Paul Shapera - Edgar Builds a Business lyrics

(Narrator) So Edgar tries the experiments he's read Annabella's formula for bringing back the dead The experiments of course prove a success And thus a crazy notion comes into his head (Edgar) One day you will see That I can be someone you never thought I'd be One day you will see That I can be someone you never thought I'd be (Edgar goes to the center of town, steps up on a soapbox and proceeds to sell to the crowd.) My friends step right up, i have brought you a thing, Why it's a miracle process that you will never believe Your grandma, your parents, your child i say who yes whomever you've lost i can bring back to you You doubt me of course, think i'm out of head but this week i'll choose 5 folks and bring back their dead and i'll put them in quality, mechanical dolls life sized, yes for free and you'll see it's not talk (The crowd responds enthusiastically to his offer . We then see him some weeks later) My friends, can you hear me, the crowd's grown so big and these orders, why i'll tell you i i barely know how to keep up with, so i must tell you, i'm building a store where your dead ones can be brought to you folks once more With all this success i can offer new deals Their bodies now come in different colours and feels like mahogany, lilac, and deep oaken red Seven models to choose from to fit your dear dead (The crowd continues to go crazy for his business. We see him then sometime later, no longer on the street but in a boardroom) Gentlemen welcome, will the board please sit down our profits this quarter are almost beyond count We're opening new factories, starting new ads We're making our fortunes, so i've one thing to ask There's a man they call Sillof and he once stole my girl I want him destroyed, all he has in this world His business his home and his carriage all crushed I want him left penniless, face down in the dust (Narrator enters and attempts to give Edgar advice which he is oblivious to) (Narrator) All your intentions take their toll All you hate enthralls your soul When you win you sometimes lose And all you love does not love you (Somewhere quiet Edgar is once again before his ex-fiancée Fay) (Edgar) Fay, good to see you. I asked you here so you could listen to what i want to offer to you That man who you left me for, you know he's in ruins a broken down wreck, but Fay my fortune booms And i have a surprise, your dear long dead dad I have taken the liberty of bringing him back He sits now in my parlor, but Fay the only way You can see him or talk to him is to come back and stay. (Edgar leaves and Fay remains)