01x01 - Joe Writes A Hit

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hey everybody here comes the swamp

Critters now we got a river boo

Captain by the name of rib that's me and

a fiddle playing crab by the name of

Gumbo he show is something to see now we

got Big Al Gator on piano and we got

bilum on the

face andac on guitar and I'm a are

dancing all over the place and we'll be

rolling down the river traveling by the

Light of the

Moon rolling down the river going to

reach our destination

soon all the swamp Critters are picking

and a singing a

tune rocking and a reeling battle

Wheeling down the L

Lagoon yeah we'll be Rock and a reeling

paddle Wheeling down the Lost

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looko

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I was born on the bou By the Light of

the Midnight Moon on the banks of the

river in a place called L

Lagoon hanging by my tail staring at the

whole world up upside

down I was upside

down and things they show looked funny

till I got my four feet on the

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ground well I've always been a dreamer

of make believe and touch and folks

around lost Lagoon said I would never

Mount to much I don't look like no movie

star

but things ain't always what they

see and anything is possible if you just

keep believing in your

dream

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he

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well I've always been a dreamer or make

and such and folks around lost Lagoon

said I wouldn't never amount to much I

don't look like no movie star but things

ain't always What They

Se no they

ain't and anything is possible if you

just keep believing in your

dreams

hey

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hey bumpkins can you hold it down I'm

trying to listen to the

radio also in the news singing star

Melvis Weasley will be in Lost Lagoon

for a benefit concert next Thursday

night our reporter recently spoke with

Melvis and asked him where he found his

latest hit song can't stop

shaking it was brought to me backstage

one night the songwriter played it for

me I liked it so I recorded it you never

know where it song is going to come from

Sir so I'm always looking thank you very

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much boy ain't that something somebody

just wrote a song and played it for

Melvis and now that songwriter is

Rich yeah Bumpkin simple as that why

don't you write a song for Melvis and

become rich and

[Laughter]

famous what so funny about that I just

might be able to do

it Joe Joe Joe songwriting ain't

something you just sit down and do you

got to be born with the gift very few of

us are born with the gift for

songwriting very few of us you mean you

have the

gift well I don't like to brag but I

wrote a few Tunes back in high school my

music teacher said I was a natural said

I had a unique way of turning a phrase I

laid down a couple of demos one

day wait down a couple of

demos yeah that's the term we use in the

music business for demonstration tapes I

think I still got that tape at home

somewhere wonderful wand I'm so fond of

Wanda Wanda loves my

Honda wonderful Wanda that's your

gift well why don't you go play it for

Melvis I'm sure he'd appreciate your

gift hey don't make fun My Demo wasn't

that bad but it wasn't the kind of music

Melvis sings my songs are too classy for

him well I just might surprise all of

you and write a song from

Elvis Joe Joe Joe you better leave the

songw writing to us

professionals wonderful wonder I'm so

fond to WAND we go swimming in my

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Ponder how's that song coming along

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Joe oh it's going pretty slow low right

now but as soon as I get a title I think

it'll come pretty

quick well inspiration will strike when

you least expect it too bad you don't

have a wishing ring you could just wish

for a It

song wishing

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ring when evening sun goes down and the

moon comes rolling round I get the

feeling that the world is mine life on

the riv was so

fine well hello Joe what brings you down

to the queen of the river you need me to

deliver some supplies for

you uh no I was just wondering I mean

you're so smart and everything

well I was wondering what you'd wish for

if you had a wishing

ring a wishing ring H let's see now well

I wouldn't wish for knowledge I already

got plenty of that well son just between

you and me I think I'd wish that I was

famous yeser I'd want everybody to know

my name

why everywhere I'd go Critters would

cheer and say there goes Captain riid E

Lee the most famous river boo cabin in

the

bou

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why huh hello

fineas don't take me in again

officer oh it's you what do you want

Bumpkin uh well I was just wondering if

you had a wishing ring what would you

wish

for what's the matter did the hot sun

get to you what's all this about a

wishing

ring oh I was just thinking

well don't think Bumpkin you might hurt

yourself besides if I had a wish and

ring I'd wish I own a

mint what's a

mint that's where they keep money

Bumpkin I'd be rich then I'd buy up

every inch of this lousy swamp and

charge every Critter rent just to live

here then I'd buy big 's Cafe and serve

nothing but cheese dishes cheese

sandwiches cheese milkshakes cheese

salads cheese dip cheese Critter cooler

boiled cheese fried

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cheese well howdy Joe how's that hit

song

coming well it's coming along pretty

good now tell me Billy Bob if you had a

wishing ring what would you wish

for a wishing ring boy that's a tough

one Joe there's lots of things I could

use a room full of food and a new

fishing pole a new hat some new

overalls maybe a new base with a brand

spank and shiny new bucket on it and a

new scarf that'd be nice too but mostly

food lots of

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food howdy

barbecue howdy Mr

Joe uh say barbecue if you had a wishing

ring what would you wish

for a wishing

ring well that's hard to say Mr Joe I

mean I got pretty much everything I need

already I got a warm pin to sleep in

parents who love me plenty to eat and I

live in the greatest place in the bayou

lost

Lagoon

so if I I had a wishing

ring I wouldn't wish for

gold I wouldn't wish for wealth and

F I wouldn't care who knows my

name and if I had a wishing r

I know just what I'd

say I'd wish that things would always be

the way they are

today cuz I got friends who cheer me up

whenever I am blue

and a home that's safe and

warm and folks who love me

too and if I had a wishing me to make my

dreams come

true I don't only wish for peace on

Earth and love for me and

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you so I guess if I had a wishing ring

I'd just wish that things could stay

just like they are Mr

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Joe hey everybody I did it I did

it easy Joe easy now what exactly did

you

do well Sheriff quill drove me over to

Lighthouse Point this morning morning in

his new Swamp Buggy have you seen it

it's red with a blue stripe down the

side and whoa Bumpkin I'm sure it's a

lovely vehicle but what exactly is it

that you did in Lighthouse

Point oh yeah well you know I told you I

was going to ride a song for Melvis

Weasley yeah yeah we remember I hope you

gave up on that

idea oh well I not only didn't give up

on that idea I wrote the song and this

morning I went to Lighthouse Point where

Melvis was rehearsing and I showed him

the

song and did he have you thrown

out all contr oh you with the ratty ha

ha he said Not only did he love it he

said he's going to sing it here tomorrow

night at the benefit and he's going to

record it for his next

single that's great Joe looks like

you're going to be

rich it's a

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gift

well I was born on a sun morning on the

bu

you in a cozy little place that's

Sweeter Than A Honey

Cone now it ain't got much style and

grace but I have found there ain't no

place like

home not like my

home I'm talking

lost lost

Lon it's a paradise beath the bi

Moon well you can take away my

possessions you can take away my money

too but don't take me away from Lost of

bl by the rivers side On the Sunny Side

by

you it's a sleepy little place where you

can find a help in

hand and When a Stranger Comes Around

there's lots of friendly little crats to

be

found and they won't let you

down I'm talking about

lost lost

love it's a paradise beneath the Spy you

well you can take away my possessions

you can take away my money too but don't

take me away from

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L

big now it ain't got much style and

grace but I have found there ain't no

place like

home not like my

home I'm talking about

lost lost

love it's a paradise beneath the B

Moon well you can take away my

possession you can take away my money

too but don't take take me away from

L stop stop take me away

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from thank you friends thank you we

appreciate it we sure do and now now

we're going to bring on the guy you've

been waiting to see he agreed to sing a

song at tonight's benefit now me and the

other swamp Critters are going to sit

out front and enjoy his music with you

so let's give a great big lost Lagoon

welcome to Melvis

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Weasley thank you very much thank you

ladies and gentlemen thank you and now

I'd like to sing a brand new song

Especially written for me by A Gifted

new songwriter from L Lagoon who is

sitting right down front Joe

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raccoon real gather around Critter I got

a little song to

sing here a song of about a critter who

found himself a wishing

ring and then he asked his friends just

what their wish would

bring hey that wishing ring was my idea

well a Riverboat Captain said he wanted

World a

plan he said he wanted every Critter in

the swamp to know his

name so if he had one wish then he would

wish for

f

son why that's me he's singing about but

that was supposed to be between me and

you not their whole

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swamp then a big fat rat said he'd wish

for a

men yeah if he could be rich then he

would be

content he'd buy up The Bu you and make

everyone

payent it was just a

wish then a said there lots of things I

need I guess you might say I got a

little personal

greed I could use some food cuz I got a

big mouth to feed

yeah hey he's singing about me what's a

big idea

Joe

then barbecue said if I had a wish in

ring well to tell you the truth I'd wish

for just one

thing peace on Earth and all the joy it

brings now the moral of this story is

there for you

oh a wishing ring should somehow come to

you be careful what you wish your wish

just might come

true yeah be careful what you wish your

wish just might come

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true thank you very much thank you

ladies and gentlemen thank

you Qui everybody quiet let me

explain you see since all of you helped

me write the song you're all going to

share in the wealth all right

Joe that's right and I've got an even

bigger

surprise instead of waiting several

months for the royalty checks to come in

I made a better

deal yep I just sold a song outright to

Melvis manager Colonel Barker I got

cash 100 big

ones 100,000 clams let's see fth of

100,000 clams

is 20,000 clams a piece we're

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rich

100,000 yeah

right Joe when you said 100 big ones

what exactly did you

mean why 100 clams of course and I

already divided it up for you here you

go that's right fellow tun Smiths 20

clams a piece boy this songwriting pays

big bucks huh

oh

no well there goes my cheese Critter

cooler son I was Almost

Famous well fellas you know that song

along with bobq taught us all a good

lesson about not realizing how lucky we

all are when you think about it we all

really have everything we need right

here in Lost Lagoon we don't have to

wish for anything

by the river side On the Sunny Side of

the

byou it's a sleepy little place where

you can find a help in

hand and When a Stranger Comes Around

there's lots of friendly little crits to

be

found and they won't let your

dance I'm talking about

lost lost love go

it's a paradise beneath the spu

moon well you can take away my

possessions you can take away my money

too but don't take me away

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from

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big

now it ain't got much style and grace

but I have found there Ain no place like

home not like my

home I'm talking about

lost lost

Lon it's a paradise beneath the bio

Moon well you can take away my

possession you can take away my money

too but don't take me away from

L st stop take me away from

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