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from Songs for a New 7 Just One Step

20 I'm Not Afraid of Anything 31 Stars and the Moon 44 Hear My Song

from Parade 56 The Old Red Hills of Home 64 The Picture Show 17~;;~'s Hard to Spepk My Heart 7 5 AII the Wasted Time

from The Last Five Years 88 See I'm Smiling 98 Moving Too Fast

109 A Summer in Ohio 120 The Next Ten Minutes

from Urban Cowboy 128 It Don't Get Better than This 136 Mr. Hopalong Heartbreak

from the CD Lauren Kennedy: Songs of Jason Robert Brown 143 And l Will Follow 154 Letting You Go 160 If l Told You Now 166 Dreaming, Wide Awake

(from the CD Wearing Someone Else's Clothes 180"$omeone to Fall Back On 188 Getting Out 204 1 Could Be in Love with Someone Like You 216 Nothing in Common 199 Grow Old with Me 228 Coming Together

JUST ONE STEF from Songs for a New World

Zlusic and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown

Fast swing feel, with an edge ( d 4 3 2 )

"Murray? I am out here, Murray. And I am not discussing this anymore!" You

I don't wan-na buy me the fur? Well, that's just fine, Mur-ray. It's

not like I'm ask - ing for m u d , since you won't buy m e the dog- -&

Or the

Copyright O 1996 by Jason Robert Brown All Rights Controlled by Semolina Farfalle Music (ASCAP)

International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved

I beach h o u s e 'in Quogue (as if you did - n't have the mon -ley...)

What else is new? I'm

B 7 N.C.

I not gon- na fight for a coat, so ne - ver mind, Mur-ray. If

I that's what im - por - tant to You, at least I know w h e r e I

I stand, S o Mur-ray, strike up- the band! 'Cause the time has come for ac-tion.

I Here's- what I'll do:

DIE E DIE E5

I Clear - l y , I ' m not want - ed a - ny - more,

E B m7IE E DIE DIE E

I NOW I'm- n o t so y o u n g and beau - ti - ful. That's o - kay,-

I've . faced de - feat be - fore. I'm

not gon-na kvetch And I'm not gon-na cry, It's not gon-na get me what I want-ed so I'm sim-ply gon-na

Take one step, O n e ti - ny step, And Mur - ray,

I Just one step, I'll b e free! One small step, Just- so should - n't

.9 & wor - ry, I'll be free and- you'll be rid of me. Is - n't that

N.C.

joke? Well, it's no joke, Mur-ray!

I Spoken: "Murray?" It looks like they're form - ing a crowd, Like eigh - ty -

I five a t the most. Still, front page of- ihe Post. Mur, I

- Spoken: "Hi, Connie!" Sung: Now you'll- fin' - lly make

I your mo - ther proud, Since she- ne - ver liked me a -

I ny-way. "Look ! She's throw - ing dia - monds to the crowd!" You

I just say the word and I'll come back in-side, But un - ti1 then, 1'11 be hap-py just to know that I can al-ways go and

I ' Take one step, o n e ti - ny step. Yes, Mur - ray,

I just one s t e p A - di - os!

I One small step. Ho - ney, you bet - ter hur - ry!

3 me, 01 Mur - ray, here I...

I l f

"Whoops! I almost fell, Murray! The mother of your fault!" children splattered across Fifrh Avenue in a bloody heap, Murray, and it's all ... your ...

Yes, it's

I you whomade the mo - ney, 'Causeit's you whoowns the store,- So if youdon'twant to spend-

I -Y5-- f f f ' I it, that's your right. But it's you who bought the pent - house On the

fif - ty - se-venth floor,- So good - night, cheap-skate, Good night! You t

I think I don'tknow a - bout her? Well, 1 . do, Mur-ray ! You

I think I don'tknow a - bout that, Or the things t h a t you say to your

I friends ev - 'ry day? I'm em - bar - r a s - s i n g , I'm fat, I ' m d e -

I man -ding, I'm con - trol- lin g... Or what-ev - er...

I Per - haps it's true ...