A Musical

**A Musical** is the 8th song featured in Total Drama Teen Tension and is sung by  & Henley.

## Lyrics

Bodie: What the hell are musicals?

Henley: It appears to be a play where the dialogue stops

And the plot is conveyed through song

Bodie: Through song?

Henley: Yes.

Bodie: Wait, so an actor is saying his lines and out of nowhere he just starts singing?

Henley: Yes.

Bodie: Well that is the
*Stupidest thing that I have ever heard*
*You're doing a play, got something to say*
*So you sing it?*
*It's absurd*
*Who on earth is going to sit there while an actor breaks into song*
*And what possible thought could the audience think*
*Other than "This is horribly wrong"*

Henley: Remarkably? They won't think that

Bodie: Seriously? Why not?

Henley: *Because it's a musical*

*A musical*

*And nothing's as amazing as a musical*

*With song and dance*

*And sweet romance*

*And happy endings happening by happenstance*

*Bright lights, stage fights, and a dazzling chorus*

*You wanna be great?*
*Then you gotta create a musical*

Bodie: I don't know

I find it hard to believe that people would actually pay to see something like this

Henley: *Let's just say it's a Saturday night*

*And you wanna go out on the town*

*Got a lady to flatter who might give it up if you don't let her down*

*You could go see a tragedy*

'*That wouldn't be very fun*

*Or a play from Greek mythology*

*See a mother have sex with her son, euggh*

*You could see a drama*

*With all of the trauma and pain*

*Or you could see something more relaxing and less taxing on the brain*

*You could go see a musical*

*A musical*

*A puppy piece, releasing all your blues-ical*

*Where crooners croon*

*A catchy tune*

*And limber-legged ladies thrill you 'til you swoon*

*Oohs, ahhs, big applause, and a standing ovation*

Henley & Ensemble: *The future is bright*

*If you could just write a musical*

Henley: *Some make you happy*

Some make you sad

Some are quite big

Some quite small

Some are too long

Some are just plays with song

Some musicals have no talking at all

Bodie: No talking at all

Henley: *That's right*

*There's no talking*

*All of the dialogue is song*

*In a very dramatic fashion*

Bodie: Um, really?

Henley: *Yes, really*

Bodie: There's no talking

Henley: *There's no talking*

*And they often stay on one note for a very long time*

*So when they change to a different note, you notice*

*And it's supposed to create a dramatic effect*

*But mostly you just sit there asking yourself*

*"Why aren't they talking?"*

Bodie: That sounds miserable
Henley: *I believe it's pronounced Misérable*
Bodie: And people actually like this?
Henley: No, they love it, and what's not to love!
It's such a delight

There's nothing quite like a musical

Another vision! I haven't even told you the best part yet!
Feel that fascinating rhythm moving to your feet

Whoa, whoa (Um, what is that)
Feel your ass gyrating to that titillating beat (Are you okay?)

You slap your lap

And finger snap

That's when you know it's time to tap

Oh

Bodie: What the hell are you doing now?

Henley: It's called a dance break

Apparently this happens in musicals as well

People on stage just burst into spontaneous dance

Bodie: Why?

Does it advance the plot?

Henley: No.
Bodie: Advance character?
Henley: Not necessarily
Bodie: Then why do it?

Henley: Because it's entertaining! 5, 6, 7, 8

*Another vision!*

It's a musical!

Whaddya talk, whaddya talk

It's a musical!

A Suessical?

No, a musical with girls on stage

Ensemble: A musical

Henley: *We've got snappy repartees*

And the women are risqué

And the chorus boys are kind of gay

Ensemble: *A musical*
Henley: *A true, blue, new*
Henley & Ensemble: *Musical*
Henley:Stand back, it's a musical!
Some musicals are very serious
Henley & Ensemble: *A big, glittering musical*
A musical
It's a musical for us!

Henley: *A big and shiny,*
*Mighty fine-y, glitter, glitz, and chorus line-y*
*Bob your head and shake your hiney*
*Musical*
*It's a musical (It's a musical)*
*It is a musical (It's a musical)*

Bodie:Yes! I get it now!
*We'll do a musical (No kidding)*
*A musical*
*What could be more amazing than a musical*
*With song and dance*
*And sweet romance*
*And with a musical we might have half a chance*

Henley & Bodie: *Oohs, ahhs, big applause with everyone cheering for us*

Henley: *And for some unexplainable reason*

*The crowd goes wild every time*
*When dancers kick in unison in one big wonderful line*

All: *And then you got yourself a musical*

*A musical*
*A la, la, la, la, la, la, la palooza-sical*
*With splashy style and a big fake smile*
*A snazzy band, some jazzy hands, I swear that I'll*
*Cross my heart, hope to die if it isn't a doozy*

Henley: *Take it from me*

*They'll be flocking to see*

Henley & Bodie: *Your star lit*

*Won't quit*
*Big hit*
*Musical*
All: *A big hit musical*