GREG KERRY_MOONBEAM_CHANT STEVEN STEVEN_CHANT GREG here you go, schtu-ball! dinner is served! ice cream a la pie! STEVEN heh heh. thanks, dad. GREG are you feeling any better? looks like the swelling and glowing have gone down. you know, that pie won’t eat itself. STEVEN sorry, i’m just thinkin’ about stuff. GREG well, what kind of stuff? STEVEN i spent so long trying to figure out whether or not i was mom, now that i actually know i’m me – it’s like i have no idea who that is. i just wish i knew what to do with myself. GREG well, i can relate to that! STEVEN really? GREG when i was your age, i didn’t know who i was or what i wanted to do. STEVEN you didn’t always want to be a rock star? GREG no way! i didn’t get my hands on good music until i was your age. before i had the van, i had no idea what was out there, but everything changed when i hit the road!! i mean sure, you’ve seen other planets, but what about west keystone? or charm city? i had some of my most formative moments eating rest stop sandwiches outside demlarva house and watching the trucks go by! STEVEN ….huh. GREG maybe you need a change of scenery, schtu-ball! you’re never going to find yourself if you don’t start looking! STEVEN yeah…yeah!! GREG let’s go, son! right now! STEVEN really?! GREG the road is calling, steven! can’t you hear it?! STEVEN yeah…i think i can! STEVEN CHANT dear old dad remember when you would sing to me would you do it again dear old dad remember how i would sit on your shoulders well, how about it now dear old dad i was wondering why as i get older now the days keep rolling on by dear old dad remember this too in this whole wide world there’s no one like youuuuuuuuu there’s no one like youuuuuuuuu youuuuuuuuuuu youuuuuuuuuuu GREG about two blocks that way… that’s where i played my first gig! STEVEN really?! GREG i wasn’t even mr. universe yet! i was just a kid with a guitar, sneaking out past “the warden” on a saturday night. STEVEN wait, so… how did you become mr. universe? GREG you know what… i can show you! STEVEN huh? show me what?? GREG good, no one’s home. STEVEN wait, what? whose house is that? dad! STEVEN dad? GREG hup! this used to be a lot easier. STEVEN dad! you’re breaking and entering! GREG i just gotta grab one thing. STEVEN oof! dad, you’re rich! you don’t have to steal! c’mon, let’s get out of here. GREG just a sec. STEVEN what are you even looking for? GREG you’ll see! STEVEN is there really no one here? STEVEN this is wrong. i better write a note. STEVEN they must have a pen and paper somewhere. w-what do i even say? STEVEN “sorry for breaking into your lovely home. you seem like such nice people with execellent taste. STEVEN who enjoy potpourri… it’s like a snack for your nose. STEVEN your fancy foreign spoon collection is.. impressive. as are your tiny glass goats. jeez, it’s as good a start as any… STEVEN annnyyy paper in here…? huh? letters…? from dad? they’re all unopened. dad?! STEVEN dad!! wh-th-this is your house? GREG not mine, my parents’. STEVEN this was your room! wha! this place is beautiful! i thought you said you grew up in a prison! GREG i did! you have no idea what it was like, curfew, chapperones, meatloaf. STEVEN you didn’t like meatloaf? GREG not every thursday for 20 years. STEVEN it couldn’t have been that bad. GREG steven, it was horrible. do you know how old i was the first time i had a taco? too old… STEVEN oooh – so this is your stuff! i-is this your little hand? and your tiny baby boots! wh- a wrestling trophy? i didn’t know you wrestled. GREG not by choice. STEVEN a middle school yearbook?! ooooh! you had braces! you look just like me… only more…human. so many people signed this. tim wants you to have a great summer and -who is lauren hecht?! she sure wrote a lot. GREG we were in mathletes together. it’s just one of the million things my parents made me do. STEVEN where are they anyways? GREG at their time share on florida island. they go every single winter, every single year. they threw a fit the first time i refused to go with them. STEVEN your hair! it’s so short! GREG oh no, is that my graduation photo? they made me cut it, and it was right before a gig! STEVEN do you have any photos of you on stage? GREG ha! are you kidding?! everything music was off limits which is why i had to… hide my stuff. yes!! this is it! we can finally get out of here. l-leave that junk behind! all right, one leg at a time. STEVEN can’t we use the front door? GREG oh,sorry! it’s a habit! GREG hold on there, steven! this is your journey of self discovery… so, you better get behind the wheel! STEVEN but… where are we heading next? GREG that’s up to you! GREG i get it, steven. when i was “little gregory demayo” i was just going through the motions, doing what everybody else wanted… but one day my friend in social studies snuck me this! this is the cd with the song that made me who i am! hold onto your butt, steven! KERRY MOONBEAM CHANT lookin’ for your place in the universe don’t you know the universe is lookin’ too? lookin’ for its place in you and now it’s comin’ through STEVEN heyy… KERRY MOONBEAM CHANT your dream is comin’ true GREG hang on! you gotta listen to this part! KERRY MOONBEAM CHANT welcome to the party mr. universe, we’re so glad we are a part of you. meet the rocks and flowers, the seconds and the hours, the splinters, winters, apples, chapels, teardrops, temples, cats and castles, anything that you can be, the things you see and cannot see are mr. universe. mr. universe… STEVEN daaad… is this where our name comes from? GREG yes! yes, exactly! STEVEN you took it from a song!? GREG once i heard this, everything changed – i suddenly realized there was so much out there i hadn’t even thought to dream about! the whole world- the whole universe! i wanted to get out and see all of it! so i got in this van, on this road, and i never looked back! i never could have known that a couple years of couch surfing & basement shows would lead me to your mother… and you… now, it’s your turn – where does mr. universe make you want to go!? STEVEN what?! i-i don’t know. GREG maybe you need to hear it again. KERRY MOONBEAM CHANT lookin’ for your place in the universe STEVEN dad, this isn’t helping! KERRY MOONBEAM CHANT don’t you know-- STEVEN i don’t need this song, i need…i need what you had! GREG what? STEVEN i wish i could’ve grown up in a house like that. GREG no you don’t. STEVEN maybe your parents weren’t so bad. maybe they gave you curfews a-and chaperones, and meatloaf f-for a reason. GREG steven, you don’t know what they were like! STEVEN they can’t be worse than mom’s family! i went halfway across the galaxy for them and this was right here?! GREG steven, i couldn’t do anything growing up – everything i liked, or wore, or wanted was always wrong! trust me, you’re better off than i was. STEVEN i can’t believe i never realized you’re…you’re just like mom!! GREG you grew up with actual freedom! STEVEN i grew up in a van! i never went to school! i had never been to the doctor until two days ago! GREG steven, you’re a gem! you’re not like other kids! STEVEN i could’ve done all that stuff! my problem isn’t that i’m a gem – my problem is i’m a universe! GREG watch out! GREG steven! steven! phew! thank goodness! you realy scared me there, kiddo! STEVEN ugh, what did i do? GREG tow truck’s on its way… the van’s seen worse, w-we’ll all get through this and, look, i – i -- i’m proud of you. STEVEN what?! GREG you know, i never had the guts to tell my old man off like that. i’m glad you can tell me anything – you know you can tell me anything, right? you’re having a hard time right now, i-i get it. we’ll get the van fixed up, we can head back home… we’ll get you some more ice cream… how does that sound? heck, we can have ice cream for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert… don’t you worry about a thing-- STEVEN GREG okay shtuball?