The Contest

The Contest Lyrics

Song The Contest
Artist Various Artists
Album Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
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[00:00.59] (Pirelli)I am Adolfo Pirelli, the king of the barbers
[00:04.40] The barber of kings
[00:05.36] E buon giorno, good day, I blow you a kiss
[00:09.62] And I the so-famous Pirelli
[00:12.35] I wish-a to know-a who has-a the nerve-a to say
[00:16.56] My elixir is piss? Who says this?
[00:22.72] (Todd)I do, I am Mr. Sweeny Todd of Fleet Street
[00:30.07] I've opened a bottle of Pirelli's Elixir
[00:32.54] And I say to you that it is nothing but an arrant fraud
[00:37.45] Concocted from piss and ink
[00:41.25] Furthermore, Signor, I have serviced no kings
[00:46.33] Yet I wager that I can shave a cheek with ten times more dexterity
[00:51.10] Than any street mountebank
[00:53.71] (Pirelli)You hear this foolish man?
[00:56.49] Now, please, you will see how he wiil-a regret-a his-a folly
[01:02.56] (Todd)Who's for a free shave?
[01:06.47] Will Beadle Bamford be the judge?
[01:09.28] (Beadle)Glad as always, to oblige my friends and neighbors
[01:16.83] The fastest, smoothest shave is the winner!
[01:39.06] (Pirelli)Now, signorini, signori. We mix-a the lather
[01:41.85] But first-a you gather around, signorini, signori
[01:44.55] You looking a man who have had-a the glory to shave-a the Pope!
[01:47.69] Mr. Sweeny, whoever I beg-a you pardon
[01:49.86] You'll probably say it was only a cardinal
[01:52.35] Nope!
[01:54.06] It was-a the Pope!
[01:58.56] To shave-a the face, to cut-a the hair
[02:03.27] Require the grace, require the flair
[02:08.10] For if-a you slip, you nick the skin
[02:10.92] You clip-a the chin, you rip-a the lip a bit
[02:13.58] Beyond-a repair
[02:16.65] To shave-a the face
[02:19.42] Or even a part without it-a smart
[02:23.93] Require the heart
[02:26.88] Not just-a the flash
[02:29.71] It take-a panache, it take-a the passion for the art
[02:36.88] To shave-a the face, to trim-a the beard
[02:42.09] To make-a the bristle, clean like a whistle
[02:46.46] This is from early infancy, the talent give to me
[02:52.49] By God
[02:58.92] It take-a the skill, it take-a the brains
[03:03.33] It take-a da will to take-a the pains
[03:09.81] It take-a the pace, it take-a the grace
[03:23.03] (Beadle)The winner is Todd!
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