By Roger Brown
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I SIT AND WATCH WHILE OTHERS SING AND DANCE,
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BUT I KNOW SOME DAY I WILL HAVE MY CHANCE.
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I'M DOWN TODAY, IT'S TRUE,
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MY CHANCES HAVE BEEN FEW,
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BUT I'M NOT DISCOURAGED 'CAUSE I KNOW WHAT I CAN DO.
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I MAY BE A TINY MOUSE AND IN A CAGE,
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BUT I KNOW I BELONG UPON THE STAGE.
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AND SOME DAY I WILL BE
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A PERSONALITY
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AND THEN THE ONE I'M WATCHING ON THE TV WILL BE ME.
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NOW PEOPLE TEND TO TREAT A MOUSE
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WITH SIMPLE CONVERSATIONS,
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BUT I AM LIKE NO MOUSE YOU'VE EVER SEEN.
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SO IF YOU THINK OF ME THAT WAY,
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THEN MAYBE I SHOULD MENTION,
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I'M SCOUSE THE MOUSE AND I HAVE GOT A DREAM.
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OOH!
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SO LOOK OUT, WORLD, 'CAUSE HERE I COME,
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IF YOU WANT SOMEONE SPECIAL, I'M THE ONE.
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ALTHOUGH I MAY BE SMALL,
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IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME AT ALL,
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'CAUSE I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT SOME DAY I'LL BE TEN FEET TALL.
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DIALOG:
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NOBODY HEARD THIS MOUSE SINGING IN THE NIGHT AS HE DREAMED OF THE FAMOUS LIFE ON THE TELEVISION.
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CHRISTMAS CAME.
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ON CHRISTMAS MORNING THE BOY RAN IN, CHEWING A MINTS PIE.
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"HERE YOU ARE, MISTER SCOUSE, IT'S A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR YOU." IT WAS A TINY ROPE LADDER.
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"SEE IF YOU CAN RUN UP THAT!" THE BOY TURNED HIS BACK. THE BOY HAD LEFT THE DOOR OPEN!
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SCOUSE SEES THE ROPE LADDER AND SWUNG LIKE TARZAN OUT INTO SPACE.
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"HEY! COME BACK!"
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THERE WAS A TINY HOLE IN THE WALL, SCOUSE DISAPPEARED. THROUGH THE MOUSEHOLE HE COULD SEE HIS BELOVED TELLY. HE FELT SOMETHING, LOOKED, A BROWN MOUSE WAS STARING AT HIM.
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"HELLO, WHITIE!" SAID THE BROWN MOUSE. IN ANIMO, OF COURSE.
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"WHAT? WHO'S THAT? WHO ARE YOU?"
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"I'M A MOUSE. I LIVE HERE. I WAS WATCHING YOU DOING ALL THOSE FUNNY NOISES."
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"THAT'S SPEAKING! THAT'S ENGLISH! I LEARNT IT FROM THE TELLY. I COULD TEACH YOU ENGLISH. OH, SORRY, I FORGOT, I LEAVE TONIGHT."
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"WHERE YOU GOING?"
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"INTO THE WORLD! THE WORLD NEEDS ME! WHY DON'T YOU JOIN ME, WE COULD BE A GROUP?"
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"I'LL THINK ABOUT IT."
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"WHAT'S YOUR NAME?"
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"BONCE, BECAUSE I'VE GOT A BIG HEAD. MY FATHER CALLED ME THAT. HE WAS A LONDON MOUSE."
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ALL THAT DAY, SCOUSE AND BONCE WATCHED THROUGH THEIR PEEPHOLE , PEOPLE LAUGHED AND CHILDREN PLAYED. THE SMELL OF THE CHRISTMAS DINNER. THE MICE WERE VERY HUNGRY.
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THE JOLLIES WERE ON THE TELEVISION, BONCE AND SCOUSE WATCHED.
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Scouse's Dream
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| Ringo Starr |
