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BACK WHEN WE USED TO EXPECT THE IMPOSSIBLE
AND WE‘D NEVER WAIT LONG.

BUT THE ONE THING I WANT THE MOST
WHAT I REALLY NEED TO KNOW:
IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO DESERVE YOU
ONCE MORE.

AND ALL THE TIMES I TOOK FROM YOU
AND GAVE SO LITTLE BACK
JUST SO I COULD SHOW THE WORLD
SUCH A FINE AND GLOWING PICTURE
OF A LIFE THAT WASN‘T MINE.

AND ALL ALONG YOU KNEW
STILL YOU STOOD RIGHT THERE BEHIND ME
AS I SLEPT AWAY EACH DREAM.

I DON‘T WANT JUST ANOTHER DREAM
I WANT MORE THAN JUST WHAT‘S LEFT
I WANT THE ONE WHO YOU WERE ONCE SO PROUD OF
THERE FOR YOU AGAIN

IT‘S THE ONE DREAM I STILL HAVE LEFT
IT‘S ALL I REALLY NEED
JUST TO LOOK AT YOU AND KNOW THAT I‘VE DONE SOMETHING
YOU COULD HOLD UP AND KNOW YOU WERE THE REASON
AND IF ONLY I COULD MAKE SURE
IT WAS BIG AND BOLD AND GRAND ENOUGH

THEN AND ONLY THEN I‘D KNOW
THAT FINALLY I DESERVE YOU
ONCE MORE.

(Music stops; she moves to him and gently puts her hand on his shoulder)

BENNY
(Hint of a chuckle and awkward shrug) You asked.

[PIANO: Button]

MADALYN
I didn‘t fall in love ‗cause you were a celebrity.

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