Karaoké Why Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021 film)

When I was nine

Michael and I entered a talent show down at the Y

Nine A.M.

Went to rehearse by some stairs

Mike couldn't sing but I said

No one cares

We sang

Yellow Bird and Let's Go Fly A Kite

Over and over and over 'till we got it right

We emerged from the YMCA

Three o'clock sun had made the grass hay

I thought Hey

What a way to spend a day

Hey

What a way to spend a day

I make a vow, right here and now

I'm gonna spend my time this way

I was sixteen

Michael and I

Got parts in West Side at White Plains High

Three o'clock

Went to rehearse in the gym

Mike played Doc who did not sing

Fine with him

We sang

Got a Rocket

In Your Pocket and The Jets

Are Gonna Have Their Day

Tonight

Over and over and over 'till we got it right

When we emerged

Wiped out by that play

Nine o'clock stars and moon lit the way

I thought Hey

What a way to spend a day

Hey

What a way to spend a day

I made a vow

I wonder now

Am I cut out to spend my time this way

I'm twenty-nine

Michael and I live on the west side of Soho N.Y.

Nine A.M.

I write a lyric or two

Mike sings his song now on Mad Avenue

I sing

Come to your senses

Defenses are not the way to go

Over and over and over and over and over and over and over 'till I get it right

When I emerge from B Minor or A

Five o'clock, diner calls

I'm on my way

I think Hey

What a way to spend a day

Hey

What a way to spend a day

I make a vow right here and now

I'm gonna spend my time this way

I'm gonna spend my time this

Way