ROBERT:
\nSomeone to hold you too close,
\nSomeone to hurt you too deep,
\nSomeone to sit in your chair,
\nTo ruin your sleep.<\/p>\n
PAUL: That’s true, but there’s more to it than that.
\nSARAH: Is that all you think there is to it?
\nHARRY: You’ve got so many reasons for not being with someone, but
\nRobert,
\nyou haven’t got one good reason for being alone.
\nLARRY: Come on, you’re on to something, Bobby. You’re on to something.<\/p>\n
ROBERT:
\nSomeone to need you too much,
\nSomeone to know you too well,
\nSomeone to pull you up short
\nAnd put you through hell.<\/p>\n
DAVID: You see what you look for, you know.
\nJOANNE: You’re not a kid anymore, Robby. I don’t think you’ll ever
\nbe a kid again, kiddo.
\nPETER: Hey, buddy, don’t be afraid it won’t be perfect. The only thing
\nto be afraid of really is that it won’t be.
\nJENNY: Don’t stop now. Keep going.<\/p>\n
ROBERT:
\nSomeone you have to let in,
\nSomeone whose feelings you spare,
\nSomeone who, like it or not,
\nWill want you to share
\nA little, a lot.<\/p>\n
SUSAN: And what does all that mean?
\nLARRY: Robert, how do you know so much about it when you’ve never
\nbeen there?
\nHARRY: It’s much better living it than looking at it, Robert.
\nPETER: Add ’em up, Bobby. Add ’em up.<\/p>\n
ROBERT:
\nSomeone to crowd you with love,
\nSomeone to force you to care,
\nSomeone to make you come through,
\nWho’ll always be there,
\nAs frightened as you
\nOf being alive,
\nBeing alive,
\nBeing alive,
\nBeing alive.<\/p>\n
AMY: Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. *Want* something!
\nWant *something*!<\/p>\n
ROBERT:
\nSomebody, hold me too close,
\nSomebody, hurt me too deep,
\nSomebody, sit in my chair
\nAnd ruin my sleep
\nAnd make me aware
\nOf being alive,
\nBeing alive.<\/p>\n
Somebody, need me too much,
\nSomebody, know me too well,
\nSomebody, pull me up short
\nAnd put me through hell
\nAnd give me support
\nFor being alive,
\nMake me alive.<\/p>\n
Make me confused,
\nMock me with praise,
\nLet me be used,
\nVary my days.
\nBut alone is alone, not alive.<\/p>\n
Somebody, crowd me with love,
\nSomebody, force me to care,
\nSomebody, make me come through,
\nI’ll always be there,
\nAs frightened as you,
\nTo help us survive
\nBeing alive,
\nBeing alive,
\nBeing alive!<\/p>\n
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