Alan Menken — Meek Shall Inherit

[BERNSTEIN, spoken] Seymour Krelborn Sweety, honey, baby, pussycat (sung) Hey Seymour Krelborn, you prince you My name is Bernstein, I'm with NBC I came down here to convince you To do a weekly TV show for me Seymour Krelborn's Gardening Tips For half an hour on Sundays at four T.V.'s first home-gardening program You'll make a mint and our ratings will soar [CRYSTAL, RONETTE, CHIFFON] They say the meek shall inherit You know the book doesn't lie It's not a question of merit It's not demand and supply They say the meek gonna get it And you a meek little guy You know the meek are gonna get What's comin' to 'em by and by [SKIP SNIP, spoken] Seymour Krelborn Pleased to meet you, kid Skip Snip, William Morris Agency (sung) Forget the cable we sent you It's nice to meet me, the pleasure is yours Now let my firm represent you We want to book you on lecturing tours College campus, Rotary Club The kind of bookings my office can do Show the plant, then talk, answer questions It's educational, lucrative too! [SEYMOUR] Mys future's starting, I've got to let it Stick with that plant and gee My bank account will thrive What am I saying? No way! Forget it! It's much too dangerous to keep the plant alive I take these offers That means more killing Who knew success would come with Messy, nasty strings? I sign these contracts That means I'm willing To keep on doing bloody, awful, evil things! No! No! There's only so far you can bend No! No! This nightmare must come to an end No! No! You've got no alternative Seymour old boy Though it means you'll be broke again and unemployed It's the only solution, It can't be avoided: The vegetable must be destroyed! But then there's Audrey, lovely Audrey If life were tawdry and impoverished as before She might not like me, she might not want me Without my plant, she might not love me anymore[URCHINS] “They say the meek shall inherit”[SEYMOUR] “Where do I sign?”[URCHINS] “You know the book doesn't lie It's not a question of merit It's not demand and supply You'll make a fortune, we swear it If on this fact you rely”[SKIP SNIP] “Right on the line That'll do fine This copy's mine Couldn't go wrong Bye bye! So long!”[URCHINS] You know the meek are gonna get What's comin' to 'em [SEYMOUR, URCHINS] You know the meek are gonna get What's comin' to 'em You know the meek are gonna get What's comin' to 'em By and by [MRS. LUCE]