Why

[00:11.16] When I was nine,
[00:16.85] Michael and I
[00:20.27] Entered a talent show down at the Y
[00:26.31] Nine A.M. went to rehearse by some stairs
[00:33.46] Mike couldn't sing
[00:35.88] But I said, "No one cares"
[00:39.67] We sang "Yellow Bird" and "Lets Go Fly A Kite"
[00:49.95] Over and over and over
[00:52.93] Till we got it right
[00:57.95] When we emerged from the YMCA
[01:04.51] Three o'clock sun had made the grass hay
[01:15.78] I thought,
[01:16.95] Hey, what a way to spend a day
[01:23.10] Hey, what a way to spend a day
[01:30.23] I make a vow, right here and now
[01:37.09] I'm gonna spend my time this way
[01:42.42] When i was sixteen
[01:46.57] Michael and I
[01:48.25] Got parts in "West Side"
[01:51.46] At White Plains High
[01:54.72] Three o'clock went to rehearse in the gym
[01:59.86] Mike played "Doc," who didn't sing
[02:03.53] Fine with him
[02:05.52] We sang, "got a rocket in your pocket"
[02:09.85] And "the Jets are gonna have their day - tonight"
[02:14.50] Over and over and over
[02:16.91] Till we got it right
[02:21.51] When we emerged
[02:24.63] Wiped out by that play
[02:26.94] Nine o'clock stars and moon lit the way
[02:37.69] I thought,
[02:40.18] Hey, what a way to spend a day
[02:46.87] Hey, what a way to spend a day
[02:53.56] I made a vow
[02:56.00] I wonder now
[03:00.43] Am i cut out to spend my time this way?
[03:05.65] With only so much time to spend
[03:10.46] Don't wanna waste the time I'm given
[03:15.80] "Have it all, play the game," some recommend
[03:20.98] I'm afraid, it just may be time to give in
[03:31.20] I'm twenty-nine,
[03:34.10] Michael and I
[03:39.06] Live on the west side of SoHo, N.Y.
[03:45.54] Nine A.M.
[03:47.39] I write a lyric or two
[03:51.79] Mike sings his song now on Mad Avenue
[03:57.14] I sing, "Come to your senses
[04:00.40] Defenses are not the way to go,"
[04:07.06] Over and over and over
[04:10.20] Till I got it right
[04:15.08] When I emerge from B Minor or A
[04:21.80] Five o'clock, diner calls, "I'm on my way,"
[04:32.55] I think,
[04:33.91] Hey, what a way to spend a day
[04:40.22] Hey, what a way to spend a day
[04:46.70] I make a vow- right here and now
[04:58.32] I'm gonna spend my time this way
[05:08.62] I'm gonna spend my time this way
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