Bedknobs and Broomsticks movie - Fundamental Element lyrics

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Oh, I have always had a bit of a knack for witchcraft<br>

Common spells and simple charms came naturally<br>

so, when the war began, I conjured up a plan<br>

To perfect my talent to its nth degree <br>

And do my bit in the national emergency.<br>

I enrolled in the Hocus Pocus Correspondence College of Witchcraft, <br>

(in itself no small achievement.)<br>

And I slaved at every lesson as it came<br>

I really hoped by now <br>

I’d filled my witch’s vow and be a witch that’s worthy of the name. <br>

But my secret’s out and I’ve only myself to blame.<br>

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I can rant as a witch and enchant as a witch<br>

I can rave and in most ways behave as a witch<br>

But Alas! What I lack to be great… <br>

is the fundamental element…hate!<br>

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(I can’t be mean, I’m much too kind.)<br>

I can croak (he, he) as a witch, manage smoke as a witch,<br>

Minor magic is mine to evoke as a witch<br>

But Alas! What I lack to be great…<br>

is the fundamental element…hate!<br>

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If I could only hate you, I’d turn you into frogs, <br>

Without a single smidgeon of remorse, I’d just forget you!<br>

But every evil spell I cast, lacks what it takes to make it last<br>

For hate was never covered in the course<br>

They assumed one has it<br>

(‘Else why go through all the expense and bother of enrolling)<br>

Second rate as a witch is my fate as a witch<br>

For the primary character trait of a witch<br>

is alas! What I lack to be great… is the fundamental element…<br>

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When I think of all the newt eyes that I’ve pickled<br>

Quarts and quarts of withes bane I’ve had to brew<br>

all the sulfur that I’ve burned, <br>

poxes, hexes that I’ve learned<br>

and now it’s all in vain because of you<br>

I responded to a touch of human kindness<br>

A transgression which a witch must never make.<br>

You’ve discovered here tonight,<br>

What I strove to keep from sight<br>

So witch-wise, there is just one path to take…<br>

I must destroy you… I must, I must, I must!<br>

For England’s sake! <br>

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