Sarah Saltzberg - The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee lyrics

[MR. PANCH (as ANNOUNCER), spoken] Ms. Peretti, please spell syzygy. [MS. PERETTI, spoken] S-y-z-g-y-z-y. Syzygy? [MR. PANCH (as ANNOUNCER), spoken] We have a winner! [MS. PERETTI, spoken] Haha! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! [CHIP] At the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee My parents keep on telling me Just being here is winning Although, I know it isn't so [MS. PERETTI] But it's a very nice, very, very nice [MS. PERETTI/CHIP] Very, very nice Very nice Beginning! [MS. PERETTI, spoken] Our winner here last year, Chip Tolentino. [LOGAINNE, spoken] Ms. Peretti! [MS. PERETTI, spoken] And our youngest competitor, Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre. [LEAF] At the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Game- Bee! I'll stand when they announce my name [MS. PERETTI, spoken] Leaf Coneybear! [LEAF] And try and keep from shaking [LOGAINNE] Alas, his shaking will not pa** [ALL] 'Cause it's a very big, very fraught Simple but it's not It's a very big undertaking [MS. PERETTI, spoken] Returning from last year's tragic setback, William Barfee! [WILLIAM, spoken] It's pronounced Barfée; there's an accent aigu! [MS. PERETTI, spoken] Uh, I'm not sure who this girl is... [MARCY, spoken] Marcy Park, recent transfer. [LOGAINNE] Winner's destination Washington, D.C. [SPELLERS] Plasma TV in a fancey hotel Where they treat you well All because you love to spell We spell! [MS. PERETTI] It's a marvelous memory If you win the spelling bee One's life improves from A to Z The minute you are crowned here I see a trophy held by me And the one I want Did I swell? Oh the stories I could tell But bragarts Don't do well around here [OLIVE, spoken] Hi, I'm Olive Ostrovsky Do you know where I check in? [WILLIAM, spoken] Shut up! [LEAF] At the 25th Annual We memorize the manual [SPELLERS] About how to spell these words Words that require thought People think we're Automatons But that is exactly what we're Not [MARCY] We hear the word [LOGAINNE] We breathe [LEAF] We wait [SPELLERS] Unlike idiots We ideate [MS. PERETTI, spoken] To ideate means to form an image or idea; to think [LEAF] At the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee [LOGAINNE] We feel no animosity [GIRL SPELLERS] And yet our heads are spinning [WILLIAM] We are The slightest bit bizarre [MARCY] But since the time is now [LEAF] Holy cow [LOGAINNE] We shall make a solemn vow To concentrate On winning [SPELLERS] We concentrate on winning At the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee We speak so damn convincingly [MS. PERETTI] They're nervous but they're grinning [LOGAINNE/OLIVE] It seems We're living out our dreams [BOY SPELLERS] Which is a very nice, very nice Very very very nice [ALL] Very nice, very nice Very very very nice Very nice Beginning [MS. PERETTI] 25th Annual [SPELLERS] 25th Annual [ALL] Putnam County Spelling Bee!