Why Bother?

"**Kite String**" is a song from Of Course You Realize This Means Ward. It has an End Credits version.

## Lyrics

**[BIRDIE, spoken]**

(Stammering) You doing a music thing? You need violin? It seems like you need violin.

**[OWEN, spoken]**

Yes. I need all of it.

**[BIRDIE, spoken]**

It's finally happening!

**[WARD, sung]**

The trees will get cut down anyway

So why bother?

Why bother?

The birds will eventually all fly away

So why bother?

Why bother?

I found it doesn't really matter what you do

One day your funding turns into a pile of poo

Looks like it's every man for himself after all

**[OWEN, spoken]**

And that's what it would look like if we lost hope, but, fortunately, there's lots to be hopeful about!

**[OWEN and WARD]**

(O) Flowers spread beauty everywhere

(W) *But why bother?*

(W) *Why bother?*

(O) Trees give us shade and hеlp clean the air

(W) *But why bother?*

(W) *Why bothеr?*

**[OWEN and BIRDIE]**

The Earth may go on no matter what we do

But we don't wanna leave it all covered in goo

Take a nature vacation without any cost

**[ELWOOD]**

And there are so many places to hide from your boss!

**[OWEN, spoken]**

Wait, what?

**[OWEN, BIRDIE and ELWOOD]**

Why bother?

*(O) Because the grass feels great on your toes*

Why bother?

*(B)* And you can use the leaves if you forget your clothes

*Why bother?*

*(E) Because we need the breeze and the bees and the geese*

*(O) Need may be a strong word regarding the geese*

**[BITSY, spoken]**

Even without a memoir, I'm still way better than my brother.

**(sung)**

So why bother?

Is it really so important

To impress my father or my mother?

Why bother?

**[HELEN, spoken]**

Hm?

**[BITSY, spoken]**

Was I speaking out loud or to myself?

**[HELEN, spoken]**

Which would you prefer?

**[BITSY, spoken]**

To myself.

**[HELEN, spoken]**

Then that's what it was.

**[OWEN, sung]**

We need to pollinate, not contaminate

Let me set it straight and illustrate

That we could all suffocate

I hate to pontificate or castigate

But the fate of our state isn't great if we wait

And the weight'll be great if we all hesitate

So if you're on my side just say "Yeah!"

**[SCHOOLCHILDREN]**

Yeah!

**[OWEN]**

I can't believe you just said "Yeah"

Say "Yeah" again!

**[SCHOOLCHILDREN]**

Yeah!

**[OWEN]**

Do you love the sun?

**[SCHOOLCHILDREN]**

Yeah!

**[OWEN]**

Do you love the rain?

**[SCHOOLCHILDREN]**

No!

**[OWEN]**

But the rain helps things grow

**[SCHOOLCHILDREN]**

Okay!

**[OWEN, (*BIRDIE AND ELWOOD)*]**

Join the refrain!

That's why we bother

*(The earth may go on no matter what we do)*

*(But we don't want to leave it all covered in goo)*

That's why we bother

*(It's a nice green oasis where we make our escape)*

Oh, that's why we bother

*(When the hustle and the bustle starts to aggregate)*

That's why we bother

That's why I bother

So we can pass along the parks to our sons and our daughters

That's why I bother

At all

## Lyrics (End Credits)

**[OWEN]**

So if you're on my side just say "Yeah!"

**[SCHOOLCHILDREN]**

Yeah!

**[OWEN]**

I can't believe you just said "Yeah"

Say "Yeah" again!

**[SCHOOLCHILDREN]**

Yeah!

**[OWEN]**

Because the grass feels great on your toes

**[SCHOOLCHILDREN]**

Yeah!

**[BIRDIE]**

And you can use the leaves if you forget your clothes

**[ELWOOD]**

Yeah!

**[OWEN, BIRDIE and ELWOOD]**

The earth may go on no matter what we do

But we don't want to leave it all covered in goo

The earth may go on no matter what we do

But we don't want to leave it all covered in goo