("Not a Sad Song")
¶ It's not a sad song today ¶
¶ Mm mm ¶
¶ It's not a sad song today ¶
¶ Mm mm mm mm ¶
¶ It's only me ¶
¶ Walking while you run ¶
¶ No one's gonna win today ¶
¶ It's not a love song today ¶
¶ Uh uh ¶
¶ It's not a love song today ¶
¶ Oh oh oh uh uh uh ¶
¶ It's only me ¶
¶ Drifting through the day ¶
¶ Hoping you'll fall back to me ¶
¶ It's only me ¶
¶ Oh oh oh ¶
- [Danny] Joni, I need my scrubs!
- Look on my floor.
- [Danny] They're all wrinkly.
Where are my pants?
- Oh, down here.
- [Danny] Can't you sleep in your own clothes?
- Everything's dirty.
- [Danny] Great.
(pager beeping)
Why are they paging me this early?
- Ready?
- Yeah.
She'll be here around six.
- [Joni] Yup.
- Don't be late.
Bye.
- [Crosby] Hello, Joni.
- Hey, Crosby. - I'm in a play
that's opening tomorrow night.
It has eight acts, each with
a different animal - I'm sorry.
- and theme. - Crosby, I'm late to--
- I get to play a dinosaur.
- Oh wow. - I hope you can come.
- [Joni] I'll try.
(Sumana giggles)
- Beat ya.
Joni!
Let's do this!
Monday my fun day.
- [Sumana] Why don't you stop having fun days
and start doing some work.
- Oh, we finally changin' out the turtles?
All right, all right, I was just testin' you.
Seriously though, how you doin'?
Come on.
Mm!
¶ Makin' me a latte ¶
I'm feelin' the love today, Joni, and I like it.
- Did you clean out the bathroom last night, Michael?
(machine whirring)
- Uh, what?
- [Joni] Nothing.
- [Michael] All right, just the chest, just the chest.
Mm, one more time.
Mm, all right, now a little harder, a little harder, mm.
All right, now jump this time.
Mm!
Yes, Jun Taek, your mother'd be proud.
("Not a Sad Song")
(Danny screams happily)
(Allie laughs)
- Come here, you squashed cabbage leaf!
- [Allie] Hi!
- Oh!
Joni will be here any minute.
- Okay.
(phone ringing)
- Saints Rest.
- [Danny] Where are you?
She's here.
- Yeah, I just have a few stragglers.
- [Danny] Joni, no more fiddling, come.
- Yeah, okay, bye.
- Okay.
Sorry about Joni.
I guess she got stuck at work.
(phone jingling)
My mom.
(speaking in Hebrew)
You sure you don't wanna come sleep upstairs?
- No, no, I'm fine.
- It's your room.
- Danny, I love this couch.
- Okay, come upstairs if you change your mind, okay?
- [Allie] I will.
- Laila Tov - Laila Tov
Thanks for the cake.
- [Danny] Yeah, sure.
(Allie sighs)
- Stealing my clothes already?
- This was Mom's.
- Sorry I'm late, I just got caught up with something.
- It's okay.
(Joni sighs)
- How long you here for?
- Um, I was hoping a few weeks.
My lease starts on the 15th.
- Right.
That should be fine.
- It's good to see you.
- You too.
- [Danny] No, put it inside
and then drink through it like it's a straw, see?
- Mm! - Uh huh.
- Mm! - Yeah, that's what
I'm talking about. - Oh my god.
(Danny and Allie laughing)
- Hey, Joni, did you know that Allie has an agent?
She's already getting other auditions.
- [Joni] Wow.
- It's mostly off-Broadway stuff.
- [Joni] Did somebody see my keys.
- Check your pockets.
You're gonna be famous, Allie, I know these things.
- Okay, I'm going to work,
so just call me if you need anything.
- Good morning, Kelly.
- [Kelly] Good morning.
- There you are, darling.
- How much?
- $3.25.
(patrons chattering)
That's fine, Mary.
- No, no, I have it.
- No, this is perfect, perfect.
- Okay, thank you.
- Okay.
- You've seen this?
For real?
- [Joni] Here you go, lovebirds.
- [Danny] Thank you. Okay.
- [Andrew] Thank you.
- [Jaysen] Can I get a little,
there's gonna be a little red barn in the background
and throw in some chicks and ducks and geese.
Yeah?
Really let 'em scurry.
And everybody else, I'll see ya tomorrow at five, okay?
- Okay. - Thank you.
- See you tomorrow, I'll see you tomorrow.
(singers chattering)
- [Man] Thank you
- Uh, what, what are you doing here?
(Allie chuckles)
I'm liking it, there are good things.
But I miss the city.
I mean, there are no cute boys here at all.
(Allie laughing)
- I just can't believe we're both back here.
We always talked about getting out.
- No joke.
- They still say no joke?
- Oh, absolutely.
Is being back weird for you?
- Yeah, feels like I'm in the Twilight Zone.
Everything is smaller.
- [Joni] So deserve it.
(Danny laughing)
- [Danny] Do you think Allie has a boyfriend?
- I can't even imagine her with a guy.
I mean, what do they do, sing Sondheim duets?
- You should give her a chance.
She's kinda cool now.
You just haven't seen her in a while.
- Whose fault is that?
Spare me the guilt, I'm immune to it.
(Danny laughing)
(Joni chuckles)
(Danny sighs)
- Hey.
- [Joni] Hey.
- [Allie] You almost done?
- [Joni] Yeah.
- [Allie] Place looks good.
You got new chairs.
- Three years ago.
- What happened to the stage?
- People like to sit near the window,
watch the bustling streets.
Can you turn that sign to closed?
- Hey, why don't you take down Mom's sea turtles
and find something new to put up.
Make the place your own.
- Yeah, no.
It's turtles all the way around.
So, I have some errands to run.
I can just
- Oh, yeah, okay - see you at home.
- Yeah.
- [Joni] Sorry, I'm late, ringers.
Everyone has their gloves on?
- I hear your sister's back in town.
- [Joni] Yeah, just for a little while.
- [Mary] Oh, wonderful.
I'll bet she's glad to be back home.
- She is thrilled.
- [Mary] She's such a talented singer.
- Okay, let's start with This Little Light of Mine.
Everyone grab your bells.
(Joni sigh)
Okay, one, two, ready, play.
(gentle piano music)
(door slams)
- What was that?
(Allie sighs)
- It's nothing, I'm just trying to write.
- Will you play it for me?
(pager beeping)
Oh, sorry.
Shit, one of my patients is coding.
Rain check on the song?
Sorry, cabbage leaf.
Laila Tov!
("Mask")
¶ I wanna wear a mask and hide away ¶
¶ I wanna wear a mask, just be someone else for a day ¶
¶ I gotta dance all night ¶
¶ Gotta, gotta, gotta move my way ¶
¶ With the spotlight on me fillin' up my body ¶
¶ Breathin' deep as I sway ¶
¶ I lie awake tonight ¶
¶ I'll lie awake tonight ¶
¶ I don't want it to be done ¶
¶ Done, done, done, done, and over ¶
¶ I don't want it to be done ¶
¶ Done, done, done, done, and over ¶
¶ I wanna wear a mask and hide away ¶
¶ I wanna wear a mask and dumb out the noise of the day ¶
¶ And just to give you all the space to be ¶
¶ I'll build you a dream and float you upstream ¶
¶ And maybe you could finally see me ¶
(patrons chattering)
- Hey.
- Thank god you're here, can you take this?
Take this, take this!
- Danny!
I've been waitin' for you.
- Hey, Michael, how are you?
- I'm good, I'm good,
but your roommate's being a little bitch today.
- Want some coffee?
- [Danny] Yeah.
- [Michael] Allie!
- Hey!
- [Michael] Hey.
- Oh my god! - Wow!
Look at you. - Oh!
Oh, hi!
- [Michael] Joni, you didn't say Allie was comin' in today.
- Oh! - Cool Stanford apparel.
- Be nice.
- [Sumana] How the hell did you get a part on Broadway?
- Oh, it's just a supporting role.
- [Sumana] Can I come with you?
Who do I have to sleep with?
- Hey, Allie, come sit.
Want some?
- No.
The place really looks great.
- [Joni] You keep saying that.
- Um, I was wondering, actually,
if you have any open shifts?
- [Joni] Why?
- Well, I just have a lot of free time,
and I could really use the money for New York.
- Oh, is Manhattan expensive?
I mean, we get like one customer an hour.
I really don't need any extra help.
- It could be fun.
I mean, I haven't worked here since,
like junior year of high school.
- I can't just create paid shifts out of thin air.
- [Danny] But you do have to fire Michael occasionally.
- I heard that, Danny.
- I know.
- Okay.
We'll see, okay?
- Morning, Joni.
- Hey, Crosby. - Wasn't that
some storm last night. - Running late.
- Yeah. - There was a driving wind.
(horn honking)
- Here you go.
- [Customer] Thank you.
- [Allie] Bye.
- [Danny] Allie, come here.
Do you remember this?
- [Allie] Yeah.
- [Joni] What are you guys getting into over there?
- Nothing, relax.
- Do you wanna try it?
- [Danny] Yeah.
- [Allie] Hey, Joni, does the piano still work.
- I don't know, it's a piano.
- [Allie] You play.
- [Danny] Okay.
("Right Now")
¶ Come and tell me a tale ¶
¶ Of our childhood days ¶
¶ Simple, clean ¶
¶ Do you remember ¶
¶ When we were kids ¶
¶ We used to pick berries ¶
¶ In the woods along the hill ¶
- Left hand.
¶ The smell ¶
¶ Does it remind you as well ¶
¶ Of the times we played together by the stream ¶
¶ Do you remember ¶
¶ When we had no where else to go ¶
¶ And so we took the time ¶
¶ To sing and to daydream ¶
¶ Running, running ¶
¶ Through the never-ending fields ¶
¶ Unaware that time exists ¶
¶ We're not afraid ¶
¶ To stain our clothes with mud and sand ¶
¶ The present moment is right here ¶
¶ Right now ¶
(both laughing)
¶ Right now ¶
¶ Come and tell me a tale ¶
¶ Of the simple days ¶
¶ By the hills ¶
¶ I wish you knew that ¶
¶ All your dreams can be fulfilled ¶
¶ If you just follow those that really make you feel ¶
¶ Running, running ¶
¶ Through the never-ending fields ¶
¶ Unaware that time exists ¶
¶ We're not afraid ¶
¶ To stain our clothes with mud and sand ¶
¶ Running, running ¶
¶ Unaware that time exists ¶
¶ We're not afraid ¶
¶ The present moment is right here ¶
¶ Right now ¶
(Allie laughing)
(Danny screams happily)
- Joni, did you hear that?
- Thanks for that rendition, guys.
(Allie laughing)
Can we go to lunch?
- Yeah, we can go to lunch.
Joni, you wrote so much good stuff in college.
¶ Right now ¶
- [Joni] Shut up, shut up.
- [Allie] Joni's not back yet?
- [Danny] No, she's at bell choir practice.
- [Allie] She's where?
- Yeah, it's Monday.
(bells chiming peacefully)
- Wonderful, okay.
I will see you guys all next week, same time.
Yup.
Tyson, try not to break anything else. (chuckles)
- [Choir Member] I'm starved, let's get something to eat.
- That was Mom's favorite hymn.
How long have you been doing this?
- They asked me to take over after she died.
Nepotism gone awry.
Didn't think I'd still be doing it three years later.
- But you always refused to go to church with us.
- I still get the willies being in here. (scoffs)
- Yeah, well, you definitely got the head start
railing against it all.
- Why, did you stop going to church?
- Pretty much.
- I feel kinda bad about it sometimes,
but probably not for the right reasons.
My therapist enjoyed it.
- You have a therapist?
- (chuckles) I had one, yeah, for a while.
- Why?
- That's what happens when everyone
pretends things are stable and then your mom dies.
- She didn't want you to see things.
- I know, I know.
You two put on quite covert operation.
- She wanted to let you get away.
- So that you could resent me for it later?
I wish I could've been there you, be sad with you.
- Yeah, you would've loved it.
(Joni laughs)
Instead of going off to college,
you could've stayed home with me and,
eh, giving her enemas and shoving catheters
It's been three years.
You had three years to be sad with me, but you weren't here.
- Well, can I be here now?
- [Jaysen] One, two, three.
¶ If you lived here ¶
¶ You'd be home now ¶
¶ And you wouldn't have to face the road ahead ¶
- [Jaysen] Put your scripts down.
¶ If you lived here ¶
¶ You'd be home now ¶
¶ With your favorite pillow waiting on your bed ¶
- [Jaysen] Woo!
- Yes! (singers clapping)
- Great job, great job.
That's what I'm talkin' about.
How long are we staying at this thing?
- [Allie] You cannot abandon me.
- [Jaysen] I'm just here for the wine.
- And Jon's art.
- Oh, please, Jon's not much of an artist.
- Hey! - Hey, Jon!
- Get over here, give me a hug!
Let's get drunk!
- Oh, how are you?
- How are you?
How the hell are you?
- [Allie] I'm great, how are you?
- I'm good, I'm good.
Apart from living in shit box
and working at Walmart, I'm fantastic.
- Jon, you don't work at Walmart.
- Yes, I do.
You need a drink, and you need to take your glasses off.
No nerds allowed.
This is America.
- Okay, let's go inside. - Also, are you
fully aware of what you're wearing.
- Shut up. - You can wear
something that I have. - Just shut up.
- Because none of that works here.
Don't listen to Jason.
He thinks that he's happy here, but look at him.
This moment right now
is the happiest that he's been in five years.
- [Allie] Are you still painting, Jon?
- I am.
I might follow you to New York, actually.
- Ooh, we could be roommates.
- We could, we could!
Probably not, but maybe.
- Sumana will come too.
- Come where?
- Let's go find a train.
(Sumana sighs)
¶ Train's comin' down the track ¶
¶ Ooh ooh ¶
¶ It's comin' down really fast ¶
¶ Ooh ooh ¶
¶ It's comin' down, it's comin' down ¶
¶ Ooh ooh ¶
¶ Most trains run on steam ¶
¶ Ooh ooh ¶
¶ But not this train, it runs on dreams ¶
¶ Ooh ooh ¶
(Allie laughing)
¶ No, no, not steam, it runs on dreams ¶
¶ Ooh ooh ¶
¶ Ooh, just ooh ¶ - Chugga, chugga, chugga,
chugga, chugga, chugga, chugga, chugga, chugga, chugga,
chugga, chugga. - You missed all this,
didn't ya?
- Yeah, I guess I did grow up a little bit.
- Allie, Allie, Allie, Allie, you are so amazing!
You're so amazing for going to New York
and being a Broadway star.
Jaysen, you're even more amazing
for directing community theater
and dressing like an accountant.
- Okay, thanks, Jon.
(all chuckling)
- It's a magical world, you guys.
(Sumana laughing)
Did you just spit,
what did you do, ruining? (Jaysen laughing)
(gentle country music)
- I don't know what I want.
- [Andrew] You want one of these?
- No, definitely not, gross.
If we were in Israel, we would never be eating this crap.
- Don't you have a McDonald's in Tel Aviv?
- (chuckles) Yeah, sure.
It's popular American tourist spot.
You and I should go there.
- Sure.
I love McDonald's.
- No, I mean,
like, to live.
For a year, maybe.
- What would I do there?
- There's plenty of rehab centers you could work at.
We could rent an apartment on the beach near my sister.
You could just have a part-time job
and enjoy good weather for a year.
- And when the year's over?
- When the year's over, we'll do whatever.
We'll come back here
or we'll stay in Tel Aviv if you like it there.
Whatever.
("Tip of Hope")
¶ Will you identify a tip of hope ¶
¶ Will it shine just for you to discover ¶
¶ Clouds arise on the horizon ¶
¶ Laden with ¶
- All right, then I'll see you at her recital this weekend.
- [Dan] That would be great.
- All right, there you go.
- [Dan] Thanks so much.
- [Joni] Have a great day, Dan!
How's it goin'?
- Uh, this time next year,
I'll be serving coffee all by myself.
- [Joni] There's a learning curve.
- Guys, I've been thinkin'.
I think we need a Saints Rest pet, like a mascot.
- Oh, I thought you already filled that role, Michael.
- I'm serious.
Joni, what do you think?
- This all sounds like something I don't care about.
- No, no, no, like we should get a dog,
and then when people come in,
they'll know the dog would be here,
and they'll pet the dog, play with the dog.
You know, like one of those big dogs with the deep voices.
(Allie laughing) (Michael mimics barking)
Like, bark when people come in. (mimics barking)
Then we'd make tee shirts.
That's marketing.
You think on it, boss.
(Allie laughs)
- Hey, I was thinking.
Maybe this weekend, you and I could do something
just the two of us, try to catch up.
- Yeah, yeah, okay.
- [Allie] Great, it's a date.
(Joni chuckling)
- It's a date.
(Allie laughing)
Sorry, I'm late.
- It's okay.
- I can't believe this is what you wanted to do.
I haven't been here since I was like seven.
- Really?
I was here all the time in high school.
Probably shouldn't admit that.
- No.
Ready?
- You set 'em up, I'll knock 'em down.
- Uh oh. - Uh,
bowling for two, please.
- [Attendant] I'll put you guys on lane six.
What size shoes?
- I'm a 7 1/2.
- Me too.
- You want a beer?
- You drink?
- Sure, sometimes.
- You want me to?
- I got it.
Here.
So, tell me about this guy Danny's seeing.
- (chuckles) Andrew, yes.
He romances her with his guitar.
(Allie laughs)
- Well, is it working?
- Oh, hell yeah, it's working.
Can't sleep at night, it's working so well.
(Allie laughing)
- Are you seeing anyone?
- Yeah, no.
Do you have any leftover boyfriends from Stanford?
- No.
I got kind of tired of college boys.
I think I'm just ready for something more mature.
- You mean, like a man?
- Exactly.
- Good luck with that. (chuckles)
They're all just little boys pretending to be Han Solo.
- [Allie] Right.
- How 'bout that guy?
- Oh, he's just my type.
- You want a man, don't you?
That's what they look like.
I mean, he's one of the good ones.
He's probably out of your league, Allie.
- Okay, just bowl.
Off to a great start. (chuckling)
- [Joni] Yeah, watch.
- Well, you should try the special flavor sometimes.
- I'll try yours.
Mm.
Mine's better.
(Danny laughing)
(Danny groans)
God, I need to shower.
- So, I was thinking about this,
and I couldn't come up with a better way to say it,
but I really, I really wanna spend my life with you.
So, I wanted to put that proposition out there,
and, and see what you think.
- Are you serious? (chuckles)
- Yeah, I mean, I know you still have
another year of residency
and I know that there are things we haven't discussed.
- Yeah.
- So, maybe I'm, maybe I'm just asking
to start the conversation.
- Okay.
(Danny laughs)
- Okay?
- Yeah, let's start that conversation.
(Danny laughs)
- [Andrew] Okay.
- [Danny] How much did that thing cost you anyway?
- [Andrew] It was like five bucks.
- [Danny] Oh.
- [Andrew] It was the nicest ring in the gas station.
- [Danny] I bet.
("Right Now")
- Do it, just do it.
- No, no, no.
- No, just do it. - Okay.
- But do it blindfolded.
(Allie laughs)
Just try to go. - Ready?
Wait, let me see. - Round the hook.
- When you're not bowling, what else do you do?
- Um, well, I like to golf.
- Oh! - I like to chase kids around,
my grandkids around.
- Oh, that's so sweet.
- [Man] Yeah, it's a lotta fun.
(Joni laughing) - Do they live near you?
- [Man] They live about 50 miles away.
- Five, four, three!
I beat you.
I beat you! - Nah, nah!
- Oh no, shit.
- I think we tied.
- Very, very, very, - You tied.
- very good.
Now, it's my turn!
- [Allie] Snooze, you lose!
- What the fuck?
She was so competitive growing up.
Like, none, nobody, none of the kids wanted to play with her
'cause Allie always got--
- 'Cause I always won.
- She always had to win.
- There you go!
(all cheering)
Would you like one of these?
- Oh, no. - They're really good.
- No, thank you. - Yeah, they are.
- No, she does like those.
She's a big fan - No, I'm fine, thanks.
- of the chicken poppers. - She really wants one.
- [Allie] Joni, Joni, Joni!
- Thanks how it's done!
(Allie laughs)
- It's okay, come into my arms.
- I used to be taller than her,
but then I got old
and she got tall. - When I was like three.
- She got tall.
Let's cheer to that!
(all cheering)
(Joni laughing)
Oh my god, Mom and that fucking Bee Gees tape.
- No, I liked it.
- You were nine, you didn't know any better.
- [Attendant] So, who won?
- [Allie] I did.
- [Attendant] What'd you bowl?
- 78.
- She's been secretly practicing.
(attendant chuckles)
- God, this is so fucking good.
(Joni laughing)
- Look at you.
- This is nice.
- What?
- [Allie] Just this, hangin' out.
Not needing to be somewhere else.
- [Joni] That's 'cause there's no where else to be.
- [Allie] Hey.
- Did I wake you?
- I wasn't sleeping.
(Car passes by)
You look so cool smoking a cigarette.
- That's why I do it.
(Allie chuckles)
If you're gonna be a hip New Yorker.
Here, now look like you don't give a shit.
There you go.
("The Star")
¶ Sometimes I want to wake up ¶
¶ Somewhere new ¶
¶ Those times when ¶
¶ I'm not sure what ¶
¶ I should do ¶
¶ Mm ¶
¶ I seek a star ¶
¶ That will assign me ¶
¶ To its direction ¶
¶ That's where I will turn ¶
¶ I need the sun ¶
¶ To magnetize me ¶
¶ In its direction ¶
¶ That's where I will burn ¶
How was your date last night?
- Maybe she's not so terrible.
- I knew you two would hit it off.
Are you going to see her again?
- We work together.
- You do work together.
So compatible.
- Okay, Yenta!
I'm going.
¶ Sometimes I meet a stranger ¶
¶ Where I am ¶
- [Crosby] Morning, Joni.
- Hey, Crosby.
Sorry, running late.
- Why were you even watching that?
- I'm not sure.
I watched an hour of it and I couldn't figure it out.
- I mean, isn't it just karate?
- Mm, so they don't really do anything.
- What do you mean?
- They just stand there like this,
and then they go like this.
(Allie chuckling)
- You look like a, like a cat.
That's judo, this is judo?
- Yeah.
And then they lock claws like this,
and then they kind of.
Then you go lay down. (Allie laughing)
Like this.
- This is an Olympic sport?
- Yeah.
People train for years to do this.
- [Allie] Well I'm pretty good at it.
(Joni laughing)
- [Joni] What are you doing?
- Um. - Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Moving things.
- [Joni] Yeah, why?
- 'Cause your sister told me to.
("Red Clover Field")
¶ Red clover field in the middle of my town ¶
¶ I lay down, throw off my bag, and put the noise on silent ¶
¶ Never seen bees from the point of view of grass ¶
¶ As they pass, I see their joy in ways I haven't ¶
¶ Buzzing, floating freely living as they want to ¶
¶ We can learn from nature how to be ¶
¶ Attentive to what I need ¶
¶ Lay in the green and midday dreams ¶
¶ Will play through us like sunshine melody ¶
- What is this, amateur hour?
- He has no idea.
- No idea what?
- Michael, we're playing at a level
you don't even understand.
- Allie, please.
- Uh oh, Michael, you're in trouble.
- Danny, don't make me laugh.
- Check mate.
- What?
That's not even a legal chess move.
- Yes, it is, horse to bishop three.
- It's not a freakin' horse.
- Yes, it is, look at it.
- Check mate. - It's a horse.
- You can't have a second check mate. - Check mate,
yours wasn't real. - Michael, you lost.
- Yeah. - You lost.
- Check mate. - Aw, poor baby.
Are you sad you lost?
- [Michael] I didn't lose.
- [Sumana] Yeah, you did.
¶ Red clover field in the middle of my town ¶
¶ I lay down, throw off my shoes, and spread my hands out ¶
(all laughing)
¶ Never heard so clear ¶
¶ Vivid lullabies of parakeets ¶
¶ And I let their singing tune me now ¶
(Allie laughing)
(Michael grunts)
(Joni laughing)
¶ Inspiration comes to me ¶
¶ When I'm not afraid to feel ¶
¶ The emptiness inside my heart ¶
¶ Songs reveal themselves to me ¶
¶ And creativity will start ¶
¶ To wear a real shape in me ¶
- [Joni] Yo.
- [Allie] Bye, Michael.
See ya Monday.
- Wait, Allie.
- [Allie] Yeah?
- You're not leavin', are you?
- [Allie] Yeah, I just said that.
- But you're not headin' out, are you?
- Yeah.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Whoa, Allie!
- What?
- You're not leavin', are you?
(Allie laughing)
Wait, where you goin'?
- [Allie] Goodbye, Michael.
- Psh, all right.
- [Allie] This place reminds me of being a kid.
- [Joni] You are a kid.
- [Allie] Mom never let me hang out here with you.
- You were, like, ten.
I didn't want you hangin' around here.
I was tryin' to be a cool college kid.
- Hey, I was crazy cool for a ten year-old.
(Joni laughing)
- Of course, it didn't stop her
from coming to every single one of my performances.
- God, that's so embarrassing.
She loved your music.
I forget how quiet it gets here, even on Saturday night.
Sometimes you forget to think.
- I can't stop thinking.
- Hey!
You guys goin' to the Loggia party?
- [Allie] You know it!
- Well get goin', son!
(men yelling)
- Oh my god.
- You gonna miss college?
- That depends.
- On what?
- If I like the next part. (laughs)
(Joni laughs)
- Ask your pal, Jaysen.
- I know, he's mastered it.
(Joni chuckles)
(Allie laughing)
- What I noticed most was that at a certain point,
you just stop meeting new people,
and I don't know exactly when it happens,
but you'll see, at a certain point,
you just, you just see the same people every day
and have the same interactions again and again.
- That sounds bad.
- No, not necessarily.
- Well, I'm sure I'll be meeting a ton of new people
when I move to the city.
- Yeah.
Yeah, then they'll move away or get married or have kids
and then they won't have time,
and that's just, you know, life.
You love something, you lose it.
You remember it, you smile thinking about it,
and then slowly, it starts fading away.
(train horn blowing)
I went all night.
I don't know, Allie.
- Morning, Crosby.
- Don't. - Morning.
- What are you reading?
- Al-- - Oh, nice.
- Your mom used to tell me this joke, you wanna hear it?
- Yeah.
- How do you catch a unique rabbit?
- How?
- Unique up on it.
(Allie laughs)
- Yeah, but how do you catch a tame rabbit?
- How?
- Tame way.
Come on, let's. (Allie laughs)
(patrons chattering)
- One, two, three, look.
One, two, three, look.
Oh, come on.
- Come on. - Okay, okay, okay.
Okay. - Hurry.
- I'm in there. - Michael.
- We have to give-- - Michael,
you want to help me? - One, two, three--
- Wa, wa, wa-- - Oh!
- One, two, three. - Wait, wait!
We can't-- - Thanks, Joni.
- Guys, come on. - Okay, okay.
- One. - Two.
- Three. - Look!
- Yeah! (Sumana cheers)
Yes, yes!
- Andrew proposed.
- [Michael] Okay, okay, okay, okay!
- Really?
- Yeah.
(Allie laughs) - I wasn't expecting it.
- What did you say?
- I think I just said yes to talking about.
- [Michael] Come on!
- Did you tell your family?
- Of course not.
- Did you tell Joni?
- Are you crazy?
- Later, guys.
- [Danny] Bye!
Finally.
- You wanna try this one together?
- You remember that?
- I think so.
Andrew, here.
- Let me see that.
(Joni sighs)
Okay.
("Tip of Hope")
¶ Will you identify a tip of hope ¶
¶ Will it shine just for you to discover ¶
¶ Clouds arise on the horizon ¶
¶ Laden with pinching tails ¶
¶ Will you identify a tip of hope ¶
¶ Will it shine just for you to discover ¶
¶ Clouds arise on the horizon ¶
¶ Laden with pinching tails ¶
¶ Falling rains cause dropping tears ¶
¶ Aching hearts now beating lighter ¶
¶ Falling rains cause dropping tears ¶
¶ Aching hearts now beating lighter ¶
¶ Clearing skies convert the daytime ¶
¶ Passing faster once you smile ¶
¶ Empty places, crowded faces ¶
¶ Hope you've idolized a dying mind ¶
(pager beeping)
¶ Iowa, beautiful land ¶
¶ Ever-changing Iowa ¶
¶ Let me live here in your heartland ¶
¶ Home for good in Iowa ¶
¶ Your earth is strong under my hand ¶
(audience cheering and applauding)
- [Sumana] Where is my food?
- I miss community theater.
- Don't pander to us, Allie.
- No, I really do.
- I do too.
Watching geeks and old people sing off-key
is the stuff of my dreams.
- [Sumana] You're a dumb ass.
(all laughing)
- Allie, how long are you here for?
- [Allie] Uh, one more week.
- Oh, well, get out before you start decaying.
- No one is decaying, don't listen to him.
- Uh, close your eyes.
- Close my eyes?
- Close your ears.
Get out now!
- [Allie] Come on, it's not that bad.
- Listen, Grinnell, Iowa
is about as specific as this ketchup,
and if you don't leave now,
you're gonna end up just like this bottle,
uninteresting, alone, and always half empty.
- Well, then why are you still here annoying everyone?
- I don't know, your boyfriend was busy, so I wasn't able
to go out with him. - Busy with me.
- Oh, well, that was-- - We were Skyping.
We had a Skype date. - None of you
are dating anyone.
(Sumana laughs)
(door slams)
- Hey.
- Where'd you go?
- No where.
- Jon is so ridiculous.
Tonight was too big a dose.
- [Joni] How much is your rent?
- [Allie] Hmm?
- In New York, how much will your rent be?
- [Allie] I don't know, a lot.
- Bet it's like five times
what you'd pay here for a quarter the space.
- [Allie] Yeah, probably.
- Of course, you're not paying for the space, right?
You're paying for the location,
all the shops and the restaurants and
- What's wrong?
- (sighs) Just probably won't have time to come home.
Wheres the remote?
- Joni, I'll come visit.
- Like you did in college.
- I was working, I was in shows, I,
I was building my career.
- What career exactly are you talking about?
You got one tiny supporting role like a thousand other girls
that are now waiting tables in Manhattan.
- As opposed to waiting tables in Grinnell, Iowa?
At least I'm trying to do something and
- Hey, I don't blame you.
Mom's dead, your friends are assholes,
and God-forbid, you end up like Jaysen or like me,
stuck in a dead place without a trace of fucking culture.
- [Allie] This isn't about Jaysen, okay?
Nobody's forcing you to stay here.
If you don't wanna be here, you can leave.
- It never occurs to anyone that maybe I like it here?
Maybe I consider this home?
- [Allie] Do you?
- Maybe.
- Okay, then that's great.
That's just fucking fantastic, but I'm not like you, okay?
I can't have a singing career
in the middle of a fucking cornfield.
I'm not okay with just waking up and going to Saints Rest
and then going to Lonnski's and then going home,
and then that's it for the rest of my life.
I don't want that.
- [Joni] Do you hear yourself?
- [Allie] I wish you'd just say what your fucking issue is.
- My fucking issue is that you don't even care
that we're only gonna see each other
maybe 20 more times for the rest of our lives.
- That's ridiculous.
I'm a three-hour flight away.
I can come home multiple times a year.
- [Joni] Fantastic!
I used to have a sister every day.
I didn't realize it was a childhood fad.
- [Allie] It's not a fad,
but you can't keep everybody static around you, okay?
Even Danny's gonna leave
eventually. - Oh okay, whatever.
- [Allie] No, she told me.
Andrew proposed, but she's too afraid to tell you
because you're such a fucking psycho about people leaving.
Where are you going?
- Apparently, nowhere.
Have fun singing Moon River
to a bunch of rich white people nine times a week.
(door slams)
("My Friend")
¶ My friend ¶
¶ Mm mm ¶
¶ Why ¶
¶ Mm mm mm ¶
¶ Mm mm mm mm mm ¶
¶ Ooh ooh ¶
¶ And I asked why ¶
¶ Why ¶
¶ And then she said ¶
¶ Da da da da da da ¶
¶ Mm mm mm mm mm mm ¶
¶ Ooh ooh ooh ¶
- Think I should repaint the coffee shop?
- Sure.
Could use an update.
- Michael keeps egging me to take down the sea turtles,
says he feels like they're judging him.
- They probably are.
They're very wise.
You won't be able to stay mad at her, will you?
- You know I keep a death grip on grudges.
- She's just a short plane ride away.
It's not like you need to fly 15 hours to go see her.
- Anyway, it'll all pass.
- What?
- This whole Broadway thing, it's not gonna last.
- It's not?
- Not like me, not forever.
I'm the motherfucking diamond.
- Come on, it's not Broadway.
It's only open mic night, let's go.
- Okay, one minute.
- Go ask Joni if she wants to come.
- Hey.
Uh, Danny's taking me out since it's my last night and all.
It'd be great if you could join us, if you're not too tired.
- Yeah, fine.
- And just so I don't forget.
Finally get your car back.
- [Danny] We went to the mall.
(Allie and Danny speaking faintly)
- That's impressive, that's like a lot.
- Cool.
(Joni laughing)
Hey, Joni.
- Scott.
- It's been a while, right?
- I thought you were in the city.
- I was, I moved back a couple weeks ago, been layin' low.
- You didn't like Chicago?
- Nah, it's not really my speed.
- Yeah.
Well, sorry it didn't work out.
- Nah, it's cool.
It's been good to see some familiar faces around, ya know?
- Yeah.
- Joni!
Hold on, I got you guys.
Here, take one.
All right, all right, all right.
To my favorite threesome.
- Cheers. (Allie laughs)
(patrons chattering)
- [Michael] Mm!
(Michael groans)
- I'm gonna miss you, Michael.
- What do you mean?
- I mean I'm gonna miss you when I leave.
- You're leaving?
- Yeah, like tomorrow.
- What?
(Danny laughs) When did this happen?
Are you kidding me, Joni?
- You didn't know that?
She got a gig on Broadway, stupid.
- So, you're leavin'?
Whoa, that changes everything.
Kevin, can I get four more.
(Danny laughs) - Hey, guys.
- Yo, baby. - Hey.
- [Danny] Let's grab a table.
- I'm so jealous you get to work with Michael every day.
I'm really gonna miss it here.
- I get it, Allie, it's fine.
- So, this is only to keep me from leaving next year.
- No.
- [Danny] But only if I stay.
- Well, you came to the States because you wanted to, right?
- Sure, I mean, for college, for med school,
but I was always gonna go back home eventually.
- Can't I be your home?
(speaking in Hebrew)
What?
- That's my point.
(crowd cheering)
- All right, thank you, Raven, for that lovely performance.
Up next, we have?
- Allie.
(crowd cheering)
- Thank you.
Uh, this is a song I wrote.
I hope you like it.
("My Friend")
¶ My friend told me life was in the city ¶
¶ The lights burned brighter there ¶
¶ My friend told me life would be a pity ¶
¶ Without settling out there ¶
¶ And I asked why ¶
¶ Why ¶
¶ My friend told me that the darkness ruled here ¶
¶ There is no point to raising our voices ¶
¶ She said we're wasting all our summers in this town ¶
¶ We shout, hey, but no one cares ¶
¶ And I asked why ¶
¶ Why ¶
¶ And then she said, there's no freedom here ¶
¶ To live the life she dreamed ¶
¶ And when she's here, the music disappears ¶
¶ So she's flying to free her mind ¶
¶ My friend tells me life is not the city ¶
¶ That bright lights lead us the wrong way ¶
¶ My friend tells me life here isn't pretty ¶
¶ And yet she chooses to stay ¶
¶ And I asked why ¶
¶ Why ¶
¶ I wish she'd find the freedom ¶
¶ To live the life she dreamed ¶
¶ And maybe the music would reappear ¶
¶ She must fly to free her mind ¶
¶ Mm mm mm ¶
(crowd cheering)
There you are.
- Hey.
- That was, that was great, Allie.
- Thanks.
- Okay, you can go.
- Okay.
(Joni sobbing)
(sullen music)
- Congratulations, that's awesome.
- Thanks.
Probably very dark and a little strange.
- A little bit, but it's still a great city.
(patrons chattering)
(upbeat electronic music)
- All right, Joni.
- [Joni] Mm.
- We'll take 'em all.
Come on.
(Joni yells)
- Oh my god, Michael, put me down.
Put me down, Michael!
(crowd cheering)
Do you have orange balls?
- [Michael] Uh huh.
- (laughs) Do you?
- [Michael] No, they're usually blue.
(Joni laughs)
- That's good, that's the way I like you.
(Michael laughs)
Okay, shut up.
If I make this shot, no one's allowed to move anywhere ever.
Deal?
- Deal.
Don't worry, she sucks.
- What? - Whoops.
- Michael. - Whoospies.
Whoopsy! - Watch it, Michael!
(all laughing)
- Hey, hey, hey, you guys aren't leavin', are you?
- No! - What's it look like?
- But you guys aren't headin' out, are you?
- Just ignore him.
- Hey, you're not takin' off, right?
But seriously, you guys aren't leavin' though, right?
- [Danny] No, Michael, we're not leaving.
- [Joni] Oh my god.
- All right.
- [Joni] Oh my god, what a night.
I haven't danced like that since 1979.
(all laughing)
- [Allie] Danny, make me food.
- [Danny] Why doesn't anybody ever make me food.
- [Allie] Because you're the grownup.
- [Joni] What does that make me then?
- [Allie] (laughs) The other grownup.
- [Joni] You're lucky you're a cute drunk.
- [Allie] Will you carry me? (laughing)
- Ow. - Good god,
I have to pee.
- I'm seriously too old for this shit.
(Joni and Danny sighing)
Oh, this is nice.
- Oh my god.
- You know you can talk to me, right?
I don't have to hear things from Allie.
- It just didn't feel like something you'd wanna hear.
- [Joni] I don't, but I will.
What are you gonna do?
- I feel like I need to go home.
- Okay.
- [Danny] What will you do?
- I'm gonna die of hunger in that corner over there.
(Danny laughing)
- [Danny] Shut up.
- What are you laughing about? (laughs)
I'll be fine.
I've got Michael.
- [Allie] I'm hungry.
- That's all we have, eat it slowly.
- Oh, heaven.
- Oh, heaven, hi.
(gentle piano music)
- [Allie] What is that?
- You don't remember this?
I taught this to you when you were a little girl.
¶ We are always ¶
¶ Looking to the sky ¶
- God, I cannot believe I remember this.
What's it called?
- You know.
¶ Singing we will never ¶
¶ Have to say ¶
¶ Goodbye ¶
¶ Mm mm mm mm ¶
¶ Mm mm mm ¶
(feet thudding)
- [Danny] Allie, get up, your shuttle's here.
Get up, here drink this.
Oh shit.
Did you forget anything upstairs?
- [Allie] Um, no.
- [Danny] Are you sure?
- [Allie] Yeah.
- [Danny] Okay.
- [Allie] God, I'm a mess.
- No, you look beautiful.
You gonna call us when you land?
- [Allie] Yes.
- Okay, cabbage leaf.
(Allie chuckles)
- [Joni] Okay.
- Okay.
- Allie!
You're not leaving, are you?
(engine revs)
("Right Now")
¶ Running, running ¶
¶ Through the never-ending fields ¶
¶ Unaware that time exists ¶
¶ We're not afraid ¶
¶ To stain our clothes with mud and sand ¶
¶ The present moment is right here ¶
¶ Right now ¶
¶ Come and tell me a tale ¶
¶ Of the simple days by the hills ¶
¶ I wish you knew that ¶
¶ All your dreams can be fulfilled ¶
¶ If you just follow those that really make you feel ¶
¶ Running, running ¶
¶ Through the never-ending fields ¶
¶ Unaware that time exists ¶
¶ We're not afraid ¶
¶ To stain our clothes with mud and sand ¶
¶ Running, running ¶
¶ Unaware that time exists ¶
¶ We're not afraid ¶
¶ The present moment is right here ¶
¶ Right now ¶
¶ Ah ah ah ah ah ¶
¶ We're not afraid ¶
¶ The present moment is right here ¶
¶ Right now ¶
¶ Running, running ¶
¶ Ooh ooh ooh ¶
¶ Ah ah ah ¶
¶ Running, running ¶
¶ The present moment is right here ¶
¶ We're not afraid ¶
¶ Running ¶
¶ Right now ¶
¶ Train's comin' down the tracks ¶
¶ Ooh ooh ¶
¶ It's comin' down really fast ¶
¶ Ooh ooh ¶
¶ It's comin' down, it's comin' down ¶
¶ Ooh ooh ¶
¶ Most trains run on steam ¶
¶ Ooh ooh ¶
¶ But not this train, it runs on dreams ¶
¶ Ooh ooh ¶
¶ No, no, not steam, it runs on dreams ¶
¶ Ooh ooh ¶
¶ Give the conductor a little wave ¶
¶ Ooh ooh ¶
¶ He's pretty hot and super brave ¶
¶ Ooh ooh ¶
¶ Give him a wave, that man is brave ¶
¶ Ooh ooh ¶
¶ I hear the train's chugga choo ¶
¶ Ooh ooh ¶
¶ I know that you're my buggaboo ¶
¶ Ooh ooh ¶
¶ It goes chugga choo, my buggaboo ¶
¶ Ooh ooh ¶