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Ben Franklin, Sondheim & Lin-Manuel Lyrics by Gerard Alessandrini

Spamilton: An American Parody (Original Cast Recording)

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[LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA]
Dear Mr. Sondheim,
I am writing this to you
And I hope that you will read it even though
I'm just a lowly minion, I still value your opinion
On the basic structure of a Broadway show
I guess I am just another fan of yours
And I thought I'd text and let ya know
Ya made me love you
Your lyrics are stupendous
My syntax is horrendous
You made me love you
You are a god among us
Your brain is so humongous
Give me words of wisdom over scotch and soda
Ya know, since you've grown older you are Broadway's Yoda
What do I do to be you?
True, I love Lynn Ahrens and I'll always thank Lynn
But to me you'll always be Ben "Sondheim" Franklin
[STEPHEN SONDHEIM]
Green! Green! You're nothing but green!
Young and pampered and thinner than cеlery
You wanted it wonder! Wondеr boy and menace
Excuse my bite while I fly my kite
But I caught you and I spot you in a mis-rhyme plight
[LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA]
You're not helping me, you're scalping me!
Ravaging my rap rythyms
[STEPHEN SONDHEIM]
Rooting through your ruderisms
What are you doing?
[LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA]
Finishing the rap
Look I made a rap
Where there never was a hat
[STEPHEN SONDHEIM]
Hat and rap?
These are the rhymes that try men's souls
Careful the rap you play
No one will listen
Careful how dense the phrase
People will leave
Or heave
Children like rap today
But children don't listen
Parents may lavish praise
But they could deceive
So take it from me
Careful the rap you say indecisively
No one will listen
Careful the stars you cast
They'll act like children
And if the tempo's fast
They might crash and burn
And then they'll OD
Careful the rap you use
It could confuse
And no one will listen
So you better listen
To me
[RENEE ELISE GOLDBERRY]
Another hundred syllables came out of my mouth and fell onto the ground
As another hundred syllables are gonna go south and are sticking around
Has another hundred syllables repeat the refrain
And are waiting for us in the second quatrain
And I'm starting to cuss every word I say
It's a lyric by Sondheim, all-you-can-eat word buffet
A lyric by Sondheim, too hard to sing or to play
And every day, some say no way
[LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA]
Excuse me, Mr. Sondheim, didn't you write this song?
[STEPHEN SONDHEIM]
Do as I say, not as I do
[RENEE ELISE GOLDBERRY]
And they curse each other for the sticky words and the tricky charts
And the raspy vocals and the shattered chords or the battered parts
And his complex manies and nerdy words will destroy the hearts
And at cocktail parties when I sing this song all my friends say no
Should I speed the tempo up and kill myself or should I take it slow?
Will I tear my tonsils and the vocal strain?
Should I sing a song that's cheery like "The Rain In Spain"?
But this song is overwritten so Steve Sondheim, well, explain
[LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA]
Oh! So it's okay to put as many syllables into a phrase as long as there's...
[STEPHEN SONDHEIM]
Melody
[LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA]
Oh
[STEPHEN SONDHEIM]
But a thirty second note saved is a thirty second note earned
[RENEE ELISE GOLDBERRY]
And another hundred syllables came out of his mouth
[STEPHEN SONDHEIM]
And another hundred syllables came out of my brain
[EVERYONE]
And another hundred syllables came out of my brain
And another hundred syllables came out of my brain
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Gerard Alessandrini

Gerard Alessandrini

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