(Here is the video link for the song. This video uses the puppets that were used in "I'm Going to See the Doctor." The music is based on the instrumental them that starts the show. Once again this is based on an actual incident.)
MUSIC: SYNCHRONIZED ELECTRICITY
VERSE 1:
CARL
SYNCHRONIZED ELECTRICITY
SIGMUND
MUMBO JUMBO ECCENTRICITY...
CARL
TWO MEANINGFUL EVENTS OCCUR
SIGMUND
TO WHICH STUDIES DO YOU NOW REFER?
CARL
I CAN...
SIGMUND
WHAT?
CARL
PREDICT THE FUTURE
SIGMUND
HOW?
CARL
I'VE DONE IT MANY TIMES
SIGMUND
WHEN?
CARL
MY MOTHER AND MYSELF WE HAVE A GIFT OF SECOND SIGHT,
YOU ACT AS IF THIS WERE A CRIME!
VERSE 2:
SIGMUND
HOGWASH! THE ONLY THING THAT'S VAGUELY CRIMINAL,
YOUR FACTS AND METHODS ARE SIMPLY MINIMAL,
YOUR ARROGANCE WILL BRING YOU DOWN MY FRIEND,
CARL
WHAT HAVE I DONE TO OFFEND?
SIGMUND
I WON'T LISTEN TO A FOOL LIKE YOU,
YOU'RE THROWING EVERYTHING AWAY,
BELIEVING IN THIS HOCUS POCUS,
THERE WILL BE A PRICE TO PAY!
BRIDGE:
SIGMUND
SYNTHESIZED DUMB STUPIDITY!
CARL
EGOMANIAC RIGIDITY!
SIGMUND
YOU CANNOT SEE PAST YOUR OWN VANITY!
CARL
THE MAKER OF YOUR OWN CALAMITY!
SIGMUND
YOU THINK THAT SOMEONE PULLS OUR STRINGS
LIKE WE'RE ACTORS IN A PLAY WHO SING,
(MUSIC SUDDENLY STOPS. HE LOOKS AT THE AUDIENCE)
HMMM...
CARL
ATHEISM'S JUST ANOTHER CULT THAT'S IN DISGUISE...
SIGMUND
WHY CAN'T YOU REALIZE THAT I-
AM TRYING TO SAVE YOU FROM DESIGNS,
THAT ONLY FORCE ME TO SUGGEST THAT YOU RESIGN?!
VERSE 3:
CARL, MINNA AND MARTHA
SYNCHRONIZED ELECTRICITY!
SIGMUND
MUMBO JUMBO ECCENTRICITY!
CARL, MINNA AND MARTHA
TWO MEANINGFUL EVENTS OCCUR...
SIGMUND
TO WHICH STUDIES DO YOU NOW REFER?
CARL
YOUR MINDS AS CLOSED AS ANY BISHOP AND I WANT TO TELL YOU I CAN PREDICT THE FUTURE!
SIGMUND
CAN YOU?
CARL
YES! I FEEL IT'S PRESENCE LOOM
AND IN A MOMENT YOU WILL HEAR A LOUD BANG IN THIS ROOM!
SIGMUND
(SMUGLY)
OH REALLY?!
(AWKWARD PAUSE)
SFX: MARTHA AND MINNA STOMP/CLAP A LOUD BANG
(FREUD IS STARTLED)
CARL
(RELIEVED)
I REST MY CASE!
(Incidentally there is an extended version of this song where it goes into an R&B finale. But I had already made the you tube video when I decided to change it. Something to look forward to if it ever gets produced again on stage. The longer version is on SoundCloud if you are really curious. Musicals are always in re-development. Next Monday we finally make it to Scene 2 of Act 2 which includes a reprise of "I'm Going to see the Doctor" except a darker more urgent version. See you then!)
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