Scene 11 Finale
Scene 11
Finale
Set: kitchen
Scene: Allison is preparing breakfast. Tommy enters.
The land line rings.
Check call display
Allison “ it’s Cat”
Cat “ Let me speak to dad”
Cel phone rings
Allison “Why’s Beth calling now?”
Beth “ Let me speak to Dad”
Allison “What’s going on?”
Tommy “put them on speaker”
Cat “ Did you hear?”
Tommy “ What?”
Cat “First, That was good last night, I really liked it. You should do more coffee houses. You really looked happy y’know, performing.
Tommy “Thanks, It was a lot of fun.”
Cat That’s not why I called. In attendance at the coffee house was a music critic who blogged about how he loved the performance”
Allison “cool”
Tommy “It’s nice to get some feedback. Even nicer that he liked it”
Beth “It’s different when I see you perform a song live, so different than just listening to it.
I finally paid attention to the words. It’s about you isn’t it? It’s about us?”
Tommy “Yes, it’s about us.”
Tommy embraces Ali. The lights dim.
Cue music
Tommy moves forward into a solitary spotlight.
Tommy on lead
During the first verse a second spotlight comes up on a figure standing to the side of the stage. It is adolescent Tommy standing by the mirror with his acoustic guitar. He walks towards Tommy and joins him to sing the chorus.
At the second chorus the entire ensemble assembles then joins in from bridge to the end.
Song-Try harder
I believe that everyone, is a prodigy at something
A mere fraction get the opportunity to realize their potential
That doesn’t mean that we should accept the status quo
Question all that we could have
I stared in the mirror and I asked myself
What if my best doesn’t cut it?
Chorus
If your best ain’t good enough try harder try harder
If your reach ain’t far enough push farther push farther
If you feel there’s no new thoughts Be smarter be smarter
Try harder
Can’t avoid the news today global unrest and hardship
People challenged every way and pushed to deal as best they can against the forces
Natural disasters politics and wars
How’d it ever get this way?
What we need is a push a shake a wake up call
A voice inside our heads saying
Chorus
If your best ain’t good enough try harder try harder
If your reach ain’t far enough push farther push farther
If you feel there’s no new thoughts Be smarter be smarter
Try harder
Open doors tear down the walls heal all the sick
End all wars put everybody back to work
Chorus
If your best ain’t good enough try harder try harder
If your reach ain’t far enough push farther push farther
If you feel there’s no new thoughts Be smarter be smarter
Try harder
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The end