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​Gilbert & Sullivan's Pulp Fiction

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​It's exactly what it sounds like.
"Quarter Pounder Cheeseburger" (excerpt)
David Rackoff · Quarter Pounder Cheeseburger (excerpt)
IN INDIA IF YOU ASKED FOR A QUARTER POUND OF BEEF AND CHEESE,
THEY'D SNEER AT YOU AND JUST GIVE YOU A HUNDRED GRAMS OF SPICY PEAS.
IN BOMBAY,
YOU'LL SPEND THE DAY
JUST SIPPING AT A SOUPY VENUE.
SPEND A POUND,
FOR SOUPS ABOUND
WHEN ORDERED FROM THE RUPEE MENU.
TO ORDER SCOTCH NOT MADE BY SCOTS IS NOT JUST RUDE BUT RISKY DEAR.
AND BOURBON FROM A PLACE BESIDE KENTUCKY IS JUST WHISKEY DEAR.
BORDEAUX-IANS IN BORDEAUX FRANCE MAKE BORDEAUX SUCH A HEARTY WINE.
​CHAMPAGNE THAT'S NOT FROM CHAMPAGNE FRANCE IS JUST A GASSY FARTY WINE.

"Jack Rabbit Slims" (excerpt)
David Rackoff · Jack Rabbit Slims (excerpt)
THIS METERED VERSE 
IS VERY TERSE,
EACH RHYME IS AN EXACT ONE.
WE ALWAYS GET A
LITTLE META
AT THE END OF ACT I.

"The Brain on Brad" (excerpt)
David Rackoff · The Brain on Brad (excerpt)
LOOK HOW BIG AND LOOK HOW SMART.
(THE BRAIN ON BRAD, THE BRAIN ON BRAD.)
IT IS LIKE A WORK OF ART.
(THE BRAIN ON BRAD.)
IT'S WELL-SIZED AND IT'S WELL-READ.
(THE BRAIN ON BRAD, THE BRAIN ON BRAD.)

RIGHT THERE THROBBING IN HIS HEAD.
(THE BRAIN ON BRAD.)
IT DOES CALCULUS WITH EASE.
(THE BRAIN ON BRAD, THE BRAIN ON BRAD.)

PROB'LY ACED HIS S.A.T.'S.
(THE BRAIN ON BRAD.)
THIS INTELLIGENT YOUNG LAD
OUGHT TO THANK HIS MOM AND DAD
FOR THE BIG FAT BRAIN ON BRAD.
(THE BRAIN ON BRAD, THE BRAIN ON BRAD.)

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  • Home
  • Lyrics
  • Projects
  • About Me
  • Contact
  • Concerto
  • Audition Coaching
  • Other Songs
    • A Sweet Giddy Idiot
    • This Is Our Land (from Genius Grant)
    • A Hundred Years from Now
    • This Is the Start of Something...
    • Nothing Like Broadway
    • The World's Most Famous Spy
    • If I Could Sing My Feelings (End of Act I)
    • In Another Universe
    • The Gods of the Theater
    • The Squeedle Song
    • You Only Love Me for My...
    • I'm in Love with a Pianist
    • What If There Were No More Villains?
    • The Racing Horse Winner
    • Swan Song
    • Sing Along
    • Surprisingly Similar Way to Me
    • A Day at the Fair
    • You Can't Have Too Much Christmas/I Can't Breathe (The Rocking Horse Winner Opening)
    • A Dream for Paul
    • BodyHair
    • Yell to the Heavens
  • Nothing Like Broadway! website