I'm Not a Loser

"I'm Not a Loser" is a song written by They Might Be Giants. It appears in SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical. In this showstopping eleven o'clock number, after the Electric Skates quit the show, they call Squidward a loser, but Squidward insists, through many double negatives, that he is not, and imagines he is joined by a sea anemone chorus and does a dazzling tap dance number.
== Lyrics ==
: Squidward: I'm not a loser
: I don't secretly hate myself
: I'm not singing this to no one
: It's not the case that no one cares
: I'm not a failure
: I don't not have talent
: When others see me they can't see
: The nobody that isn't there
: Hold on, that's a triple negative. You can't not see nobody. Because I'm not nobody! Which can't not be seen. Let me start over.
: My life's not empty
: They don't not like me at all
: I don't not leave the house
: 'Cause I don't not prefer to stay at home
: I don't stink
: I'm not a waste
: I'm not all alone in thinking
: That I am not all alone
: Maybe I am a loser.
: Sea Anemones: Hey, Squidward
: Squidward: Huh?
: Sea Anemones: You're not delirious with despair
: And you're not calling true things false
: Hey, Squidward
: Squidward: This is weird
: Sea Anemones: You're not hallucinating this sea anemone
: Chorus line at all
: Squidward: I'm not?
: Sea Anemones: You're not a loser
: You don't secretly hate yourself
: You're not singing this to no one
: It's not the case that no one cares
: Squidward: Okay!
: Sea Anemones: You're not a failure
: You don't not have talent
: When others see you they can't see
: The nobody that isn't there
: Squidward (Sea Anemones): I'm not a loser! (Not a loser)
: They don't not like me at all (No!)
: I don't not leave the house
: 'Cause I don't not prefer to stay at home
: I don't stink (You don't stink)
: I'm not a waste (You're not a waste)
: I'm not all alone in thinking
: That I am not all alone
: Clarinet solo!
: (clarinet)
: Look at me now, Mama!
: (tap dance break)
: Squidward (Sea Anemones): I'm not a loser (You're not a loser)
: They don't not like me at all (No!)
: I don't not leave the house (leave the house)
: 'Cause I don't not prefer to stay at home
: (Yeah, yeah, stay at home!!!)
: Hey! Shh!
: I don't stink
: I'm not a waste
: I'm not all alone in thinking
: That I'm not, not, not all alone
== Trivia ==
* On opening night on Broadway, this song received a long standing ovation, which was led by Rodger Bumpass, the voice of Squidward on the cartoon.
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