How to Be Not Alone

[CLAIRE]
So here we are, in some motel
Trying to do what neither of us does well
We have to not be alone
I'm cringing less, I'm laughing more
As I forget the stranger you were before
We're slowly getting in sync
And I'm beginning to think

It's not so bad discovering how this works
Adjusting to your quirks
Even though it's not my style
Teach me to not be alone

It's not so hard to let somebody in
Just think how long it's been
Since somebody made you smile
Learn how to not be alone

And by tomorrow
It seems absurd, but do you suppose
That you and I might wake up to find we're pros
At being not alone

[OLIVER, spoken]
Hey, I'm thinking of switching it up tomorrow
So instead of late swing era, it'd be more post-bop, Birth of the Cool kinds of tracks
Jeru, Moon Dreams, Godchild, Budo, Boplicity—

[CLAIRE]
So yes, it's hard indulging him when he's
Describing his LPs
Or conversing with his plant
It takes work to not be alone

But I'm improving
And do I sense a change in you?
A little hint that you might be learning too
How to be not alone

The open road, a vast unknown
But look at us, we're not alone