Live From Lincoln Center

THE MIND CHURNS... WINNER OF THE 2016 TONY AWARD FOR HIS INSTANTLY LEGENDARY PERFORMANCE AS AARON BURR IN "HAMILTON," LESLIE ODOM, JR. BRINGS HIS REMARKABLE TALENT TO LINCOLN CENTER. ODOM,

JR.

WITHOUT YOU...

McDONALD

IN ADDITION TO HIS SUBSTANTIAL MUSICAL THEATER PROWESS, LESLIE IS ALSO AN ACCLAIMED JAZZ VOCALIST, SHAPING TENDER MELODIC LINES WITH IMPECCABLE ELEGANCE. ODOM,

JR.

...KNOW I'M AUDRA McDONALD. PLEASE ENJOY AN EVENING WITH LESLIE ODOM, JR. ODOM, I WANT TO BE COURAGEOUS MORE THAN I WANT TO BE FEARLESS, 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO BE FEARLESS, BUT YOU CAN BE COURAGEOUS. YOU CAN...LOOK YOUR FEAR IN THE FACE AND DO THINGS ANYWAY. YOU KNOW, UM... THAT'S THE KIND OF ARTIST I WANNA BE. THOSE ARE THE KIND OF ARTISTS THAT TOUCH ME MOST.

PIANO INTRO PLAYING

JR.

ODOM, ON A CLEAR DAY RISE AND LOOK AROUND YOU AND YOU'LL SEE WHO YOU ARE ON A CLEAR DAY HOW IT WILL ASTOUND YOU THAT THE GLOW OF YOUR BEING OUTSHINES EVERY STAR YOU'LL FEEL PART OF EVERY MOUNTAIN, SEA, AND SHORE AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM FAR AND NEAR A WORLD YOU'VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE, AND ON A CLEAR DAY ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER AND EVER

NEW SONG INTRO

JR.

THIS IS MY WINTER SONG TO YOU THE STORM IS COMING SOON IT ROLLS IN FROM THE SEA MY VOICE, A BEACON IN THE NIGHT MY WORDS WILL BE A LIGHT TO CARRY YOU TO ME IS LOVE ALIVE? IS LOVE ALIVE? THEY SAY THAT THINGS JUST CANNOT GROW BENEATH THE WINTER SNOW OR SO I HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY SAY WERE BURIED FAR JUST LIKE A DISTANT STAR I SIMPLY CANNOT HOLD IS LOVE ALIVE? IS LOVE ALIVE? IS LOVE ALIVE? IS LOVE ALIVE? MMM THIS IS MY WINTER SONG DECEMBER NEVER FELT SO WRONG 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT WHERE YOU BELONG INSIDE MY ARMS

ECHOING

JR.

MY ARMS, MY ARMS HEY, HEY-HEY, HEY-HEY I STILL BELIEVE IN SUMMER DAYS THE SEASONS ALWAYS CHANGE AND LIFE WILL FIND A WAY I'LL BE A HARVESTER OF LIGHT JUST SEND IT OUT TONIGHT, AND WE CAN START AGAIN IS LOVE ALIVE? IS LOVE ALIVE? IS LOVE ALIVE, YEAH? IS LOVE ALIVE? IS LOVE? MMM MMM THIS IS MY WINTER SONG DECEMBER NEVER FELT SO WRONG 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT WHERE YOU BELONG INSIDE MY ARMS HEY HEY HEY GOOD NIGHT I LOVE YOU

UPBEAT SONG PLAYING

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

JR.

NEW YORK CITY. THERE ARE PEOPLE OVER HERE... WHICH MEANS THERE MUST BE PEOPLE OVER THERE. LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING WHENEVER CLOUDS APPEARS IN THE BLUE REMEMBER SOMEWHERE, THE SUN IS SHINING AND SO THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS MAKE IT SHINE FOR YOU A HEART OF JOY AND GLADNESS WILL ALWAYS BANISH SADNESS AND STRIFE SO ALWAYS LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING AND TRY TO FIND YOUR SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE

GUITAR SOLO

JR.

THAT'S STEVEN WALKER.

APPLAUSE

JR.

A HEART OF JOY AND GLADNESS WILL ALWAYS BANISH SADNESS AND STRIFE SO ALWAYS LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING AND TRY TO FIND YOUR SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE PLEASE DON'T BE OFFENDED IF I PREACH TO YOU A WHILE TEARS, THEY HAVE NO BUSINESS IN EYES THAT WERE MEANT TO SMILE THERE'S A WAY TO MAKE YOUR VERY BIGGER STRUGGLES SMALL HERE'S THE HAPPY SECRET, THE SECRET OF IT ALL LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME IN LIFE PINING LINING, LINING YEAH-H-H

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

JR.

ODOM, JR.,

VOICE-OVER

THE LONGER YOU SING CERTAIN SONGS, THE LONGER THEY'RE IN YOUR REPERTOIRE, THE MEANINGS CAN CHANGE ALONG THE WAY. THERE WAS THIS SONG "I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW" THAT WE RECORDED ON MY FIRST RECORD. AND WHEN I RECORDED IT THEN, IT MEANT A CERTAIN THING TO ME. AND THEN AFTER THE BIRTH OF LUCY, I WAS ON SOME STAGE SOMEWHERE AROUND THE COUNTRY AND I WAS LIKE, "I THINK THIS SONG IS ABOUT MY KID."

PLAYING "I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW" INTRO

VOICE-OVER

LIFE'S A GAME, BUT WHO CAN PLAY IT ALL ALONE? EV'RY CHAP SHOULD HOLD A HEART THAT'S ALL HIS OWN LOVE MAY COME AT FIRST SIGHT, THEY TOLD ME WHEN I SAW YOU, I KNEW I HAD FOUND MY ONLY LOVE WHEN I MET YOU SO, DARLING, I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT I'LL GO WHERE YOU GO I CHOOSE YOU, WON'T LOSE YOU I WISH YOU KNEW HOW MUCH I LONG TO HOLD YOU THIS TIME IS MY TIME WILL SOON BE GOOD-BYE TIME IN STARLIGHT, HOLD ME TIGHT WITH ONE MORE LITTLE KISS SAY "NIGHTY-NIGHT"

GUITAR SOLO

VOICE-OVER

OH, LOVE MAY COME AT FIRST SIGHT, THEY TOLD ME WHEN I SAW YOU, I KNEW I HAD FOUND MY ONLY LOVE WHEN I MET YOU SO, DARLING, I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT I'LL GO WHERE YOU GO I CHOOSE YOU, WON'T LOSE YOU I WISH YOU KNEW HOW MUCH I LONG TO HOLD YOU, BABY THIS TIME IS MY TIME WILL SOON BE GOOD-BYE TIME IN STARLIGHT, HOLD ME TIGHT ONE MORE LITTLE KISS THEN SAY "NIGHTY-NIGHT" THEN SAY "NIGHTY-NIGHT" YEAH, YEAH YEAH, YEAH, YEAH-EAH-EAH I WILL GO WHERE YOU GO YOU WILL GO WHERE I GO IN THE MOONLIGHT, WALK WITH ME IN THE MOONLIGHT IN IN YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW YEAH OH, I WILL GO WHERE YOU GO YOU WILL GO WHERE I GO IN THE MOONLIGHT, WALK WITH ME IN THE MOONLIGHT, YEAH

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

VOICE-OVER

I GOT A SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY AT THE FREEDOM THEATRE IN PHILADELPHIA, WHICH IS ONE OF THE OLDEST BLACK REPERTORY THEATER COMPANIES IN THE COUNTRY. FREEDOM WAS WHERE I HAD MY FIRST ACTING CLASSES AND MY FIRST DANCE CLASSES, AND FREEDOM INTRODUCED ME TO THE WORLD OF THE THEATER. YOU CAN DO A LOT OF THIS ON YOUR OWN, BUT YOU CAN'T DO ALL OF IT ON YOUR OWN. THERE WERE TEACHERS AND GUIDES AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT I'LL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL FOR WHO SORT OF PUSHED ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OR IN A DIRECTION. HA!

SONG INTRO PLAYING

VOICE-OVER

THE FALLING LEAVES DRIFT BY MY WINDOW THE FALLING LEAVES OF RED AND GOLD, I SEE YOUR LIPS, SUMMER KISSES SUNBURNED HANDS I USED TO HOLD OH, SINCE YOU WENT AWAY, DAYS GROW LONG SOON I'LL HEAR OLD WINTER'S SONG BUT I MISS YOU MOST OF ALL, MY DARLING WHEN AUTUMN LEAVES START TO FALL BABY THE FALLING LEAVES DRIFT BY MY WINDOW FALLING LEAVES OF RED AND GOLD, I SEE YOUR LIPS, SUMMER KISSES SUNBURNED HANDS I USED TO HOLD SINCE YOU WENT AWAY SOON I'LL HEAR OLD WINTER'S SONG BUT I MISS YOU, OH, BABY WHEN AUTUMN LEAVES START TO FALL I MISS YOU, MISS YOU RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW, BABY AUTUMN LEAVES START TO-- GO. FALLIN', FALLIN' FALLIN', FALLIN', FALL COME BACK, BABY OH, DARLIN' MY DARLIN' IT STARTS TO FALL OOH OOO EEE

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

VOICE-OVER

ODOM, JR., AROUND 6 YEARS AGO, I WENT TO EVERY SINGLE FACEBOOK FRIEND, EVERY PERSON IN MY PHONE BOOK, EVERY E-MAIL ADDRESS THAT I HAD, AND I ASKED FOR HELP TO MAKE A DREAM COME TRUE. I FELT LIKE I HAD NEVER REALLY ASKED FOR ANYTHING BEFORE, BUT I WAS ASKING NOW. YOU KNOW, I NEEDED HELP MAKING THIS DEBUT ALBUM, AND MY COMMUNITY MADE A WAY FOR ME. YOU KNOW, SO, ON NIGHTS LIKE THIS ONE, I AM... PROFOUNDLY GRATEFUL, UM... IT WAS, IN MANY WAYS, THE BEGINNING OF ALL THIS, BECAUSE I--I WAS HUMBLED BY THE GENEROSITY, BUT ALSO I FOUND MY VOICE ALONG THE WAY, MAKING THAT RECORD. I DISCOVERED WHO I WAS AS AN ARTIST.

SONG INTRO PLAYING

VOICE-OVER

UNFORGETTABLE THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE UNFORGETTABLE THOUGH NEAR OR FAR LIKE A SONG OF LOVE THAT CLINGS TO ME HOW THE THOUGHT OF YOU DOES THINGS TO ME NEVER BEFORE HAS SOMEONE BEEN MORE, OOH UNFORGETTABLE IN EVERY WAY AND FOREVER MORE, THAT'S HOW YOU'LL STAY THAT'S WHY, DARLING, IT'S INCREDIBLE THAT SOMEONE SO UNFORGETTABLE THINKS THAT I AM UNFORGETTABLE, TOO MR. MICHAEL MITCHELL ON KEYS.

APPLAUSE

VOICE-OVER

OOH, UNFORGETTABLE

APPLAUSE

VOICE-OVER

IN EVERY WAY-AY AND FOREVER MORE, THAT'S HOW YOU'LL STAY THAT'S WHY, DARLING, IT'S INCREDIBLE THAT SOMEONE SO, SO UNFORGETTABLE THINKS THAT I AM UNFORGETTABLE TOO-OO-OO

APPLAUSE

VOICE-OVER

ODOM, JR., PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, ALL OVER THE WORLD, YOU LEAVE, YOU KNOW, HOME, YOU LEAVE EVERYTHING YOU KNOW TO COME TO NEW YORK CITY BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING IN YOUR SPIRIT THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPRESSED... AND YOU CANNOT REST UNTIL THAT THING IS EXPRESSED, TILL YOU GET THAT THING OUT. YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS EXACTLY. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS EXACTLY THAT NEEDED TO BE EXPRESSED. THAT'S WHAT "HAMILTON" WAS FOR ME. I GOT TO SAY THE THING THAT I CAME TO NEW YORK TO SAY. ODOM,

JR.

WHAT I REALIZED WAS THAT... THERE WAS A SPACE MISSING, I FELT LIKE, FOR ACTORS OF COLOR. THERE WERE THINGS THAT WE WERE NOT ASKED TO DO. IT WAS A FULLER EXPRESSION THAT I KNEW OR THOUGHT THAT I WAS CAPABLE OF. AND "HAMILTON" ALLOWED ME TO ACCESS THAT. ODOM, JR.,

VOICE-OVER

LEAVING WHEN THINGS ARE BAD IS EASY. LEAVING WHEN IT'S AMAZING--YOU KNOW, "HAMILTON" WAS THE MOST TRANSFORMATIVE, WONDERFUL, CREATIVE EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE. SO LEAVING WAS NOT EASY... AND YET, IT WAS TIME TO GO. THAT'S WHAT THIS SONG IS ABOUT. THAT'S WHAT A SONG LIKE "JOEY, JOEY, JOEY" IS ABOUT.

SONG INTRO PLAYING

VOICE-OVER

LIKE A PERFUMED WOMAN THE WIND BLOWS IN THE BUNKHOUSE LIKE A PERFUMED WOMAN SMELLIN' OF WHERE SHE'S BEEN SMELLIN' OF OREGON CHERRIES OR MAYBE TEXAS AVOCADO SOMETHIN' LIKE ARIZONA SUGAR BEETS THE WIND BLOWS IN AND SHE SINGS TO ME 'CAUSE I'M ONE OF HER RAMBLIN' KIN SHE SINGS JOEY JOEY JOEY JOEY JOEY, JOE YOU'VE BEEN TOO LONG IN ONE PLACE AND IT'S TIME TO GO TIME TO GO, OH OH OH OH JOEY JOEY, JOEY JOEY JOEY, JOE YOU'VE BEEN TOO LONG IN ONE TOWN, YEAH AND THE HARVEST TIME'S COME AND GONE THAT'S WHAT THE WIND SINGS TO ME WHEN THE BUNK I'VE BEEN BUNKIN' IN GETS TO FEELIN' TOO SOFT AND COZY WHEN THE GRUB THEY'VE BEEN COOKIN' ME GETS TO TASTIN' TOO GOOD WHEN I'VE HAD ALL I WANT OF THE LADIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHE SINGS JOEY JOEY JOEY, JOE YOU'VE BEEN TOO LONG IN ONE PLACE YOU KNOW, IT'S TIME TO GO TIME TO GO-O-O-O-O JOEY JOEY JOEY, JOE

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

VOICE-OVER

ODOM,

JR.

THERE'S NO ONE THAT I TRUST MORE THAN NICOLETTE. SHE'S MY PARTNER IN MANY, MANY THINGS, BUT SHE'S ALSO MY GREATEST TEACHER. SO, THERE'S NOBODY THAT'S TAUGHT ME MORE THAN NIC. SHE'S MY EYES, 'CAUSE I CAN'T ALWAYS SEE IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETIMES. I WILL TRUST HER MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

PLAYING SONG INTRO

BOTH

REASONS TO CALL INCLUDE GOING AFTER THE KILL I WATCHED AS LOVE ENSUED AND I LOST EVERY OUNCE OF MY OWN FREE WILL I SEE YOUR MOUTH IS A HEALTHY SHADE OF PINK BUT ITS ONLY TIME THAT IS KEEPING OUR BODIES FROM SINKING INTO THE GROUND WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR? OH, WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR? I AM A LOT LIKE YOU I SEE BEAUTY IN ALL BUT HOW LONG CAN WE HOLD ONTO THIS FEELING WE HAD JUST BEFORE THE FALL? YOU'LL BE THE HERO, AND I'LL BE THE VICTIM YOU'LL SAVE AND WE'LL COME FULL CIRCLE WHEN I FIND MYSELF SINGING SONGS TO YOU IN YOUR GRAVE WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR? OH, WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR?

NICOLETTE

I'M NO GOOD INSIDE THIS MESS I'M A WILD-EYED ROMANTIC, AND I'M DROWNING IN MY CARELESSNESS AND EVEN WHEN I'M WITH YOU AND WE'RE DREAMING OUR BIG DREAMS I'M STUCK SOMEWHERE BETWEEN MY TWO MOST DANGEROUS EXTREMES

BOTH

OH, WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR? OH, WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR? OH, WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR?

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

BOTH

ODOM,

JR.

SINGING WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS AROUND SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID, BUT SINGING DIDN'T MEAN, YOU KNOW, BROADWAY. I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT BROADWAY. SINGING WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WAS MICHAEL JACKSON, OR IT WAS...YOU KNOW, NEW EDITION OR BOBBY BROWN OR SOME-- YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE IT WAS-- SINGING WAS-- WAS POP MUSIC. IT WASN'T--IT DIDN'T HAVE A THEATRICAL CONTEXT TO ME UNTIL MUCH, MUCH LATER.

PLAYING SLOW SONG INTRO

JR.

WHEN I FEEL WHAT I FEEL SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO TELL YOU SO YOU MAY NOT BE IN THE MOOD TO LEARN WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I FIND YOU WANNA KEEP YOURSELF FROM ME WHEN I DON'T HAVE THE STRENGTH I'M JUST A MIRROR OF WHAT I SEE BUT AT YOUR BEST, YOU ARE LOVE YOU'RE A POSITIVE, MOTIVATING FORCE WITHIN MY LIFE SHOULD YOU EVER FEEL THE NEED TO WONDER WHY LET ME KNOW LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU FEEL WHAT YOU FEEL OH, HOW HARD FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND SO MANY THINGS HAVE TAKEN PLACE BEFORE THIS LOVE AFFAIR BEGAN BUT IF YOU FEEL, OH, LIKE I FEEL CONFUSION CAN GIVE WAY TO DOUBT FOR THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I FALL SHORT OF WHAT I SAY WHAT I SAY I'M ALL ABOUT, ALL ABOUT BUT AT YOUR BEST, YOU ARE LOVE YOU'RE A POSITIVE, MOTIVATING FORCE WITHIN MY LIFE SHOULD YOU EVER FEEL THE NEED TO WONDER WHY LET ME KNOW LET ME KNOW 'CAUSE AT YOUR BEST, YOU ARE LOVE YOU'RE A POSITIVE, MOTIVATING FORCE WITHIN MY LIFE SHOULD YOU EVER FEEL THE NEED TO WONDER WHY LET ME KNOW LET ME KNOW LET ME KNOW LET ME KNOW OHH OHH OHH, WHY? LET ME KNOW

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

JR.

ODOM, JR.,

VOICE-OVER

SINGING FOR ME IS ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE ROOM, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT COMMUNICATING WITH SOULS-- SOULS THAT ARE NOT YET HERE, SOULS THAT HAVE DEPARTED. AND SO, WHEN I'M SINGING SONGS FROM "RENT," I'M--I'M TRYING TO CONNECT WITH JONATHAN AND THANK HIM FOR CHANGING MY LIFE. JONATHAN LARSON CHANGED MY LIFE.

SONG INTRO PLAYING

VOICE-OVER

WITHOUT YOU THE GROUND THAWS THE RAIN FALLS THE GRASS GROWS WITHOUT YOU THE SEEDS ROOT THE FLOWERS BLOOM THE CHILDREN PLAY THE STARS GLEAM THE POETS DREAM THE EAGLES FLY WITHOUT YOU THE EARTH TURNS THE SUN BURNS BUT I DIE WITHOUT YOU WITHOUT YOU THE BREEZE WARMS THE GIRL SMILES THE CLOUD MOVES WITHOUT YOU THE TIDES CHANGE THE BOYS RUN THE OCEANS CRASH THE CROWDS ROAR THE DAYS SOAR THE BABIES CRY WITHOUT YOU THE MOON GLOWS THE RIVER FLOWS BUT I DIE WITHOUT YOU

SOFT GUITAR SOLO

VOICE-OVER

WITHOUT YOU WITHOUT YOU THE HAND GROPES THE EAR HEARS THE PULSE BEATS WITHOUT YOU THE EYES GAZE THE LEGS WALK THE LUNGS BREATHE THE MIND CHURNS THE HEART YEARNS THE TEARS DRY WITHOUT YOU LIFE GOES ON BUT I'M GONE CAUSE I'D DIE WITHOUT YOU

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

VOICE-OVER

ODOM,

JR.

WHEN YOU... UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT YOURSELF... AND YOUR, YOU KNOW, SPOT ON THE TIMELINE... THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE MEANT TO DO ON THIS PLANET THAT NOBODY CAN DO LIKE YOU CAN DO. AND IF YOU DON'T DO IT, IT DOESN'T GET DONE. THE SPOT ALREADY EXISTS. THERE'S ALREADY A LANE FOR YOU. YOU KNOW, GET OUT OF THE WAY SO YOU CAN BE FREE IN IT.

SONG INTRO PLAYING

JR.

SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT AND NEVER BROUGHT TO MIND? SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT AND AULD LANG SYNE? FOR AULD LANG SYNE, MY DEAR FOR AULD LANG SYNE WE'LL TAKE A CUP OF KINDNESS YET FOR AULD LANG SYNE FOR AULD LANG SYNE, MY DEAR FOR AULD LANG SYNE WE'LL TAKE A CUP OF KINDNESS YET FOR AULD LANG SYNE, YEAH

PLAYING NEW SONG INTRO

JR.

LORD DEAR LORD ABOVE GOD ALMIGHTY GOD OF LOVE PLEASE LOOK DOWN AND SEE MY PEOPLE THROUGH I BELIEVE THAT GOD PUT SUN AND MOON UP IN THE SKY I DON'T MIND THE GRAY SKIES 'CAUSE THEY ARE CLOUDS JUST PASSING BY HE'LL GIVE PEACE AND COMFORT TO EVERY TROUBLED MIND 'CAUSE SUNDAY, OH, COME SUNDAY THAT'S THE DAY OH, OH, AH COME SUNDAY, OH, COME SUNDAY THAT'S THE DAY, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

JR.

ODOM, WHEN YOU... COMMIT TO FOLLOWING A DREAM, WHEN YOU COMMIT TO FOLLOWING AN IMPULSE, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS LEAD YOU TO WHERE YOU THINK IT'S GONNA LEAD YOU, FOR BETTER OR WORSE. FOLLOWING THAT IMPULSE LED ME TO CARNEGIE MELLON AND THEN LED ME TO LOS ANGELES, WHICH LED ME TO "HAMILTON," WHICH, YOU KNOW, LED ME TO LINCOLN CENTER. IT JUST, YOU KNOW--AND THERE'S BEEN UPs AND DOWNs ALONG THE WAY AND...MAJOR FAILURE, AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT STUFF ALONG THE WAY, BUT... BECAUSE I'M FOLLOWING THE THING THAT I LOVE, YOU COUNT IT ALL JOY.

APPLAUSE

JR.

THE PARTY'S OVER IT'S TIME TO CALL IT A DAY THEY'VE BURST YOUR PRETTY BALLOON AND TAKEN THE MOON AWAY IT'S TIME TO WIND UP THE MASQUERADE JUST MAKE YOUR MIND UP THE PIPER MUST BE PAID THE PARTY'S OVER THE CANDLES FLICKER AND DIM YOU DANCED AND DREAMED THROUGH THE NIGHT, IT SEEMED TO BE RIGHT JUST BEING WITH HIM NOW YOU MUST WAKE UP ALL DREAMS MUST END TAKE OFF YOUR MAKEUP THE PARTY'S OVER IT'S ALL OVER MY FRIEND

MUSIC CONTINUES

JR.

THE PARTY'S OVER IT'S TIME TO CALL IT A DAY THEY'VE BURST YOUR PRETTY BALLOON AND TAKEN THE MOON AWAY NOW YOU MUST WAKE UP ALL DREAMS MUST END TAKE OFF YOUR MAKEUP THE PARTY'S OVER IT'S ALL OVER MY FRIEND

MUSIC CONTINUES

JR.

IT'S ALL RIGHT, IT'S ALL RIGHT, IT'S ALL RIGHT EVERYTHING ENDS, MY FRIENDS EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING ENDS AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH WE LOVE YOU, WE LOVE YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT, TONIGHT

LOUD CHEERING

JR.

THANK YOU, LINCOLN CENTER THANK YOU TO THIS BAND

LOUDER CHEERING

JR.

THANK YOU TO MITCHELL ORLANDO JOHN DAVIS AND TO SENFAUB STEVEN WALKER WE LOVE YOU, WE LOVE YOU, WE LOVE YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CHEERING CONTINUES

JR.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AT HOME THANK YOU.

CHEERING CONTINUES

PLAYING UPBEAT JAZZ

McDONALD

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LOUD CHEERING AND APPLAUSE