Biography:
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul are a musical theater writing team living in New York City. They are both graduates of Michigan University. Edges, their first show, licensed by Music Theater International, has been shown throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe.
They are the youngest winners of the Jonathon Larson award, an award named after Jonathon Larson, the writer of RENT. They were just listed as part of the "50 To Watch" upcoming playwrights and composers by The Dramatist Magazine.
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One Reason - Edges
[Intro]
Dm Dm/C Bbmaj7
Dm Dm/C Bbmaj7
[Verse 1]
Dm7 Em7 Bbmaj7
Every night after dinner we'd sit in the moonlight
Gm7 Am7 Bbmaj7
Mom would recall days gone by
Dm7 Em7 Cm9 F13 Bbmaj7
Later on as I crept to my bed after midnight
Gm7 Am7 Bbmaj7
She'd lie awake and cry
[Chorus 1]
Dm
Why did he do it?
Gm7
What did it accomplish?
Ebmaj7 Dm
How is this better for our son?
Bbmaj7
Our only son
F7(+5)/Eb
She asked for one reason
[Instrumental]
Dm Dm/C Bbmaj7
Dm Dm/C Bbmaj7
[Verse 2]
Dm7 Em7 Bbmaj7
Mom looked so strong but I knew she was hurting
Gm7 Am7 Bbmaj7
I toughened up for her sake
Dm7 Em7 Cm9 F13 Bbmaj7
But her memories were stained by my fathers deserting
Gm7 Am7 Bbmaj7
I couldn't take his place
[Chorus 2]
Dm
Why did you do it?
Gm7
What did it accomplish?
Ebmaj7 Dm
How is this better for your son?
Bbmaj7
Your only son
F7(+5)/Eb
I ask for one reason
[Instrumental]
Dm Dm/C Bbmaj7
Dm Dm/C Bbmaj7
[Bridge 1]
Dm Bbmaj7
We'd play catch in the yard on those long summer days with our mitts in hand
Dm Bbmaj7
We would stand at the mirror, I learned how to shave and become a man
Dm Bbmaj7
And every night when you came home from work you would say 'How I love you kid'
Dm Bbmaj7
But you never could love like you claimed that you loved after what you did
A7sus4 A7(+5) Dm Dm/C Bbmaj7
I'm only asking for one reason
[Instrumental]
Dm Dm/C Bbmaj7
[Verse 3]
Dm7 Em7 Bbmaj7
When you let yourself go it's like you didn't bother
Gm7 Am7 Bbmaj7
Did you care how I'd be on my own?
Dm7 Em7 Cm9 F13 Bbmaj7
How could you be so quick to forget you're my father
Gm7 Am7 Bbmaj7
And take back all the things you'd shown
[Bridge 2]
Dm Bbmaj7
Why did you do it?
Dm Bbmaj7
Why did you make me listen?
Dm
Why did you make me believe in you?
Bbmaj7
Why did I wanna be just like you?
Dm
Why am I turning out just like you?
Bbmaj7 A7(+5)
You taught me to be selfish too.
Dm C Bb
Well I guess that's what fathers do.
F+/Eb
They pass things down
Dm Bb7 A7sus4
Now I'm here on the ledge
A7 Dm
This is your legacy
Cm9 F13 Bbmaj7
God please take it away from me
Dm Dm/C Bbmaj7
I wish this could all be undone
A7sus4 A7-9 Dm Dm/C Bbmaj7 Dm Dm/C Bbmaj7
But I'm left here without one reason
Dm Am7 Gm7 Dm
So give me one
[Intro]
Dm Dm/C Bbmaj7
Dm Dm/C Bbmaj7
[Verse 1]
Dm7 Em7 Bbmaj7
Every night after dinner we'd sit in the moonlight
Gm7 Am7 Bbmaj7
Mom would recall days gone by
Dm7 Em7 Cm9 F13 Bbmaj7
Later on as I crept to my bed after midnight
Gm7 Am7 Bbmaj7
She'd lie awake and cry
[Chorus 1]
Dm
Why did he do it?
Gm7
What did it accomplish?
Ebmaj7 Dm
How is this better for our son?
Bbmaj7
Our only son
F7(+5)/Eb
She asked for one reason
[Instrumental]
Dm Dm/C Bbmaj7
Dm Dm/C Bbmaj7
[Verse 2]
Dm7 Em7 Bbmaj7
Mom looked so strong but I knew she was hurting
Gm7 Am7 Bbmaj7
I toughened up for her sake
Dm7 Em7 Cm9 F13 Bbmaj7
But her memories were stained by my fathers deserting
Gm7 Am7 Bbmaj7
I couldn't take his place
[Chorus 2]
Dm
Why did you do it?
Gm7
What did it accomplish?
Ebmaj7 Dm
How is this better for your son?
Bbmaj7
Your only son
F7(+5)/Eb
I ask for one reason
[Instrumental]
Dm Dm/C Bbmaj7
Dm Dm/C Bbmaj7
[Bridge 1]
Dm Bbmaj7
We'd play catch in the yard on those long summer days with our mitts in hand
Dm Bbmaj7
We would stand at the mirror, I learned how to shave and become a man
Dm Bbmaj7
And every night when you came home from work you would say 'How I love you kid'
Dm Bbmaj7
But you never could love like you claimed that you loved after what you did
A7sus4 A7(+5) Dm Dm/C Bbmaj7
I'm only asking for one reason
[Instrumental]
Dm Dm/C Bbmaj7
[Verse 3]
Dm7 Em7 Bbmaj7
When you let yourself go it's like you didn't bother
Gm7 Am7 Bbmaj7
Did you care how I'd be on my own?
Dm7 Em7 Cm9 F13 Bbmaj7
How could you be so quick to forget you're my father
Gm7 Am7 Bbmaj7
And take back all the things you'd shown
[Bridge 2]
Dm Bbmaj7
Why did you do it?
Dm Bbmaj7
Why did you make me listen?
Dm
Why did you make me believe in you?
Bbmaj7
Why did I wanna be just like you?
Dm
Why am I turning out just like you?
Bbmaj7 A7(+5)
You taught me to be selfish too.
Dm C Bb
Well I guess that's what fathers do.
F+/Eb
They pass things down
Dm Bb7 A7sus4
Now I'm here on the ledge
A7 Dm
This is your legacy
Cm9 F13 Bbmaj7
God please take it away from me
Dm Dm/C Bbmaj7
I wish this could all be undone
A7sus4 A7-9 Dm Dm/C Bbmaj7 Dm Dm/C Bbmaj7
But I'm left here without one reason
Dm Am7 Gm7 Dm
So give me one
Paso Doble
Pasos Sin Rumbo
Pass Away
Pass The Peace
Passafire