Shrek the Musical Page #9

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Forgive me,

for I was just saying a short...

Hm?

- ... farewell.

- Oh!

That is so sweet, but you don't have

to waste good manners on the ogre.

It's not like it has feelings.

No, you're right, it doesn't.

Princess Fiona,

beautiful, fair, flawless Fiona.

I ask your hand in marriage.

Will you be the perfect bride

for the perfect groom?

Lord Farquaad, I accept.

Nothing would make me...

Excellent! I'll start the plans,

for tomorrow we wed!

No! I mean, why wait?

Let's get married today.

Before sunset.

Oh. Anxious, are we?

You're right. The sooner the better.

There's so much to do! Captain,

ride ahead. Tell them it's a Code Red!

We'll be married by sunset!

Oh, man, there's nothing

like a good night's sleep. Oh!

- What did I miss?

- Fare thee well, ogre.

Shrek! Shrek, what are you doing?

You're letting her get away!

Look, there's something you don't know!

I talked to her last night and...

Yeah, I know you

talked to her last night.

You two are great pals, aren't you?

So why don't you follow her home?

- But Shrek, I want to go home with you.

- Hey, I told you already,

I live alone! My swamp, me!

Nobody else, understand?!

- Nobody!

- But I thought...

I'm gonna build me a wall

I'll make it ten feet high

See you later, pal, bye-bye

No one getting in

So don't you even try

A ten-foot wall

But Shrek, it's not what you think.

Just let me explain...

I'm gonna build me a wall

I'm gonna disappear

What's the matter, pal?

Am I not being clear?

Can't you take a hint?

Am I getting through at all?

Just get out of here

I was told the world

would despise me

So I should've known

I should've guessed

I thought these two

might be different

Well, now I know

They're just like all the rest

I'm gonna be what they want

I'm gonna be what they say

Hey, world, I'll do it your way

You're looking for a monster

It's your lucky day

I'll be what you want

What a fool to think

she might love me

I opened my heart

and let her walk through

She wanted Prince Charming

I wanted my home back

How lucky both our

wishes came true

Gonna build me a wall

The perfect place to hide

Hey, world, stay on your side

The best way to conquer

They say is to divide

Gonna build a wall

Gonna be what they say

Gonna harden my heart

Gonna build a wall

Just when you think life

can't get any worse,

you get evicted from a swamp!

Yeah, I really thought that ogre

was gonna help us.

He still might! Maybe if we all

close our eyes and clap really hard!

- Oh, grow up.

- I won't grow up!

You're 34 and need a shave.

Oh, yeah!

- Am I wrong?

- Where to now?

Forty miles north, they said.

There's landfill with our names on it.

Landfill? Are you kidding me?

What's next, a dunghill?

A septic tank?

How low do we need to go, people?

It's time to do what we should've done

a long time ago!

We got to stand up

to Farquaad ourselves!

Yeah, Gingy's right!

We need to get off our fluffy

butts and do something!

Wait a minute!

Now, look, maybe that

ogre wasn't the answer,

but something better will come along,

and we have to wait for it,

because that

is what fairy-tale creatures do.

We wait for miracles.

We wish upon stars!

- Why, my cricket always told me...

- Oh, forget that cricket!

If he was so smart, he would've

seen that windshield coming!

No, no! We just need to lay low

until this all blows over.

None of this would've happened

if I were a real boy!

Why can't I be a real boy?

Listen up, puppet!

- We spend our whole lives wishing

We weren't so freaking strange

They made us feel that way

But it's they who need to change

The way they think, that is.

- That's right, Papa.

- Yeah!

It's time to stop the hiding

It's time to stand up tall

Say, "Hey, world, I'm different

And here I am

Splinters and all"

Splinter-er-er-ers and all

Ooh-ooh-hoo!

Let your freak flag wave

- My what?

- Let your freak flag fly

- That's what I'm talking about!

- Never take it down

Never take it down

Raise it way up high

Let your freak flag fly

Let it fly, fly, fly

- It's hard to be a puppet

- Little puppet boy

- So many strings attached

- Can't cut loose

- But it's not a choice you made

- No, no

It's just how you were hatched

Let your freak flag wave

Let your freak flag fly

Never take it down

Never take it down

Raise it way up high

Let your freak flag fly

- I'm proud to be a piggy

- Little pig, little pig

- I raise my furry fist

- Papa Bear, Papa Bear

It's time I told the world

I'm a Scientologist

- Scientologist

- I did some time in jail

- Yeah, yeah!

- I smell like sauerkraut

- Whoo!

- I'm gonna shed my housecoat

Miss Thing, you work it out!

Let your freak flag wave

Let your freak flag fly

Never take it down

Never take it down

Raise it way up high

Yes! It all makes sense now.

We may be freaks, but we're freaks

with teeth, and claws, and magic wands!

And together, we can

stand up to Farquaad!

Never take it down

Raise it way up high

Raise it up way high

Raise it up way high

We've got magic

We've got power

- Who are they to say we're wrong?

- Wrong

All the things that make us special

Are the things that make us strong

- What makes us special

- What makes us special

What makes us special

makes us strong

Let your freak flag wave

Let your freak flag fly

Never take it down

Never take it down

Raise it way up high

Let your freak flag fly

Fly

Fly

Fly

Fly

I'm wood! I'm good!

Get used to it!

Fly

To Duloc!

Come on, you guys!

That's right!

Whoo!

Come on! Ha-ha!

Whoo!

Donkey?

What are you doing?

Oh, I would think you of all people

would recognize a wall when you saw one!

Well, yeah. But the wall is supposed

to go around my swamp, not through it.

It is around your half. See?

That's your half, this is my half.

- Your half?

- Yes, my half.

I helped rescue the princess, I did

half the work, I get half the booty.

- Back off.

- No, you back off.

- Stubborn jackass!

- Smelly ogre!

This is my swamp!

There you go, "My, my, my!

Me, me, me!" Well, guess what?

Now it's my turn, so you just shut up

and pay attention.

You are mean to me.

You insult me and you do not

appreciate anything I do.

You're always pushing me around

or pushing me away!

You're so wrapped up in layers, onion

boy, you're afraid of your own feelings!

Well, if I treated you so badly,

why did you come back?

Because that's what friends do,

they forgive each other!

Go away!

There you are doing it again!

Just like you did to Fiona!

All she ever did was like you.

Maybe even love you!

Love me?

She said I was ugly!

A hideous creature!

I heard the two of you talking!

She wasn't talking about you!

She was talking about hersel...

...someone else.

She wasn't talking about me?

Well then, who was she talking about?

No, sir. I ain't saying nothing.

You don't wanna listen to me, right?

Right?

- Donkey!

- No.

OK, look, I'm sorry, all right?

I'm sorry.

I guess I am just

a big, stupid, ugly ogre.

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