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Skipper Dan, the Annotated Edition
I starred in every high school play
Blew every drama teacher away
Graduated first in my class at Juilliard
Took every acting workshop I could
And I dreamed of Hollywood
While I read my Uta Hagen
And studied the Bard
Hit the boards and paid my dues
And got phenomenal rave reviews
I knew the world was gonna love me
Without a doubt
I was sure that Tarantino would be calling me on my phone
And Annie Leibovitz would shoot me for Rolling Stone
But the years have come and gone
And Im sorry to say, thats not the way its all worked out
Chorus
Im a tour guide on the Jungle Cruise ride
Skipper Dan is the name
And Im doing 34 shows every day
And every time its the same
(whoa-ooo)
Look at those hippos, theyre wiggling their ears
Just like theyve done for the last 50 years.
Now Im laughing at my own jokes but Im crying inside
Cause Im working on the jungle cruise ride
Oh, the critics they used to say
I was the new Olivier
Thought Id be the toast of Sundance, or maybe Cannes
Ah, but dont bother trying to IMDB me
The only place you might possibly see me
Is riding my little boat around Adventureland
It ain't exactly what I planned but
Chrous
I would have killed if Id been in Speed The Plow
But whats the difference cause thats all behind me now
Cause Im paying the rent and Im swallowing my pride
And Im working on the Jungle Cruise ride
I should be there on Broadway knocking them dead in 12 Angry Men
But Instead Im here telling these lame jokes again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again
Na na na na chorus
(in background intercom voice)
Bengal Tigers can jump over 20 feet!
Thats an African Bull Elephant.
There it is, the backside of water!
What have I done with my life?!
I should have listened when my grandfather said
Why dont you major in business instead
Now my hopes have all vanished
And my dreams have all died
And Ill probably work forever as the
Chorus
Somebody shoot me cause Im bored to tears
Always said Id be famous
I guess that I lied
Cause Im working on the Jungle Cruise Ride
Im still working on the Jungle Cruise Ride
Right...and they can't even spell THOSE words correctly. Reading those thuddingly vacuous comments reminds me why I dumped MySpace for Facebook.algonacchick @ July 13, 2009 02:36 pm wrote: Right on, Seva! Eh, most of the haters don't have a vocabulary of words bigger than 4 letters, anyway. Who needs 'em?