(We Hate) America's Sweetheart

Theme song and reprise from
a 10-minute musical

Song information
 

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 Writer 1: We've had to put her in white dresses,
 Writer 3: Gilded heart and glowing tresses,
 Writer 2: The sordid thing I must confess is...
 All: We hate America's Sweetheart!
 Writer 3: Perfect skin
Of alabaster,
Cherry lips
And soul of plaster,
I'd like to kill
The jerk that cast her!
 All: We hate America's Sweetheart!
 Writer 1: Each time she saves an orphaned lass
I barely hold my lunch,
She's so damn nice they'd kick her ass
On the Brady Bunch
 All: This treacle's played
By Miss Pricilla--
Acting range
Of a gorilla--
Her favorite flavor?
Writer1 (Spoken): Yup, Vanilla!
 All: We hate America's Sweetheart!
Writer 2: Now we've nowhere left to go
No new concepts for the show
Unless I'm much mistaken, Slobs,
We've written ourselves out of jobs!
 All: She's done every
Cloying story
She loves all creatures
A priori
This is writer's
Purgatory!
 

We hate America's Sweetheart!
We loathe America's Sweetheart!

We hate America's Sweetheart!

 

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America's Sweetheart

REPRISE (end of show)

Actress: This prime-time star just keeps ascending!
Writer 1: We've finally found a happy ending!
Writer 2: Unemployment's not impending!
Writer 3: The Emmy shows I'll be attending!
Producer:

This new look
Will be a blessing
Keep TVs on
And critics guessing

We've saved the show
From obsolescing!

Ensemble: We love America's new
Man-eating
Earthquaking
Blackmailing
Tree-shaking
Back-stabbing
Ball-breaking
Sweetheart!

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* The musical was staged most excellently by the artists at New Tuners, a collaboration of Director Warner Crockett, Music Director Judy Myers, Choreographer Scott Sandoe, Accompaniest Cynthia Stevens, Project Director Allan Chambers, and other very important people. The cast included Joseph Beal, George Keating, Gina Schropshire, Sara Worthington, and Lisa K. Wyatt. Thanks also to John Sparks.
All words and music conceived and developed in the New Tuners Workshop, Chicago, IL.


©1995 Squeaky Toy Music

Lyrics by Adam Steinberg
Book by Jim Stevens
Music by Chris Staton

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