Post by puck on May 13, 2010 9:52:40 GMT -5
Track 1. The Maladjusted Jester by Danny Kaye from 'The Court Jester' (Bonus video)
When I was a lad, I was gloomy and sad
as I was from the day I was born!
When other babes giggled and gurgled and wiggled
I proudly was loudly forlorn!
My friends and my family looked at me clammily,
thought there was something amiss!
When others found various antics hilarious,
all I could manage was this!
Or this!
Or this!
Or this!
My father, he shouted: 'He needs to be clouted.
His teeth on a wreath I'll hand him!'
My mother she cried as she rushed to my side:
'You're a brute! and you don't understand him!'
So they sent for a witch with a terrible twitch
to ask how my future impressed her.
She took one look at me and cried he... hee hee he he -- he?
What else could he be but a jester?
A jester? A jester? A funny idea, a jester!
No butcher, no baker, no candlestick maker
and me with the look of a fine undertaker impressed her... as a jester?
But where could I learn any comical turn that was not in a book
on the shelf?
No teacher to take me to mold me and make me a merry mad fool
or an elf!
But I'm proud to recall that in no time at all
with no other recourses but my own resources
with firm application and determination...
I made a fool of myself!
I found a bow and arrow and I learned to shoot.
I found a little horn and I learned to too.
Now I can shoot and toot, ain't I cute?
I started to travel to try to unravel my mind
and to find a new chance;
When I first got to Spain it was suddenly plain that
the field that appealed was the dance!
The Spanish were clannish but I wouldn't vanish
and learned every step they had planned
The first step of all wasn't hard to recall
Cause the first step of all is to stand!
And stand!
And stand!
And stand!
Rodriguez!
Julio!
I was battered and bruised, but the King was amused
and before his siesta he made me his jester
And I found out soon that to be a buffoon
was as serious thing as a rule;
For a jester's chief employment
Is to kill himself for your enjoyment
And a jester unemployed is nobody's fool!
Track 2. Joyful Girl by Ani DiFranco
i do it for the joy it brings
because i'm a joyful girl
because the world owes me nothing
and we owe each other the world
i do it because it's the least i can do
i do it because i learned it from you
and i do it just because i want to
because i want to
everything i do is judged
and they mostly get it wrong
but oh well
'cuz the bathroom mirror has not budged
and the woman who lives there can tell
the truth from the stuff that they say
and she looks me in the eye
and says would you prefer the easy way
no, well o.k. then
don't cry
i wonder if everything i do
i do instead
of something i want to do more
the question fills my head
i know there's no grand plan here
this is just the way it goes
when everything else seems unclear
i guess at least i know
i do it for the joy it brings
because i'm a joyful girl
because the world owes me nothing
and we owe each other the world
i do it because it's the least i can do
i do it because i learned it from you
and i do it just because i want to
because i want to
Track 3. Persona by The Blue Man Group (Bonus video)
Every morning I put it on.
I walk outside and I am gone.
And I don't seem to mind anymore.
I can't think what it was like before.
I wore it all the time.
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh
In the evening I take it off,
But there's another one underneath,
And I can't seem to find the bottom of the stack I
Just might lose my mind and never get it back, but
At least I'll get inside.
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh
At least I'll get inside.
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh
There's a feeling that I get sometimes.
It's so small that it's easy to hide.
It's like a howling voice from the distant past.
It seems I've got no choice when it comes to this.
It's building up inside.
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh
It's building up inside.
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh
Track 4. Sing Along by The Blue Man Group Feat. Dave Matthews (Bonus video)
If i sing a song,
will you sing along,
If i sing a song,
will you sing along,
If i sing a song,
will you sing along,
or should I just keep singing right here by myself?
Ba baba dada baba....
If i tell you I'm strong,
will you play along,
If i tell you I'm strong,
will you play along,
If i tell you I'm strong,
will you play along,
Or would you see I'm as insecure as everybody else
It's like..
Ba Ba Baba Daba ba....
If I follow along,
does it mean I belong,
If I follow along,
does it mean I belong,
If I follow along,
does it mean I belong,
or will I keep on feeling different from everybody else?
When I was a lad, I was gloomy and sad
as I was from the day I was born!
When other babes giggled and gurgled and wiggled
I proudly was loudly forlorn!
My friends and my family looked at me clammily,
thought there was something amiss!
When others found various antics hilarious,
all I could manage was this!
Or this!
Or this!
Or this!
My father, he shouted: 'He needs to be clouted.
His teeth on a wreath I'll hand him!'
My mother she cried as she rushed to my side:
'You're a brute! and you don't understand him!'
So they sent for a witch with a terrible twitch
to ask how my future impressed her.
She took one look at me and cried he... hee hee he he -- he?
What else could he be but a jester?
A jester? A jester? A funny idea, a jester!
No butcher, no baker, no candlestick maker
and me with the look of a fine undertaker impressed her... as a jester?
But where could I learn any comical turn that was not in a book
on the shelf?
No teacher to take me to mold me and make me a merry mad fool
or an elf!
But I'm proud to recall that in no time at all
with no other recourses but my own resources
with firm application and determination...
I made a fool of myself!
I found a bow and arrow and I learned to shoot.
I found a little horn and I learned to too.
Now I can shoot and toot, ain't I cute?
I started to travel to try to unravel my mind
and to find a new chance;
When I first got to Spain it was suddenly plain that
the field that appealed was the dance!
The Spanish were clannish but I wouldn't vanish
and learned every step they had planned
The first step of all wasn't hard to recall
Cause the first step of all is to stand!
And stand!
And stand!
And stand!
Rodriguez!
Julio!
I was battered and bruised, but the King was amused
and before his siesta he made me his jester
And I found out soon that to be a buffoon
was as serious thing as a rule;
For a jester's chief employment
Is to kill himself for your enjoyment
And a jester unemployed is nobody's fool!
Track 2. Joyful Girl by Ani DiFranco
i do it for the joy it brings
because i'm a joyful girl
because the world owes me nothing
and we owe each other the world
i do it because it's the least i can do
i do it because i learned it from you
and i do it just because i want to
because i want to
everything i do is judged
and they mostly get it wrong
but oh well
'cuz the bathroom mirror has not budged
and the woman who lives there can tell
the truth from the stuff that they say
and she looks me in the eye
and says would you prefer the easy way
no, well o.k. then
don't cry
i wonder if everything i do
i do instead
of something i want to do more
the question fills my head
i know there's no grand plan here
this is just the way it goes
when everything else seems unclear
i guess at least i know
i do it for the joy it brings
because i'm a joyful girl
because the world owes me nothing
and we owe each other the world
i do it because it's the least i can do
i do it because i learned it from you
and i do it just because i want to
because i want to
Track 3. Persona by The Blue Man Group (Bonus video)
Every morning I put it on.
I walk outside and I am gone.
And I don't seem to mind anymore.
I can't think what it was like before.
I wore it all the time.
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh
In the evening I take it off,
But there's another one underneath,
And I can't seem to find the bottom of the stack I
Just might lose my mind and never get it back, but
At least I'll get inside.
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh
At least I'll get inside.
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh
There's a feeling that I get sometimes.
It's so small that it's easy to hide.
It's like a howling voice from the distant past.
It seems I've got no choice when it comes to this.
It's building up inside.
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh
It's building up inside.
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh
Track 4. Sing Along by The Blue Man Group Feat. Dave Matthews (Bonus video)
If i sing a song,
will you sing along,
If i sing a song,
will you sing along,
If i sing a song,
will you sing along,
or should I just keep singing right here by myself?
Ba baba dada baba....
If i tell you I'm strong,
will you play along,
If i tell you I'm strong,
will you play along,
If i tell you I'm strong,
will you play along,
Or would you see I'm as insecure as everybody else
It's like..
Ba Ba Baba Daba ba....
If I follow along,
does it mean I belong,
If I follow along,
does it mean I belong,
If I follow along,
does it mean I belong,
or will I keep on feeling different from everybody else?
