Better Than Before-Clean Version-Next to Normal

Clean Lyrics: [DR. MADDEN] The memories are there somewhere Find some pictures you can share Keepsakes of the life that's there behind her [DAN, spoken] Do I bring up the subject of– [DR. MADDEN, spoken] Yes, but Keep it light at first, that's best Careful that she's not distressed When the time's right, tell the rest Remind her, you'll find her [DAN] So let's start with something small Something personal and pretty I bet you'll know thеse shiny things [DIANA, spoken] They must be tacky trinkеts from, I guess, Atlantic City? [DAN] No, actually, Di, they're our wedding rings [NATALIE, spoken] It's going well [DAN] Here's a flower from our wedding It was such a sight to see And the ceremony, everything we'd hoped [NATALIE, spoken] Um, Dad? [DAN] Well, that's how I remember it So that's how it'll be [NATALIE] It was raining, it was Portland, you eloped (spoken) I mean, Portland? [DAN] It's an open book to write here It's a life we can restore We can get back what we had and maybe more Maybe get us back to better than before [NATALIE, spoken] Uh, you're missing a few pictures here, dad, didn't the doctor say– [DAN, spoken] The doctor said at the right time [NATALIE, spoken] Oh, well then [DAN] Here's the year we drove the west We hit the highway in the Honda And I took pictures everywhere we went We saw the painted desert The Grand Canyon and Aunt Rhonda Here's the first house that we owned On Walton Way, we loved that place Then we built this one on land that we both chose And here's a pic of all of us With smiles on every face And the photoshopping hardly even shows [DIANA] We're standing by a lake with all these ducks And who's this little chubby girl? [DAN] That's Natalie [NATALIE] This sucks [DAN, spoken] Hey, Nat Nat [DAN] Gonna get us back to normal Gonna get us back to good Gonna get back what we had And maybe more We'll remember all the good times And forget the things we should Gonna get us back to better than before We can get things back to better than before [NATALIE, spoken] Alright, fine (sung) Here's the headline in the paper When you freaked out at the market Here's the house on Walton Way after the fire [DAN, spoken] Natalie– [NATALIE] Here's the damage to the Honda When you showed me how to park it [DIANA] Did we crush somebody's cat beneath the tire? [NATALIE, spoken] Yes, ours (sung) Here's dad at my recital And we're wondering where you are [DIANA] I remember this, I made it to the school [DAN, spoken] Wait, you remember? [DIANA] It was the year of too much lithium I hid out in the car [DAN, spoken] Yes [DIANA] And your swim meet just last year, I'm in the pool [NATALIE, spoken] So you are [DAN] You're getting it, you've got it Di, hooray [DIANA] Your life has kind of sucked, I think [NATALIE] You've got it, yay [NATALIE, DAN, & DIANA] Hooray Hooray Hooray-yay [DIANA] Gonna get back what I lost there Gonna find out who I was Gonna open up the gates and let it pour [DAN] And if memory makes things better Well, memory always does Gonna get us back to better than before [DAN & DIANA, NATALIE, DIANA, DIANA, DAN, & NATALIE] Make everything much better than before Won't anything be better than before? I guess it must be Better than before Better than before