I know it sounds trite but late last night A train rolled in not a brakeman in sight I asked the conductor How’d you find your way and are you gonna stay and when you comin back In my sights late last night Was everybody I have loved in this life And everybody who had loved me back Stood on the track they gonna take me back And on the platform They all stood holding hands Singing songs and striking up the band Oh man it was no fantasy Oh they were nearer my god to me I could see them Sweet delight when late last night My friends and I sang in the pale moonlight I heard the conductor Give the all aboard and we all went forward into that great good night And on the platform We all stood holding hands Singing songs and striking up the band Oh man it was no fantasy Oh we were nearer my god to thee I could see

I know what you look like when you sleep I know what you sound like when you breathe Take off your heavy makeup and love me back I won’t take it for granted Well I been up north with you and I’ve prayed down south And I’ve tried my best to shut my mouth But you’d best not think my silence means I’ve nothing to say It might be you’re just not listening There’s a lonely cabin door that barely keeps out the wind There’s a song I like to sing to you again You can’t stop a train from running once it begins This makes me cry I saw a movie I knew you’d love I read a book that fit me like a glove I slept in a room full of painted up mirrors And a closet filled with bones There’s a flower growing underneath a rock There’s a silver key I have to a golden lock This son of Sicily shines on my face From miles away I’m not used up there’s still some to give Walk with me baby, unclench your fist A lifetime is stranger than you’d ever think The answer’s at the end It never happens the way you plan You never know who’s gonna hold your hand Call up the doctor if he gives you peace I only want to love If they find you can fiddle then fiddle you must If they find out everything who will you trust There’s only beauty in the memory of art And only torment when you walk away There’s a boy who moves with crooked feet There’s a man standing in defeat There’s a boy who needs more than he can express There stands a man who is unmade It would seem wiser to walk away Anything seems wiser than to choose the pain But angels tread where no man will And fools rush in

At this point in the negotiation I break down You want me to be invincible but I’m just a coward There’s a blood red moon in the sky tonight Hanging full and bright You say “I love you, there’s nothing to fear” But I’m just a child when you’re not here I break down I’ve never seen this place before, that’s a fact I wish I was the big, big man that act Am I keeping you from the world at large? Do I have that right? We are seasons apart. If you listen hard you’ll hear God in my heart I break down I break down When I feel like you’re everything I’ve dreamed of I break down When you tell me I’m beautiful and you love me When you take me by the hand I begin to understand That maybe there’s a plan For the both of us my friend If you could love me now even though I break down At this point in this devotional, I kneel down I thank the lord for the profit I have found Did you know that I saw you so long ago Did you see me then? Waiting in the schoolyard for my life to begin I break down

I know I told you that I loved you once But looking back I think I must have been drunk Drunk on the liquor of your laugh and your figure And the pain of you. Staggering home after seeing you Rattling bones instead of being with you The thrill of it all, intoxicating, banal Cue the rolling eyes. Am I that unhappy? Taking my northern comfort in the bottle of you In the bottle of you It just ain’t rational, To waste my passion all Over a myth of you Cause it isn’t true (SOLO VERSE) I think I’d rather be sober Thinking clearly and over the misery I put me through Cause it wasn’t you (SOLO MIDDLE SECTION) Eleven steps to go but it’s far enough Next time I get addicted I might not play so rough I’m learning a lesson my amour assassin I can see the truth Don’t feel superior cause you’re the one belov’d Cause I ain’t someone what’s troubled I just got too much love Hari Rama or sweet melodrama We all got our drug

A red bird sings, a red bird sings And for just a moment in the morning I don’t know where I am A red bird sings A blackbird calls, a blackbird calls And for just a moment in the evening I am not alone And then a blackbird calls I wish I knew why I’m so in love with you A love bird sits, a love bird sits And for just a moment in my life Everything’s alright A love bird sits

I dreamed I threw a party and everybody came I was the only one alone, even Jesus had a date I poured the wine and I tried to wear my braver face. All through the dinner everyone was kind Steering the conversation to keep you off my mind I avoided the chair where you shoulda been and lied "I'm doing fine.” My baby can't you see I am haunted by my insecurities. Every day I try to be the kind of lover that I think you need Every night I cry myself to sleep and dream of petty jealousies I am one shy at my table I am gun shy and unable To show you in the morning that my darling I love you with my all My baby can't you see I am sorry for my insecurities. I awake and find you next to me but miles away It seems There's so much I know I shoulda said before we went to sleep I know things may seem difficult and at times you would be well rid of me My baby can't you see I promise you the best is yet to be.

[Sounds of a group of friends hanging out in Brian’s Apartment, Downt’n Shabby. The music has stopped.] CAMERON: What’s happening? BRIAN: Hang on, hang on , hang on, wait, I gotta turn the record over. SARA: Record? JOSH: What is this, the Flintstones? CAMERON: Flintstoners, more like. SARA: You might be a hipster if.... BRIAN: You know what I miss? JOSH: Matlock in prime time? BUCK: Gas at a nickel a gallon? BRIGITTE: The Beatles on Ed Sullivan? BRIAN: Liner notes. BRIGITTE: Oh yeah! BRIAN: Right? I would sit for hours as a kid and devour Elton’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Each song had a little painting with the lyrics. It was awesome. It was big and tactile, something you could really spend time with. George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass was the same way. It seemed like a treasure chest. Inside were all kinds of cool things to see and do while the record played. SARA: You should’ve gotten out more. JOE: I thought he was out. SARA: You’re cute. Who are you? JOE: I’m Joe. I did the photography and artwork for the album with Alan. ALAN: That’s me. SARA: Nice to meet you both. I’m Sara. BRIAN: I think we’ve lost something of value with the transition into the digital age. I miss the LP. Even though without the digital age I would never have been able to make this record – CAMERON: [correcting him] Digital download. BRIAN: - or bring us all together in this way. BUCK: Is that why you’re wasting our time when we could be finishing listening to Pushing Forward Strongly by The Baker Street Irregulars? ALAN: That’s us! BRIAN: Ease off the hard sell, they’ve already paid for it or they wouldn’t be hearing this. BUCK: Sure “paid for it”, right... JOSH: Unless they just copied it from a friend. BRIAN: And anyway, if this were vinyl then we would have to stop what we were doing so that someone could turn the record over and then we could enjoy side two together. Communally. Like friends. That means a lot to me post-cancer. YOU all mean a lot to me post-cancer. I’m Pushing Forward Strongly, get it? RYAN: Dude, Helen Keller could have seen that joke coming. BETSIE: That’s the old Brian! Mushy and Eccentric as always. CAMERON: Or Irregular, you might say. BETSIE: Well I won’t, but Brian might. BRIAN: No, you’re the Irregulars. I’m Brian McKnight. [Mild cheering.] SARA: Of course you are. Play the damn album - my best stuff is on Side Two. [The doorbell rings.] BRIAN: Oh wait, hang on – [Brian walks to the door.] CAMERON: How can a digital download have two sides? BUCK: Is this like “when is a door not a door?” [Sound of door opening. Enter Christian Duhamel.] BRIAN: I thought you’d never get here! CHRISTIAN: What did I miss? BRIAN: Side One. But you’re just in time for “Just Because.” CHRISTIAN: Excellent. Hit play. BRIAN: Well see, I’m trying to establish that it’s a record not a - ALL: Play the damn album! BRIAN: Fine, fine. Here’s side two.

The couple underneath me now Are acting out an opera in the street She says she'll kill herself 'cause she Senses that he's got some dignity left. Some dignity left! She'll sing an aria In whatever key will hurt the most. He'll get swept up in the moment, And then, before he knows it, She will have won him back again. Again and again. There's nothing i can do If you suddenly wake and don’t respect me. How can i find something that isn't lost? Whatever you think I've done, it's a mystery Don't hate me just because. The lady on the subway train Says she found the lord but won't tell where he is She keeps him in a special place This side of outer space it seems It's so hard to believe! They'll share a snickers bar And a lot of alcoholic dreams. They'll talk of politics, and turnin' dirty tricks And the truth of god in the machines. I'm so incomplete! There's nothing I can do If you suddenly wake and don’t respect me. How can I find something that isn't lost? Whatever you think I’ve done, it's a mystery Don't hate me just because. It's not impossible that we Don't communicate the way I think Maybe I’m selfish or Maybe you won’t admit to me What you really need. I can't be held responsible For the things I think or do in your dreams. It's uncontrollable, and it's unrepentable, And it isn't really even me! I'm being ripped at the seams! There's nothing I can do If you suddenly wake and don’t respect me. How can I find something that isn't lost? Whatever you think I’ve done, it's a mystery Don't hate me just because. Woah - just because!

Maybe you’ve encountered someone just like me Many times along your travels But for me I’ve never met another one that I could love and Who would love me when I come unraveled If I play my cards too close to the vest You may walk away from lack of interest If I show my hand, will you understand That to win we must be honest? How can I tell you in the broad daylight What my dreams are telling me and the end of every day? I’m afraid. I’m just afraid. There’s never been a day that I haven’t felt We’re living on borrowed time There’s never been a night that I haven’t laid my head and Prayed for a little kindness. I dream of pagodas beyond the veil Where we can meditate on inspiration Where love can be expressed Without the fear of your imagination How can I tell you in the broad daylight What my dreams are telling me and the end of every day? I’m afraid. Can you love me anyway? Do you think there’s a Master Plan Or is life just a Mystery? Can you see me for who I am And all the things I want to be? There’s a boat on the Silver Lake tonight Its oars are still and quiet Toss away your cigarette And we can glide across the silence We’ll share our secrets in iambic rhyme Or just hold hands together We can prove to the Man in the Moon That some things last forever. How can I tell you in the broad daylight That in my dreams you take my hand and say “It’s all right. I’ll love you, anyway.”

I can’t break away, I can’t break away I look in your eyes there’s no place I’d rather be I don’t call it love, love clogs up my veins But I figure I’ll die of something else someday I can’t make you walk to me, if you won’t even crawl, baby You think your love for me doesn’t show Then let me love, or let me go I want you to know me. Then I’ll take you away, I’ll take you away Just look in my eyes I’ll show you sights you’ve never seen I can’t break away, I can’t break away I look in your eyes there’s no place I rather be I can’t make you walk to me, if you won’t even crawl...

Whenever you should need a friend In the end That is when you'll go to Lavender Halls

Now that you’ve come into my heart I’m richer by far I’m stronger than I was Beautiful because You looked on me and I was without word You spoke the greatest sound I’ve ever heard You made me feel as I was special on this Earth and yet I see That you can’t plan life and live it carefully You can take your time but you’ll miss the opportunity And me Infatuated again Or true love with a friend? Is it my heart or God above That says enough is enough So put up your armour and take up me And we can be the lovers that exist in dreams We can show the others how it outta be and then Side by side we march on till eternity Aw to hell with the others there’s always only you and me You and me Solo verse All your life you’ve waited so patiently Every night I’ve waited for you to be Here with me And now All you gotta do is take my hand All you gotta do is love your man All you gotta do is surrender and be free

I smelled like royalty come crashing in You picked up my scent on your fingers And recognized it as loneliness. I felt like moonlight come back again I felt like falling into my father In a way I never did. You've tasted duality and found it's all a cliché In the 21st century who gives a damn anyway? We'll turn to dust - stone walls erode I am as constant as the wind and rain From that day you must have known That it's time to lose the life you planned And get on with the life that's waiting, waiting for you Rest your head on my pillow, Rest your body up close to mine You'll be fine, nothing can hurt you now - Nothing can hurt you. I vomit hatred, I despise them all For makin' it so hard for you to love me back Naked and alone. I smelled of royalty but I am no king I am a pauper and a drunkard With my bottle of cheek to cheek So check the latitude, run up the mast I've got my ration of regrets, But there's no way they're gonna last And if I should fall into my father, You'll know the taste is bittersweet And if we sailed on a little further I promise you would see Royalty.