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MAYORESS CORA HOOVER HOOPER:<br>
Everyone hates me-yes, yes-<br>
Being the Mayoress, yes.<br>
All of the peasants<br>
Throw rocks in my presence,<br>
Which causes me nervous distress, yes.<br>
OOOH, OOOOOOOOOH, OOOH, OOH, OOOOOOOOOH.<br>
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Me and my town, battered about,<br>
Everyone in it would like to get out.<br>
But me and my town,<br>
We just wanna be loved!<br>
<br>
Stores are for rent, theatres are dark,<br>
Grass on the sidewalks, but not in the park,<br>
Me and my town,<br>
We just wanna be loved!<br>
<br>
The people are starving,<br>
So they sleep the day through.<br>
My poor little people,<br>
What can they do?<br>
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TOWNSPEOPLE:<br>
Boo!<br>
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CORA:<br>
Who asked you?<br>
<br>
Come on the train, come on the bus,<br>
Somebody please buy a ticket to us.<br>
Hurry on down-<br>
We need a little renown.<br>
Love me,<br>
Love my<br>
Town!<br>
<br>
OOOHHHH OOOOOHHHHH OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH!<br>
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BOYS:<br>
Hi there, Cora. What's new?<br>
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CORA:<br>
The bank went bust and I'm feeling blue.<br>
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BOYS:<br>
And who took over the bankruptcy?<br>
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CORA: <br>
Me, boys, me!<br>
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BOYS:<br>
Si, si!<br>
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CORA:<br>
Me, boys, me!<br>
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BOYS:<br>
Tell us, Cora, how you are.<br>
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CORA:<br>
I just got back from the reservoir.<br>
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BOYS:<br>
And what's the state of the water supply?<br>
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CORA:<br>
Dry, boys, dry!<br>
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BOYS:<br>
My, my!<br>
<br>
CORA:<br>
Dry, boys, dry!<br>
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BOYS:<br>
Ay, ay!<br>
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CORA:<br>
A lady has responsibilities...<br>
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BOYS:<br>
Responsibilities...<br>
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CORA:<br>
And civic pride!<br>
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BOYS:<br>
Civic pride!<br>
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CORA:<br>
Well, I look around and what do I see? I see no crops.<br>
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BOYS:<br>
No crops.<br>
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CORA:<br>
I see no business.<br>
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BOYS:<br>
No business<br>
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CORA:<br>
To the North, to the South,<br>
Only hoof-and-mouth!<br>
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BOYS:<br>
To the East, to the West,<br>
No community chest<br>
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CORA:<br>
I see a terrible depression all over the town-<br>
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BOYS:<br>
Oh, a terrible depression, <br>
Yes, a terrible depression.<br>
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CORA:<br>
What a terrible depression <br>
And I'm so depressed<br>
I can hardly talk on the phone.<br>
I feel all alone.<br>
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CORA AND BOYS:<br>
But a lady has responsibilities-<br>
<br>
BOYS:<br>
Responsibilities-<br>
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CORA:<br>
To all my poor! Starving! Cold! Miserable!<br>
Dirty! Dreary! Depressing! Peasants!<br>
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ALL: <br>
Peasants! Ick!<br>
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CORA:<br>
A lady has responsibilities-<br>
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BOYS: <br>
Responsibilities-<br>
<br>
CORA:<br>
To try to be <br>
Popular with the populace.<br>
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BOYS:<br>
She's unpopular with the populace!<br>
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ALL:<br>
Unpopular with the populace,<br>
Unpopular with the populace,<br>
Unpopular with the populace...<br>
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CORA:<br>
Everyone here hates me at length,<br>
Probably lynch me if they had the strength.<br>
But me and my town,<br>
Me and my town,<br>
We just wanna be loved!<br>
<br>
BOYS: <br>
We just want to be loved!<br>
We just want to be loved!<br>
<br>
CORA:<br>
Just loved!<br>
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BOYS:<br>
A friendship is lovely<br>
And a courtship sublime,<br>
But give her a township-<br>
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CORA:<br>
Township!<br>
Every time!<br>
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ALL:<br>
What'll we do, me and my town?<br>
Gotta do something or we're gonna drown!<br>
Give me my coat,<br>
Give me my crown,<br>
Gimme, gimme your vote <br>
And hurry on down!<br>
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CORA:<br>
Show how much you think<br>
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BOYS:<br>
Yeah!<br>
<br>
CORA: <br>
Of me!<br>
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ALL:<br>
Love me,<br>
Love my<br>
Town!<br>
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