired with no one to call a friend?
(He doesn't count.)
[JOSH]
You tried your best to make a change
But people just think you're strange
And you feel like
(Chorus)
[REBECCA, NATHANIEL, AND JOSH]
No one else is singing my song
No one knows the rhythm enough to sing along
If only someone could see
In three-part harmony
[REBECCA]
How alone
[NATHANIEL]
How alone
[JOSH]
How alone
[REBECCA, NATHANIEL, AND JOSH]
Only I am
[NATHANIEL]
It's late and getting colder
[JOSH]
You're only getting older
[REBECCA]
And you're next to someone who is fast asleep
[JOSH AND NATHANIEL]
That's so specific
[JOSH]
Does anyone understand?
[NATHANIEL]
Would anyone understand?
[REBECCA]
Could anyone understand?
[REBECCA, NATHANIEL, AND JOSH]
Of course not, because
No one else is singing my song
No one knows the rhythm enough to sing along
When the core of your problem is a
Complicated melisma
No one gets
[NATHANIEL]
How alone
[REBECCA]
How alone
[JOSH]
How alone
[REBECCA, NATHANIEL, AND JOSH]
Only I am
[REBECCA]
But maybe while I'm singing my song
[JOSH]
Someone else is singing along
[REBECCA}
About a third higher, and they echo at a different moment
[NATHANIEL]
Moment!
[REBECCA]
How beautiful it would be
[NATHANIEL]
If it was the entire company
[JOSH]
But that's impossible
[DARRYL]
Impossible
[PAULA]
Impossible
[HEATHER AND VALENCIA]
Impossible
[HECTOR]
Impossible
[GROCERY CLERK WITH HALF AN EYELID]
Or is it?
[ALL]
Of course not
No one else is singing my song
[GROCERY CLERK WITH HALF AN EYELID]
We're out of paper bags
[ALL]
I mean, duh, no one knows the ever-changing rhythm
Enough to sing along
If only someone could see
In 11-part harmony
Or maybe just unison
[REBECCA]
It's logistically impossible
[JOSH]
I am super unique
{REBECCA, NATHANIEL, AND JOSH]
Hold out my lonely hands
[OTHERS]
Ah!
[NATHANIEL]
Oh, hi, guys!
[JOSH]
Hey
[REBECCA]
Only I am