The Lion King - Morning Report (Broadway Version)

Zazu:
It's an honor and a privilege, a duty I perform
With due sense of decorum and with pride
With deference and great respect very much the norm
Plus a hint of sycophancy on the side
To lay before my ruler all the facts about his realm
To fill him in on all the beastly news

Mufasa:
Yes, yes, Zazu, get on with it!

Zazu:
In order that His Majesty stands sturdy at the helm
Aware of all the fauna's latest views

Mufasa:
Zazu! The morning report!

Zazu:
Er... yes, Sire... the morning report

Chimps are going ape, giraffes remain above it all
Elephants remember, though just what I can't recall
Crocodiles are snapping up fresh offers from the banks
Showed interest in my nest egg but I quickly said "No thanks!"
We haven't paid the hornbills and the vultures have a hunch
Not everyone invited will be coming back for lunch

This is the morning report
Gives you the long and the short
Every grunt, roar, and snort
Not a tale I distort
On the morning report

Mufasa:
What are you doing, son?

Simba:
Pouncing

Mufasa:
Let and old pro show you how it's done

Zazu:
The buffalo have got a beef
About this season's grass

Mufasa:
Stay low to the ground
Warthogs have been thwarted
In attempts to save their gas
Flamingoes in the pink and

Simba:
Yeah, stay low!

Zazu:
Chasing secretary birds
Saffron is this season's color
Seen in all the herds

Mufasa:
Shh, not a sound

Zazu:
Moving down the rank and file

Mufasa:
Take it slow

Zazu:
To near the bottom rung

Mufasa:
One more step

Zauz:
Far too many beetles are

Zazu:
Quite frankly in the dung

Mufasa:
Then pounce!

Zazu:
Aaaaaa!

Simba:
This is the morning report
Gives you the long and the short
Every grunt, roar, and snort
Not a tale I distort
On the morning report!

Mufasa, Zazu & Simba:
This is the morning report
Gives you the long and the short
Every grunt, roar, and snort
Not a tale I distort
On the morning report!
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[NinjaMuffinMaster]

I like both versions of this song :)

[marthab94]

"Not everyone invited will be coming back from lunch"

Amazing line!

[iluvdrakeandjosh]

i love this version much more than the movie version but it wouldn't have fit into the movie.

That being said the movie version didn't fit either. It was very abrupt I feel.

Downloading this by the way.

[musicof2day]

@PrettyJack87 it's in the special edition of the film

[PrettyJack87]

THAT wasn't in the movie! I swear it wasn't!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Argh! I feel cheated! Cheated, I tell you!

[Rachel20026492]

stop at 0:05 Mufassa looks angry ^_^

[triptow]

hey i do that on the morning report at school!!!!!:)

[EdwardNygma1]

@samuel7897 heck no!!!

[LadyDemon389]

@Kathi2530 I agree with you completly,

[Kathi2530]

I like this version of the song much more than the film version.

[samuel7897]

@Jaser200 Back in 08 i would've disagreed but now upon reflection i think there both great, great in there different styles of how they are performed. I wish i saw the Broadway version when it came to Australia though would've been fantastic :) Hmm now i think i might buy the movie off eBay now that im reminded of this movie, such a part of my childhood. Thank you for replying :)

[Jaser200]

@samuel7897 then again Broadway is a different style. It's got the generic part of the setting down but everything else is so different so maybe this just works for Broadway is all. i'd have to see it for myself. still, movie version is better in a simple comparison :p