A Musical (Total Drama Broadway Dream)

**A Musical** is the 8th song featured in Total Drama Teen Tension and is sung by Bodie & 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 its 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 its 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 until 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 aren't they talking?"*

Bodie: That sounds miserable
Henley: *I believe its 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*
Bodie: Um, what is that?
Henley: *Feel your ass gyrating to that titillating beat*
Bodie: Are you okay?
Henley: *You slap your lap*
*And finger snap*
*That's when you know its time to tap*
Oh

Bodie: What the hell are you doing now?

Henley: Its 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, its a musical!
Some musicals are very serious
Henley & Ensemble: *A big, glittering musical*
*A musical*
*Its 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*
*Its a musical (It's a musical)*
*It is a musical (Its a musical)*

Bodie: Yes! I get it now!
*We'll do a musical*
Henley: No kidding
Bodie: *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*