Original Cast of Ordinary Days
Gotta Get Out
[CLAIRE]
Taxi!
Taxi!
TAXI!!!

Hi...hi
I'm not usually inclined
To take up useless conversations
With a taxi driver
But I saw as I was walking
All these taxis without passengers
In constant circulation;
Without a destination
And that's not what life should be about
So we're gonna get out
Cross the bridge, take a road
To another state
We'll sit back through the noise
And traffic and wait
For some kind of scenery change
Wait till the view from our windows is strange

Trust me, I'm not crazy
I can see you making faces in the
Rear view mirror
I will pay you what the meter says
Just drive me up the highway
I don't care how far the way is
I guess what I'm trying to say is:
In the bike lane of life
Sometimes you gotta get out
(spoken)
What? Weren't you listening? I, I...I don't know "where to." You're the professional! You should be making these kinds of decisions

(sung)
I am really not a person
Who is qualified to tell you
Where we should be going
I mean, I just left my boyfriend
Standing back there on the sidewalk
Which is bad enough
Without disclosing
He was actually proposing
That's it! There isn't any doubt
That I gotta get out
Hit the gas, make a turn
Tet this taxi speed
Cause there isn't a thing
In the world that I need
More than someplace my head can be clear
Probably miles and miles from here
I don't mean to freak
And I don't mean to shout
But right now, God!
I've really gotta get out
I can't stay here anymore
I just gotta get out
Though I still don't really know
What I am getting out for
I should be near him and, Christ, feel happy
But it's like something's changed inside of my DNA
I just want to tell him that I'm lost and that I'm frightened
But something's there that smothers all the words I want to say
So, how I can be what makes him happy?
When I can't even make a promise that I will stay?
I've gotten used to keeping all this space between us
And when he looks right at me...
I just want to run away

So I gotta get out
Yes, the only thing to do
Is to get myself out
And accept the fact we're through
We won't get that far
Staying where we are

Oh my God. Stop the car
I gotta get out