Just Another Day - Next To Normal 2024 Original London Company
Lyrics by：Brian Yorkey
Composed by：Tom Kitt
DIANA：
They're the perfect loving family so adoring
And I love them every day of every week
So my son's a little shit my husband's boring
And my daughter though a genius is a freak
Still I help them love each other
Father mother sister brother
Cheek to cheek
Spoken
Natalie it's 4 in the morning is everything okay?
NATALIE/spoken：
Everything's great why wouldn't it be great?
It's great
I've just got three more chapters of calculus a physics problem set a history quiz
And two more pages on floral imagery in Flowers for Algernon which is just duh
Everything's so under control it's just calm
DIANA/spoken：
Okay honey you need to slow down and take some time for yourself
I'm going to have sex with your father
NATALIE/spoken：
Great thanks
So glad I know that
Sung
So it's times like these I wonder how I take it
And if other families live the way we do
If they love each other or if they just fake it
And if other daughters feel like I feel too
'Cause some days I think I'm dying
But I'm really only trying to get through
GABE：
For just another day for another stolen hour
When the world will feel my power and obey
GABE/NATALIE：
It's just another day
GABE：
Feeling like I'll live forever
NATALIE：
Feeling like this feeling never goes away
GABE/NATALIE：
For just another day
DAN/spoken：
That was great wasn't it?
That was great
Christ I'm late
DIANA/spoken：
Hm that'll teach you to take a whole ten minutes
DAN/spoken：
I'm sorry what?
DIANA/spoken：
I said isn't it a beautiful day?
DAN/spoken：
Um yeah sure it's cloudy and raining and really cold for September but beautiful
DIANA/spoken：
Makes you wanna dive in with both feet doesn't it?
DAN/spoken：
Absolutely
I never know what she's talking about
Sung
When it's up to you to hold your house together
A house you built with patience and with care
But you're grappling with that gray and rainy weather
And you're living on a latte and a
DAN/DIANA：
Prayer
Can you keep the cup from tipping?
Can you keep your grip from slipping in despair?
For just another day
DAN/GABE：
In the hustle and the hurry
DAN：
You want to wipe your worry clean away
ALL：
For just another day
DIANA：
I will keep the plates all spinning
DIANA/NATALIE：
With a smile so white and winning all the way
ALL：
'Cause what doesn't kill me doesn't kill me
So fill me up for just another day
GABE：
It only hurts when I'm here
ALL：
Bum bum bum
DIANA/spoken：
You're gonna be late and you've got a huge day today
GABE/spoken：
You have no idea what I do all day
DIANA/spoken：
Jazz band before school class key club then football
GABE/spoken：
Not bad
DIANA/spoken：
Mm now get out of here
GABE/spoken：
Okay
DIANA：
It only hurts when he goes
ALL：
Bum bum bum
GABE/spoken：
Morning sunshine
NATALIE/spoken：
So I got the date for my winter recital
Do you think you guys can come?
DIANA/spoken：
Uh yeah we'll put it on the calendar
NATALIE/spoken：
Mom the calendar is still on April of last year
DIANA/spoken：
Mm well Happy Easter
NATALIE/spoken：
Happy Easter Mom
DAN/spoken：
Hey sweetheart
NATALIE/spoken：
Hey she's on fire this morning
DAN/spoken：
Oh I know
NATALIE/spoken：
Ew
DAN/spoken：
Honey can you do the shopping today?
I'm slammed at work and we're out of everything
DIANA/spoken：
I keep cave clean
You go out get fire
DAN/spoken：
Uh huh-huh absolutely
Again no clue
DIANA：
It only hurts when I breathe
DAN：
It only hurts when I try
GABE：
It only hurts when I think
NATALIE/DIANA：
It only hurts when I cry
It hurts
DAN/DIANA/NATALIE：
It only hurts when I work
It hurts
GABE/DIANA/DAN：
It only hurts when I play
It hurts
NATALIE/DIANA/DAN/GABE：
It only hurts when I move
It hurts
ALL：
It only hurts when I say
DAN/NATALIE/GABE：
It's just another day
DIANA：
A busy busy day
GABE：
And the morning sun is stunning
DIANA：
I will hold it all together
DAN/NATALIE/DR. MADDEN/HENRY/GABE：
And you wish that you were running far away
Far away
DIANA/COMPANY：
I will hide the mess away
It's just another day
And I'll survive another day
GABE：
Birds are singing things are growing
DIANA/DAN/GABE：
And I will pray to hold on just this way
And you wish you could be going but you stay
DAN/NATALIE/GABE：
You stay
And you stay and stay forever
DIANA/DAN/GABE：
And for my family's sake
Though you know it's now or never
NATALIE/DIANA：
Stay
I'll take what I can take
NATALIE/GABE/DAN/DIANA：
And you know that for forever
Stay
I'm only just awake
DIANA：
Every day is just another and another and another
I will hold it all together
We're the perfect loving family
DAN/spoken：
Diana?
DIANA：
If they say we're not then fuck 'em
The perfect loving family
I will keep the plates all spinning
DAN/spoken：
Diana
DIANA：
And the world just keeps on spinning
Spoken
And I think the house is spinning