Overture/Big Bright Beautiful World

Overture/Big Bright Beautiful World Lyrics

Song Overture/Big Bright Beautiful World
Artist Jeanine Tesori
Album Shrek The Musical (Original Cast Recording)
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[00:24.79] Shrek Voiceover:
[00:27.05] Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek,
[00:31.26] who lived with his parents in a bog by a tree.
[00:34.25] It was a pretty nasty place,
[00:36.17] but he was happy because ogres like nasty places.
[00:40.05] On his birthday,
[00:41.29] the little ogre's parents sat him down to talk,
[00:44.03] just as all ogre's parents had for hundreds of years before.
[00:48.57]
[00:49.64] Mama Ogre:
[00:49.81] Listen son, you're growing up so quickly,
[00:57.22] Growing up, bigger by the day.
[01:04.89] Papa Ogre:
[01:05.30] Although we want you here,
[01:06.89] The rules are very clear--
[01:08.95] Mama Ogre:
[01:09.17] Now you're seven...
[01:11.03] Papa Ogre:
[01:11.48] Now you're seven...
[01:12.62] Both:
[01:12.86] So it's time to go away.
[01:20.81] Papa Ogre:
[01:20.98] Your Mama packed a sandwich for your trip.
[01:24.65] Mama Ogre:
[01:25.15] Your Papa packed your boots in case of snow.
[01:28.48] Both:
[01:28.65] You're gonna make us proud.
[01:30.52] No backing up allowed.
[01:32.54] Mama Ogre:
[01:32.92] Just keep walking...
[01:34.67] Papa Ogre:
[01:34.98] Just keep walking...
[01:36.75] Both:
[01:36.91] and you'll find somewhere to go.
[01:43.77]
[01:43.96] It's a big bright beautiful world,
[01:48.06] with happiness all around.
[01:51.88] It's peaches and cream
[01:53.79] and every dream comes true...
[02:00.18] But not for you.
[02:04.66]
[02:05.20] It's a big, bright, beautiful world,
[02:08.60] with possibilities everywhere.
[02:12.71] And just around the bend,
[02:14.99] there's a friend or two...
[02:19.24] But not for you.
[02:21.48]
[02:22.95] Mama Ogre:
[02:23.11] You're ugly son,
[02:24.80] which means that life is harder.
[02:30.09] People hate the things they cannot understand.
[02:37.95] Papa Ogre:
[02:38.26] And when they look at us,
[02:40.07] they tend to make a fuss.
[02:42.25] Mama Ogre:
[02:42.65] Burn our houses down.
[02:45.45] Papa Ogre:
[02:45.61] and chase us...
[02:48.66] Both:
[02:48.90] Off our land.
[02:52.03] Papa Ogre:
[02:52.43] It's important that you find a cozy cesspit.
[02:55.78] Mama Ogre:
[02:56.12] A place no one would ever dare to tread.
[02:59.61] Both:
[02:59.76] And if they happen by,
[03:01.53] make sure you terrify them.
[03:03.81] Mama Ogre:
[03:03.96] If you don't, son...
[03:05.59] Papa Ogre:
[03:05.76] If you don't, son...
[03:07.20] Both:
[03:07.56] Then you'll surely wind up dead.
[03:14.83]
[03:14.74] Mama Ogre:
[03:14.91] Good-bye!
[03:16.13] Papa Ogre:
[03:16.42] Good-bye!
[03:18.03] Mama Ogre:
[03:18.22] Watch out for men with pitch-forks!
[03:22.43]
[03:23.64] Shrek Voiceover:
[03:23.69] And so the little ogre went off
[03:25.89] and found a muddy patch of swampland,
[03:28.54] far, far away from the world that despised him.
[03:32.76] And there he stayed for many years.
[03:34.79] Tucked away, and all alone...
[03:37.48] which was just the was he liked it.
[03:40.71]
[03:51.97] Shrek:
[03:52.15] Keep your big bright beautiful world.
[03:55.93] I'm happy where I am, all alone.
[04:00.19] I got all I need,
[04:01.97] so read the stinkin' sign!
[04:05.31]
[04:07.59] Keep your big bright beautiful world.
[04:11.91] I party on my own anyway.
[04:16.05] Doin' what I can
[04:17.34] with a one-man conga line.
[04:21.65]
[04:22.49] Yeah, your big bright beautiful world
[04:25.31] is all teddy bears and unicorns.
[04:27.99] Take your fluffy fun,
[04:29.62] and shove it where the sun don't shine!
[04:34.11]
[04:35.78] I prefer a life like this--
[04:38.09] it's not that complicated.
[04:43.02] Sure, I'm fated to be lonely,
[04:45.06] and I'm destined to be hated.
[04:47.23] If you read the books, they say
[04:49.33] it's why I was created.
[04:51.13] But I don't care,
[04:55.08] 'cause being liked
[04:58.02] is grossly overrated.
[05:04.59]
[05:04.76] Who needs a big bright beautiful world?
[05:08.50] I got my own little patch of the world!
[05:12.33] It's not a big bright beautiful world,
[05:18.34] but it's mine!
[05:23.59] Alone!
[05:24.28] It's mine!
[05:26.01] And it's mine!
[05:33.47] All mine!
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