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Michael tries to convince his composer friend Jon that starting a family with Jon’s wife, Susan, might not be a bad idea.

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MICHAEL
Sunlight
Through the window
Across from your bed
Beauty is still
Can you see it?
What more can you want?

Is this real life?
Is this real life?

Heartbeats
Of your children
Asleep in the next room
Trust so still
Can you hear it?
What more can you want?

Is this real life?
Is this real life?

MICHAEL AND JONATHAN
Is this real life?
Why do we seek out ecstasy
In all the wrong places?
Why is it hard to see
That heaven can have simpler faces?

MICHAEL
Warm breath
Of an angel

MICHAEL AND SUSAN
Awake next to you
Love’s so still
Can you feel it?
What more do you want?

MICHAEL, JONATHAN AND SUSAN
Is this real life?
Real life
Is this real life?
Is this real…
Is this real life?
Is this real life?
Real life
Is this real life?
Is this real…
Is this real…
Is this…

MICHAEL
Is this real life?

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A fictional version of Jonathan Larson has conflicted feelings about turning 30 years old.

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JONATHAN
Stop the clock
Take time out
Time to regroup
Before you lose the bout

Freeze the frame
Back it up
Time to refocus
Before they wrap it up

Years are getting shorter
Lines on your face are getting longer
Feel like you’re treading water
But the riptide’s getting stronger

Don’t panic, don’t jump ship
Can’t find it, like taxes
At least it happens
Only once in your life

They’re singing, “Happy Birthday”
You just wanna lay down and cry
Not just another birthday, it’s 30/90
Why can’t you stay 29?
Hell, you still feel like you’re 22
Turn 30, 1990
Bang! You’re dead, what can you do?
What can you do?
What can you do?

MICHAEL
Clear the runway
Make another pass
Try one more approach
Before you’re out of gas

JONATHAN
Friends are getting fatter
Hairs on you head are getting thinner
Feel like a clean up batter
On a team that ain’t a winner

MICHAEL
Don’t freak out, don’t strike out
Can’t fight it, like City Hall

JONATHAN
At least you’re not alone
Your friends are there, too

BOTH
They’re singing, “Happy Birthday”
You just wish you could run away
Who cares about a birthday?
But 30/90, hey

Can’t you be optimistic?
You’re no longer the ingenue
Turn 30, 1990
Voom! You’re passe
What can you do?
What can you do?
What can you do?

JONATHAN
Peter Pan and Tinkerbell
Which way to Never Never Land?
Emerald City’s gone to hell
Since the Wizard blew off his command

On the streets you hear the voices
Lost children, crocodiles
But you’re not into
Making choices, wicked witches,
Poppy fields or men behind the curtains, Tiger lilies,
Ruby slippers Clock is ticking, that’s for certain

They’re singing, “Happy Birthday”
I just wish it all were a dream
It feels much more like Doomsday
f**k, 30/90

Seems like I’m in for a twister
I don’t see a rainbow, do you?
Turn 30 in the 90’s

Into my hands now
The ball is passed
I want the spoils, but not too fast
The world is calling
It’s now or Neverland
Why can’t I stay a child forever and –
30/90
30/90
30/90
30/90
30/90
30-30/90
What can I do?
What can I do?

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