we don’t care what the judges say. we won.
W: No one wants any pizza? Alright, well, let’s get started. Thank you for coming to the first annual New Directions Regional setlist nominations party.
A: What’s the point, Mr. Schue? Coach Sylvester’s one of the judges. She’s gonna crush us.
W: Artie, you don’t know that.
S: Yes, we do. She told us at Cheerios practice.
B: Yeah, she said “I’m going to crush Glee club”
P: The whole freakin’ year. All that hard work for nothing.
T: I’m sorry. I just really love you guys. You know how many Facebook friends I had before I joined Glee club? Two. My parents.
T: Rachel was right, being part of something special, it made me special. I just can’t believe it’s gonna be over in a week.
F: Wait. Who says it’s gonna be over?
M: Please. You think Puck and Santana are gonna even acknowledge my existence once we’re not in Glee club together anymore?
P: She has a point.
R: Mr. Schuester? Do you think instead of nominating songs we could just all go around the room and talk about things we loved about Glee club this year?
F: Hey, we need to talk. We had a chance at keeping it together at Mr. Schue’s until you decided to bail. You’re our leader, Rachel. And the way you’re on everyone all the time, it’s annoying but it also keeps the club motivated. You and I are gonna fix this. We’re going to Regionals and we’re gonna win this thing.
R: Mr. Schuester, Finn and I have something we want to say to you.
W: Me first. Have a seat. Nine months ago there were five of you in here. And we sucked. I mean we really sucked. Bad.
W: One day, all of you are gonna be gone. And all of this, all of us, will be nothing but a hazy memory. It will take you a second to remember everyone’s name. Someone will have to remind you of the songs we sung, the solos you got or didn’t get. Life only really has one beginning and one end. And the rest is just a whole lot of middle.
W: And I love you guys too much to let you not make the most of it. Now, I was gonna quit once. But you guys brought me back with Don’t Stop Believin’. It was a nine but we are going to make it a ten.
R: We’re doing Don’t Stop at Regionals?
W: And then some. We are doing a Journey medley. Because who cares what happens when we get there, when the getting there has been so much fun.
W: Rachel, you had something you wanted to say?
R: Just that we’re all really glad you didn’t become an accountant.
W: Regionals, here we come.
P: A mash-up of Olivia Newton John and Josh Groban? Are you kidding me. Somebody tipped them off about the judges.
R: Guys, we can’t get distracted by what the other team’s doing.
F: We just gotta keep our heads in the game and focus.
S: Even though we know we can’t win?
W: Yes.
W: If this is only about winning for you guys then I owe you all an apology because I failed you. And we should just all go home because it means we’ve already lost. Besides, we have got something that the other groups don’t.
A: What?
W: Finn’s dancing! Right? Come on. Now let’s get out there, we got two minutes. Aural Intensity’s almost finished. Bring it in, come on. Let’s go, go, go, go.
R: Break a leg.
F: I love you.
Highway run / Into the midnight sun / Wheels go round and round / You’re on my mind / Restless hearts / Sleep alone tonight / Sending all my love / Along the wire
They say that the road ain’t no place to start a family / Right down the line it’s been you and me
And lovin’ a music man ain’t always what it’s supposed to be / Oh, boy, you stand by me
I’m forever yours / Faithfully
Oh-oh-oh-oooh / Oh-oh-oh-oooh / Faithfully / I’m still yours
I’m still yours
I’m still yours / Faithfully
Any way you want it / That’s the way you need it / Any way you want it / She loves to laugh / She loves to sing / She does everything / She loves to move / She loves to groove / She loves the lovin’ things
It won’t be long yeah, till you’re alone / When your lover
Oh, he hasn’t come home / Cause he’s lovin’, he’s touchin’ / He’s squeezin’ another
Any way you want it / That’s the way you need it / Any way you want it / He said, any way you want it / That’s the way you need it / Any way you want it
I was alone / I never knew / What good love could do / Ooh, then we touched / Then we sang / About the lovin’ things
Cause he’s lovin’, he’s touchin’ / He’s squeezin’ another
Any way you want it / That’s the way you need it / Any way you want it / He said, any way you want it / That’s the way you need it / Any way you want it
Na na na na na na / Na na na na na / Na na na na na na / Na na na na na / Any way you want it / That’s the way you need it
Just a small town girl, livin’ in a lonely world / She took the midnight train goin’ anywhere / Just a city boy, born and raised in South Detroit / He took the midnight train goin’ anywhere
A singer in a smokey room / A smell of wine and cheap perfume / For a smile they can share the night / It goes on and on and on and on
Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard / Their shadows searching in the night
Streetlight people, living just to find emotion / Hiding, somewhere in the night
Don’t stop / Don’t stop believin’
Hold on to that feelin’ / Streetlight people / Don’t stop
F: That was awesome!
T: We’ve got second place in the bag.
R: Screw that we are gonna win this!
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye / So you think you can love me and leave me to die / Oh, baby, can’t do this to me, baby / Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here
Oooh yeah, oooh yeah / Nothing really matters / Anyone can see / Nothing really matters / Nothing really matters to me / Any way the wind blows
R: Congratulations.
S: Thanks, Rachel.
R: But we beat you today. Jesse’s a good singer but you and I both know he doesn’t have much heart. Vocal Adrenaline’s best days are behind it. So I have a proposition for you. Come teach at McKinley.
S: Excuse me?
R: You and Mr. Schuester could be co-directors. We’d be unstoppable. There’s so much that you can teach me. So much only you can teach me.
S: Oh, Rachel, I can’t do this anymore. I’m tired of coaching Glee club. I want a life. It took meeting you to realize all this stuff I missed out on. I need some balance, you know. I need a house and a garden and a dog. A family.
S: I missed out on my chance with you and it kills me, and I can’t let that happen again.
S: Where’s the rest of your team?
R: They’re at the hospital, Quinn had her baby.
S: Is she okay?
R: Yeah, she’s fine. It was a beautiful baby girl.
S: Thank you all for coming. As you all know Glee club is such an important.. and I honestly can’t even finish that sentence. So let’s just get to it. The 2010 mid-west Regional runners up, the not at all stupidly named, Aural Intensity.
S: And now, your 2010 Regional Show Choir champions. Vocal Adrenaline.
A: We didn’t even place.
R: Mr. Schester?
W: Yeah?
R: Can you please come to the auditorium.
W: Sure.
R: So, we have something we need to say to you.
M: In the beginning of this year I was just another football player.
T: I had a stutter.
M: I was a closeted diva.
Q: I used to be captain of the Cheerios.
M: I was afraid to dance outside my room.
S: I hated everyone in this club.
B: So did I.
K: I wasn’t honest about who I was.
P: I was tossing kids into dumpsters.
A: I had never kissed a girl before.
R: I was getting slushied.
F: I didn’t have a father. Someone I could look up to, model myself after. Someone who could show me what it really meant to be a man.
R: We don’t care what the judges say. We won. Because we had you as a teacher.
M: Glee club will never end, Mr. Schue, because you are Glee club. You’re in all of us now.
Those schoolgirl days of telling tales / And biting nails are gone
But in my mind, I know they will / Still live on and on / But how do you thank someone / Who has taken you from crayons to perfume / It isn’t easy but I’ll try
If you wanted the sky / I would write across the sky in letters / That would soar a thousand feet high / To Sir, with love
The time has come for closing books / And long last looks must end / And as I leave / I know that I am leaving my best friend / A friend who taught me right from wrong / And weak from strong / That’s a lot to learn / What can I give you in return
If you wanted the moon / I would try to make a start / But I would rather you let me give my heart / To Sir, with love
W: We’ve got another year.
A: What? How?
W: Come on, we’ve got a year!
A: Woo!
R: Oh my God!
R: Are you serious?
R: Okay, you guys, I think this is the perfect opportunity for us to start rehearsing for the next years sectionals immediately.
W: Guys, you’ve all worked really hard this year and you deserve a break.
R: But I have ideas!
W: Take the summer off. Have some fun. Oh, but before you go. I have something for you. You all sang for me the other day so today I’d like to return the favor. Puck, if you’re ready.
Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high / There’s a land that I dreamed of, once in a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue / And the dreams that you dare to dream, really do come true
Someday I’ll wish upon a star / And wake up where the clouds are far behind me / Where troubles melt like lemon drops high above the chimney tops / That’s where you’ll find me / Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly / Birds fly over the rainbow, why then, oh why can’t I?
I ♥ Rachel Berry