Run & Jump Page #4

Just leave me here.

Okay.

Good luck.

Conor?

Morning, Conor.

Did...

Dad like the old me?

I don't remember him...

Being so angry when I was small.

Your dad just got cranky

with life as he got older.

It wasn't you.

- It'll happen to us all.

- Do you think...

He knew...

I knew...

He was just cranky?

He knew.

There was a house halfway

'round the world

And I was invited in for a

small taste of gin

There was a hallway a thousand

birds long

But the biggest one of all was

in a cage too small

I asked the caretaker 'cause

he was their maker

He looked at me and laughed,

took another sip from his glass

He said, "open up your ears

and hearts

You put a big bird in a small cage,

and he'll sing you a song"

That we all love

to sing along

To the sound of

the bird that mourns

To the sound of

the bird that mourns

Conor?

Conor, baby?

Conor.

Conor?

Well, we rolled into town

into sweet new Orleans

To the apple bell bar

there's a hole in the wall

The ceilings weren't tall

the floors were the ground

But the sound that you would

make would just warm their hearts

Well, it was quarter to 12:00,

and the boys walked in

They got their black suits on,

and the songs would begin

You open up your ears and hearts

You put a big bird in a small cage,

and it'll sing you a song

To the sound of

The bird that mourns

- Go, Lenny! Go, Lenny!

- Go, Lenny!

- Come on, faster! Go!

Come on, go, Lenny!

Yeah! Come on, Lenny!

Go! Go! Go! Go!

Come on, Lenny! Keep at it!

All right, come on!

Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!

Come on, Lenny! Keep at it!

Yeah! Whoo!

Hey, Lenny! Lenny!

Good job!

To the sound of

The bird that mourns

The bird that mourns

You put a big bird

in a small cage,

And it'll sing you

A song

You put a big bird

in a small cage,

And it'll sing you

a song

You put a big bird

in a small cage,

And it'll sing you

a song

Tough luck, guys.

- Who's that guy?

- I don't know.

Lenny?

Lenny?

Oh, hey, do you know Lenny?

Oh, my God!

Lenny? Lenny? Lenny, wake up!

Lenny! Come on!

Hello?

- Conor, come on.

- No.

Conor, it's your son.

Come on!

Please come with me.

- Tara.

- He's all right.

Is Noni here?

Is Noni with Nora?

Yeah, thanks.

He's in here.

Is Ted here?

No.

He just left.

Thank you, Tara.

It's okay.

- I'm sorry, mom.

- Honey.

Ted?

I'm just collecting

some of Lenny's things,

and then I'm gonna go

straight back.

Ted?

I just, uh, need your signature

on these forms.

Right, uh, here.

And here.

And this is a duplicate.

It's a technicality,

to wrap things up.

Are you sure you haven't

wrapped things up already?

I can come back for them.

Signatures.

All right.

Ted?

Hey.

Ted, are you mad at me?

No. Of course not.

It's just...

You've barely come out

of your room since, you know.

I-it's work.

I fell behind.

I've had so much to do.

That's all.

I've actually been meaning to say

congratulations on winning your race.

I don't know if you could hear me,

but I was screaming my head off.

- I could.

- I really got into it, didn't I?

Yeah.

Yeah.

I thought you were... Heroic.

You should make friends

with mom again.

I've been giving you

two months, Conor.

Please will you come

into the house?!

- No, I've got things to do.

- You've got things to do?

I've got things to do.

I've got so much to f***ing do!

Just stop shouting.

"Stop sh..."

Aah! Stop that!

I want you to come in,

please.

Stand still. Noni, please.

Just stand still! No?

Listen, stand still.

Now, do you want to fall down

the stairs?!

You said, "pig."

Now you get pig.

I cannot be dressing and

undressing you six times a day!

- Look at me!

- No! No! No!

And a-a quick, uh, you know,

around the world or something.

- I can't? - You can.

- Okay. - Okay?

Promise?

- Oh, God. Fierce.

- You are?

- Yeah.

- You're going out?

When Con and I looked at something,

we saw the same thing.

Have you ever had that

connection with someone?

For a short time.

A long time ago.

Now it's all brains all the time.

Pretty much.

Well, brains demand less of you.

I need to ask you something.

Hi.

You've reached Vanetia Casey.

Sorry I can't talk right now.

Please leave a message

after the tone.

Vanetia.

I just can't.

Vanetia!

- No.

- Vanetia!

- Wait!

- No.

Vanetia!

Vanetia!

Please!

Vanetia!

Vanetia!

Mom?

Mom?

Mama Schnitzel!

- What's going on?

- Nothing.

Mom was just playing spa.

I want to sleep with dad.

You can sleep with me.

Come on.

Ted says he wants to stay.

Did he tell you that?

I'm sorry, Con.

It's best you leave.

Do you love Ted?

Do you?

So do I.

Do you love dad?

New dad.

So do I.

Let's take Ted for a drive

before he leaves.

When it's too late

to go home

And you're tired

of being alone

I can see it in your face

I can see it in your face

When you're running

out of time

And you need

some piece of mind

I can see it in your face

I can see it in your face

I don't know why

for me it's hard to choose

But it's the truth

that I'm in love with you

But sometimes love alone

is not enough

And I'm stuck here

in the middle of

When you ask

about my day

I just tell you

that it went okay

But you see it in my face

You can see it in my face

When we're walking,

you hold my hand

And we laugh about times

we've had

You can see it in my face

You can see it in my face

I don't know why

for me it's hard to choose

But it's the truth

that I'm in love with you

But sometimes love alone

is not enough

And I'm stuck here

in the middle of

I lie awake

while you're asleep

Think about what might

have been

I wonder if

I'm missing out

On things that I

should know about

But then I think

of what we have

And I don't think

that it's that bad

In fact, I think

it's really great

So why do I

feel this way?

I don't know why

for me it's hard to choose

But it's the truth

that I'm in love with you

But sometimes love alone

is not enough

And I'm stuck here

in the middle of

I don't know why

for me it's hard to choose

But it's the truth

that I'm in love with you

But sometimes love alone

is not enough

And I'm stuck here

in the middle of

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