Being Alive
Stephen Sondheim
[JENNY]
Bobby

[PETER]
Bobby

[AMY]
Bobby baby

[PAUL]
Bobby bubi

[JOANNE]
Robby

[SUSAN]
Robert, darling[DAVID]
Bobby
We've been trying
To call you[JENNY]
Bobby 

[LARRY]
Bobby 
 

[AMY]
Bobby baby[PAUL]
Bobby bubi[SARAH]
Angel
I've got something
To tell you[HARRY]
Bob 

[LARRY]
Rob-o 
 

[JOANNE]
Bobby, love[SUSAN]
Bobby, honey[AMY/PAUL]
Bobby
 

We've been
Trying
 
To reach you
All day
 
[DAVID/JENNY]
The kids
Were asking
 
[JOANNE/LARRY]
Bobby
 
There was
Something
 
We wanted
To say
 
[DAVID/JENNY]
Your line
Was busy[LARRY]
Bobby
 
[HARRY]
Bobby
 
[PETER]
Bobby
Baby
 

[PETER]
Bob-o
 


[AMY]
Sweetheart
 
[SUSAN]
Sugar
 
[PAUL]
Bobby bubi 
[SARAH]
Angel
 
[JOANNE]
Darling
 

[SUSAN]
Robert
 



[HARRY]
Robert
 
[SARAH/HARRY]
Bobby
 
[SUSAN]
Robert
 
[PETER]
What have you been up to, kiddo?[ROBERT, spoken]
Stop!
What do you get?

(sung)

Someone to hold you too close
Someone to hurt you too deep
Someone to sit in your chair
And ruin your sleep

[PAUL, spoken]
That's true, but there's more than that

[SARAH, spoken]
Is that all you think there is to it?

[HARRY, spoken]
You've got so many reasons for not being with someone, but Robert, you haven't got one good reason for being alone

[LARRY, spoken]
C'mon, you're onto something, Bobby. You're onto something

[ROBERT]
Someone to need you too much
Someone to know you too well
Someone to pull you up short
To put you through hell

[DAVID, spoken]
You see what you look for, y'know?

[JOANNE, spoken]
You're not a kid anymore, Robby. I don't think you'll be a kid again, kiddo

[PETER, spoken]
Don't be afraid that it won't be perfect, buddy. The only thing to be afraid of really is that it won't be.

[JENNY, spoken]
Don't stop now. Keep going

[ROBERT]
Someone you have to let in
Someone whose feelings you spare
Someone who, like it or not
Will want you to share
A little, a lot...

[SUSAN, spoken]
And what does all that mean?

[LARRY, spoken]
Robert, how do you know so much about it when you've never been there?

[HARRY, spoken]
It's much better living it than looking at it, Robert

[PETER, spoken]
Add 'em up, Bobby. Add 'em up

[ROBERT]
Someone to crowd you with love
Someone to force you to care
Someone to make you come through
Who'll always be there, as frightened as you
Of being alive
Being alive, being alive, being alive

[AMY, spoken]
Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. Want something! Want something!

[ROBERT]
Somebody hold me too close
Somebody hurt me too deep
Somebody sit in my chair
And ruin my sleep
And make me aware
Of being alive, being alive

Somebody need me too much
Somebody know me too well
Somebody pull me up short
And put me through hell
And give me support
For being alive
Make me alive, make me alive

Make me confused, mock me with praise
Let me be used, vary my days
But alone is alone, not alive!

Somebody crowd me with love
Somebody force me to care
Somebody make me come through
I'll always be there
As frightened as you
To help us survive
Being alive, being alive, being alive, being alive
Write the lyrics for a pop song made in 1970, titled "Being Alive", by artist "Stephen Sondheim".