Bad Men Lyrics

[BRENT]

Side 3, Track 3. “Bad Men.”



[BRITTAIN (Dunyazad)]

Scheherazade was ending the story for the night:



[GELSEY (Scheherazade)]

“AND SO ROSE LEFT THE SHOP WITH A BRAND NEW CAMERA

AND THE NUMBER OF THE SUBWAY DRIVER WRITTEN ON HER ARM”



BUT NOW THE SUN IS RISING

AND THAT IS ALL I AM PERMITTED TO SAY



Do you like my story, Shah Zaman?



[BRENT (Shah Zaman)]

It is a marvelous tale!



[BRITTAIN]

WHAT A GOOD, SWEET STORY IT IS!

YOU ARE A REAL SCHEHERAZADE



[GELSEY]

HOW CAN THIS COMPARE

TO THE STORY I SHALL TELL YOU

TOMORROW NIGHT

IF THE SHAH SPARES ME

AND I AM STILL ALIVE?



[BRENT]

When I kill you, I will miss you.



[GELSEY]

How will you grieve for me, O Shah?



[BRENT]

I WILL COMMAND A GREAT FEAST FOR THE KINGDOM

WITH THE LARGEST BOAR THAT THE COURT HAS EVER SEEN

AND GREAT OAKEN CASKS FULL OF HONEY SWEET WINE

AND WE'LL TOAST TO THE COULD-HAVE-BEEN QUEEN



AND WHEN THE FEAST IS IN FULL SWING

AND THE BUTTERFLY JESTERS ARE DANCING

I WILL TAKE THE LARGEST CASK

BACK TO MY ROOM



AND I'LL DRINK ALL ALONE IN MY ROOM

AND I'LL CRY LIKE A BABY

AND I'LL DRINK SO MUCH I'LL GET SICK

AND I'LL LIE ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR

AND I'LL DRINK SOME MORE



AND I'LL KEEP DRINKING

FOR FORTY-TWO YEARS

AN OLD OLD MAN

ALL ALONE IN HIS CHAIR

WATCHING GAME SHOWS

MAKING FUN OF THE CONTESTANTS

FOR THEIR STUPID ANSWERS

AND THEIR WASTED LIVES



[BRITTAIN & GELSEY]

A WASTED SACK OF A MAN

AN EMPTY BROWN PAPER BAG

SOGGY AND GROSS



[BRENT]

IF YOU CAN LOSE YOUR TEMPER

THEN I CAN LOSE MY MIND

IF YOU CAN LOSE YOUR TEMPER

THEN I CAN LOSE MY MIND



[ALL]

IF YOU CAN LOSE YOUR TEMPER

THEN I CAN LOSE MY MIND

IF YOU CAN LOSE YOUR TEMPER

THEN I CAN LOSE MY MIND



[DAVE]

COME LOOK AT THE STARS

DEAR PEARL

COME LOOK AT THE STARS

DEAR PEARL



[BRITTAIN (Rose Red)]

How could you. Sister, how could you?



[GELSEY (Pearl White)]

He likes my singing. He likes my singing, that's all.



[DAVE]

Wait, wait, Rose Red, we were never—

We never—



[BRITTAIN]

I always knew you were shallow

I always knew you didn't know me

I always knew you didn't believe in me

I always knew that I bored you

I always knew I wasn't pretty enough to hold you

I always knew you'd go with someone smarter than me

I always knew your mind was elsewhere

I always knew you were a snob

I always knew you had your head in the stars

I always knew you and your books

You and your fucking books

I am not a puzzle

I'm not some fucking logic puzzle for you to figure out

I am not a fucking game

Why don't you just go fuck your books?

Why don't you just go fuck all your fucking books?

And we'll see who's smarter

We'll see



[BRENT (Bear)]

Do you have the things I asked for?

One Pot of Honey

One Piece of Stardust

One Secret Baptism

And a Photo of a Ghost?



[BRITTAIN]

HELLO THERE BEAR

I HAVE THE THINGS YOU ASKED

I HAD TO GO THROUGH SEVERAL LIFETIMES TO GET THEM

AND NOW I'M IN YOUR CAVE

IN MY SEXY RED CLOAK



[BRENT]

I KNOW LITTLE GIRL

AND NOW I'M GONNA EAT YOU UP

EAT YOU UP

EAT YOU UP LIKE BERRIES



[BRITTAIN]

BUT WILL YOU DO WHAT I ASKED?

MAUL THE ASTRONOMER

TURN MY SISTER INTO A CROW?



[BRENT]

I AM NOT A MURDERER

OR A CRAZY PERSON

I JUST LIKE HONEY



[GELSEY & DAVE]

HE JUST LIKES HONEY



[BRENT]

YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO DO IT YOURSELF!

NOW GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL



[BRITTAIN]

I HATE YOU



[ALL]

THE DRIVER CAN'T STOP THE GHOST IS HERE

THE DRIVER CAN'T STOP THE GHOST IS HERE

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