Being Alive lyrics

[ROBERT, spoken]

Stop! What do you get?

Someone to hold you too close

Someone to hurt you too deep

Someone to sit in your chair

And ruin your sleep.

[PAUL, spoken]

That's true, but there's more than that.

[SARAH, spoken]

Is that all you think there is to it?

[HARRY, spoken]

You've got so many reasons for not being with someone, but Robert, you haven't got one good reason for being alone.

[LARRY, spoken]

C'mon, you're onto something, Bobby. You're onto something.

[ROBERT]

Someone to need you too much

Someone to know you too well

Someone to pull you up short

To put you through hell.

[DAVID, spoken]

You see what you look for, y'know?

[JOANNE, spoken]

You're not a kid anymore, Robby. I don't think you'll be a kid again, kiddo.

[PETER, spoken]

Don't be afraid that it won't be perfect, buddy. The only thing to be afraid of really is that it won't be.

[JENNY, spoken]

Don't stop now. Keep going.

[ROBERT]

Someone you have to let in

Someone whose feelings you spare

Someone who, like it or not

Will want you to share

A little, a lot...

[SUSAN, spoken]

And what does all that mean?

[LARRY, spoken]

Robert, how do you know so much about it when you've never been there?

[HARRY, spoken]

It's much better living it than looking at it, Robert.

[PETER, spoken]

Add 'em up, Bobby. Add 'em up.

[ROBERT]

Someone to crowd you with love

Someone to force you to care

Someone to make you come through

Who'll always be there, as frightened as you

Of being alive

Being alive, being alive, being alive.

[AMY, spoken]

Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. Want something! Want something!

[ROBERT]

Somebody hold me too close

Somebody hurt me too deep

Somebody sit in my chair

And ruin my sleep

And make me aware

Of being alive, being alive.

Somebody need me too much

Somebody know me too well

Somebody pull me up short

And put me through hell

And give me support

For being alive

Make me alive, make me alive.

Make me confused, mock me with praise

Let me be used, vary my days

But alone is alone, not alive!

Somebody crowd me with love

Somebody force me to care

Somebody make me come through

I'll always be there

As frightened as you

To help us survive

Being alive, being alive, being alive, being alive.

• Artist:Stephen Sondheim
• Album:Company (Musical, USA, 1970)