Lyrics by Howard Ashman
Music by Alan Menken
(C)1988 Walt Disney Music Company
(ASCAP)/Wonderland Music Company, Inc.
(BM). All rights reserved.
International (C) secured.
Lyrics reprinted by permission.
I've been a nasty
They weren't kidding
When they called me
Well, a witch
But you'll find that nowadays
I've mended all my ways
Repented, seen the light
And made a switch
And I fortunately know a little magic
It's a talent that I always have possessed
And here lately, please don't laugh
I use it on behalf of the miserable
lonely, and depressed-pathetic!
Poor unfortunate souls in pain, in need
This one longing to be thinner
That one wants to get the girl
And do I help them? Yes, indeed!
Those poor unfortunate souls
So sad, so true
They come flocking to my cauldron
Crying spells, Usula, please!
And I help them?
Yes, I do
Now it's happened once or twice
Someone couldn't pay the price
And I'm afraid I had to rake 'em
'cross the coals
Yes, I've had the odd complaint
But on the whole I've been a saint
To those poor unfortunate souls
The men up there don't
Like a lot of blabber
They think a girl who gossips is a bore
Yes, on land it's much preffered
For ladies not to say a word
After all, dear
What is idle prattle for?
They're not all that impressed
with conversation
True gentlemen avoid it when they can
But they dote and swoon and fawn
on a lady who's withdrawn
It's she who holds her tongue
who get's her man
Come on, you poor unfortunate soul
Go ahead! Make your choice
I'm a very busy woman and
I haven't got all day
It won't cost much, just your voice
You poor unfortunate soul
It's sad, but true
If you want to cross a bridge, my sweet
You've got to pay the toll
Take a gulp and take a breath
And go ahead and sign the scroll
Flotsam, Jetsam-now I've got her, boys
The boss is on the roll
This poor unfortunate soul
of the Caspian Sea
Larynxes, glacydis, ad max
laryngitis la voce to me