Just One Day
Emma Hunton
[ELLIE]
Just one day, that's all I need
Just a day without her nagging
Just one day, I beg, I plead
But the drag just keeps on dragging

While I wish for just one Monday or a Friday to be free
Free to slouch and sulk and mumble and be messy and be me
All I ask is for twelve hours to live my life my way
Just one simple, awesome, crazy, epic da

'Cause I'm lazy and I'm average and I'm sloppy for a start
And I know she'd like a daughter who was pretty, thin, and smart
And I know she's really perfect, but I'll never be that way
Not for a single, solitary day

[KATHERINE]
Tomorrow is the wedding and tonight is the rehearsal
And there is no room for error, I mean not one flaw
We've got guests in just ten hours
Dress the tables, trim the flowers
I want beauty and perfection
I want total awe
[TORREY]
And with Weddings Magazine here for a feature on the scene here
The business is depending on this one success

[KATHERINE]
Now breathe, but thank you, Torrey
And in fact, that is the story
So get moving, move this produce and remove this mess

Just one day is all I want
With my family united
Fears at bay
No fights, no taunts
Just the four of us delighted

I mean, look, I love my kids, I love my work, I love my life
And I love my fiancé and in a day, I'll be his wife
And I'll throw the perfect wedding and I'll throw the bride's bouquet
And we'll have one happy, loving, family day

[ELLIE, spoken]
Mother, Fletcher is puppeting me again!

[KATHERINE]
One more day, she'll fight and fuss
When her joy is all I'm after
It's been a long, tough time for us
Now it's time to hear some laughter
'Cause I only want her happy and well, punctual and clean
But she mumbles and she grumbles and at time she's outright mean
She's bright and so insightful, but those traits aren't on display
Well, not lately, often, ever, not today

[ELLIE, spoken]
Ok, really fast, tonight is The Hunt. It's an epic scavenger hunt and I really wanna win. There's just one issue...

[ELLIE, sung]
Just one day, that's all I seek
And I have been asking nicely
Just one day, it's not a week
It's a night to speak precisely

And The Hunt is not a stunt, it's my one shot at fame
To be someone who is something, not just what's-her-name
If I'm in it, I can win it, if she'd only say ok
We'd be off and running, gunning for one fun and perfect day

(Several people are talking to Katherine)

[ELLIE, spoken]
Mom. Mom. MOM!

[KATHERINE]
Ellie dear, it's not the time
No, that apron is a crime
And that sea bass isn't fresh, it's three days dead
[ELLIE]
Mom, I really need to know if I can-
Wait, now where'd she go?
God, I'll never draw her focus from the bread

[KATHERINE]
It's a million little things
From the Riesling to the rings
But I got this
'Cause I love to work this way

[KATHERINE, TORREY]
What a day!
What a day!
What a day! Yay!
Yay! Yay!
God, the souffle!

[ELLIE]
Mom it's just a little thing
Just a silly rite of Spring
And I wouldn't even ask you, but

[ELLIE, GRETCHEN, HANNAH]
Um, well, fine!
Now, don't yell
Simply say
Okay! Okay!
Okay! Okay!
Okay!

[MIKE]
Katherine, oh, one other thing
See, the jeweler sized the ring-
It's a little large
But really who can tell?
It's okay, It's okay
It's okay, It's okay!

[ENSEMBLE]
What a day!

[ALL]
Just one day that's all we get
Til the vows, the hunt, the story
Just one day, sunrise sunset
Then the night in all its glory

[KATHERINE (& ELLIE)]
Just say the word and she'll (we'll) be on our way
We're on our way
In just one day
For one
Stressful!

[ELLIE]
Perfect!

[KATHERINE]
Busy!

[ELLIE]
Winning!

[KATHERINE]
Anxious!

[ELLIE]
Stellar!

[KATHERINE]
High Stakes!

[ELLIE]
Kickass!

[KATHERINE]
Do or die

[ALL]
Crazy day!
Write the lyrics for a pop song made in 2017, titled "Just One Day", by artist "Emma Hunton".