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Prologue: Calamari Lyrics by Malcolm Gets, Liz Larsen, Kristin Chenoweth, Chip Zien

A New Brain (Original Cast Recording)

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[GORDON]
Sorry I'm late, Rhoda
[RHODA, spoken]
You're always late
[GORDON]
I was
Working on the Spring Song
Is he angry that he doesn't have the Spring Song yet?
I bet
[RHODA, spoken]
No, he's angry that he doesn't have the Yes Song
[GORDON]
I hate the Yes Song
I hate the Spring Song
I hate
Mr. Bungee and this job
God, it's bad
Working on Mr. Bungee's lily pad–
[WAITRESS, spoken]
Y'all work for Mr. Bungee? I love that TV show!
(sung)
The specials today
Though not many are especially good
First the fish of the day:
Calamari!
Which isn't a fish
But lives in the sea
As said in the dish
It happens to be the fish
Of the day
Okay
Plus there's ziti
With a sauce that's meaty
It's fun!
[GORDON & RHODA, spoken]
Fun?
[WAITRESS]
And there's a lot
And that's the specials!
(spoken)
Thank you!
[GORDON, spoken]
I'll have the ziti and a Diet Coke
[RHODA, spoken]
Uh, okay, and I will have the goat cheese salad–no cheese
[GORDON, spoken]
Oh, thank you
[RHODA, spoken]
So, talk to me!
[GORDON]
He's taking up the brunt of my time
I don't have time to write
My real stuff
But I feel stuff
I can't express
What I mean to convey
So of course I didn't
Write enough today!
I hate Mr. Bungee
Why does Mr. Bungee hate me?
Oh, God!
As you can tell
I don't write well for frogs!
[RHODA, spoken]
It's called a job
You're a mess!
If you don't keep writing you'll be shown the door
You know Mr. Bungee hates you
I think he hates you more
First off:
You've gotta finish a song!
You scoff
But dammit write the Spring Song
Write the Yes Song
Don't let your career
Go to the dogs!
(MR. BUNGEE enters.)
[MR. BUNGEE]
Mr. Bungee is aquatic
And despotic!
Mr. Bungee's oceanic
And satanic!
Nyahaha!
Mr. Bungee's said to be
Tyrannical at times
But Mr. Bungee always rhymes!
Whee!
(spoken)
Oh, sure!
Ha!
Him, a Broadway show?
I don't think so!
[GORDON, spoken]
I'm having frog hallucinations
He's not here right now, is he?
[WAITRESS]
I love Mr. Bungee
Yes indeed-y
Here's your ziti
I love Mr. Bungee
When he makes his scenes
I love Mr. Bun–
Did someone order scallopini?
I love Mr. Bungee
Here's your Diet Coke
And here's your greens!
I love Mr. Bungee
I love Mr. Bungee!
[RHODA]
First write your song then next
You'll write the epic
First kids, TV, then next
The Broadway shows
It's a rocky road from lily pad
To where you want to get to, dear, but
Rhoda always knows...
[GORDON]
Inside me I feel washed up and through
Writing this shit's killed my talent
And whatever's left to kill
Then Bungee will grind that down to squat!
I used to be!
I was!
I once was but I'm
Not!
(spoken)
Oh my...
Not a...
(sung)
Something is wrong
Something is wrong
(spoken)
Something is very, very, very–
Wrong
[RHODA, spoken]
Oh, come on, Gordon
That is not true!
(sung)
You're still!
I don't agree!
(spoken)
Hey!
Hey, come on, sit down
Gordon, are you OK?
Gordon, you're scaring me...
(GORDON collapses, his head hitting his plate.)
Credits
Malcolm Gets

Malcolm Gets

Liz Larsen

Liz Larsen

Kristin Chenoweth

Kristin Chenoweth

Chip Zien

Chip Zien

About “Prologue: Calamari” by Malcolm Gets

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