Simon Thomas, Michael Patrick Walker at London Hippodrome on 8/19/2012 Andy Mientus, Michael Patrick Walker at Birdland, NYC on 11/07/2011As the woman he's secretly loved for years is about to walk down the aisle, a man finally musters the courage to tell her how he feels. Comedic but also touching, this song is ideal for a singer under 30 with...

From The Boy Detective Fails. Jared Gertner, Bayla Whitten at Urban Stages on 12/15/2009

From Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

From the album "37 Notebooks". Depending upon the age of the singer, feel free to change the lyric from "37 years" to "27 years." Preview this song here.

From Island Song.Music updated April 23, 2017. Mykal Kilgore at 92nd St. Y Tribeca on 11/22/2010 Brian Crum at Branford College, Yale on 2/17/2011

From "Goldrich and Heisler - Songbook, Volume 1" As recorded by Stephanie J. Block on her album "This Place I Know."

Leigh Barrett at Birdland NYC on 10/31/2011A woman Contemplating a marriage proposal.

Make room in your laminated binder next to "Girl in 14G" and "Alto's Lament", cherubs ("cherubs" in the sense of both the pet name, and the alumni of Northwestern's illustrious summer theater intensive): “The Only [Straight] Boy in the Room” is a sultry slow jam that allows its singer to show off comic timing, lyrical dexterity, and gratuitous belting. It...