Stephen Schwartz - In Pursuit of Excellence lyrics

[SNAKE] I've been watching you for a while now My pretty little misss And I've got to tell you thisss You make me want to hisss Your aimless curiosity is fast becoming tiresome Knowledge, dear, is power And it's high time you acquired some Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb Lesson one for free Repeat it after me: I'm in pursuit in excellence Excellence is what I wish Once I was a feckless dreamer Now no being is supremer Why waste time wallowing in ignorance? Why be just a big fat fish in a tiny little pond? Look beyond! And if the quickest route Means a taste of forbidden fruit What the hey, it's all in pursuit of excellence! Time for some sophisticating It's no sin to be scintillating So don't be such a stiff Mmm, just take a sniff Really, what's the diff? If a couple fibs are spoken A couple vows are broken That's the price I guess No pain, no gain! You'll be swiftly overtaken By some ambitious snake unless You progress Learn to dress For success Yes! We're in pursuit of excellence Winners get to take the risks While the losers discuss That's why they're losers! Pa** the test when you're tested Be the best, not the bested Let all the nervous wrecks Stay too frightened to stick out their necks They're not in pursuit of excellence like us Like us! Like us!