Original Broadway Cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
William Finn & Jose Llana & Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Deborah S. Craig & Sarah Saltzberg & Dan Fogler & Celia Keenan-Bolger & Derrick Baskin & Jay Reiss & Lisa Howard & Original Broadway Cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
William Finn & Original Broadway Cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee & Celia Keenan-Bolger
William Finn & Jose Llana & Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Deborah S. Craig & Sarah Saltzberg & Dan Fogler & Celia Keenan-Bolger & Derrick Baskin & Jay Reiss & Lisa Howard
William Finn & Original Broadway Cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee & Jose Llana & Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Deborah S. Craig & Sarah Saltzberg & Dan Fogler & Celia Keenan-Bolger & Jay Reiss
William Finn & Original Broadway Cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee & Jesse Tyler Ferguson
William Finn & Jose Llana & Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Deborah S. Craig & Sarah Saltzberg & Celia Keenan-Bolger & Derrick Baskin & Jay Reiss & Lisa Howard & Original Broadway Cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
William Finn & Original Broadway Cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee & Dan Fogler
William Finn & Original Broadway Cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee & Jose Llana & Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Deborah S. Craig & Sarah Saltzberg & Dan Fogler & Celia Keenan-Bolger & Derrick Baskin & Jay Reiss & Lisa Howard
William Finn & Jose Llana & Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Deborah S. Craig & Sarah Saltzberg & Dan Fogler & Celia Keenan-Bolger
William Finn & Original Broadway Cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee & Derrick Baskin
William Finn & Jose Llana
William Finn & Sarah Saltzberg
William Finn & Jesse Tyler Ferguson
William Finn & Original Broadway Cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee & Deborah S. Craig
William Finn & Celia Keenan-Bolger & Derrick Baskin & Lisa Howard
William Finn & Sarah Saltzberg
William Finn & Dan Fogler & Celia Keenan-Bolger & Jay Reiss & Lisa Howard
William Finn & Jose Llana & Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Deborah S. Craig & Sarah Saltzberg & Dan Fogler & Celia Keenan-Bolger & Derrick Baskin & Jay Reiss & Lisa Howard
William Finn & Original Broadway Cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee & Jose Llana & Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Deborah S. Craig & Sarah Saltzberg & Dan Fogler & Celia Keenan-Bolger & Derrick Baskin & Jay Reiss & Lisa Howard
William Finn & Deborah S. Craig
One of the major show stoppers in the musical, the spellers lament their frustrations with the Bee and the seemingly random and unfair choices of words they receive, namely, easy words and how they influence the outcome of the game. Like much of the rest of the show, this song is littered with comp...
[PANCH, spoken]
Please spell, "telephone."
[SPELLERS all react to the easy word with assorted grumbles, e.g. "Aw, what! C’mon! Telephone?!"]
[CHIP]
My oh my
[CHIP & OLIVE]
That word’s so moronic
[SCHWARZY]
I could cry
I want words as lame!
[PANCH, spoken]
Mr. Coneybear...
[LEAF]
Semper fi
I feel supersonic
[MR. PANCH, spoken]
Spell "hospital."
[SPELLERS grumble.]
[MARCY]
That is why
I despise this game
[CONEYBEAR]
H-o-s-p-i-
T-a-l, "Hospital."
[PANCH, spoken]
That is correct. Mr. Tolentino...
[CHIP & CONEYBEAR]
Life is random and unfair
Life is pandemonium
[PANCH, spoken]
"Staphylococcus."
[CHIP, spoken]
Aww!
[ALL SPELLERS]
That’s the reason we despair
[CHIP]
Life is pandemonium
[CONEYBEAR]
Life is pandemonium
[CHIP]
Life is pandemonium
[BARFEE]
Life is pandemonium
[PANCH, spoken]
"Broccoli."
[CONEYBEAR]
I knew that word
[OLIVE]
I knew that word
[BARFEE]
I knew that word
[ALL SPELLERS]
Goddamn it!
[CHIP]
It is such a calamity
[ALL SPELLERS]
Where should we begin?
The best spellers
[CHIP]
Don’t necessarily
Win
[SPELLERS]
Life is pandemonium
Life is pandemonium
[MARCY]
Set your sights
I am on a mission
[MR. PANCH, spoken]
Miss Park, "Antediluvian."
[SCHWARZY]
We have rights
(spoken to audience volunteer)
We have rights!
(sung)
That’s why we complain
[PANCH, spoken]
Mr. Barfee, "Halitosis."
[BARFEE]
Damn, life bites
But I like competition
[PANCH, spoken]
Miss Ostrovsky: "Schematic."
[OLIVE]
In these lights
Can you feel our pain?
[PANCH, spoken]
Somebody spell "crayon."
[SPELLERS, spoken]
Crayon?!
[MITCH]
Life is random and unfair
Life is pandemonium
[ALL SPELLERS]
That’s the reason we despair
[CHIP]
Life is pandemonium
[MITCH]
Life is pandemonium
[CHIP]
Life is pandemonium
[BARFEE]
Life is pandemonium!
[PANCH, spoken]
"Dinosaur."
[CHIP]
I knew that word
[ALL SPELLERS]
I knew that word
[CHIP]
I knew that word
[ALL SPELLERS]
Goddammit!
It is such a calamity
Where should we begin?
The best spellers
[CHIP]
Don’t necessarily win
They don’t win
They don’t win
They don’t win
[SPELLERS]
Life is pandemonium
Life is pandemonium
[BARFEE]
No, they don't!
[CHIP & OTHERS]
Life is random and unfair
[CHIP]
Life is pandemonium
Yes, it is
Oh, yes, it is!
[OTHER SPELLERS]
Life is pandemonium
Life is pandemonium
Life is pandemonium
Life is pandemonium
Life is pandemonium
Life is pandemonium
Life is pandemonium!
[CHIP]
Yes, it is!
[OTHER SPELLERS]
Yeah!
Pandemonium was written by Rachel Sheinkin & William Finn.
William Finn released Pandemonium on Tue May 31 2005.