Numéro Trois

Then Agnes comes. Jay charms his way out of junk (again). Remember that tomorrow. Anyway, then everyone leaves until it's just Nathan and Simon. Katharine comes. Nathan doesn't remember her. She get pissed and storms out. In a vain effort to get rid of Nathan, Simon inadvertently kicks off

3. Nathan's Song

(spoken:)
NATHAN
It's not about you, Simon. It's about... needing a change.*

SIMON
Do not sing about it.**

NATHAN
Seeing something new...

SIMON
Nathan! Do not sing about it!

NATHAN
(sings)
Sixteen seems so long ago
I forgot how good it feels

SIMON
(spoken)
You're eighteen.

NATHAN
To have the whole world out in front of you
And a brand new set of wheels.
To not know where you're going,
But to know you're almost gone.
Watch the past get small in the rearview mirror
Turn the radio up and sing along.
Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na

I've got the keys, it's time to see
How fast this thing can go.
Roll down the windows, hit the gas
And blast into the night.
I'm gunning it down a brand new road
And going till it feels right.
Gotta make up lost time, so there's
No way I'm gonna stay.
Come if you want to, or get out of my way.

Last night I learned that I
Can have a hundred different faces
And fingerprints that shift and change
And simple choice replaces.
The person you were yesterday
With one you'd rather be.
And suddenly new energy is
Bursting out each part of me!
Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na

I've got the keys, it's time to see
How fast this thing can go.

SIMON
(spoken)
Yes, yes it is!

NATHAN
Roll down the windows, hit the gas
And blast into the night.

SIMON
(spoken)
What are you waiting for?

NATHAN
I'm gunning it down a brand new road
And going till it feels right.
Gotta make up lost time, so there's
No way I'm gonna stay.

SIMON
(spoken)
Then don't stay!

NATHAN
Come if you want to, or get out of my way.
Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na
I've got the keys!

BOTH
Na na na na na na na na
Get out of my way.
Na na na na na na na na
Get out of my way.
(as SIMON puts NATHAN in his desk chair, and rolls him toward the door:)
Na na na na na na na na
Get out of my way.
Na na na na na na na na
(Just as they reach the door, NATHAN stands up, with a new energy, much to SIMON's dismay)
Get out of my way!

*Nathan is scripted to say the word "about" a lot. I mean, a lot. And our Nathan is the only person I have EVER met who actually says "abote."

**Does it break a wall when they acknowledge breaking out into song? Like in "Once More, with Feeling?"