Operation: Sha La La by Joe Iconis Lyrics
[SUSANNAH, spoken]
Operation Sha-La-La is officially commenced!
[DOROTHY, spoken]
Miss Asp seems frantic!
[YA-YA, spoken]
How do you think my puke effect worked?
[BUZZ, spoken]
Aah! You got your sick all over my new jacket!
[SUSANNAH, spoken]
I think it was effective
[RAT, spoken]
Sheila's probably heading to the bathroom now about to open the window
[DOROTHY, spoken]
I'm nervous!
[SUSANNAH, spoken]
Don't be. It's all going according to plan
[BUZZ, spoken]
Your fathead friend lost her lunch all over my spiffy duds!
[RAT, spoken]
Better go clean yourself up before Asp sees you like this
[BUZZ, spoken]
Ah--you girls can't tell me what to do!
[DOROTHY, KITTY, JUDITH, RAT, SUSANNAH, and YA-YA, spoken]
Go!
[MISS ASP, spoken]
What's going on here?
[DOROTHY, spoken]
Cranapple banana betty with fruit and gelatin whip! I'm sure Mr. Rusk won't even notice it's... ovеrdone
[MISS ASP, spoken]
In Nation, we call it browned
[DOROTHY, spoken]
Wеll... everywhere else, we call it burnt
[DOROTHY, KITTY, JUDITH, RAT, SUSANNAH, and YA-YA scream]
[MISS ASP, spoken]
Aaah! Why are you screaming?!
[RAT, spoken]
Because we're so fucking excited!
[BUZZ, spoken]
Sheila got sick on me, but now the smell of it is making me feel sick!
[MISS ASP, spoken]
No! If you must eliminate, go do so out back
[JUDITH, spoken]
Buzz can't go out back. He just can't!
[MISS ASP, spoken]
I'm beginning to think something queer is going on around here. You girls really do have... powers, don't you? Mark my words, before today is done, you will rue the day you ever crossed Miss Margaret Asp
[BUZZ, spoken]
Miss Asp! Look! She was out back runnin' towards the street, and I tackled her
[MISS ASP, spoken]
You have made a mockery of Nation for the last time! All of you!
[door buzzer goes off]
[SHEILA, spoken]
Aren't ya gonna get that? It's Life Magazine
[SUSANNAH, spoken]
I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry!
[SHEILA, spoken]
It's okay, but what are we gonna do? Asp is going to kill us now!
[SUSANNAH, spoken]
Life will save us. The reporter's here. We'll tell him about Harriet, and he'll check the files, and--and call the police, and--
[MISS ASP, spoken]
There's been a riot at Ole Miss University. Western Union delivered the telegram. S-several are dead. And... Mr.--Rusk has been assigned to the story. Life Magazine is not coming. Not now... n-n-not ever.
[DOROTHY, spoken]
M-maybe another magazine can visit us. Better... Prisons and Gardens, maybe?
[MISS ASP, spoken]
You've ruined it. You girls... f-from the future
[SUSANNAH, spoken]
We're not from the future. We are the future
[MISS ASP, spoken]
You m-must be stopped! It's for your own good, Susie
[SUSANNAH, spoken]
My name is Susannah. And I don't wanna look like Doris Day
[JUDITH, spoken]
Neither do I!
[DOROTHY, KITTY, RAT, SHEILA, and YA-YA agree]
[SUSANNAH, spoken]
And I don't wanna be the colored, suicidal, ukulele-playing June Cleaver. I'm the Black, weird Susannah Son
[DOROTHY, KITTY, JUDITH, RAT, SHEILA, and YA-YA cheer SUSANNAH on, with DOROTHY saying "That's right, Susannah!"]
[SUSANNAH, spoken]
You can't force us to be something we don't want to be
[DOROTHY, KITTY, JUDITH, RAT, SHEILA, and YA-YA agree]
[MISS ASP, spoken]
Do you think I had it easy?! You think things done to me weren't as cruel and hateful as things done to all of you?! I had no choice!
[SUSANNAH, spoken]
Well, you've got one now, Margaret. You're either with us or you're against us
[MISS ASP, spoken]
I just wanted a photograph! Can't you all just go away?!
[SUSANNAH, spoken]
We will not disappear
[SUSANNAH, sung]
I just wanna transcend
I won't stop until
They can all comprehend
That we are not ill
I already know that I'm whole
Not something inbetween
And now the number one goal
Is I just wanna be seen
I just wanna be seen
[MISS ASP, spoken]
Give me that ukulele!
[SHEILA, spoken]
No!
[INMATES, sung (Chorus)]
S-T-O-P! (Hey!)
You won't touch my family!
H-A-T-E! (Hey!)
Will not take my love from me!
[JUDITH, spoken]
Hey, Buzz! Still wanna cop a feel?!
[BUZZ, spoken]
Aaah!
[INMATES, sung]
Revolution in the institution
Evolution in the institution
Revolution in the institution
Evolution in the institution
Revolution in the institution
Evolution in the institution
Revolution in the institution
Evolution in the institution
[MISS ASP, spoken]
You can revolt all you want, but Nation still stands.
[SUSANNAH, spoken]
Not for long, it doesn't. Hit it, Ya-Ya!
[YA-YA, spoken]
This is for Harriet, you son of a bitch!
[INMATES, sung (SHEILA and SUSANNAH, sung)]
Ha-te! Nation is comin' down
It's comin' down tonight
Ha-te! Nation is comin' down (Burn it a-)
We're puttin' up a fight (-all)
Soo-n! It'll be everything (Burn it a-)
That we've been dreamin' of (-all)
Ha-te! Nation will be erased (Burn it a-)
And be replaced (-all)
With love
Operation Sha-La-La is officially commenced!
[DOROTHY, spoken]
Miss Asp seems frantic!
[YA-YA, spoken]
How do you think my puke effect worked?
[BUZZ, spoken]
Aah! You got your sick all over my new jacket!
[SUSANNAH, spoken]
I think it was effective
[RAT, spoken]
Sheila's probably heading to the bathroom now about to open the window
[DOROTHY, spoken]
I'm nervous!
[SUSANNAH, spoken]
Don't be. It's all going according to plan
[BUZZ, spoken]
Your fathead friend lost her lunch all over my spiffy duds!
[RAT, spoken]
Better go clean yourself up before Asp sees you like this
[BUZZ, spoken]
Ah--you girls can't tell me what to do!
[DOROTHY, KITTY, JUDITH, RAT, SUSANNAH, and YA-YA, spoken]
Go!
[MISS ASP, spoken]
What's going on here?
[DOROTHY, spoken]
Cranapple banana betty with fruit and gelatin whip! I'm sure Mr. Rusk won't even notice it's... ovеrdone
[MISS ASP, spoken]
In Nation, we call it browned
[DOROTHY, spoken]
Wеll... everywhere else, we call it burnt
[DOROTHY, KITTY, JUDITH, RAT, SUSANNAH, and YA-YA scream]
[MISS ASP, spoken]
Aaah! Why are you screaming?!
[RAT, spoken]
Because we're so fucking excited!
[BUZZ, spoken]
Sheila got sick on me, but now the smell of it is making me feel sick!
[MISS ASP, spoken]
No! If you must eliminate, go do so out back
[JUDITH, spoken]
Buzz can't go out back. He just can't!
[MISS ASP, spoken]
I'm beginning to think something queer is going on around here. You girls really do have... powers, don't you? Mark my words, before today is done, you will rue the day you ever crossed Miss Margaret Asp
[BUZZ, spoken]
Miss Asp! Look! She was out back runnin' towards the street, and I tackled her
[MISS ASP, spoken]
You have made a mockery of Nation for the last time! All of you!
[door buzzer goes off]
[SHEILA, spoken]
Aren't ya gonna get that? It's Life Magazine
[SUSANNAH, spoken]
I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry!
[SHEILA, spoken]
It's okay, but what are we gonna do? Asp is going to kill us now!
[SUSANNAH, spoken]
Life will save us. The reporter's here. We'll tell him about Harriet, and he'll check the files, and--and call the police, and--
[MISS ASP, spoken]
There's been a riot at Ole Miss University. Western Union delivered the telegram. S-several are dead. And... Mr.--Rusk has been assigned to the story. Life Magazine is not coming. Not now... n-n-not ever.
[DOROTHY, spoken]
M-maybe another magazine can visit us. Better... Prisons and Gardens, maybe?
[MISS ASP, spoken]
You've ruined it. You girls... f-from the future
[SUSANNAH, spoken]
We're not from the future. We are the future
[MISS ASP, spoken]
You m-must be stopped! It's for your own good, Susie
[SUSANNAH, spoken]
My name is Susannah. And I don't wanna look like Doris Day
[JUDITH, spoken]
Neither do I!
[DOROTHY, KITTY, RAT, SHEILA, and YA-YA agree]
[SUSANNAH, spoken]
And I don't wanna be the colored, suicidal, ukulele-playing June Cleaver. I'm the Black, weird Susannah Son
[DOROTHY, KITTY, JUDITH, RAT, SHEILA, and YA-YA cheer SUSANNAH on, with DOROTHY saying "That's right, Susannah!"]
[SUSANNAH, spoken]
You can't force us to be something we don't want to be
[DOROTHY, KITTY, JUDITH, RAT, SHEILA, and YA-YA agree]
[MISS ASP, spoken]
Do you think I had it easy?! You think things done to me weren't as cruel and hateful as things done to all of you?! I had no choice!
[SUSANNAH, spoken]
Well, you've got one now, Margaret. You're either with us or you're against us
[MISS ASP, spoken]
I just wanted a photograph! Can't you all just go away?!
[SUSANNAH, spoken]
We will not disappear
[SUSANNAH, sung]
I just wanna transcend
I won't stop until
They can all comprehend
That we are not ill
I already know that I'm whole
Not something inbetween
And now the number one goal
Is I just wanna be seen
I just wanna be seen
[MISS ASP, spoken]
Give me that ukulele!
[SHEILA, spoken]
No!
[INMATES, sung (Chorus)]
S-T-O-P! (Hey!)
You won't touch my family!
H-A-T-E! (Hey!)
Will not take my love from me!
[JUDITH, spoken]
Hey, Buzz! Still wanna cop a feel?!
[BUZZ, spoken]
Aaah!
[INMATES, sung]
Revolution in the institution
Evolution in the institution
Revolution in the institution
Evolution in the institution
Revolution in the institution
Evolution in the institution
Revolution in the institution
Evolution in the institution
[MISS ASP, spoken]
You can revolt all you want, but Nation still stands.
[SUSANNAH, spoken]
Not for long, it doesn't. Hit it, Ya-Ya!
[YA-YA, spoken]
This is for Harriet, you son of a bitch!
[INMATES, sung (SHEILA and SUSANNAH, sung)]
Ha-te! Nation is comin' down
It's comin' down tonight
Ha-te! Nation is comin' down (Burn it a-)
We're puttin' up a fight (-all)
Soo-n! It'll be everything (Burn it a-)
That we've been dreamin' of (-all)
Ha-te! Nation will be erased (Burn it a-)
And be replaced (-all)
With love