I Miss the Music

簡介

擇自"帷幕"，為劇中最讓人動容的歌曲。

 

歌詞

CIOFFI
You see what I’m saying? The song itself is kind of lackluster.
It lacks . . .

BOBBY
Yes?

CIOFFI
Luster.

BELLING
I agree. We need a completely new composition, one that’s catchier
than pink-eye. I’ll leave you to it.

CIOFFI
Well, at least now you’ll have a few minutes alone with your piano, Mr.
Fox.

AARON
Alone. Yeah.

CIOFFI
Could I ask, only because I’ve wondered this my entire life, which
would normally come first, the music or the lyric?

AARON
Same answer as the chicken or the egg.

CIOFFI
Ah, so it’s the lyric.

AARON
No, . . . it can start with a note . . . (he plays one) which can become
a phrase . . . (he plays a phrase), and then you try hanging words on
each branch, like trimming a tree . . .

CIOFFI
Sounds easy enough

AARON
Really? (playing in sync with his mock lyrics)
Well don’t talk about LOVE
Or you’ll have to say FITS LIKE A GLOVE . . .
or as certain as PUSH COMES TO SHOVE
you will pine for the WOMAN YOU’RE CONSTANTLY THINKING OF —
You see the problem.

CIOFFI
Dangling participle. So you suggest staying away from “love”?

AARON (looking offstage)
At all costs. And don’t mention your life.
Or you’ll have to say CUTS LIKE A KNIFE
Or refer to the HEARTBREAK AND STRIFE
when you find that you’re missing your —

CIOFFI
Missing?

AARON
What?

CIOFFI
You were saying what you miss.

AARON
No, I meant that, well . . .

I MISS THE MUSIC
I MISS THE SONG
SINCE SHE’S NOT WITH ME
IT COMES OUT WRONG
IT DOESN’T MATTER
HOW HARD I TRY
I’VE LOST THE MUSIC
I DON’T KNOW WHY
YOU MAY HAVE KNOWN
BEFORE I MET HER, I WROTE ALONE
BUT IF YOU ASK ME WHAT I PREFER
I’D SAY, THE MUSIC I WROTE WITH HER

WHEN YOU’RE WRITING A SONG
AND YOU’VE A PARTNER
THE ROOM IS FILLED WITH JOKES AND CHATTER
SHE SAYS SOMETHING
YOU SAY SOMETHING
SHE WRITES A LINE
YOU PLAY A VAMP

BUT WHEN YOU’RE WRITING A SONG
WITHOUT A PARTNER
THAT’S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MATTER
NO ONE TELLS YOU “THAT’S NOT FUNNY”
NO ONE SAYS, “LET’S CUT THAT BAR”
NO ONE MAKES YOU BETTER THAN YOU ARE
I CAN’T PRETEND
I MISS THE MUSIC
I MISS MY FRIEND
NO NEED TO ASK ME WHAT I PREFER
I CHOOSE THE MUSIC I WROTE WITH HER
I LIKED THE MUSIC I MADE WITH —

GEORGIA
Aaron —
(laughs) I forgot my lyric. Can you believe it, me?

AARON
Well, you’re not the lyricist now, you’re the star.
Georgia . . . break a leg.

GEORGIA
Thanks. You can . . . finish the song without me?

AARON
I’m a one-man band. (She exits.)
I MISS THE MUSIC
I MISS MY FRIEND
NO NEED TO ASK ME
WHAT I PREFER
I CHOOSE THE MUSIC
I WROTE WITH HER
I LOVED THE MUSIC
I MADE WITH HER

 

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