YA NEVER KNOW BACK

One day he pushed a broom
Nothing in his life but gloom and doom.
Then he lit a fuse and give him room
Stand aside and watch that mother blow
Explosion! Bang! Kerboom!
Don't it go to show you never know?

Seymour was in a flunk
He was number zero
Who'da thunk
He'd become a hero?
Just a punk, he was a forgotten so-and-so.
Then one day - Crash! Kerplunk!
Don't it go to show you never know?

All the world used to screw him
Biff-wham-pow now they interview him
And they clamour to put his remarks on the air.
All the world used to hate him
Now they're startin' t'appreciate him
All because of that strange little plant over there!

Observe him! He's a chap
Everything has landed in his lap
"I just cut my hand and in a snap
Something out of Edgar Allen Poe has happened"
Zam! Kazap!
Don't it go to show you never know?

One day your slinging hash
Feeling so rejected
Lightning flash, you get resurrected
Make a splash - now you rate the big Bravissimo.
And with a thundercrash -
Crash kurplunk, bam kerboom,
Zang kazunk, zam kazoom,
Zowee powee holy cow
He orderes up a rainbow to go
Wow! Pow!
Lookout below!
Don't it go to show you never know?

(All music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Howard Ashman. © 1986 The David Geffen Company)