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Lost In The Brass

LAURA

Lyrics by Tommy Newman


Music by Tommy Newman and Gaby Alter

CUE: Any time.


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LAURA

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There it goes a - gain.


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Piano

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wai - ting
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no - thin's gon - na hap - pen.

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The moment's gone, and I'm toolame to speak.

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A - no - therwastedop por tu - ni- ty.

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Al - ways
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for

some - thing

to

hap

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but

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Peppy pop/marching band

..

..

Not for

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..

..

me.

..

a tempo

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LA

"Bu ddy."

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I'm al

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b

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this si - tu - a

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Dm

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ev' ry time

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Bb

- tion, wai ting

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I get

him near,

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Gm

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he'll no tice how

a - way

I di - sa-ppear.

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I'm fee - ling,

like I ne -ver said

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That's me.

but

Ne ver ge - tting heard.

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fade a -way,

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He just smiles and walks

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and ho ping

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girl, for your in - for - ma - tion, for

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17

Pno.

I'm

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LA

"Bu ddy."

e-ver in

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ways

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Dm

Cm

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Lost In The Brass

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a word.

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. . . .

Lost In The Brass

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C m7

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& b .

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Oh,

can

a -ny - bo - dy hear

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LA

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C m7

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Still I blow and

Gm

lost,

lost

in

the brass.

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LA

Bb

Flutes don't spar -kle

Bb

blow,

blow - ing

air

while the whole

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though I know

it gets

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Bb

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like ba -tons.

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D 7/F #

me no - where, I just get

D/F #
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B b/D

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quite

VARIOUS BAND MEMBERS pass by practicing marching band vamp.

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world mar - ches past?

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me? Am I just

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Bb

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There's no

vi - su-al

a - ttrac - tion.

No

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sti mu lus,

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Dm

Pre tty

that

I got.

D m7

At

least that's what my pa rent's say.

What - e - ver.

I'm

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They were ne ver in

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Their hair is tur

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ning gray.

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No, they don't un

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can

a -ny - bo - dy hear

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me?

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I just

der stand.


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B b/D E b

know, I

the band.


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pre tty

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Pno.

That's all the

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mu sic.

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spe cial in a qui et way.

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LA

re - ac - tion.

Bb

Lost In The Brass

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LA

Bb

know

www

&

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I could spar -

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D/F #

Lost In The Brass


C m7

b
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kle on

the grass!

But my

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Pno.

Gm

B sus2/D

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LA

lost,

lost,

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LA

&

bb

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Bb

LA

b
& b bb

D bsus2

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.

I'm

not

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I get so

F Bb

A b/C

Lis - ten,

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.

A bsus2

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bbbb

make

E b/A b

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.

E b/F

in

the brass.

sten,

mu

I just get

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lost

Li
D bsus2

n . . b

E b/A b

C7

lost,

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.

j

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back - ground noise.

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heard clear - ly,

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& b b b ...
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Gm

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the brass,

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in

ne -ver be

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can

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me - lo - dy

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Dm

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sic!

A bsus2

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nbb

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LA

See

B bsus2/D

D min7

b j
& b bb .
Gb 9

shine!

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& b b ....

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b b.

LA

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D min7

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I'm

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LA

me,

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61

Pno.

Lost In The Brass

..
.

not

one of the boys,

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Db 9

shine!

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.

own.

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b

CUE: ...like clean my whistle.

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ELLIOTT and NICOLE pass by.


NICOLE
Stewart, thank you so much for finding this.
My parents would kill me if I lost it.
ELLIOTT
Yeah, good job, Stew.
STEWART
It was just on top of the old score boardELLIOTT
Hey, Nicole- Do you need a ride home after practice?
I have my brother's car. It has a phone in it.
NICOLE
No thanks. Alvin's giving me a lift to work.
ELLIOTT
Oh. Oh, that's cool. I have lots of captain things
I have to do around here anyway.
You knowlike, clean my whistle.
ELLIOTT, STEWART and NICOLE exit.

LAURA:

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So I don't wear make up,

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Peo ple just

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day,

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get ner - vous.

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high school's got to end.

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where this wood wind doe - sn't blend.

No, I'll

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a place

bur ette.

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And I'll fi n'ly find

don't no - tice me.

sweat when I

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suck at po - pu lar - i-ty.

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plain.

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awe som tas - tic pink

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a ma - jor -ette.

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with an

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ne ver be

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I don't sick my hair up,

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Pno.

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b In The Brass

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to be

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there's a whole world


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long

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the past.

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loud

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and

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me

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right

how is

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she doing?

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but I'll be


I'll be

so-lo ob - li- ga

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and leave this all

thin kin', Gosh,

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&

out,

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clear

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gone,

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if I could just get

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pursu - ing,

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to,

cu - ttin'

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opt. embellisment

through the tu - ba blast!

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high

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that

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clum - sy bass

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to,

I won't be

they'll see

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lost

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in

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opt. embellisment

at last!

I won't be

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lost,

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the

brass!

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and

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the brass,

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the brass,

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F sus4

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Pno.

Eb

lost,

more to me

b.

lost,

there's so much

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LA

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Pno.

Gm

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A bsus2
fi -na - lly

B b/D

Lost In The Brass

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& b b

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