Something Rotten! / Make an Omelette

Alas, poor yolk, I know thee well

There's something rotten
There's something rotten
You can smell it
You can tell it's something rotten
Now the kingdom is shot and it's all gone to pot
Heaven help us, there is something rotten
Hmm

My father newly dead
And the funeral boiled eggs now coldly furnished for the marriage table
Methinks another chef may have whisked our desperate eggs together, as one
Pray nephew, what dost thou mean?
Well, I'll tell you

The fruit of life can't always taste like sweet persimmons
Sometimes it's hard to swallow I'm afraid
But when life has handed you some lemons
Then hand it back a mug of lemonade
My father said this to me
That he did and then he blew me
Away with wisdom simple and concise
He said, "Eggbert, life is merely what you make of it
So heed this sound advice"

You make wine from sour grapes
You got a flat pancake, hey, call it a crepe
When life gives you eggs, make an omelette
You get cola from a nut
A dirty worm makes silk from out of his butt
When life gives you eggs, make an omelette
Omelette

The solution to your troubles is
Cheese and vegetables
And making bacon omelette, yeah!

When it looks like you should quit
Find another way of looking at it

When life gives you eggs

You gotta make that om-om-om
Om-om-om
Om-om-om

Omelette
Om-om-om
Om-om-om
Om-om-om
Omelette

Omelette!

The solution to your troubles
Right here in River City
Shipoopi, Chicago
Omelette, yeah!

When it looks like you should quit

Find another way of looking at it
When life gives you eggs
Just a great big bowl of eggs
When life gives you eggs
You gotta make that omelette

Crack, splat, psss
Crack, splat, psss
Make an omelette
Crack, splat, psss
Make an omelette

Make an omelette
Make an omelette
Make an omelette now

First melt a tablespoon of butter in a medium frying pan
Over medium heat
And sauté the onions and green pepper 'til they're tender
Add the ham pieces

Make an omelette
Make an omelette
Make an omelette now

Turn off the heat
Let the omelette sit one minute in the skillet
So the inside cooks right through

Take that egg and beat it
Take that egg and beat it
You gotta heat it and beat it, before you eat it
So beat that egg
Beat that egg
Beat that egg

And that's how you make an omelette
That's how you make an omelette
That's how you make an omelette
That's how you make it

And I am telling you
I'm not gonna be an omelette
Oh no, no, no

You make wine from sour grapes
You got a flat pancake, just call it a crepe
When life gives you eggs, make an oh-oh-oh-omelette
Take an egg and pass on by
If your cholesterol's high, you'll probably die

When life gives you eggs
Just a great big bowl of eggs
When life gives you eggs
You gotta make that om-om-om
Om-om-om
Om-om-om
Om-om-om
For heaven's sakes!

It was white and yellow
And white and yellow
And white and yellow
And white
Make an omelette!