[CLAIRE, spoken]
Hello?
[PETER]
Mother I need to talk to you
[CLAIRE, spoken]
Peter! Honey, I was just gonna call you
[PETER]
There's something that you need to know
[CLAIRE, spoken]
Gone a week, I miss you already
[PETER]
I'm just gonna spit it out
[CLAIRE, spoken]
How are rehearsals going?
[PETER]
You probably guessed it years ago
Still it's kinda hard to say
[CLAIRE, spoken]
Peter, we're so excited about the play!
[PETER]
It's something that I've spent so long not saying
[CLAIRE, spoken]
I called your father; he swore he'd be there
[PETER]
Sometimes it's on the tip on my tongue
But only spoken aloud, alone while I'm praying
[CLAIRE, spoken]
I'd like to tape it but honestly Peter, I'm not gonna be one of those parents
[PETER]
All I ask is an open-mind
[CLAIRE, spoken]
Peter, perhaps now isn't the best time...
[PETER]
It's such a lonely bridge to cross
[CLAIRE, spoken]
I'm taking Nanna to lunch
[PETER]
I search for answers on my own
[CLAIRE, spoken]
She's so proud of you, Peter
[PETER]
And find that I'm completely lost
(spoken)
Mom, please don't say anything else. Just listen. I don't know where to start. God, I can't get the words out; It's like they're all jumbled together. Mom, I love you and—
[CLAIRE, sung]
Berkley took their wait list
When they called I almost died
Would you really go to Berkley?
I didn't know that you'd applied...
[PETER, spoken]
Mom, please listen to me...
[CLAIRE]
Where did Notre Dame go?
I didn't know that you withdrew
People will be disappointed
Have you really thought this through?
[PETER, sung]
Mom, this is important
Mom, you need to listen
Please don't shut me out here
Mom, you need to see me
[CLAIRE]
Peter, please I'm so busy here;
Let me call you later dear
[PETER]
God this is so hard to say
I'm so afraid you'll turn away
Mom, I'm—
[CLAIRE]
Peter, please, I need a break
Whatever it is we'll have to wait
I'm going to hang up now
I really need to hang up now
[PETER]
Don't hang up this took such courage
I'm dying here, I'm all alone
I know you know you know what I'm saying
Just let me tell you:
Mom, I'm—
[CLAIRE]
Peter, please, I can't solve all your problems
[PETER]
Mother you know nothing of them
And I'm not expecting you to find solutions
Just be my Mom and my friend
See me...
[CLAIRE, spoken]
I a**ure you I'm in no state of mind to discuss anything right now
[PETER]
I've been waiting to tell you this since I was twelve
[CLAIRE, spoken]
Peter, I'm going to go now
[PETER]
You don't want to hear it
You don't want to see me
Can't bear to see me
[CLAIRE, sung]
Peter you tend to dramatize
[PETER]
There's a reason for that mother:
Open your eyes...
[CLAIRE]
Peter, please, I have to go now
I really need to go right now
I'll call you
[PETER]
When mom, when are you going to call?
[CLAIRE, spoken]
Soon, Peter, this week, this weekend...
[PETER]
We can work this out together!
[CLAIRE, spoken]
Maybe before then you'll work whatever this is out...
[PETER]
This is always on my mind
[CLAIRE, spoken]
I have so much on my mind
[PETER]
Please don't hang up....
[CLAIRE, spoken]
I have to go
[PETER]
Please, see me