Mrs. Remington Lyrics

Song	Mrs. Remington
Artist	Neil Bartram
Album	The Story of My Life (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
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[00:00.098]	Alvin
[00:00.532]	The beginning.
[00:01.890]	A story about alvin kelby.
[00:04.265]	My mom passed away
[00:05.232]	In the summer i turned six
[00:06.792]	Write that down.
[00:07.564]	Thomas
[00:07.797]	Alvin, what's the point’
[00:08.663]	Alvin
[00:08.962]	Trust me.
[00:09.607]	(thomas writes in his notebook.)
[00:09.949]	Thomas
[00:10.322]	Alvin's mom passed away in the summer he turned six.
[00:14.037]	Alvin
[00:14.484]	Good.
[00:14.917]	And left a single father and his son.
[00:17.448]	But dad had the bookstore
[00:18.937]	With a leaky roof to fix.
[00:20.359]	So i was on my own
[00:22.116]	Facing the unknown,
[00:24.454]	The terrifying prospect of grade one.
[00:28.329]	But at the time how was i to see
[00:33.677]	A kind and gentle soul was waiting there for me’
[00:39.148]
[00:40.520]	Mrs. Remington, our first grade teacher
[00:42.408]	Made elementary school a better place.
[00:44.766]	But her single most disturbing feature
[00:47.115]	Was the coarse black hair on her face.
[00:49.528]	Maybe she was menopausal.
[00:50.730]	Lack of estrogen will cause
[00:51.976]	A lot of odd conditions,
[00:53.390]	Some acute!
[00:54.333]	The irony would never faze her
[00:55.596]	Namesake of a famous razor.
[00:56.921]	And to be so facially hirsute.
[00:58.953]
[00:59.827]	But mrs. Remington smiled
[01:02.161]	And she would brighten my day.
[01:05.289]	Back then a teacher hugged you
[01:08.089]	To make you feel okay.
[01:09.287]
[01:09.765]	Though my face sorta stung
[01:12.187]	From mrs. Remington’s beard,
[01:15.404]	When she held me, my problems disappeared.
[01:19.120]
[01:22.804]	Mrs. Lynch was an ignoramus,
[01:24.873]	Mr. Pollack was just plain mean.
[01:27.215]	Mrs. Remington was nearly famous
[01:29.289]	For her parties at halloween.
[01:31.838]	Pumpkin heads of every shape
[01:32.935]	Were cut out of construction paper.
[01:34.200]	Each and every one would be displayed.
[01:36.543]	The highlight for the children was
[01:37.743]	To make a really special costume
[01:39.105]	For the yearly halloween parade.
[01:41.544]
[01:41.977]	Mrs. Remington smiled
[01:44.264]	And she was clearly content
[01:47.239]	As she lovingly presided
[01:49.521]	Over this, the main event.
[01:51.409]	So we’d nervously walk
[01:54.098]	Past her critical eyes
[01:56.826]	And we’d vie for mrs. Remington’s top prize.
[02:01.103]
[02:01.632]	Thomas
[02:01.889]	There was this one kid wearing cardboard wings,
[02:03.436]	A coat hanger halo, carrying a bell and a homemade book that said tom sawyer.
[02:08.551]	Nobody had a clue what he was supposed to be.
[02:10.870]	Alvin except me.
[02:13.499]	(alvin becomes his younger self.)
[02:13.759]	Oh, oh, oh, mrs. Remington!
[02:15.417]	Pamela koshan thought he was the statue of liberty.
[02:19.823]	Mrs. Remington, i know!
[02:21.128]	Thomas
[02:21.356]	Donnie carter thought he was a thanksgiving turkey.
[02:23.466]	Alvin
[02:23.729]	Mrs. Remington, i know. He’s clarence.
[02:28.848]	The angel from it’s a wonderful life. He was my mother’s favorite.
[02:32.375]	Thomas
[02:33.276]	The class laughed.
[02:34.775]	Alvin
[02:35.142]	I cried. And mrs. Remington announced that i was next.
[02:40.992]
[02:41.696]	But mrs. Remington smiled
[02:44.203]	In that way that she had.
[02:47.219]	A smile that made you realize
[02:49.776]	That things were not so bad.
[02:51.537]	And i knew from her face
[02:53.829]	That this feeling would pass.
[02:56.885]	So i went to take my turn before the class.
[03:00.983]
[03:01.448]	Thomas
[03:01.662]	Those poor kids were still trying to figure out who the heck clarence was...
[03:05.152]	Alvin
[03:05.329]	... When i shuffled onto the platform in fuzzy slippers and bathrobe,
[03:10.321]	With pink sponge curlers in my hair.
[03:14.364]	"alvin kelby," mrs. Remington said, "and what are you supposed to be’"
[03:20.661]	I’m a ghost. The ghost of my mother.
[03:25.739]
[03:28.015]	Lunch that day was awful lonely
[03:30.066]	Sitting by myself and only
[03:31.836]	Wearing fuzzy slippers and chenille.
[03:35.673]	While all the kids were making fun
[03:37.526]	In came mrs. Remington
[03:39.722]	With clarence dragging slowly on her heel.
[03:44.773]
[03:45.209]	"clarence," she said, "i’d like you to meet mrs. Kelby. She’s a big fan of yours."
[03:52.425]	And mrs. Remington smiled
[03:54.943]	‘Cause mrs. Remington knew
[03:57.809]	That the battlefield of childhood
[04:00.006]	Was easier with two.
[04:01.837]	Mrs. Remington watched,
[04:04.210]	As the angels do,
[04:07.351]	And on halloween that year
[04:09.025]	She saw two masks disappear
[04:11.395]	When my mother met her angel
[04:15.385]	And i met you.
[04:19.229]

[00:00.098]	Alvin
[00:00.532]	The beginning.
[00:01.890]	A story about alvin kelby.
[00:04.265]	My mom passed away
[00:05.232]	In the summer i turned six
[00:06.792]	Write that down.
[00:07.564]	Thomas
[00:07.797]	Alvin, what' s the point'
[00:08.663]	Alvin
[00:08.962]	Trust me.
[00:09.607]	thomas writes in his notebook.
[00:09.949]	Thomas
[00:10.322]	Alvin' s mom passed away in the summer he turned six.
[00:14.037]	Alvin
[00:14.484]	Good.
[00:14.917]	And left a single father and his son.
[00:17.448]	But dad had the bookstore
[00:18.937]	With a leaky roof to fix.
[00:20.359]	So i was on my own
[00:22.116]	Facing the unknown,
[00:24.454]	The terrifying prospect of grade one.
[00:28.329]	But at the time how was i to see
[00:33.677]	A kind and gentle soul was waiting there for me'
[00:39.148]
[00:40.520]	Mrs. Remington, our first grade teacher
[00:42.408]	Made elementary school a better place.
[00:44.766]	But her single most disturbing feature
[00:47.115]	Was the coarse black hair on her face.
[00:49.528]	Maybe she was menopausal.
[00:50.730]	Lack of estrogen will cause
[00:51.976]	A lot of odd conditions,
[00:53.390]	Some acute!
[00:54.333]	The irony would never faze her
[00:55.596]	Namesake of a famous razor.
[00:56.921]	And to be so facially hirsute.
[00:58.953]
[00:59.827]	But mrs. Remington smiled
[01:02.161]	And she would brighten my day.
[01:05.289]	Back then a teacher hugged you
[01:08.089]	To make you feel okay.
[01:09.287]
[01:09.765]	Though my face sorta stung
[01:12.187]	From mrs. Remington' s beard,
[01:15.404]	When she held me, my problems disappeared.
[01:19.120]
[01:22.804]	Mrs. Lynch was an ignoramus,
[01:24.873]	Mr. Pollack was just plain mean.
[01:27.215]	Mrs. Remington was nearly famous
[01:29.289]	For her parties at halloween.
[01:31.838]	Pumpkin heads of every shape
[01:32.935]	Were cut out of construction paper.
[01:34.200]	Each and every one would be displayed.
[01:36.543]	The highlight for the children was
[01:37.743]	To make a really special costume
[01:39.105]	For the yearly halloween parade.
[01:41.544]
[01:41.977]	Mrs. Remington smiled
[01:44.264]	And she was clearly content
[01:47.239]	As she lovingly presided
[01:49.521]	Over this, the main event.
[01:51.409]	So we' d nervously walk
[01:54.098]	Past her critical eyes
[01:56.826]	And we' d vie for mrs. Remington' s top prize.
[02:01.103]
[02:01.632]	Thomas
[02:01.889]	There was this one kid wearing cardboard wings,
[02:03.436]	A coat hanger halo, carrying a bell and a homemade book that said tom sawyer.
[02:08.551]	Nobody had a clue what he was supposed to be.
[02:10.870]	Alvin except me.
[02:13.499]	alvin becomes his younger self.
[02:13.759]	Oh, oh, oh, mrs. Remington!
[02:15.417]	Pamela koshan thought he was the statue of liberty.
[02:19.823]	Mrs. Remington, i know!
[02:21.128]	Thomas
[02:21.356]	Donnie carter thought he was a thanksgiving turkey.
[02:23.466]	Alvin
[02:23.729]	Mrs. Remington, i know. He' s clarence.
[02:28.848]	The angel from it' s a wonderful life. He was my mother' s favorite.
[02:32.375]	Thomas
[02:33.276]	The class laughed.
[02:34.775]	Alvin
[02:35.142]	I cried. And mrs. Remington announced that i was next.
[02:40.992]
[02:41.696]	But mrs. Remington smiled
[02:44.203]	In that way that she had.
[02:47.219]	A smile that made you realize
[02:49.776]	That things were not so bad.
[02:51.537]	And i knew from her face
[02:53.829]	That this feeling would pass.
[02:56.885]	So i went to take my turn before the class.
[03:00.983]
[03:01.448]	Thomas
[03:01.662]	Those poor kids were still trying to figure out who the heck clarence was...
[03:05.152]	Alvin
[03:05.329]	... When i shuffled onto the platform in fuzzy slippers and bathrobe,
[03:10.321]	With pink sponge curlers in my hair.
[03:14.364]	" alvin kelby," mrs. Remington said, " and what are you supposed to be'"
[03:20.661]	I' m a ghost. The ghost of my mother.
[03:25.739]
[03:28.015]	Lunch that day was awful lonely
[03:30.066]	Sitting by myself and only
[03:31.836]	Wearing fuzzy slippers and chenille.
[03:35.673]	While all the kids were making fun
[03:37.526]	In came mrs. Remington
[03:39.722]	With clarence dragging slowly on her heel.
[03:44.773]
[03:45.209]	" clarence," she said, " i' d like you to meet mrs. Kelby. She' s a big fan of yours."
[03:52.425]	And mrs. Remington smiled
[03:54.943]	' Cause mrs. Remington knew
[03:57.809]	That the battlefield of childhood
[04:00.006]	Was easier with two.
[04:01.837]	Mrs. Remington watched,
[04:04.210]	As the angels do,
[04:07.351]	And on halloween that year
[04:09.025]	She saw two masks disappear
[04:11.395]	When my mother met her angel
[04:15.385]	And i met you.
[04:19.229]

[00:00.098]	Alvin
[00:00.532]	The beginning.
[00:01.890]	A story about alvin kelby.
[00:04.265]	My mom passed away
[00:05.232]	In the summer i turned six
[00:06.792]	Write that down.
[00:07.564]	Thomas
[00:07.797]	Alvin, what' s the point'
[00:08.663]	Alvin
[00:08.962]	Trust me.
[00:09.607]	thomas writes in his notebook.
[00:09.949]	Thomas
[00:10.322]	Alvin' s mom passed away in the summer he turned six.
[00:14.037]	Alvin
[00:14.484]	Good.
[00:14.917]	And left a single father and his son.
[00:17.448]	But dad had the bookstore
[00:18.937]	With a leaky roof to fix.
[00:20.359]	So i was on my own
[00:22.116]	Facing the unknown,
[00:24.454]	The terrifying prospect of grade one.
[00:28.329]	But at the time how was i to see
[00:33.677]	A kind and gentle soul was waiting there for me'
[00:39.148]
[00:40.520]	Mrs. Remington, our first grade teacher
[00:42.408]	Made elementary school a better place.
[00:44.766]	But her single most disturbing feature
[00:47.115]	Was the coarse black hair on her face.
[00:49.528]	Maybe she was menopausal.
[00:50.730]	Lack of estrogen will cause
[00:51.976]	A lot of odd conditions,
[00:53.390]	Some acute!
[00:54.333]	The irony would never faze her
[00:55.596]	Namesake of a famous razor.
[00:56.921]	And to be so facially hirsute.
[00:58.953]
[00:59.827]	But mrs. Remington smiled
[01:02.161]	And she would brighten my day.
[01:05.289]	Back then a teacher hugged you
[01:08.089]	To make you feel okay.
[01:09.287]
[01:09.765]	Though my face sorta stung
[01:12.187]	From mrs. Remington' s beard,
[01:15.404]	When she held me, my problems disappeared.
[01:19.120]
[01:22.804]	Mrs. Lynch was an ignoramus,
[01:24.873]	Mr. Pollack was just plain mean.
[01:27.215]	Mrs. Remington was nearly famous
[01:29.289]	For her parties at halloween.
[01:31.838]	Pumpkin heads of every shape
[01:32.935]	Were cut out of construction paper.
[01:34.200]	Each and every one would be displayed.
[01:36.543]	The highlight for the children was
[01:37.743]	To make a really special costume
[01:39.105]	For the yearly halloween parade.
[01:41.544]
[01:41.977]	Mrs. Remington smiled
[01:44.264]	And she was clearly content
[01:47.239]	As she lovingly presided
[01:49.521]	Over this, the main event.
[01:51.409]	So we' d nervously walk
[01:54.098]	Past her critical eyes
[01:56.826]	And we' d vie for mrs. Remington' s top prize.
[02:01.103]
[02:01.632]	Thomas
[02:01.889]	There was this one kid wearing cardboard wings,
[02:03.436]	A coat hanger halo, carrying a bell and a homemade book that said tom sawyer.
[02:08.551]	Nobody had a clue what he was supposed to be.
[02:10.870]	Alvin except me.
[02:13.499]	alvin becomes his younger self.
[02:13.759]	Oh, oh, oh, mrs. Remington!
[02:15.417]	Pamela koshan thought he was the statue of liberty.
[02:19.823]	Mrs. Remington, i know!
[02:21.128]	Thomas
[02:21.356]	Donnie carter thought he was a thanksgiving turkey.
[02:23.466]	Alvin
[02:23.729]	Mrs. Remington, i know. He' s clarence.
[02:28.848]	The angel from it' s a wonderful life. He was my mother' s favorite.
[02:32.375]	Thomas
[02:33.276]	The class laughed.
[02:34.775]	Alvin
[02:35.142]	I cried. And mrs. Remington announced that i was next.
[02:40.992]
[02:41.696]	But mrs. Remington smiled
[02:44.203]	In that way that she had.
[02:47.219]	A smile that made you realize
[02:49.776]	That things were not so bad.
[02:51.537]	And i knew from her face
[02:53.829]	That this feeling would pass.
[02:56.885]	So i went to take my turn before the class.
[03:00.983]
[03:01.448]	Thomas
[03:01.662]	Those poor kids were still trying to figure out who the heck clarence was...
[03:05.152]	Alvin
[03:05.329]	... When i shuffled onto the platform in fuzzy slippers and bathrobe,
[03:10.321]	With pink sponge curlers in my hair.
[03:14.364]	" alvin kelby," mrs. Remington said, " and what are you supposed to be'"
[03:20.661]	I' m a ghost. The ghost of my mother.
[03:25.739]
[03:28.015]	Lunch that day was awful lonely
[03:30.066]	Sitting by myself and only
[03:31.836]	Wearing fuzzy slippers and chenille.
[03:35.673]	While all the kids were making fun
[03:37.526]	In came mrs. Remington
[03:39.722]	With clarence dragging slowly on her heel.
[03:44.773]
[03:45.209]	" clarence," she said, " i' d like you to meet mrs. Kelby. She' s a big fan of yours."
[03:52.425]	And mrs. Remington smiled
[03:54.943]	' Cause mrs. Remington knew
[03:57.809]	That the battlefield of childhood
[04:00.006]	Was easier with two.
[04:01.837]	Mrs. Remington watched,
[04:04.210]	As the angels do,
[04:07.351]	And on halloween that year
[04:09.025]	She saw two masks disappear
[04:11.395]	When my mother met her angel
[04:15.385]	And i met you.
[04:19.229]

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