George (spoken)
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I used to dream that when I grew up I'd learn everything
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there was to know about the stars.
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It's funny, I haven't thought about all that in years.
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I'm not usually sentimental.
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Bert (spoken):
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S' good to look back sometimes.
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George: (spoken):
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Is it? I'm not so sure
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(sung):
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A man has dreams of walking with giants
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To carve his niche in the edifice of time
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Before the mortar of his zeal
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Has a chance to congeal
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(spoken):
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The cup is dashed from his lips
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The flame is snuffed aborning
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He's brought to rack and ruin in his prime
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Bert (spoken):
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Life's a rum go, Guv'nor, and that's the truth.
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George (spoken):
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Do you know what I think? It's Mary Poppins! From the moment
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she stepped into the house, things began to happen to me!
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Bert (spoken):
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Mary Poppins eh?
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George (spoken):
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Yes, yes, of course!
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(sung):
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My world was calm, well ordered, exemplary
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Then came this person, with chaos in her wake
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And now my life's ambitions go with one fell blow
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It's quite a bitter pill to take
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(spoken):
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It's that Poppins woman! She's responsible for all this!
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Bert (spoken):
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I know the very person. 'Ere, what's the thing she's always saying?
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(sung):
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A spoonful of sugar that is all it takes
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It changes bread and water into tea and cakes
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George (spoken):
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There you see, that's exactly what I mean! Changing bread and water
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into tea and cakes indeed! No wonder everything's coming unstrung
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around here!
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Bert:
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A spoonful of sugar goes a long, long way
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'Ave yourself a 'ealthy 'elpin' ev'ry day
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George (spoken):
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A healthy helping of trouble if you ask me!
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Bert (spoken):
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Like you say, Guv'nor.
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(sung):
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You've got to grind, grind, grind
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At that grindstone
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Though child'ood slips like sand through a sieve
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And all too soon they've up grown
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And then they've flown
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And it's too late for you to give
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Just that spoonful of sugar
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To 'elp the medicine go down
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The medicine go down, the medicine go down.
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(spoken):
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Well good luck, Guv'nor.
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George (spoken):
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Thank you, Bert. And good luck to you too.
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A Man Has Dreams / A Spoonful of Sugar (reprise)
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Mary Poppins - The Musical |