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2023 West End
Operation Mincemeat the Musical - Dead in the Water Lyrics
The song is written by David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts.
CHOLMONDELEY:
If I had a touch of that courage
I'd be marching my way through that door
But it's part of my biology
To start with an apology
And 'sorry' won't win us this war
If only things were different
If only I were different
I wish I was a maggot
My insides ripe and liquefied
I'd wait in the dark for it all to start,
Then touch the sky
Cause when you are a maggot
The parts are already supplied
I'd be born with the things
To give me wings so I could fly
Another plan
That's stuck on the ground
Before it's invented
One more scheme
Gets rejected bеfore
It's even dissеcted
Every inch forward
I'm 10 miles back
And that's that
Dead in the water again
I wish I was a tadpole
A sliming nascent thing
No need to create,
I'd just mutate and then I'd swim
Cos if I was a tadpole
Literally! I could leap forward on a whim
There'd be no red tape
I'd just take shape and develop wings
One day I'll metamorphosise
The scales will tumble from their eyes
And thus shall end this wretched old routine
They'll hear all these ideas of mine
And realise that all this time
There's more to me
Than they have ever seen
But until then, until then
I wish I was a maggot,
Or a tadpole, or a termite, or a wasp
I don't know,
Something that could start small,
Pupate, grow legs, grow wings, or gills
To escape this hell that I'm living in
Wait, maybe I should think big
Maybe like a lion,
Or a blue whale, or a hippopotamus
No! Don't be ridiculous,
This is the problem, god
I wish that I could change my life
Be the one that could hold up
To their attention
Blow their minds with ideas
That defy human comprehension
Make them say
"Oh Cholmondeley, you clever chap"
But I'm back
Dead in the water again
Oh, I don't know
Maybe I'll just pop it in the tray
Review: Operation Mincemeat the Musical Lyrics
Operation Mincemeat the Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS
Born to Lead
God That's Brilliant
Dead in the Water
All the Ladies
The Pitch
Making a Man
Dear Bill
Sail on, Boys
Just for Tonight
Bevan's Update
The Ballad of Willie Watkins
Spilsbury Reprise
Useful
Finale
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