Eric Woolfson - It Doesn't Take a Genius lyrics

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GRISWOLD:

It doesn't take a genius to make us feel egregious

By rhyming words like "nevermore"

REYNOLDS:

With "four" and "score" and "chamber door"

And "days of yore" and "more and more"

GRISWOLD:

Etcetera, etcetera

ALL:

Etcetera, etcetera

GRISWOLD:

You wouldn't think a plagiarist would be so unoriginal

It's more than just offensive,

REYNOLDS:

Why it's positively criminal!

GRISWOLD:

So nevermind the premature, let's get on with the burial!

REYNOLDS:

We've heard it all before!

ALL:

We've heard it all before!

GRISWOLD:

If some felon steals your jewelry you'd want him locked away,

REYNOLDS:

He's a criminal! He's a criminal!

GRISWOLD:

But if he steals your words and makes a fortune from the play,

REYNOLDS:

He's no genius! He's no genius!

GRISWOLD:

Integrity is all I ask, the jury has a simple task

Reviewing all the evidence, there really can be no defense,

REYNOLDS:

He doesn't have the common sense to be a genius!

GRISWOLD:

A genius.... a genius...

A genius is somebody expanding our philosophy

REYNOLDS:

Issuing mediocrity!

GRISWOLD:

Avoiding all verbosity

ALL:

Avoiding such verbosity

REYNOLDS:

Poe writes of an orangutan who carries out a fiendish plan

GRISWOLD:

Such animal could write the book itself it seems to me!

REYNOLDS:

I've discovered a long-lost continent!

GRISWOLD:

You're a genius! What a genius!

REYNOLDS:

I've decided to run for president!

GRISWOLD:

You're a genius... he's an idiot!

And so my friends we'll all agree this only proves my theory

It doesn't take a genius to be a genius!

ALL:

No it doesn't take a genius to be a genius!

GRISWOLD:

There really is no doubt at all, he doesn't have the wherewithal

The inspiration,

REYNOLDS:

Application,

GRISWOLD:

Concentration!

REYNOLDS:

Education!

GRISWOLD:

Innovation!

REYNOLDS:

Reputation!

GRISWOLD:

Dedication!

REYNOLDS:

Perspiration!

ALL:

Of true genius!

(A genius, a genius, a genius...)