MS. PERETTI (spoken) As surprise mistake by Mr. Tolentino! CHIP (spoken) But I got it right MR. PANCH (spoken) If you start to spell a word, you may start over ALL (spoken) But the sequences of letters already spoken May not be changed CHIP (spoken) That's not fair! I spelled it right! I can't get out on a word I spelled right! MITCH Life is random and unfair Life is Pandemonium CHIP (spoken) That's not fair! I won last year! MITCH That's the reason we despair Life is Pandemonium Life is Pandemonium (spoken) Yes it is! Yeah! C'mon kids! (sung) Life is Pandemonium ALL (overlapping Mitch) Life is Pandemonium Life is Pandemonium Life is Pandemonium Life is Pandemonium Life is Pandemonium BOY SPELLERS Goodbye GIRL SPELLERS Goodbye BOY SPELLERS Goodbye GIRL SPELLERS Goodbye BOY SPELLERS Goodbye, Goodbye GIRL SPELLERS Goodbye BOY SPELLERS Goodbye GIRL SPELLERS Goodbye SPELLERS Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye MS. PERETTI Good lord That's what's swell about spelling bees I am floored By how last year's big cheese Becomes this year's disaster And exit with new humilities It's a wide open jamboree When winners lose surprisingly Now I love what I see I see hope and possibility When the favorite loses 1, 2, 3 That's my favorite moment of the bee