[Opening — light, bouncing orchestra]
[Spoken]
“Good morning!”
[Pause]
“Oh dear… that wasn’t terribly enthusiastic.”
[Orchestra perks up]
“Let’s try that again!”
GOOD MORNING!
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[Verse 1]
Open the curtains!
Let in the day!
Whatever happened yesterday
Can kindly stay away!
Put on your trousers!
Find both your shoes!
Today’s completely brand-new,
So what have you got to lose?
The coffee might be dreadful,
The traffic might be slow,
You might forget your wallet—
[Spoken]
“…Again?”
Never mind! Off we go!
Because nobody handed us
A script for what we’ll see,
And that’s precisely why today
Could be anything it wants to be!
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[Chorus]
Oh, what a day!
What a day!
What a day today could be!
There are people passing by you,
There are places left to see!
There are jokes you haven’t laughed at,
There are songs you’ve yet to sing,
And somewhere in this ordinary day
Could be an extraordinary thing!
So up you get!
And out you go!
Where we’re headed—
Nobody knows!
Oh, what a day,
What a wonderful day,
Today could turn out to be!
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[Verse 2]
Perhaps you’ll take the same old road
You’ve taken every day,
But notice something different
That you never saw that way.
Perhaps somebody smiles at you,
You smile and say, “Hello!”
And neither one of you will ever know
How far that smile might go.
Perhaps you’ll hear some music
Coming from a passing car,
And for three ridiculous minutes
Forget exactly where you are!
You’ll tap your feet!
You’ll hum along!
You’ll probably get every lyric wrong!
[Spoken]
“Was that even remotely close?”
“No.”
“Splendid!”
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[Chorus]
Oh, what a day!
What a day!
What a day today could be!
There’s a whole enormous world out there
Carrying on without a fee!
There’s somebody falling in love today!
Someone’s starting something new!
Someone’s getting on an airplane
To a place they never knew!
Someone’s laughing!
Someone’s late!
Someone just dropped their dinner plate!
[CRASH]
[Spoken]
“That was expensive.”
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[Bridge — music becomes softer]
Of course, not every day is wonderful.
Some days are rather rough.
Some mornings getting out of bed
Can feel like quite enough.
You don’t have to climb a mountain.
You don’t have to change your life.
You don’t need to solve tomorrow
Before you go to sleep tonight.
Maybe today’s achievement
Is simply making it through.
And if that’s all today becomes…
Well—
That’s still something you managed to do.
[Small orchestral swell]
Because an ordinary day
Doesn’t have to change the world.
Sometimes it’s simply another page…
Waiting to be turned.
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[Orchestra begins building again]
So have the coffee!
Take the drive!
Be ridiculously glad you’re alive!
Watch a movie!
Call a friend!
Start something you might never finish!
Take the long way!
Watch the sky!
Wave at an airplane passing by!
Eat dessert before your dinner—
[Spoken]
“Can we do that?”
“Who’s going to stop us?”
[ORCHESTRA EXPLODES]
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[BIG FINAL CHORUS]
OH, WHAT A DAY!
WHAT A DAY!
WHAT A DA
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