Simon Thomas, Stuart Matthew Price, Michael Patrick Walker at London Hippodrome on 8/19/2012 Andy Mientus, John Tartaglia, Michael Patrick Walker at Birdland, NYC on 11/07/2011 Originally written as a spec song for a musical version of "Kinky Boots", two men who have disappointed their fathers in very different ways, bond over the pain it has caused them. Ideal for a...

Matt DeAngelis at 54 Below on 1/19/2013

Alysha Umphress at Le Poisson Rouge NYC on 2/07/2011Live Performance Alysha Umphress at NYCALBUM PROMO VIDEOSong featured on the album "Thirteen Stories Down" which is available on iTunes!

Matt Doyle and Darius de Haas at Le Poisson Rouge NYC on 2/07/2011Live Performance Jamison Scott and Jonathan Reid Gealt at Joe's Pub NYC on 11/14/2011Live PerformanceSong featured on the album "Thirteen Stories Down" which is available on iTunes!

Christine Dwyer (Wicked) at The Cutting Room on 8/19/2013 Alison Cusano (A Night With Janis Joplin) at Rockwood Music Hall on 12/09/2013

88 words in only 8 measures. Take that, Telsey! Charlotte Maltby at Drom on 7/25/2014 This song actually is just 8 measures, though we did manage to fit 87 words into it, plus a legit note and a belt note.

This pyrotechnic story song has been performed by Tituss Burgess, Lea Salonga, Jackie Burns, Eric Michael Krop, Natalie Weiss, Prisca Demarez, Carole Demas (original Sandy in GREASE and the first person ever to sing “Meadowlark”), and many more. It tells the story of a firefly, afraid of lighting up and making himself a target for predators, receives encouragement from a...

Ethan Haberfield at The Laurie Beechman Theater on 6/23/2013 The alto key is intended for women or unchanged men's voices. Alternate lyrics included for women. Further transposition available with purchase by emailing me through my website. Enjoy!

Music by Joe KinosianLyrics by Kellen BlairA pathologically gleeful physician’s assistant breaks some news to a patient.Key of Bb (F3-Db5) (Video is in Bb) Ta'Rea Campbell at 54 Below on August 31, 2017.