Idina Menzel *captioned* - I stand - Acoustic - & - No day but today - We stand benefit

Idina: "So the initiative is "We Stand" for next year, right?" "And it just so happens that I wrote a song last year called "I Stand" and, um...it would have been better if I wrote "We Stand"." *audience laughter* "But, um...I'm gonna start with an original song." "We'll do two songs and then we'll hang out and talk and... then we'll do some more..." "We'll do the Q & A...whatever." "Okay." "Can I take my shoes off?" *Audience says "Yes!" and laughs* "They're too high!" Intro to "I Stand" begins... Sings: "When you ask me Who I am What is my vision? Do I have a plan? Where is my strength? Have I nothing to say? I hear the words in my head but I push them away Cause I Stand for the power to change I live for the perfect day I love til it hurts like crazy, I hope for a hero to save me I stand for the strange and lonely, I believe there's a better place I don't know if the sky is heaven, But I pray anyway And I don't know What tomorrow brings The road less traveled Will it set us free? Cause we're taking it slow, These tiny legacies I don't try and change the world; But what will you make of me? I stand for the power to change I live for the perfect day I love til it hurts like crazy, I hope for a hero to save me I stand for the strange and lonely, I believe there's a better place I don't know if the sky is heaven, But I pray anyway With the slightest of breezes we fall just like leaves As the rain washes us from the ground We forget who we are We can't see in the dark And we quickly get lost in the crowd Ohhhhhh... I stand for the power to change I live for the perfect day I love til it hurts like crazy I hope for a hero to save me I stand for the strange and lonely I believe there's a better place I don't know if the sky is heaven But I pray anyway Yeah..." *Audience claps and cheers* Idina: Can you hear me back there? Okay good. Little guy is sitting on my diaphragm. So um...so yeah, Phillip and RENT... We share a common RENT experience. Um... There's such great, wonderful songs in the show... But my favorite is one that I actually sang with the ensemble. Uh...I'm just gonna go. You cool with it? Intro to "No Day but Today" begins Sings: "There's only us There's only this..." Speaking: Is she in here with the costume and everything? Audience: She's right here. Idina: Are you wearing the pants and everything? *Audience laughs* Stacy: I was forbidden. Idina: Okay, well feel free to sing along, Cause I don't have my background singers today. I'll give you a little... Sings: "There's only us There's only this Forget regret Or life is yours to miss No other road No other way No day but today There's only us Only tonight We must let go To know what's right No other course No other way No day but today I can't control My destiny I trust my soul My only goal Is just to be There's only us There's only this Forget regret Or life is yours to miss..." Speaking: Can you sing the harmony please? Sings: "No other path No other way" (Phillip joins in) "No day but today" Idina: "There's only now There's only here Give in to love Or live in fear" Idina and Phillip: "No other road No other way No day but today" Speaking: Everybody sing with me! Audience: "No day but today..." Idina: "No day but today" Audience: "No day but today..." Idina: "No day but today" Audience: "No day but today..." Idina: "Ohhhhhhh..." Audience: "No day but today..." Together: "No day but today" Idina speaking: One more... Audience: "No day but today" Piano fades then ends *Audience claps and cheers* Phillip: Okay so let's uh...give you a little break... Give the baby a little break. From jumping around, so... Stacy, we'll start with you... Idina: Wait, wait! I just sang my *** off without a mic, And then you come up...