Just Another Day

Just Another Day is the second musical number in Next to Normal. It is sung by all of the Goodman family. (Dan, Diana, Gabe, and Natalie)

Lyrics
Diana: They're the perfect loving family, so adoring

And I love them every day of every week

So my son's a little shit my husband's boring

And my daughter though a genius is a freak

Still I help them love each other

Father mother sister brother cheek to cheek

[spoken] Natalie, it's four in the morning, is everything ok?

Natalie:  [spoken] Everything's great why wouldn't it be great? It's great! Diana: [spoken] Honey, you need to slow down. Take some time for yourself. I'm going to have sex with your father. Natalie: [spoken] Great, thanks, I'm so glad I know that. So, it's times like these I wonder how I take it And if other families live the way we do If they love each other or if they just fake it And if other daughters feel like I feel too 'Cause some days I think I'm dying But I'm really only trying to get through Gabe: For just another day, for another stolen hour When the world will feel my power and obey Natalie & Gabe: It's just another day Gabe: Feeling like I'll live forever Natalie: Feeling like this feeling never goes away Natalie & Gabe: For just another day Dan: When it's up to you to hold your house together A house you built with patience and with care But you're grappling with that gray and rainy weather And you're living on a latte and a Diana & Dan: prayer Can you keep the cup from tipping Can you keep your grip from slipping in despair? For just another day Dan: In the hustle and the hurry You want to wipe you worry clean away All: For just another day Diana: I will keep the plates all spinning Diana & Natalie: With a smile so white and winning all the way All:  'Cause what doesn't kill me doesn't kill me So fill me up for just another day Diana: It only hurts when I'm here Dan: It only hurts when I try Gabe: It only hurts when I think Diana: It only hurts when I breathe Natalie: It only hurts when I cry Dan: It only hurts when I work Gabe: It only hurts when I play Natalie: It only hurts when I move All: It only hurts when I say... It's just another day Diana: A busy, busy day Gabe: And the morning sun is stunning Diana:I will hold it all together Dan, Gabe & Natalie: And you wished that you were running far away Diana: I will hide the mess away All: It's just another day Diana: I'll survive another day Gabe: Birds are singing, things are growing Diana: And I will pray to hold on just this way Gabe, Natalie & Dan: And you wish that you'd be going But you stay, you stay Diana: For my family's sake Dan: All you know is now or never Diana: I'll take what I can take Natalie: And you know that for forever Diana: I'm only just awake Every day is just another and another and another I will hold it all together We're the perfect loving family If they say we're not, then fuck 'em We're the perfect loving family I will keep the plates all spinning And the world just keeps on spinning I think the house is spinning