[LOCKSTOCK, spoken] If there's one thing I've learned in my many years of enforcing the laws of this city, it's that the journey down to Urinetown offers no Surprises. Not even from the very toughest among us. On that journey, expect only...the expected. (sung) And it's a hard, cold, tumble of a journey Worthy of a gurney, a bumble down A slapped face, smacked with a mace Certain to debase is our stumble down It's a path that leads you only one place Horrible to retrace, a crumble down A hard, cold, tumble of a tourney Jumble of a journey to Urinetown [LOCKSTOCK & BARREL] Julie Cassidy Went to a field behind a tree Saw there was no one who could see [LOCKSTOCK] Her pee - [BARREL] But me [LOCKSTOCK & BARREL] And Jacob Rosenbloom Thought he was safe up in his room Didn't know the jars he kept up there Would obligate a trip to a Urine-tomb! [LOCKSTOCK] There are those who think our methods vicious - [BARREL] Overly malicious - [LOCKSTOCK] A bunch of brutes But it's we who gather for the people - [BARREL] Tavern to the steeple - [LOCKSTOCK] Lawful fruits! Our task: bring a little order - [BARREL] Swindle out a hoarder - [LOCKSTOCK] From what he loots As the book says, "certainly a season" - [BARREL] Trample out a treason - [ALL] With hobnail boots! Roger Roosevelt Kept a cup below his belt Cup ran over when he knelt [LOCKSTOCK] He smelt - [BARREL] We dealt! [ALL] And Joseph "Old Man" Strong Held his pee for much too long Hoped his son might bail him out His guess was good but also wrong! [LOCKSTOCK] Years past all lived in a jungle Scooping out a bungle, nature's bowl Life of constant deprivation Certain aggravation took its toll Soon learned power of the truncheon Organize a function king to pawn So if peace is what you're after Urinetown's the rafter to hang it on! [FEMALE COP 1] Julie Cassidy [MALE COP 1] Jacob Rosenbloom [MALE COP 2] Roger Roosevelt [MALE COP 1] Jacob Rosenbloom [FEMALE COP 1] Julie Cassidy [MALE COP 3] Joseph Old Man Strong [LOCKSTOCK & BARREL] Don't be like them! Don't be like them! Don't be like them! Don't be like them! [ALL] And it's a hard, cold tumble of a journey Worthy of a gurney, a bumble down A slapped face, smacked with a mace Certain to debase is our stumble down It's a path that leads you only one place Horrible to retrace, a crumble down A hard, cold, tumble of a tourney Jumble of a journey to Urinetown!
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