Shane McNamara - The Life I Lead

{Rat in the Hat}
A British bank is run with precision
A British home requires nothing less!
Tradition, discipline, and rules
Must be the tools
Without them... Disorder! Chaos! Moral disintegration!
In short, you have a ghastly mess!

{Little Jenny, spoken}
I quite agree!

{Rat in the Hat}
The children must be molded, shaped, and taught
That life's a looming battle to be faced and fought

{spoken}
In short, I am disturbed to hear my children talking about popping in and out of chalk pavement pictures, consorting with racehorse persons, foxhunting! Yes, well, I don't mind that quite so much. At any rate, it's tradition! But tea parties on the ceiling? I ask you: having tea parties on the ceiling? And highly questionable outings of every other kind!

{sung}
If they must go on outings
These outings ought to be
Fraught with purpose
Yes, and practicality
These silly words like superca... superca.. .superca...

{Little Jenny, spoken}
Supercalifragilistic

{Rat in the Hat, spoken}
Yes, well done, you've said it

{sung}
...And popping through pictures
Have little use, fulfill no basic need!
They've got to learn the honest truth
Despite their youth
They must learn...

{Little Jenny (Rat in the Hat, spoken)}
...About the life you lead (Exactly!)