Strike - 02

The second track of Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog's Commentary: The Musical, Strike. An Ensemble Piece.

Lyrics:

(All) When you start negotiations
with integrity and patience
And they just cry "Battle Stations!"
What's too like?

When you ask a small amount
And then encounter
Counter's counter
And the deal is tantamount to
"Take a hike!"

You can't sit around with your head in the sand
You pull it out
You stand up and you
Strike!

When you hear the lawyers talking
saying our behaviour's shocking
it's convincing as a Cockney Dick van Dyke!


When they leave the town unstable
Then they come back to the table
Saying, "Now we should be able--
Kidding! Psych!"

We ask them for bread and get
"Let 'em eat cake"
They figure a stomach ache
Will break the
Strike!

So strike for all the writers
Strike for a living wage
Until these wrongs are righted we won't write another page
Wipe off that smile
The style is bile
And rage is all the rage!

As the fall turns into winter
There appear a bunch of splinter groups
Who wonder what this internet is like!
While the tide is turning tepid
And the town is feeling trepidacious
It's time for us to step up to the mike!

We've got all these dynamite plots to use
It's time to light the fuse
Or lose the
Strike!

(Strike!)
And lose we did
(Strike!)
Impressively
We slunk back to our offices declaring victory...
If you need your
Residual
Why did you all agree...?

I'm proud I walked the line with writers,
Fans, and friends of mine
But now I ask what it was finally about.
And years from now I'll tell my tyke
Just what it feels like
To strike...
Out!

Thanks to Spidra for transcribing the lyrics.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• dr
• horrible
• commentary
• the
• musical
• doctor
• sing-along
• blog

[DocHorrible]

"An internet musical is a wacky idea that's zany, where did it come from?"

"It came from pain."

"Uuuuh, let's not talk to Joss."

"He's sad and confusing."

My favorite bit in the whole thing!

[lilanthia]

Neil Patrick Harris should have his own country!....

[Peaches7217]

"lets not talk to Joss, he's sad and confusing." :)

[LeshaAnn]

Thank you EVER-SO for transcribing the somewhat obtuse lyrics!

[theabsoluteniche]

@TheRandomlyZebras

Hetalia FTW! *high-fives*

*cough* Nothin' to see here, people. Move along.

[AlexStrikesAgain]

@lilanthia Let's give him the keys to a shiny new Australia.

[alanoceallaigh]

@iflip4urie all the actors were on forced breakes from their various shows due to the writers strike so they decided to make DHSAB

[underscore3836]

is there real footage for these songs??????

[xWishing4Hopex]

@lilanthia So far I know 70,853 that would live there XD and 1 person that should be shot!

[AnoukvdS]

This makes me want to march :p.

[nomdesouris]

"...as convincing as a Cockney Dick Van Dyke." Oh, Joss'n'co. How so awesome? <3

[TheRandomlyZebras]

@Agentseaturtle

Estonia/Eduard needs him!