Alan Menken
Human Stuff
[SCUTTLE] (spoken)
Wow - this is special...this is very, very unusual.

[ARIEL]
What? What is it?

[SCUTTLE]
It's a dinglehopper!

[ARIEL]
A dinglehopper?

[SCUTTLE]
Oh these babies are fantabulous. Absolutely indispensary. When it comes to dinglehoppers, I'm a regular Encyclopoodia!

[SCUTTLE] (sung)
SAY THAT YOU WANNA HAVE A HAIRDO
LIKE THE FOLKS WHO LIVE UP THERE DO,
THAT'LL FLAP THEIR WIGS!

[GULL 1] (spoken)
FLOP their wigs!

[GULL 2]
Flap!
[GULL 3]
Awwwk!

[SCUTTLE] (sung)
WELL, YOU'LL LOOK ABSOLUTELY DANDY
IF YOU USE ONE OF THESE HANDY
LITTLE THINGAMAJIGS.

[GULL 1] (spoken)
ThingamaBOBS.

[GULL 2]
Jigs!

[GULL 1]
Bobs!

[GULL 3]
Awwwk!

[SCUTTLE] (sung)
PICK UP A DINGLEHOPPER, JUST LIKE SO.
TWIRL IT THE WAY I'M TWIRLING NOW,
GIVE IT A LITTLE YANK, AND THERE YA GO!
YOU'RE WHAT THEY CALL "THE DOG'S MEOW"!
[GULLS, & (GULL 3, spoken)]
WONDERFUL STUFF (Squawk!)!
THAT HUMAN STUFF!
CAN'T GET ENOUGH (Squawk!)...
OF HUMAN STUFF!

[GULLS] (sung)
AND WE ARE THE AUTHORITY,
NO NEED FOR US TO BLUFF!
BECAUSE WE'RE GREAT AT EXPLANATING
HUMAN STUFF!

(SCUTTLE pulls out a pipe.)

[ARIEL] (spoken)
What's that?

[SCUTTLE]
A snarfblatt!

[ARIEL]
Wow!

[SCUTTLE] (sung)
BACK WHEN THE WORLD WAS PREHISTORICAL
PEOPLE SAT AS STILL AS CORAL
FLAT UPON THEIR RUMPS
[GULL 1] (spoken)
On their runts!

[GULL 2]
Bunks!

[GULL 3]
Awwwk!

[SCUTTLE] (sung)
THERE THEY WOULD BE, NOT EVEN THINKING'
BORED TO DEATH AND BARELY BLINKING'
WAY DOWN AT THE DUMPS

[GULL 1] (spoken)
On the dumps!

[GULL 2]
At!

[GULL 1]
On!

[GULL 3]
Awwwk!

[SCUTTLE] (sung)
THEN THEY INVENTED SNARFBLATTS, JUST BY CHANCE.
SUDDENLY LIFE WAS LA-DI-DA!
SNARFBLALTTS ARE WHAT YOU USE TO MAKE FOLKS DANCE!
GIVE IT A BLOW, AND THEN VOILÀ!

[GULLS, & (GULL 3, spoken)]
WONDERFUL STUFF (Awwwk!)!
THAT HUMAN STUFF!
IF YOU'RE A BUFF (Awwwk!)-
ON HUMAN STUFF!

[GULL 1] (sung)
IT'S MARVABLE!

[GULL 2]
STUPENDIBLE!

[SCUTTLE]
COMPLETELY A-OJ!

WHICH SOUNDS ABSURD,
BUT TAKE MY WORD -

[GULLS]
THAT'S WHAT THE HUMANS SAY!

[SCUTTLE, & GULLS]
SENSIBLE STUFF
THAT HUMAN STUFF!
NONE OF IT FLUFF -
NOT HUMAN STUFF!

AND HEAVEN KNOWS
SINCE WE'RE THE PROS
FROM US, YOU'LL GET NO GUFF

[SCUTTLE]
AND ONCE YOU'VE GOT A WHO'S-MA-GIG -

[GULL 1] (spoken)
A thing-ma-what -

[GULL 2]
A watch-ma-gig -

[SCUTTLE] (sung)
THAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO BRING YOU UP TO SNUFF!

[GULLS]
RIGHT UP TO SNUFF!
WITH PROPER DINGLEHOPPER GROOMIN',
REST ASSURED...YOU'LL LOOK REAL HUMAN!

[SCUTTLE]
WE KNOW,
'CAUSE WE KNOW
HUMAN STUFF!