Music: Joseph Patrick Contreras
Get Up and Go
From "In Pieces: A New Musical"
Artists: Antonio Cipriano / Joey Contreras
Music & Lyrics by Joseph Patrick Contreras
Arrangements & Orchestrations by Brian Usifer
Four years, seven months, two weeks, but whoā²s counting?
Not me
Looking back I don't know where time has gone
And sometimes I donā²t like what I see
'Cause let's be honest and letā²s be real
You can be a little psycho and Iā²m just chill
Making everything into some big freakin' deal
And I tried to break it off once before
But then you surprise me and act like the woman
That I fell so hard for
Itā²s like you always know
When I wanna get up and go
After the blow up on ValentinŠµ's day
You got me courtside tickets to thŠµ Lakersā² game
'Cause you knew I had had it
And you knew how to make me stay
After you purposely starved my goldfish
To get me back for just some little crack
That I made about your coat
My fish went afloat
I got sex for a week that was your apology
So letā²s be simple and let's be sane
Do we really like being on this crazy train
Of a relationship
Flip, whip, upside-down and zip dip
We need to get a grip
And I tried to break it off once before
But then you surprise me and act like the woman
That I fell so hard for
It's like you always know
When I wanna get up and go
So then itā²s fine for a while
Until we get hostile
And I wanna break it off and say "the end"
But then you surprise me again
Why does a smile
A real, true smile
Only once in a while
Come upon our faces?
The laughs we share are few and far between
Where are the people that we used to be
Who just couldnā²t wait to say those three words?
We could not complain
How long have those people been missing?
'Cause I know so much about you
What makes you tick, what makes you weak
And you know so much about me
Whatā²s happening?
What's happening?
Four years, seven months, two weeks
But whoā²s counting?
Not me
Looking back I don't know how bad it was
But I know itā²s what had to be
'Cause I was honest and you were real
And in the moment we both started to feel
We had to get up and go