Jason Robert Brown

CATHERINE is discovered.  She wears a wedding ring.
She is turning an object over and over in her hand – it is a man’s wedding ring that matches hers.
There is a yellow pad on the table – She has read it a number of times.

CATHERINE
Jamie is over and Jamie is gone.
Jamie’s decided it’s time to move on.
Jamie has new dreams he’s building upon,
And I’m still hurting.

Jamie arrived at the end of the line.
Jamie’s convinced that the problems are mine.
Jamie is probably feeling just fine,
And I’m still hurting.

What about lies, Jamie?
What about things
That you swore to be true?
What about you, Jamie?
What about you?

Jamie is sure something wonderful died.
Jamie decides it’s his right to decide.
Jamie’s got secrets he doesn’t confide,
And I’m still hurting.

Go and hide and run away!
Run away, run and find something better!
Go and ride the sun away!
Run away, like it’s simple,
Like it’s right…

JAMIE enters – He not wearing a wedding ring.  CATHERINE does not see him.
It is five years earlier than the scene in Catherine’s room:
Jamie is at the beginning of the relationship, and Catherine, across the stage, is at the end.

Give me a day, Jamie!
Bring back the lies,
Hang them back on the wall!
Maybe I’d see
How you could be
So certain that we
Had no chance at all.

Give me a day, Jamie!
Jamie is over and where can I turn?
Covered with scars I did nothing to earn?
Maybe there’s somewhere a lesson to learn,
But that wouldn’t change the fact,
That wouldn’t speed the time,
Once the foundation’s cracked
And I’m
Still hurting.