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Library:Purim Cabaret 2004
Haman's Sons - sung to Gee! Officer Krupke from West Side Story
Ken Klein
My mother is a schemer!
My father is a letch!
With arrogant demeanor
And a tendency to kvetch!
My parents never loved me,
Do this, do that, go fetch
Goodness gracious,
No wonder I'm a wretch!
Oh! People of Persia
I'm an innocent lad
Since when is it a crime
To heed the words of your dad!
I just followed orders
Now I look like a sap
It's not fair that I should have to
Take the rap! Take the rap!
Chorus:
Take the rap! Take the rap, he's an awful sap!
It's not fair that he should take the rap!
I'm flunking anger management
I gotta disengage
Before you reach the boiling point
It's best to turn the page
I'd do if I weren't filled
With homicidal rage
Oh! How to they expect me
To ever act my age!
Oh! People of Persia
Don't leave me undone!
You know our plan to wipe 'em out
Was all in good fun
And when I said, "Let's kill 'em all"
Perhaps I misspoke -
Why can't those people take a joke! Take a joke!
Chorus:
Take a joke! Take a joke, perhaps he just misspoke,
Why can't those people take a joke!
We really shouldn't be here
There's been some big mistake
We'll turn on all our brothers
If you just give us a break!
We're just not built for prison
Don't you think you should relent?
What'll this do to our
Artistic temperament?
Oh! People of Persia
It's not all our fault!
How could innocent horseplay
Be felone'yus assault
Sure we used bad judgment
When we joined the wrong team
Don't you find our sentence too extreme? Too extreme!
Chorus:
Too extreme, too extreme, they picked the losing team,
Don't you find their sentence too extreme?
Oh! People of Persia
What were we to do?
Our father is a crim'nal
And our mother's a shrew!
We know we're not wicked,
We just got bad advice!
Let us out and we promise to be nice! To be nice!
To be nice! To be nice! Got some bad advice
Let us out and we promise to be nice!
Haman's Sons Copyright © 2004 by Ken Klein
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