The critic Lyrics

(The critic speaks)

Who are they to tell me I wasn't good enough

The teachers, the experts, the singers, the musicians, the lot!

A case of unrecognized quality and prejudice stupidity

My talent and ability unquestionable

or not?

Now here I am in the royal opera box,

And it's my turn to judge them!

Gonna show them all that the price of success is high

Cause those who can't do teach, and those who can't join

CRITICIZE!

What's that I hear in your voice, a trace of imperfection?

And what's that conductor trying to do down there

fly?

The tenor's obese gestures disturb me,

But the audience seems to be entertained by it all

WHY?

I just can't sit here and take this; something has to be done!

Someone must objectively put them in their place

Now who can that someone be?

Wait a minute

that someone is me!

Cause I'll

CRITICIZE

Criticize he'll criticize, criticize he'll criticize,

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And if you don't sound like my favorite singer,

Man I'm gonna tear you apart

And if you don't live up to my frustration

of what is art

Who are you to tell me what is good?

In the end it's me who decides!

You'll wait till the morning paper is delivered

To find out if you did well, Cause

I'll CRITICIZE!

I'll write a detailed intellectual assessment of the production

Confirming my superior knowledge

and taste

Perhaps a line or two

about the singers,

More than that you'll agree would be a waste

I'm here to inform you if it was good or bad

Your opinion is not required

Something like this you just can't decide on your own

In the end you'll see, the last word is mine

So excuse me

I gotta go now

and

CRITICIZE!

Criticize he'll criticize, criticize he'll criticize,

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And if you don't act like my favorite actor

Man I'm gonna rip you apart!

And if you don't give in to my obsession of what is art!

Tonight you'll shine up on the stage,

But tomorrow your ass is MINE!

And you'll deny you ever read what I write

Yet somehow you'll always find out

What I CRITICIZE

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