Being Alive

[JENNY]
Bobby...

[PETER]
Bobby...

[AMY]
Bobby baby...

[PAUL]
Bobby bubi...

[JOANNE]
Robby...

[SUSAN]
Robert, darling...

[DAVID]
Bobby, we've been trying to call you...

[OTHERS]
Bobby... Bobby... Bobby baby... Bobby bubi...

[SARAH]
Angel, I've got something to tell you...

[OTHERS]
Bob... Rob-o... Robby, love... Bobby, honey...

[AMY & PAUL]
Bobby, we've been trying to reach you all day...

[OTHERS]
Bobby... Angel... Bobby baby... Bobby... Darling...

[DAVID & JENNY]
The kids were asking, Bobby

[OTHERS]
Bobby... Robert... Robby... Bob-o...

[LARRY & JOANNE]
Bobby, there was something we wanted to say...

[OTHERS]
Sweetheart... Bobby... Sugar... Robert... Bobby bubi...

[PETER]
What have you been up to, kiddo?

[DAVID & JENNY]
Your line was busy...

[OTHERS]
Bobby...

[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
To 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 one good reason for being alone.

[LARRY, spoken]
Come on. You're on to something, Bobby. You're on to 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, you know.

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

[PETER, spoken]
Hey, buddy. Don't be afraid that it won't be perfect... 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!