Anne L. Nathan - New Years Irresolution (at Barrington Stage)

Live at Barrington Stage Ridiculously Talented 2017
music by Danny Ursetti
lyrics by Lauren Taslitz
featuring: Anne L. Nathan - lead vox
I want to be obsessed,
I want to be distracted,
I want to be consumed,
And hopelessly attracted
Until I’m worse than useless,
And I don’t care.
I want to have… an affair.
No, I don’t.
Yes, I do.
No, I don’t.
Yes, I do.
Yes, I do!
I want to have a glow,
To radiate contentment.
So, happy that it’s gross
And generates resentment…
Among every living being,
I’ll be impossible to bear.
I want to have… a marvelous affair.
No, I don’t.
Yes, I do.
No, I don’t.
Pretend I do,
Want,
Lazy aimless afternoons,
Turn to burning, yearning, shameless nights,
Turn to hazy dawns and breakfast prunes,
Then again to other appetites,
Fingers intertwined, and limb to limb.
He’s the only thing I want,
He’s the only thing I see.
It’s a “there’s only him,”
“No one but him” affair.
I want to try the whole thing,
Then flush it from my system.
Ignore my wedding ring
‘Til it’s easy to resist him.
And when my fling is over,
Be instantly aware,
It wasn’t love -
It
Was
Just a test.
To make sure nothing’s missing.
I’m hoping to confirm
The insignificance of kissing…
I want to want my old life,
That’s why it didn’t happen.
I wouldn’t let it happen.
I haven’t let it happen-
But, honey…
(Thinks about what to say, but at a loss, shrugs.)