To the Actors of Urinetown

“Urinetown (the Ode)”

(When I can’t think of a good title, I call it an “Ode”-sounds like Shakespeare)

Peter Hofstra

 

Oh we are the kids of Edison High

We’re a fun and a goofy lot;

We did a play called Urinetown,

That’s the name, I shit you not.

 

It’s been a fun and interesting time,

Our bathrooms will never be the same.

I leave a quarter whenever I flush,

I will not carry the blame (shame?)

 

Miss Singer, she has yelled so much

But it could have been lots worse

We all could have gotten some nasty pink eye,

And all without a nurse.

 

The play, it is over now,

We’ve had our final call,

And whenever I sing “Amazing Grace”

I’m going to giggle or bawl,

 

Do you want to go to Urinetown

As for me, I think not,

I’m not one for head long dives,

That end in a sudden stop.

 

Of course, I’d get some angel wings,

Well, probably devil horns,

But rather some heat while I have some fun,

Then, I can be forlorn.

 

Amazing Grace, I find it here,

In the faces of all of you,

This song is just my little gift

Because you’ve blessed me too.

To be sung to the tune of "Amazing Grace"...or the theme to "Gilligan's Island"