Why

[00:15.02] When I was nine, Michael and I
[00:21.53] Entered a talent show, down at the Y
[00:28.53] 9 a.m. went to rehearse by some stairs
[00:34.98] Mike couldn't sing, but I said, "No one cares"
[00:40.65] We sang "Yellow Bird" and "Let's Go Fly A Kite"
[00:52.09] Over and over and over 'til we got it right
[01:00.94] When we emerged from the YMCA
[01:07.29] Three o'clock sun had made the grass hay
[01:16.98] I thought, hey, what a way to spend a day
[01:24.98] Hey, what a way to spend a day
[01:31.78] I make a vow right here and now
[01:38.90] I'm gonna spend my time this way
[01:45.63] When I was 16, Michael and I
[01:51.97] Got parts in West Side at White Plains High
[01:57.96] Three o'clock, went to rehearse in the gym
[02:03.96] Mike played Doc who did not sing, fine with him
[02:09.71] We sang "Got a rocket in your pocket"
[02:14.34] And "The Jets are gonna have their day, tonight"
[02:19.02] Over and over and over 'til we got it right
[02:27.47] When we emerged, wiped out by that play
[02:33.91] Nine o'clock stars and moon lit the way
[02:44.15] I thought, hey, what a way to spend a day
[02:52.08] Hey, what a way to spend a day
[02:58.33] I made a vow, I wonder now
[03:05.09] Am I cut out to spend my time this way?
[03:12.35] I'm 29, Michael and I
[03:18.86] Live on the west side of SoHo, NY
[03:25.21] 9 a.m. I write a lyric or two
[03:31.58] Mike sings his song now on Mad' Avenue
[03:37.67] I sing, "Come to your senses, defenses are not the way to go"
[03:49.49] Over and over and over and over and over
[03:55.01] And over and over 'til I get it right
[04:02.90] When I emerge from B minor or A
[04:09.42] Five o'clock, diner calls, I'm on my way
[04:21.89] I think, hey, what a way to spend a day
[04:29.76] Hey, what a way to spend a day
[04:36.42] I make a vow right here and now
[04:48.33] I'm gonna spend my time this way
[04:57.15] I'm gonna spend my time this way
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