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<br>MARK<br>How Do You Document Real Life<br>When Real Life`s Getting More<br>Like Fiction Each Day<br>Headlines - Bread-Lines<br>Blow My Mind<br>And Now This Deadline<br>"Eviction - Or Pay"<br>Rent<br>ROGER<br>How Do You Write A Song<br>When The Chords Sound Wrong<br>Though They Once Sounded Right And Rare<br>When The Notes Are Sour<br>Where Is The Power You Once Had To Ignite the Air<br><br>MARK<br>And We`re Hungry And Frozen<br><br>ROGER<br>Some Life That We`ve Chosen<br><br>TOGETHER<br>How We Gonna Pay<br>How We Gonna Pay<br>How We Gonna Pay<br>Last Year`s Rent<br><br>MARK<br>We Light Candles<br><br>ROGER<br>How Do You Start A Fire<br>When There`s Nothing To Burn<br>And It Feels Like Something`s Stuck In<br>Your Flue<br><br>MARK<br>How Can You Generate Heat<br>When You Can`t Feel Your Feet<br><br>BOTH<br>And They`re Turning Blue!<br><br>MARK<br>You Light Up A Mean Blaze<br><br>ROGER<br>With Posters-<br><br>MARK<br>And Screenplays<br><br>ROGER & MARK<br>How We Gonna Pay<br>How We Gonna Pay<br>How We Gonna Pay<br>Last Year`s Rent<br><br>JOANNE<br>(On phone)<br>Don`t Screen, Maureen<br>It`s Me - Joanne<br>Your Substitute Production Manager<br>Hey Hey Hey! (Did You Eat)<br>Don`t Change The Subject Maureen<br>But Darling - You Haven`t Eatin All Day<br><br>You Won`t Throw Up<br>You Won`t Throw Up<br>The Digital Delay--<br>-Didn`t Blow Up (Exactly)<br>There May Have Been One Teeny Tiny Spark<br>You`re Not Calling Mark<br><br>COLLINS<br>How Do You Stay On Your Feet<br>When On Every Street<br>It`s `Trick Or Treat`<br>(And Tonight It`s `Trick`)<br>`Welcome Back To Town`<br>I Should Lie Down<br>Everything`s Brown<br>And Uh - Oh<br>I Feel Sick<br><br>MARK<br>Where Is He?<br><br>COLLINS<br>Getting Dizzy<br><br>MARK & ROGER<br>How We Gonna Pay<br>How We Gonna Pay<br>How We Gonna Pay<br>Last Year`s Rent<br><br>BENNY<br>(On cellular phone)<br>Allison Baby - You Sound Sad<br>I Don`t Believe Those Two<br>After Everything I`ve Done<br><br>Ever Since Our Wedding<br>I`m Dirt - They`ll See<br>I Can Help Them All Out In The Long Run<br><br>Forces Are Gathering<br>Forces Are Gathering<br>Can`t Turn Away<br>Forces Are Gathering<br><br>COLLINS<br>Ughhhhh-<br>Ughhhhh-<br>Ughhhhhh- I Can`t Think<br>Ughhhhh-<br>Ughhhhh-<br>Ughhhhh- I Need A Drink<br><br>MARK<br>"The Music Ignites The Night With<br>Passionate Fire"<br><br>JOANNE<br>Maureen - I`m Not A Theatre Person<br><br>ROGER<br>"The Narration Crackles And Pops With<br>Incendiary Wit"<br><br>JOANNE<br>Could Never Be A Theatre Person<br><br>MARK<br>Zoom In As They Burn The Past To The<br>Ground<br><br>JOANNE<br>Hello?<br><br>MARK & ROGER<br>And Feel The Heat Of The Future`s<br>Glow<br><br>JOANNE<br>Hello?<br><br>MARK<br>(On phone)<br>Hello? Maureen?<br>-Your Equipment Wont Work?<br>Okay, All Right, I`ll Go!<br><br>MARK & HALF OF THE COMPANY<br>How Do You Leave The Past Behind<br>When It Keeps Finding Ways To Get To<br>Your Heart<br>It Reaches Way Down Deep And Tears<br>You Inside Out<br>Til You`re Torn Apart<br>Rent<br><br>ROGER & OTHER HALF OF COMPANY<br>How Can You Connect In An Age<br>Where Strangers, Landlords, Lovers<br>Your Own Blood Cells Betray<br><br>ALL<br>What Binds The Fabric Together<br>When The Raging, Shifting Winds Of Change<br>Keep Ripping Away<br><br>BENNY<br>Draw A Line In The Sand<br>And Then Make A Stand<br><br>ROGER<br>Use Your Camera To Spar<br><br>MARK<br>Use Your Guitar<br><br>ALL<br>When They Act Tough - You Call Their<br>Bluff<br><br>MARK & ROGER<br>We`re Not Gonna Pay<br><br>MARK & ROGER W/ HALF THE COMPANY<br>We`re Not Gonna Pay<br><br>MARK & ROGER W/ OTHER HALF OF<br>COMPANY<br>We`re Not Gonna Pay<br><br>ALL<br>Last Year`s Rent<br>This Year`s Rent<br>Next Year`s Rent<br><br>Rent Rent Rent Rent Rent<br>We`re Not Gonna Pay Rent<br><br>ROGER & MARK<br>`Cause Everything Is Rent