Chaining Zero Sessions: How Did We Get Here - Opening Number

We asked some friends of ours to sing a song from our brand new musical (in development), CHAINING ZERO. This is the opening number, titled, How Did We Get Here. Performers (top left to bottom right): Yasemin Atesnak, McKenna Christine Poe, Kurt Hellerich, Maya Sharpe, Alisa Ledyard, Ben Toomer, Chelsea Zeno, Emily Afton, Tyler Whitaker, Eimear Foley, Fabian-Joubert Gallmeister, La’Nette Searcy and Kirk Lydell.
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Music by Justin Halpin & Jeffrey James
Book by John Moauro & Griffin Parsons with additional book by Alana Rader
©2020 Halpin and James Music
Music Director: Eimear Foley
Video Editor: Michael Suyeda
LYRICS:
DOESN’T LOOK LIKE I THOUGHT IT WOULD.
DOESN’T FEEL LIKE IT DOES ON TV.
WONDER IF WE’LL SEE SOMEONE FAMOUS, ON THE STREET?
ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER ALMOND LATTE,
NO LIPSTICK ON MY TEETH.
IS THE TRAIN ON THE TIME?
GOTTA POST SOMETHING BY THREE.
ARE WE UPTOWN? OR DOWNTOWN? IT’S HARD TO SAY,
WELL, IT ALL BEGINS TO LOOK THE SAME.
HOW DID WE GET HERE, AND WHEN CAN WE GO?
HOW DID WE GET HERE, DOES ANYBODY KNOW?
IT’S HARDER THAN THEY TELL YA,
BUT BETTER THAN A DREAM.
HOW DID WE GET HERE?
HOW DID WE GET HERE?
JUST TRYING TO FIND A SEAT.
JUST ANOTHER DAY IN NEW YORK.
JUST ANOTHER DAY IN NEW YORK.
KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN JUST GET THROUGH IT,
SOON WE’LL BE ON OUR WAY.
WE’VE COME TOO FAR TO TURN BACK NOW,
JUST DO WHATEVER IT TAKES.
STARTING OVER, STARTING FRESH, STARTING NEW.
ONE MORE STOP AND ALL MY DREAMS COME TRUE.
ARE WE UPTOWN? OR DOWNTOWN? IT’S HARD TO SAY,
WELL IT ALL BEGINS TO LOOK THE SAME.
HOW DID WE GET HERE, AND WHEN CAN WE GO?
HOW DID WE GET HERE, DOES ANYBODY KNOW?
IT’S HARDER THAN THEY TELL YA,
AND NOTHING LIKE A DREAM.
HOW DID WE GET HERE?
HOW DID WE GET HERE?
JUST TRYING TO FIND A SEAT
JUST ANOTHER DAY,
JUST ANOTHER DAY,
JUST ANOTHER DAY.
JUST ANOTHER DAY,
JUST ANOTHER DAY,
JUST ANOTHER DAY,
JUST ANOTHER DAY.
IN NEW YORK.
WHETHER YOU’RE JUST TRYING TO GET AWAY
OR FIND YOUR WAY BACK HOME
THINKING YOU CAN HIDE FROM YOUR MISTAKES
OR LIVE THE ONLY WAY YOU KNOW
READY OR NOT...
IT’S COMING
READY OR NOT...
I’M HERE.
THE CROWD,
THE RENT,
THE TIME,
THE TRAIN!
AND I’M READY.
HOW DID WE GET HERE, HOW DID WE... HOW, HOW DID WE GET HERE?
AND WHEN CAN WE GO? AND WHEN WHERE, WHERE CAN WE GO?
HOW DID WE GET HERE, CAN WE GO?
DOES ANYBODY KNOW?
DOES ANYBODY KNOW?
IT’S HARDER THAN THEY TELL YA, HOW, HOW DID WE GET HERE?
BUT BETTER THAN THE DREAM.
HOW DID WE GET HERE?
HOW DID WE GET HERE?
JUST TRYING TO FIND A SEAT
READY OR NOT.
OH, HOW DID WE,
HOW DID WE,
HOW DID WE HOW DID WE GET HERE?
IN NEW YORK. GET HERE?
JUST ANOTHER DAY HOW DID WE, READY OR NOT.
IN NEW YORK HOW DID WE,
HOW DID WE?

[@mowhomoyou]

You guys should really record the rest of the songs, I absolutely fell in love with this musical after I saw it, I know it’s not that simple to record it but it would amazing to have all the songs

[@JoobaSchoolofMusic]

this is so freakin cool who are you people!!

[@chainingzero8901]

They are a collection of friends of our show. A new musical that is currently in development :)