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A Little Priest

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A Little Priest

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Mrs. Lovett: Seems a downright shame...

Sweeney todd: "shame?"

Mrs. lovett: Seems an awful waste

Such a nice, plump frame

What's his name has...

Had...

Has!

Nor it can't be traced

Business needs a lift

Debts to be erased

Think of it as thrift

As a gift!

If you get my drift...

Seems an awful waste...

I mean, with the price of meat

What it is

When you get it...

If you get it...

Sweeney todd: "ah!"

Mrs. lovett: good, you got it!

Take for instance, mrs. mooney and her pie shop!

Business never better, using only pussycats and toast!

Now a pussy's good for maybe six or seven at the most!

And i'm sure they can't compare as far as taste!

Sweeney todd: Mrs. lovett, what a charming notion

Mrs. lovett: Well, it does seem a waste...

Sweeney todd: Eminently practical

And yet appropriate as always!

Mrs. lovett, how i live did without you all these years

I'll never know!

How delectable!

Also undetectable!

How choice!

How rare!

Mrs. lovett: Think about it!

Lots of other gentlemen'll

Soon be comin' for a shave

Won't they?

Think of

All them

Pies!

Sweeney todd: What's the sound of the world out there?

Mrs. lovett: What, mr. todd?

What, mr. todd?

What is that sound?

Sweeney todd: Those crunching noises pervading the air!

Mrs. lovett: Yes, mr. todd!

Yes, mr. todd!

Yes, all around!

Sweeney todd: It's man devouring man, my dear

Ambos: And who are we to deny it in here?

Mrs. lovett: It's priest

Have a little priest

Sweeney todd: Is it really good?

Mrs. lovett: Sir, it's too good, at least!

Then again, they don't commit sins of the flesh

So it's pretty fresh

Sweeney todd: Awful lot of fat?

Mrs. lovett: Only where it sat

Sweeney todd: Haven't you got poet or something like that?

Mrs. lovett: No, you see, the trouble with poet is

How do you know it's deceased?

Try the priest!

Mrs. Lovett: "Lawyer's rather nice"

Sweeney todd: If it's for a price

Mrs. lovett: Order something else, though, to follow

Since no one should swallow it twice!

Sweeney todd: Anything that's lean?

Mrs. lovett: Well, then, if you're british and loyal

You might enjoy royal marine!

Anyway, it's clean

Though of course, it tastes of wherever it's been!

Sweeney todd: Is that squire

On the fire?

Mrs. lovett: Mercy no, sir, look closer

You'll notice it's grocer!

Sweeney todd: Looks thicker

More like vicar!

Mrs. lovett: No, it has to be grocer...

It's green!

Sweeney todd: The history of the world, my love...

Mrs. lovett: Save a lot of graves

Do a lot of relatives favors

Sweeney todd: Is those below serving those up above!

Mrs. lovett: Everybody shaves

So there should be plenty of flavors!

Sweeney todd: How gratifying for once to know

Ambos: That those above will serve those down below!

Sweeney todd: "What is that?"

Mrs. lovett: It's fop

Finest in the shop

Or we have some shepherd's pie peppered

With actual shepherd on top!

And i've just begun...

Here's the politician, so oily

It's served with a doily

Have one!

Sweeney todd: Put it on a bun

Well, you never know if it's going to run!

Mrs. lovett: Try the friar

Fried, it's drier!

Sweeney todd: No, the clergy is really

Too coarse and too mealy!

Mrs. lovett: Then actor

It's compacter!

Sweeney todd: Yes and always arrives overdone

I'll come again when you have judge on the menu!

Sweeney Todd: Have charity towards the world, my pet!

Mrs. lovett: Yes, yes, i know, my love!

Sweeney todd: We'll take the customers that we can get!

Mrs. lovett: High-born and low, my love

Sweeney todd: We'll not discriminate great from small

No, we'll serve anyone

Meaning anyone

Mrs. lovett: We'll serve anyone

Ambos: And to anyone

At all!

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