ALL: Give ‘em the old…Razzle Dazzle… Razzle Dazzle ‘em…
RICH: Give ‘em a plan with lots of flash in it…. And in a year we’ll all be trashin’ it. ALL: Give em the old…Hocus-Pocus… Fool and Fracture ‘em… How can they read it all without a staff? Give ‘em a fake and a finagle…CHRIS: It’s just a way to save our tails now. ALL: Razzle Dazzle ‘em… and they’ll leave you alone…
ALL: Give ‘em the old.. Razzle Dazzle…Razzle Dazzle ‘em… JODI: Give ‘em a plan with lots of pages and… They’ll be tied up for ages and ages and… ALL: Give ‘em the old flim-flam-flummox… fool and fracture ‘em… How can they know the truth from your report? JODI: Turn in your plans and be on time now… Then by next year they’ll change their minds now… ALL: Razzle Dazzle ‘em… And they’ll leave you alone! (playoff… snap, snap)
RICH: If I was the White House, Ya da da da da …… All day long I’d twiddle on my thumbs…Making up a new school plan! It ….doesn’t have to work well… Ya da da da da …… ‘Cause my kids are all so biddy rich, they drive to private schools in armored vans.
I’ll make a big, tall plan with rules by the dozen… Right in the middle of my term… A fine new plan to get lots of votes, you’ll see… I’ll say that there will be no children left behind It’s short and catchy, meaning zip And who will pay for it? Don’t look at me!
If I was the White House, Ya da da da da …… All day long I’d twiddle on my thumbs…Making up a new school plan! It …..doesn’t have to work now… Ya da da da da …… ‘Cause my kids are all so biddy rich, they drive to private schools in armored vans.
The most important men in Washington will come to me… They will ask me to advise them… Like Solomon the wise… If you please, Mr. President…Pardon me, Mr. President… I hope they never see my S.A.T’s! Oh-oh Boy, boy, boy, boy, boy, boy, boy, boy, Boy!
If I was the White House, Ya da da da da …… All day long I’d twiddle on my thumbs…Making up a new school plan! It doesn’t have to work now… Ya da da da da …… Lord, I cannot help but sort of smirk I Got this job with lots of power and perks I’m living proof education doesn’t work! How I love my new …. School…. plan!
JODI: It won't be easy, you'll think it strange When I try to explain how I feel But I still need your love after that you’ve done.. You won't believe me All you will see is a teacher you knew Who voted for you long ago… And put all her hopes down on you.. Chorus: Don’t cry for me Rod Blagojevich. The truth is, I never knew you. Won’t even mention…you robbed my pension… You didn’t want to…. I love your hair-do…
You had to let it happen, You had to change Couldn’t live in the cornfields like the rest of us bums Looking out of your window in Springfield’s poor slums. So you chose freedom ….Staying up north with the wind in your hair I know that you care…You did spend one day at the fair! Chorus: Don’t cry for me Rod Blagojevich. The truth is, I never knew you. Won’t even mention…you robbed my pension… You didn’t want to…. I love your hair-do… Have I said too much? There's nothing more I can think of to say to you. But all you have to do is look at me to know That every word is true
RICH: Well, either you're closing your eyes To a situation you do now wish to acknowledge Or you are not aware of the caliber of disaster indicated By the presence of a fiscal crisis in your community. Well we got trouble…right here in River City… And Stress, that rhymes with “S” and that stands for school! CHRIS & JODI: That stands for school! We really got trouble! (We really got trouble!) Right here in River City! Right here! Need a way to tighten budgets in our school! Our children’s children gonna have trouble, trouble, trouble…
Citizens of River City! Cut that budget before it’s too late! Make those kids bring their own ketchup! (Trouble! Trouble! Trouble!) What are we doin’ buyin’ toilet paper when they could use their own? (Trouble! Trouble! Trouble!) Do you realize how many basketballs we could buy with a water fountain?
And so my friends we got Trouble! (Trouble! Trouble!) Right here in River City! (Trouble! Trouble!) And Stress, that rhymes with “S” and that stands for school! That stands for school! We really got trouble! Right here in River City! Right here! Need a way to tighten budgets in our school! Our children’s children gonna have trouble, trouble, trouble…
How can they raise taxes when we’ve got to pay for our new SUV? (trouble, trouble, trouble…) You think your textbooks are out of date? You should see our old flat screen 52 inch TV! (trouble, trouble, trouble…) I didn’t never have no technology and it didn’t never hurt me none! (trouble, trouble, trouble…)
And so my friends we got Trouble! (Trouble! Trouble!) Right here in River City! (Right here!) Oh we got stress! (Yes, we got stress!) That rhymes with “S!” (That rhymes with “S”!) And that stand for school! (That stands for School!)
CHRIS: Lift up your head Wash off your mascara Here, take my Kleenex Wipe that lipstick away Show me your face, clean as the mornin' I know things were bad, but now they're okay Suddenly Test Scores are right there beside you… You don’t have to teach now… Just follow the plan… Suddenly Test Scores are here to provide you A great education… A Test Score’s your friend JODI: Nobody ever treated me kindly They gave me the job then told me to test And now I’m alone, No child left behind me My kids cannot read the words on the test.. Suddenly Test Scores are standin' beside me They give me my orders They give me my plan! Suddenly Test Scores are here to provide me A new way of teaching… A Test Score’s my friend! CHRIS: You won’t even have to think about lessons Just use your plan and teach to the test. JODI: I won’t have to think, just give them the answers I should-a known, that Georgie knows best. JODI: Suddenly Test Scores They purified me Suddenly Test Scores Removes my concern! Suddenly Test Scores Are there to remind me… They’re so busy testing… They’re so busy testing.. They’re so busy testing… They won’t have to learn! ALL: Suddenly Test Scores They purified me Suddenly Test Scores Removes my concern! Suddenly Test Scores Are there to remind me… They’re so busy testing… They’re so busy testing.. They’re so busy testing… They won’t have to learn!
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