Marvin's Giddy Seizures
One, two
One, two, three
One, two, three, four
Marvin is a boy who has giddy seizures
He's laughing all the time
Marvin is a boy who has giddy seizures
Sometimes they're fatal
When he turns upside down like a ladle
Pouring soup, he's a veritable fool
Marvin is my very best friend in school
It's me... and Marvin
Lately I've been thinking maybe Marvin needs attention
Of a private sort
Maybe this whole seizure thing something he invented
Or is it medicinal?
Should his mother be blamed?
Marvin has a something that most everybody needs:
He cannot ever be embarrassed
Marvin is my very best friend in school
And I'm embarrassed and ashamed
Oh!
Marvin!
Marvin, what are you doing?
Who do you think you are, Marvin?
What's Marvin doing?
Pardon me boys and girls but I'm having a seizure
Oh, Marvin
Hey, Marvin
Yes, I'm having a seizure today, hey, hey, hey
Watch me laugh
Marvin's giddy seizures
Marvin's giddy seizures
Marvin's giddy seizures
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh
Watch me cry
I'm counting on your prayers to get me by
Well my
Arms disappear
And my legs disappear
And my knees disappear
And my shoulders disappear
When Marvin throws the best fit of the year
Marvin's giddy seizures
Marvin needs love
He needs love
He needs love
He needs love
Oooooo
Marvin holds his breath
His face is underwater
But that's not a seizure
Oooooo...
Marvin talks of death
He imitates a slaughter
But that's not a seizure
Oooooo...
When he begins to shriek like a
virgin and his eyes turn an ordinary fizz
Nothing's exactly like I say it is
But hey!
That's a seizure!
Marvin, what are you doing?
Who do you think you are, Marvin?
What's Marvin doing?
Pardon me boys and girls but I'm having a seizure
Oh, Marvin
Hey, Marvin
Yes I'm having a seizure today, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!
Watch me laugh!
Marvin's giddy seizures
Marvin's giddy seizures
Marvin's giddy seizures
Arms
Legs
Groin
Knees
Watch me
Cry
I'm counting on your prayers to get me by
Disappear
Disappear
Disappear
Disappear
When Marvin throws the best fit of the year
Marvin's giddy seizures
Marvin needs love
He needs love
He needs love
He needs love
Oooooo
Marvin's giddy seizures
Marvin needs love
He needs love
He needs love
He needs love
Oooooo
Marvin's giddy seizures
Marvin needs love
He needs love
He needs love
He needs love
Oooooo
One, two, three
One, two, three, four
Marvin is a boy who has giddy seizures
He's laughing all the time
Marvin is a boy who has giddy seizures
Sometimes they're fatal
When he turns upside down like a ladle
Pouring soup, he's a veritable fool
Marvin is my very best friend in school
It's me... and Marvin
Lately I've been thinking maybe Marvin needs attention
Of a private sort
Maybe this whole seizure thing something he invented
Or is it medicinal?
Should his mother be blamed?
Marvin has a something that most everybody needs:
He cannot ever be embarrassed
Marvin is my very best friend in school
And I'm embarrassed and ashamed
Oh!
Marvin!
Marvin, what are you doing?
Who do you think you are, Marvin?
What's Marvin doing?
Pardon me boys and girls but I'm having a seizure
Oh, Marvin
Hey, Marvin
Yes, I'm having a seizure today, hey, hey, hey
Watch me laugh
Marvin's giddy seizures
Marvin's giddy seizures
Marvin's giddy seizures
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh
Watch me cry
I'm counting on your prayers to get me by
Well my
Arms disappear
And my legs disappear
And my knees disappear
And my shoulders disappear
When Marvin throws the best fit of the year
Marvin's giddy seizures
Marvin needs love
He needs love
He needs love
He needs love
Oooooo
Marvin holds his breath
His face is underwater
But that's not a seizure
Oooooo...
Marvin talks of death
He imitates a slaughter
But that's not a seizure
Oooooo...
When he begins to shriek like a
virgin and his eyes turn an ordinary fizz
Nothing's exactly like I say it is
But hey!
That's a seizure!
Marvin, what are you doing?
Who do you think you are, Marvin?
What's Marvin doing?
Pardon me boys and girls but I'm having a seizure
Oh, Marvin
Hey, Marvin
Yes I'm having a seizure today, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!
Watch me laugh!
Marvin's giddy seizures
Marvin's giddy seizures
Marvin's giddy seizures
Arms
Legs
Groin
Knees
Watch me
Cry
I'm counting on your prayers to get me by
Disappear
Disappear
Disappear
Disappear
When Marvin throws the best fit of the year
Marvin's giddy seizures
Marvin needs love
He needs love
He needs love
He needs love
Oooooo
Marvin's giddy seizures
Marvin needs love
He needs love
He needs love
He needs love
Oooooo
Marvin's giddy seizures
Marvin needs love
He needs love
He needs love
He needs love
Oooooo
Credits
Writer(s): William Finn
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- How Marvin Eats His Breakfast
- A Breakfast Over Sugar
- Whizzer Going Down
- High School Ladies At 5 O'Clock / The Rape of Miss Goldberg By Marvin
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