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2006 Off-Broadway
Gutenberg! the Musical - Words, Words, Words Lyrics
The song is written by Scott Brown and Anthony King.
DOUG: (spoken)
Act II, Scene 1
An old timey bar called The Rusty German
The roof is made of dirty thatch
The floor is covered in peanut shells
BUD: (spoken)
Gutenberg sits at the bar
He is drunk!
DOUG: (as Johan Gutenberg)
I am drunk
I have been drinking wine and mead
And now my face is numb!
Hey, Drunk!
BUD (as Drunk 2): (spoken)
Gah!
DOUG: (as Johan Gutenberg)
I can’t learn ‘til you wait to read
BUD (as Drunk 2): (spoken)
Do what?
DOUG: (as Johan Gutenberg)
You’re so cute and so dumb
BUD (as Drunk 2): (spoken)
Bah!
DOUG: (as Johan Gutenberg)
And you smell like a piece of horse
BUD (as Drunk 2): (spoken)
Hey, Gutenberg’s drunk!
DOUG (as Johan Gutenberg): (spoken)
I am drunk!
For the last time!
BUD (as Drunk 2): (spoken)
Oh no!
DOUG (as Johan Gutenberg): (spoken)
That’s right, drunk!
After tonight,
Old Gutenberg’s not drinkin’ wine anymore!
I’m drinkin’ words!
BUD (as Drunk 2): (spoken)
Ya can’t drink words!
DOUG (as Johan Gutenberg): (spoken)
Not so fast there, drunk!
(singing)
Words...
Can take on any form or shape
BUD (as Drunk 2): (spoken)
Bah ha! You’ve gone insane!
DOUG (as Johan Gutenberg): (spoken)
No!
(singing)
Words...
Are like wine from a better grape
BUD (as Drunk 2): (spoken)
Huh?
DOUG (as Johan Gutenberg): (spoken)
The grape of your brain!
BUD (as Drunk 2): (spoken)
Oh!
DOUG: (as Johan Gutenberg)
Words taste so sweet
BUD: (as Drunk 2)
With ice, they’re just neat!
BOTH: (as Johan Gutenberg and Drunk 2)
Nothing can compete
DOUG: (as Johan Gutenberg)
I’m gonna get drunk off of words
I’m gonna come home late
I’m gonna stink of words
BOTH: (as Johan Gutenberg and Drunk 2)
Wine is awfully fine
But really, wine is just a word
Words, words, words
DOUG (as Johan Gutenberg): (spoken)
I’m gonna go get a drink!
BUD (as Drunk 2): (spoken)
See ya!
DOUG (as Drunk 1): (spoken)
Hey, what’s happenin’?
BUD (as Drunk 2): (spoken)
Aye, Gutenberg is talkin’ about gettin’ drunk...
Off of words!
DOUG (as Drunk 1): (spoken)
That sounds stupid!
BUD (as Drunk 2): (spoken)
It’s not!
Words make ya feel all tingly inside!
DOUG (as Drunk 1): (spoken)
But that’s what alcohol does!
BUD (as Drunk 2): (spoken)
Yes, but words do it without
that cripplin’ chemical addiction!
DOUG (as Drunk 1): (spoken)
That’s the part I don’t like!
BUD: (as Drunk 2)
Well then pull up a seat
DOUG: (as Drunk 1)
This is a treat
BOTH: (as Drunk 1 & Drunk 2)
Guess we should repeat
We’re gonna get drunk off of words
BUD (as Drunk 2): (spoken)
I’m gonna start a fight!
DOUG (as Drunk 1): (spoken)
I’m gonna vomit words!
BOTH: (as Drunk 1 & Drunk 2)
Wine is awfully fine
But really, wine is just a word
Words, words, words
BUD: (spoken)
Helvetica enters
(as Helvetica)
Gutenberg
DOUG (as Johan Gutenberg): (spoken)
What?
BUD: (as Helvetica)
I’ve got to say...
DOUG (as Johan Gutenberg): (spoken)
Hey!
BUD: (as Helvetica)
Can I get a second chance?
DOUG (as Johan Gutenberg): (spoken)
I dunno what you’re talkin’ about
BUD: (as Helvetica)
I’ve done something really awful!
DOUG: (as Johan Gutenberg)
Come on Helvetica
Let’s dance!
BUD: (spoken)
Gutenberg holds Helvetica close
(as Helvetica)
Hello
I... I don’t understand
DOUG (as Johan Gutenberg): (spoken)
Wine can make you do... crazy things
You’re fired!
BUD (as Helvetica): (spoken)
What?
DOUG (as Johan Gutenberg): (spoken)
I’m firing you as my grape stomper
But I wanna hire you... as my wife!
BUD (as Helvetica): (spoken)
Oh Gutenberg, I...
I can’t!
I’ve done something awful!
DOUG: (spoken)
Helvetica leaves the bar in a tizzy
(as Johan Gutenberg)
Where are you going?
Where are you going?!
BUD: (spoken)
Dance break!
DOUG: (spoken)
The entire cast rushes onstage
And Gutenberg is sucked into the madness
BUD: (spoken)
Some do wild leaps in the air!
DOUG: (spoken)
Some do flips!
BUD: (spoken)
Some do somersaults!
DOUG: (spoken)
Some do handstands!
BUD: (spoken)
Some chicken fight in the corner!
DOUG: (spoken)
While the old black narrator soars above it all!
The entire cast joins hands
To form a chorus line!
BOTH (as All)]
We’re gonna get drunk off of words
Someone else should drive
Because we’re drunk off words
Wine is awfully fine
But really, wine is just a word
Words!
Words!
Words!
Review: Gutenberg! the Musical Lyrics
Gutenberg! the Musical Lyrics
PLOT
Prologue/Schlimmer
I Can't Read
Haunted German Wood
The Press Song
I Can't Read (Reprise)
Biscuits
What's The Word?
Stop The Press
Tomorrow Is Tonight
Second Prologue
Words, Words, Words
Monk With Me
Might As Well (Go To Hell)
Festival!
Finale
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