“I Leapt out of the Closet...”

Lyrics

[ALISON, spoken] Caption: I leapt out of the closet And four months later My father killed himself by stepping in front of a truck While I was in college, exploding into my new life You were sitting here reading a book [SMALL ALISON, spoken] Daddy, you saw the Leaning Tower of Pisa one time, right? [BRUCE, spoken] I did What's that? [SMALL ALISON, spoken] In school, we're learning maps and globes and Miss Windsor said Draw a map of all the places people in our family have been to [BRUCE, spoken] Oh [SMALL ALISON, spoken] They're for showing in class tomorrow [BRUCE, spoken] What's this? [SMALL ALISON, spoken] Okay, so this is a keystone because Pennsylvania is the Keystone State [BRUCE, spoken] Mmm hmm [SMALL ALISON, spoken] Inside this square, that's Beech Creek, see? Bridge, ford, creek, school, Fun Home, our house Uh, Aunt Jean and Uncle Randy's house This is Germany Oh! John, Christian, me See? Floating in bubbles because we're not born yet [BRUCE, spoken] That is very interesting Now let me show you how we can make it better You have the potential to become a real artist Do you know that? You do But, you have to study the forms, you have to learn the rules Now, let's talk about composition Now, this is all over the place Pick one area [SMALL ALISON, spoken] Hmm, the Keystone State [BRUCE, spoken] No, that's still too much Here, watch this Okay, I'm going to draw our mountains See? See that? See how I'm shading them That gives them dimension [BRUCE] Make this part look rugged, mmm hmm Allegheny Plateau This dark shaded stripe, bum bum bum Is the front And paint the long ridges and valleys below, mmm hmm [SMALL ALISON, spoken] I want the whole state [BRUCE, spoken] I'm trying to explain to you You can't do that [SMALL ALISON, spoken] But let me try! [BRUCE, spoken] But Alison, this is how it should look [SMALL ALISON] But I like the way mine looks [BRUCE, spoken] No, you can't do that unless you want to ruin it! I'm trying to teach you something important! [HELEN, spoken] Bruce, it's a drawing It doesn't matter [BRUCE, spoken] It doesn't matter? She's taking it into to school She's showing it in class You know what, never mind You want to take some half-baked mess into school You want to embarrass yourself Doesn't matter to me Do what you want I don't care [SMALL ALISON, spoken] No, I like the one you did, Daddy