Bright Lights, Big City movie - So Many Little Things lyrics

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Jamie:<br>

The rain on the porch of our house in Box County<br>

The warmth of the folks by the fire inside<br>

The hammock I swung on while figuring out<br>

The world was too wide<br>

That I never fit in, hidden from you<br>

Mommy, always on the outside looking in<br>

So many little things<br>

So many little things<br>

I misplaced my keys<br>

The balance of my checkbook is never what it seems<br>

So much tiny trivia<br>

Like the color of my socks at school<br>

Like those vicious little finger<br>

Pointing out my otherness<br>

So many little things<br>

So many little things<br>

Back at our apartment<br>

The memories lurk like dust balls<br>

In the corner of her closet I find bits of satin<br>

Strewn around Manhattan<br>

So many little tings<br>

Records on the stereo<br>

Elvis Costello<br>

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Jamie and Ensemble:<br>

I know the world is killing you<br>

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Jamie:<br>

So many little things<br>

So many little things<br>

At least the big things declare open combat on you<br>

No sniping from the trees<br>

Or days like these<br>

So many little things<br>

I misplaced my keys<br>

I don’t wanna go home<br>

Who needs the memories?<br>

I listen for the echo<br>

Of a melancholy silence<br>

The presence of her absence<br>

Shrieks and moans<br>

And says<br>

So many little things<br>

So many little things<br>

Tonight I should stay home with some comfort food and some Family Feud<br>

‘So Jamie, for $10,000 what could you have said to your mother<br>

Before she died?’<br>

So many little things<br>

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