Michael Iskander, Victoria Clark, Nina White, Fernell Hogan, Olivia Elease Hardy, Alli Mauzey, Bonnie Milligan and Steven Boyer - The Inevitable Turn

Isn't this nice? Everybody's being so nice
Nothing is wrong, trouble's half passed
Everybody civil and getting along
Will it last?

You should open a restaurant, dad!

Maybe I will

No matter how well things are going
It always takes a turn

No matter how happy we seem
There's always a turn

Just below the pleasant chatter, we're aware
Of a steady burn that'll flair
We push it down

But then we take the turn
We always take the turn
The inevitable turn

Roll?

We fight against the turn
We struggle with the turn
The inevitable turn

Hey, Debra
If you're looking for work, they're hiring at Costco
I hear the pay is not bad

Huh, I should look into that
Thanks for thinking of me, Buddy

Any time

Isn't this sweet? Everybody's being so sweet
Look at us swerve, all on our guard
Everybody's hoping not to take the curve
We're trying so hard

And if you do get a job, you can finally pay me back

No matter how lovely the evening
It always takes a turn
No matter how careful we are
There's always a turn

And despite the friendly banter, we're annoyed
By a topic we should learn to avoid
We never do

Instead we take the turn (we take)
Of course we take the turn (we take)
The inevitable turn

So when you say pay you back-

Debra!

I meant for the stereo you stole

Stole? You agreed to give me that stereo

You guys!

It's all going fine, then it changes so fast
A look, a joke, a slight from the past
Which will burn
Pass the salt, sling the mud
Carve the meat, draw the blood

We had a deal, Buddy

Take the turn

You promised to give me that stereo
If I went next door and slapped Swicky around

Debra!

The Showchoir begins to sing ooh's underneath the dialogue

Wait, what?

Which I went to do! It's not my fault it didn't happen!

You hired Debra to beat up Mr. Swicky?

Well I couldn't do it myself, he's my neighbor!

This is exactly what I don't wanna know!

He did some awful things, Kim

It wasn't just him

Ms. Denton said she saw a masked intruder crawl in his window
Did you wear a mask?

Yes, a pig mask

A pig mask?

I didn't wanna be identified and you told me to scare him

I didn't tell you to kill him!

I didn't know he had a weak heart!
He just took one look at me and dropped dead!

You were wearing a pig mask!
If a pig lady crawled in my window, I'd drop dead too!

That's why we left Lodi, because you stared Swicky to death?

The showchoir stops singing

I should've never told you!
None of this would've even happened, Buddy
If you had never known

Known what?

I really wanted another baby

Patti-

But I was scared

She doesn't wanna know

Scared it would be like me?

So she made sure it wouldn't be

You had sex with Mr. Swicky
So dad hired Aunt Debra to beat him up
But Aunt Debra killed him instead
What is wrong with you people?!

The adults all break out into an argument as Kim slowly leaves the table

No matter how well things are going
It always takes
No matter how happy we seem
There's always
With just a blow of the wind
With a steady burn, with a steady burn
Oh!
We take the turn
Oh, we take the turn

Do you ever stop?!

Kim?

Oh my God

What's happening?

Buddy, help her!

Kimmy?!

Written by:
David Lindsay-Abaire, Jeanine Tesori

Publisher:
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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