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A Little Me Lyrics by Original London Cast of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - The New Musical (Original London Cast Recording)

2013

(Willy Wonka lands the elevator outside the factory. Crates are piled up by the front door containing his possessions. He explains to Charlie that he will be moving out because Charlie will be moving in. Charlie is confused – surely he’s too young to run a chocolate factory? Willy explains why he’s perfect for the job and the Oompa-loompas pop out of the packing crates to welcome their new boss.)
[WILLY WONKA, spoken]
Goodness me, is that the time?
You’d better get ready.
[CHARLIE, spoken]
For what?
[WILLY WONKA, spoken]
Your new job.
[CHARLIE, spoken]
What job?
[WILLY WONKA]
You are the new Willy Wonka of course!
I always had a hunch it might be you.
Let’s see how you measure up.
[CHARLIE]
But I don’t know the first thing
About how a fact’ry works
[WILLY WONKA]
Perfect! You’re absolutely perfect!
[CHARLIE]
And I don’t have a clue
Of what a chocolatier must do
[WILLY WONKA]
Well, Charlie Bucket, if you did
Then you wouldn’t be a kid!
It’s all the things you aren’t
That make you what you are
It’s what you do not own that sets you free
It’s the lessons still unlearned
It’s the corners not yet turned
That make you you and
A little me
(spoken)
Hat.
[CHARLIE, spoken]
Hat?
[WILLY WONKA, spoken]
Cane.
[CHARLIE, spoken]
Cane?
[WILLY WONKA, spoken]
And last but not least, the Wonka Stirring Spoon!
[CHARLIE]
But I don’t know the recipes
Of how much this and that
[WILLY WONKA]
Delumptious! That makes you just delumptious!
[CHARLIE]
And I’ve not seen a single fact
Of how a chocolatier must act
[WILLY WONKA]
Well, the things you haven’t seen
Make you a fresh green bean!
It’s all the things you aren’t
That make you what you are
You have to dig a hole to plant the tree
It’s the books you’ve yet to read
It’s the dough you’ve yet to knead
That makes you you and
A little me
A sculptor wants no hardened clay
He wants his mud to
[WILLY WONKA & OOMPA-LOOMPAS]
Bend and sway
[WILLY WONKA]
And that is what a child can do
But not just any careless child
[WILLY WONKA & OOMPA-LOOMPAS]
Too fat or spoiled
Or crass or wild
[WILLY WONKA]
So aren’t you glad upon review
That, Charlie Bucket, I chose you?
[CHARLIE]
Well, yes, it’s quite an honor
But I’m still a bit at sea
[WILLY WONKA]
Ahoy, then
[OOMPA-LOOMPAS]
Ba ba dah!
[WILLY WONKA]
You’re just my boy then
[OOMPA-LOOMPAS]
Enjoy then
[CHARLIE]
And I never dreamed this day
Could ever start and end this way
[WILLY WONKA]
It’s the dreams you’ve yet to dream
That will whip your whipping cream!
[WILLY WONKA & OOMPA-LOOMPAS]
It’s all the things you aren’t
That make you what you are
[WILLY WONKA]
And that’s what makes you just my cup of tea
[OOMPA-LOOMPAS]
Did he say tea?
[WILLY WONKA]
It’s your percolating mind
It’s your ears still wet behind
[WILLY WONKA & OOMPA-LOOMPAS]
That make you you and
[WILLY WONKA]
A little me
[WILLY WONKA & OOMPA-LOOMPAS]
The factory’s yours, yes, that’s your prize
[OOMPA-LOOMPAS]
We’ve got a boss who’s just our size
[MR. & MRS. BUCKET]
And what a treat to watch you rise
[GRANDPA JOE & JOSEPHINE]
A choc’late comet in ascent!
[GEORGE & GEORGINA]
With sparks of sweets you’ll soon invent!
[WILLY WONKA]
And any journey worth the schlep
Must begin with one small step
[WILLY WONKA, OOMPA-LOOMPAS, GRANDPA JOE, JOSEPHINE, GEORGE, GEORGINA, MR. & MRS. BUCKET]
It’s all the things you aren’t
That make you what you are
You’ll lead the way
To things you’ve yet to see
It’s the schemes you’ve yet to bake
It’s the leap you’ve yet to take
That makes you you
[WILLY WONKA]
A Wonka through and through
[WILLY WONKA, OOMPA-LOOMPAS, GRANDPA JOE, JOSEPHINE, GEORGE, GEORGINA, MR. & MRS. BUCKET]
That makes you you
And in the middle of a riddle
Where a kid’ll be a little
[OOMPA-LOOMPAS, GRANDPA JOE, JOSEPHINE, GEORGE, GEORGINA, MR. & MRS. BUCKET]
Yes, we agree
You’re a little
[CHARLIE & WILLY WONKA]
Me!
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Original London Cast of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Original London Cast of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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