Act Two: You May Be Right, I May be Crazy

SCENE ONE: Tony begins his work study as a custodian. He notices Leyna working at the post office. 

Tony

Hey I think I got a package.

Leyna

Sure! Class year? 

Tony

There should be something there for Tony.

Leyna

Excuse me? We sort the packages by class year.

Tony

I’m not entirely sure off the top of my head.

Leyna

We have been getting in a thousand packages a day since the pandemic! Do you at least know your mailbox number or your class year perhaps?

Tony

My apologies. I can imagine with these lines out the door.

Leyna

It has been pandemonium 

Tony

 I’m on a work study for the semester, so I’m not sure if there’s a class year on the package, but I’ve got this concert I”m playing at in a little with some friends and there’s a guitar strap in the package that I’ve been trying to track down.

Leyna 

Let’s investigate. What’s the name of your band? 

Tony

It’s a work in progress. Somewhere in between the Goonies and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Leyna

That’s a great name!

Tony

Like in Indiana Jones.

Leyna

Please. I was Indian Jones for Halloween. 

Tony

That’s pretty clever. Excuse me Professor Jones.

Leyna

My favorite’s gotta be Last Crusade. 007 as Indiana Jones’s father! He’s already like a fusion of James Bond and the Man With No Name but to have Sean Connery! 

Tony

You’re a Sergio Leone fan as well? 

Leyna

Sure! I’m a sucker for spaghetti westerns.

Josephine

Hey Leyna, I lost my mailbox key can you grab my ballot for me?

Leyna

Yes absolutely! 

Laura hands Tony his package from the top of the pile, clearly having capitalized on the chance to chat

Tony

What are the odds you’d want to go to this concert? 

Leyna

Why not?

Tony

You call that a yes?

Leyna 

I wouldn’t miss it for the world! 

My Life: Act Two// You May Be Right, I May be Crazy: Uptown Girl

SCENE TWO: Sung By Tony about Leyna. Backup guys are Johnny and Bobby mirroring The Longest Time and Say Goodbye To Hollywood, singing on the way to the Interfaith concert.

My Life: Act Two// You May Be Right, I May be Crazy: Only The Good Die Young

SCENE THREE: Interfaith Fellow Community Candle Lighting and Concert. Held at the top of Lorimer Chapel Hill

Laura

Welcome to the Interfaith Fellow Community Candle Lighting and Concert. Thank you for joining us for some songs in a spiritual setting, in a moment of togetherness amidst social distancing. After our student performers we’re going to light our candles in celebration of community and the chance to live and learn together. Up first we have “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”!

Johnny

Who told Laura that was our name?

Tony

Leyna likes Leone movies 

Johnny

We might as well be the Band With No Name 

Bobby

I’ve been through the desert on a Horse with No Name 

Johnny

That’s not even a good one by America 

Tony

Do you see her 

Laura

Any day now fellas? 

My Life: Act Two// You May Be Right, I May be Crazy

SCENE THREE: Interfaith Fellow Community Candle Lighting and Concert. The band performs Only the Good Die Young. Held at the top of Lorimer Chapel Hill.

Johnny, Bobby and Tony

Come out Virginia, don’t let ’em wait

You Catholic girls start much too late

Aw but sooner or later it comes down to faith

Oh I might as well be the one

Well, they showed you a statue, told you to pray

They built you a temple and locked you away

Aw, but they never told you the price that you pay

For things that you might have done

Only the good die young

That’s what I said

Only the good die young

Only the good die young

You might have heard I run with a dangerous crowd

We ain’t too pretty we ain’t too proud

We might be laughing a bit too loud

Aw but that never hurt no one

So come on Virginia show me a sign

Send up a signal and I’ll throw you the line

The stained-glass curtain you’re hiding behind

Never let’s in the sun

Darlin’ only the good die young

Woah

I tell ya

Only the good die young

Only the good die young

You got a nice white dress and a party on your confirmation

You got a brand new soul

Mmm, and a cross of gold

But Virginia they didn’t give you quite enough information

You didn’t count on me

When you were counting on your rosary

(Oh woah woah)

They say there’s a heaven for those who will wait

Some say it’s better but I say it ain’t

I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints

The sinners are much more fun

You know that only the good die young

I tell ya

Only the good die young

Only the good die young

Well your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation

Aw she never cared for me

But did she ever say a prayer for me? oh woah woah

Come out come out come out Virginia don’t let ’em wait

You Catholic girls start much too late

Oh sooner or later it comes down to faith

Oh I might as well be the one

You know that only the good die young

I’m telling you baby

You know that only the good die young

Only the good die young

Only the good

Only the good die young

My Life: Act Two// You May Be Right, I May be Crazy: Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel)

SCENE THREE: Rosalinda sings Goodnight My Angel (Lullaby) at the Interfaith Fellow Concert. with Pastor Burns on the keys.

Rosalinda

Goodnight my angel, time to close your eyes

And save these questions for another day

I think I know what you’ve been asking me

I think you know what I’ve been trying to say

I promised I would never leave you

Then you should always know

Wherever you may go, no matter where you are

I never will be far away

Goodnight my angel, now it’s time to sleep

And still so many things I want to say

Remember all the songs you sang for me

When we went sailing on an emerald bay

And like a boat out on the ocean

I’m rocking you to sleep

The water’s dark and deep, inside this ancient heart

You’ll always be a part of me

Goodnight my angel, now it’s time to dream

And dream how wonderful your life will be

Someday your child may cry, and if you sing this lullaby

Then in your heart there will always be a part of me

Someday we’ll all be gone

But lullabies go on and on

They never die

That’s how you and I will be

My Life: Act Two// You May Be Right, I May be Crazy: You May Be Right

SCENE FIVE: Duet between Laura and James. The Interfaith Concert is supposed to end with a community candle lighting where everyone celebrates making it through the semester, but it is hijacked with fireworks set off by James to spice up the event. The commotion causes a small fire, ending the concert and creating a flirty fight between Laura and James.

James:

Friday night I crashed your party

Saturday I said I’m sorry

Sunday came and trashed me out again

I was only having fun

Wasn’t hurting any one

And we all enjoyed the weekend for a change

Laura: 

You may be right

James: 

I may be crazy

But it just may be a lunatic you’re looking for

Laura:

 Turn out the light

Don’t try to save me

You may be wrong for all I know

But you may be right

James: 

Remember how I found you there

Alone in your electric chair

I told you dirty jokes until you smiled

You were lonely for a man

Laura:

 I said take me as I am

‘Cause you might enjoy some madness for a while

James

:  Now think of all the years you tried to

Find someone to satisfy you

I might be as crazy as you say

Laura: 

If I’m crazy then it’s true

That it’s all because of you

James: 

And you wouldn’t want me any other way

Laura:

 You may be right

I may be crazy

James: 

But it just may be a lunatic you’re looking for

Laura:

 It’s too late to fight

James:

 It’s too late to change me

Laura:

 You may be wrong for all I know. But you may be right

Laura and James ride off and resign to give it a try..couldn’t go back to the Greasers, best they could do was pick up their pieces. We always knew they would both find a way to get by….

You may be wrong but you may be right

You may be wrong but you may be right

You may be wrong but you may be right

You may be wrong but you may be right

You may be wrong but you may be right

My Life: Act Two// You May Be Right, I May be Crazy: Innocent Man

Scene Six: Johnny goes to knock at Rosalinda’s door and is met with the surprise that Rosalinda has a serious girlfriend. Humiliated, he laments over his single status amidst a sea of Covid couples in college.

Johnny

Some people stay far away from the door

If there’s a chance of it opening up

They hear a voice in the hall outside

And hope that it just passes by

Some people live with the fear of a touch

And the anger of having been a fool

They will not listen to anyone

So nobody tells them a lie

[Bridge]

I know you’re only protecting yourself

I know you’re thinking of somebody else

Someone who hurt you

[Verse 2]

But I’m not above making up for the love

You’ve been denying you could ever feel

I’m not above doing anything

To restore your faith if I can

Some people see

Through the eyes of the old

Before they ever get

A look at the young

I’m only willing to hear you cry

Because I am an innocent man

[Chorus]

I am an innocent man

Oh, yes I am

[Verse 3]

Some people say they will never believe

Another promise they hear in the dark

Because they only remember too well

They heard somebody tell them before

Some people sleep all alone every night

Instead of taking a lover to bed

Some people find that it’s easier to hate

Then to wait anymore

[Bridge]

I know you don’t want to hear what I say

I know you’re gonna keep turning away

But I’ve been there

[Verse 4]

And if I can survive I can keep you alive

I’m not above going through it again

I’m not above being cool for a while

If you’re cruel to me, I’ll understand

Some people run from a possible fight

Some people figure they can never win

And although this is a fight I can lose

The accused is an innocent man

[Chorus]

I am an innocent man

Oh, yes I am

An innocent man

[Bridge]

You know you only hurt yourself out of spite

I guess you’d rather be a martyr tonight

That’s your decision

[Verse 5]

But I’m not below anybody I know

If there’s a chance of resurrecting a love

I’m not above going back to the start

To find out where the heartache began

Some people hope for a miracle cure

Some people just accept the world as it is

But I’m not willing to lay down and die

Because I am an innocent man

[Chorus]

I am an innocent man

Oh, yes I am

An innocent man