• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• Off To Work - Chicago
• If You Were Gay - Avenue Q Soundtrack
• Off Track - If All Else Fails
• Off Track - Blacktop Cadence
• Off Track - Seraphs Coal

Now I must be off to work
I sweat all night in filth and dirt
Takin' things to get the power
Lord, give me strength to make these hours
Soon, my long work day is done
And I run home for the fun, yeah
Of an hour in the shower

ROD
Aah, an afternoon alone with
My favorite book, "Broadway
Musicals of the 1940s."
No roommate to bother me.
How could it get any better than this?
NICKY
Oh,hi Rod!
ROD
Hi Nicky.
NICKY
Hey Rod, you'll never
Guess what happened to
Me on the subway this morning.
This guy was smiling at me and talking to me
ROD
That's very interesting.
NICKY
He was being real friendly,
And I think he was coming on to me.
I think he might've thought I was gay!
ROD
Ahem, so, uh, why are you telling me this?
Why should I care?
I don't care.
What did you have for lunch today?
NICKY
Oh, you don't have to get
All defensive about it, Rod...
ROD
I'm NOT getting defensive!
What do I care about some gay guy you met, okay?
I'm trying to read.
NICKY
Oh, I didn't mean anything by it, Rod.
I just think it's something we should be able to talk about.
ROD
I don't want to talk about it,
Nicky! This conversation is over!!!
NICKY
Yeah, but...
ROD
OVER!!!
NICKY
Well, okay, but just so you know —
IF YOU WERE GAY
THAT'D BE OKAY.
I MEAN 'CAUSE, HEY,
I'D LIKE YOU ANYWAY.
BECAUSE YOU SEE,
IF IT WERE ME,
I WOULD FEEL FREE
TO SAY THAT I WAS GAY
(BUT I'M NOT GAY.)
ROD
Nicky, please!
I am trying to read....
What?!
NICKY
IF YOU WERE QUEER
ROD
Ah, Nicky!
NICKY
I'D STILL BE HERE,
ROD
Nicky, I'm trying to read this book.
NICKY
YEAR AFTER YEAR
ROD
Nicky!
NICKY
BECAUSE YOU'RE DEAR
TO ME,
ROD
Argh!
NICKY
AND I KNOW THAT YOU
ROD
What?
NICKY
WOULD ACCEPT ME TOO,
ROD
I would?
NICKY
IF I TOLD YOU TODAY,
"HEY! GUESS WHAT,
I'M GAY!"
(BUT I'M NOT GAY.)
I'M HAPPY
JUST BEING WITH YOU.
ROD
High Button Shoes, Pal Joey...
NICKY
SO WHAT SHOULD IT
MATTER TO ME
WHAT YOU DO IN BED
WITH GUYS?
ROD
Nicky, that's GROSS!
NICKY
No it's not!
IF YOU WERE GAY
I'D SHOUT HOORAY!
ROD
I am not listening!
NICKY
AND HERE I'D STAY,
ROD
La la la la la!
NICKY
BUT I WOULDN'T GET
IN YOUR WAY.
ROD
Aaaah!
NICKY
YOU CAN COUNT ON ME
TO ALWAYS BE
BESIDE YOU EVERY DAY,
TO TELL YOU IT'S OKAY,
YOU WERE JUST BORN
THAT WAY,
AND, AS THEY SAY,
IT'S IN YOUR DNA,
YOU'RE GAY!
ROD
BUT I'M NOT GAY!
NICKY
If you were gay.
ROD
Argh!

The notes were fine, I swear to God
And from what I'd found, produced happy sounds
At least pound for pound
But off paper they proved dissonant
Depressing songs they fill my lungs
I cannot fathom why I got off the track
And I can't get back
And I miss you happiness
The paints were bright and beautiful
All the finest hues, greens and blues, by the slews and slews
But the room, somehow, felt desolate
And near everyday seemed a shade of gray
And God I don't know how I got off the track
And I can't get back
And I miss you happiness
Bargain my life away
I gave my soul to the devil himself
And I'm writing to all my friends, dead and gone,
That I won't see them again
The script had all the elements
All the comic cues, with a joke or two, all the dos and dos
But a subtext lurked in near every scene
And a sadness shone, a frustrated tone
And fuck I don't know why I got off the track
But I can't get back
And I miss you happiness
Bargain my life away
I gave my soul to the devil himself
And I'm writing to all my friends, dead and gone
That I won't see them again
There are times when a phone call can ease my mind
It seems things are going fine
There are times when a moment makes me feel fine

say it's over and i'll feel fine and full of bad tastes that you left behind. you're adjacent to nothing and you're shooting off at everything. and it's bullshit if you think that i could miss it. do you think it's nothing but passing time? do you think i'm cold and losing sight?.......

Something's wrong with what I seeSeems I cling to things
that will not last
Every day I walk around
I see things that I don't need
Try to hide behind the noise
Stay low key so no one sees the sin.
No matter how hard I try to break the pattern
I seem to find myself back here again
I don't want to get trapped in by the pleasures of this
world.
There is only one place to fill the empty
At the cross of Jesus Christ
All the foolishness and things of this world will not