what about us...

the new John Barrowman, not yet released in the U.S.


What About Us
John Barrowman
music by Gary Barlow
lyrics by John Barrowman

Guess we been talking too long
We know what we need
Separately...

You say the honeymoon's over
I don't wanna push
But what about us?

Is ringing in my head
Is not what u say
Is what you have said

So... What about us?
What about love?
What about saying
That we'll never give up
To won a flame you
We're in danger
So... What about us?

Guess we been trying too hard
We missunderstood
What's good for us
I'm tired emocionally inside
Night after nigth
We fight to we cry

I don't know what's wrong or right?
(What's wrong or righ)
Is every word you said
What's really on your mind?

So... What about us?
What about love?
What about saying
That we'll never give up
To won a flame you
We're in danger
So... What about us?

When we love... we lie
When we talk... we hide
Maybe I'm searching light

I'm bored
Confused
What are we? to you?
What do we do when... ?
What do we do... when?

What about us?
What about love?
What about saying
That we'll never give up
To won a flame you
We're in danger
So... What about us?

So... What about us?
What about love?
What about saying
That we'll never give up
To won a flame you
We're in danger
So... What about us?


i can't wait for the new season of his TV show Torchwood to begin....

being alive...

Being Alive - John Barrowman

i'm sitting here watching the 2006 version of Company by Stephen Sondheim on PBS right now with Raul Esparza. It won the 2007 Tony for Best Revival and he was nominated for Best Actor in a Musical.

Being Alive is usually considered the show stopper in the play. it is also the finale. it really says a lot when you listen to the words. I prefer the John Barrowman version of all of the ones i've heard. Barrowman did it in a revue with Carol Burnett years ago, but the videos are not very clear. when i found the video above, it combined John's version with my favorite character - Captain Jack - in Torchwood. what more could i ask for?

after the lyric, i have included the Raul Esparza version for your added enjoyment.

Someone to hold you too close
Someone to hurt you too deep
Someone to sit in your chair
And ruin your sleep
And make you aware of being alive

Someone to need you too much
Someone to know you too well
Someone to pull you up short
And put you through hell
And give you support for being alive - being alive
Make me alive, make me confused
Mock me with praise, let me be used
Vary my days, but alone is alone, not alive.

Somebody hold me too close
Somebody force me to care
Somebody make me come through
I'll always be there
As frightened as you of being alive
Being alive, being alive

Someone you have to let in
Someone whose feelings you spare
Someone who, like it or not
Will want you to share a little, a lot of being alive
Make me alive, make me confused
Mock me with praise, let me be used
Vary my days, but alone is alone, not alive

Somebody crowd me with love
Somebody force me to care
Somebody make me come through
I'll always be there
As frightened as you to help us survive
Being alive, being alive,
Being alive, being alive.


Being Alive - Raul Esparza


[the other song from the play i'll have to post is The Ladies Who Lunch with Elaine Stritch who was in the original Broadway version at another time. it was a theme song the bartenders had at the bar i worked at many years ago. we had a tendency to go out to lunch before work and felt no pain when we got there. if you get my drift?]

i am what i am...

i am my own special creation
so come take a look, give me the hook or the ovation
it's my world that i want to have a little pride in
my world and it's not a place i have to hide in
life's not worth a damn 'til you can say, hey world
i am what i am

i am what i am is from the musical version of la cage au folles. this is the breakout song. the scene in the play is albin getting ready to perform and putting on his makeup/costume, hence, the opening explanation that john does here.

john barrowman is doing it from a bbc tv show called the sound of musicals that focused on, what else, musicals. he has also been seen in the new dr. who series, his own bbc show torchwood, london stage productions - sunset boulevard. the movies de-lovely and the producers, on broadway, in the nighttime soap opera central park, and many, many other venues.

john was born in england and lives there now with his partner. he grew up in the joliet/plainfield, illinois area not that far from where i live. he returns to his high school alma mater to run summer workshops for students in theatre, film and music. in the interviews i've watched with him, he seems like quite a character. i would love to meet and get to know him. he always seems like he's having a great time. you'll see more of him here from time to time. i'm a great fan.