In Pursuit of Excellence
Stephen Schwartz * Track #8 On Children of Eden: American Premiere Recording
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Album Children of Eden: American Premiere Recording
- #1Let There Be
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- #2Tree of Knowledge
Stephen Schwartz & William Solo & Stephanie Mills
- #3The Naming
Stephen Schwartz & Adrian Zmed & Stephanie Mills & William Solo
- #4Grateful Children
Stephen Schwartz & Adrian Zmed & Stephanie Mills
- #5Father’s Day
Stephen Schwartz & William Solo
- #6Perfect
Stephen Schwartz & Adrian Zmed & William Solo & Stephanie Mills
- #7Spark of Creation
Stephen Schwartz & Stephanie Mills
- #8In Pursuit of Excellence
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- #9End of a Perfect Day
Stephen Schwartz & William Solo
- #10Childhood’s End
Stephen Schwartz & Adrian Zmed & William Solo & Stephanie Mills
- #11World Without You
Stephen Schwartz & William Solo & Stephanie Mills & Adrian Zmed
- #12The Expulsion
Stephen Schwartz & Adrian Zmed & Stephanie Mills & William Solo
- #13The Wasteland
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- #14Spark of Creation (Reprise)
Stephen Schwartz & Stephanie Mills
- #15Lost in the Wilderness
Stephen Schwartz & Hunter Foster & Darius de Haas
- #16Close to Home
Stephen Schwartz & Hunter Foster & Adrian Zmed & Stephanie Mills
- #17Ring of Stones
Stephen Schwartz & Hunter Foster & Darius de Haas & Adrian Zmed & Stephanie Mills
- #18Death of Abel
Stephen Schwartz & Stephanie Mills
- #19The Mark of Cain
Stephen Schwartz & William Solo
- #20Children of Eden
Stephen Schwartz & Stephanie Mills
- #21Generations
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- #22Gathering Storm
Stephen Schwartz & William Solo & Adrian Zmed
- #23A Piece of Eight
Stephen Schwartz & Kelli Rabke & Adrian Zmed & Darius de Haas
- #24Return of the Animals/Noah’s Lullaby
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- #25Stranger to the Rain
Stephen Schwartz & Kelli Rabke
- #26In Whatever Time We Have
Stephen Schwartz & Kelli Rabke & Darius de Haas
- #27The Flood
Stephen Schwartz & William Solo
- #28What is He Waiting For?
Stephen Schwartz & Adrian Zmed
- #29Sailor of the Skies
Stephen Schwartz & Kelli Rabke
- #30Spark of Creation (Second Reprise)
Stephen Schwartz & Stephanie Mills & Adrian Zmed
- #31Hardest Part of Love
Stephen Schwartz & William Solo & Adrian Zmed
- #32Words of Doom
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- #33Hour of Darkness
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- #34Ain’t it Good
Stephen Schwartz & Stephanie Mills
- #35Precious Children
Stephen Schwartz & William Solo
- #36In the Beginning
Stephen Schwartz & Adrian Zmed & William Solo & Kelli Rabke & Stephanie Mills
In Pursuit of Excellence by Stephen Schwartz
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Stephen SchwartzIn 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!
Pass 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!
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In Pursuit of Excellence was written by Stephen Schwartz.