[MELODIC AD-LIBS + FEMALE VOCAL Mezz Soprano RUNS]
FEMALE LEAD:
You and I both know…
[Background HARMONIES:]
Both know, both know…
FEMALE LEAD:
Don’t ask me why…
BACKGROUND VOCALS:
Why, why, why…
FEMALE LEAD — SOFT FALSETTO:
I still answer…
FEMALE LEAD:
You and I both know…
MALE HARMONIES:
Both know, both know…
FEMALE LEAD:
Don’t ask me why…
BACKGROUND VOCALS:
Why, why, why…
FEMALE LEAD — SOFT FALSETTO:
I still answer…
[FEMALE LEAD, BREATHY]
Ooh…
Oh, baby…
Here we go again.
You call, I come.
We talk, then run.
Say goodbye,
Then wonder why.
I can’t put you down.
Ooh, I try…
Baby, I try…
But I can’t say goodbye…
[VAMP — FEMALE LEAD + BACKGROUND VOCALS]
I try to leave…
[BACKGROUND:] You pull me back.
I start to heal…
[BACKGROUND:] You change all that.
Don’t ask me why…
Don’t ask me why…
I try to leave…
[BACKGROUND:] You pull me back.
I start to heal…
[BACKGROUND:] You change all that.
Don’t ask me why…
Don’t ask me why…
[Movement 2, instrumental breakdown piano Rhodes, silence pause, drum roll back in
lush groove band opens up]
[Female Lead Sings]
We just keep on finding reasons
To be…
[Background singers whisper harmony]
strangers-by-daylight.
[Female Lead]
We just keep on finding reasons
To be…
[Background singers whisper harmony]
strangers-by-daylight.
[Female Lead]
When you know,
[Background]
You know,
[Female Lead]
You want to be with me…
[background singers]
Three hundred-sixty five
[Female Lead Sings]
We just keep on finding reasons
To be…
[Background singers whisper harmony]
strangers-by-daylight.
[Female Lead]
We just keep on finding reasons
To be…
[Background singers whisper harmony]
strangers-by-daylight.
[Female Lead]
When you know,
[Background]
You know,
[Female Lead]
You want to be with me…
[Background]
Three hundred-sixty five.
Days of the year…
[Movement 3 OUTRO VAMP — “DAYS OF THE YEAR”]
[Rhodes piano softens. Warm bass rolls gently beneath shimmering electric guitar. Female lead sings intimately, almost like a whisper.]
FEMALE LEAD:
Three hundred sixty-five…
BACKGROUND VOCALS — SOFT, FLOATING:
All of my life…
FEMALE LEAD:
Three hundred sixty-five…
BACKGROUND VOCALS:
Right by your side…
FEMALE LEAD:
Day after day…
BACKGROUND VOCALS:
Ooh, stay…
FEMALE LEAD:
Year after year…
BACKGROUND VOCALS:
Keep me near…
[The drums soften. The lead begins to stretch the melody, with delicate mezzosoprano runs between each phrase.]
FEMALE LEAD:
All of the days…
BACKGROUND VOCALS:
All of the days…
FEMALE LEAD:
All of the years…
BACKGROUND VOCALS:
All of the years…
FEMALE LEAD — SOFT FALSETTO:
If you want me…
BACKGROUND VOCALS — WHISPERED:
I'm right here…
FEMALE LEAD:
Three hundred sixty-five…
BACKGROUND VOCALS:
I'll be right here…
FEMALE LEAD — AD-LIB:
Oh, baby… right here…
BACKGROUND VOCALS — GENTLE, OVERLAPPING:
Right here… right here…
[The bass falls away. Rhodes plays a few spacious chords. The background singers hold a warm, suspended harmony.]
FEMALE LEAD — ALMOST WHISPERING:
Days of the year…
Mmm… days of the year…