"Play To Win" lyrics
[Ocean:]
Daddy said
[Noel as Ocean's Dad:]
"Oh daughter, dear, you fill my heart with pride - your words, so pure, you're almost round, the truth is on your side!"
[Ocean:]
But daddy, dear, they cleaned our clock, a zillion points to none
May I use the phone?
[Noel as Ocean's Dad:]
Aww, pumpkin, you need to speak to one of your friends?
[Ocean:]
No, I'm calling mom!
So I called mom and I told her the full story
[Jane:]
You did what?
[Ocean:]
I spoke from my heart about the facts
"Incentive: if you do well at this debate, you can come live with me... me... me... me..."
[Ricky:]
Plot point!
[Ocean:]
Get the pen!
...And she told me something that goes a little something like this
The art to win an argument's ain't changed much over time
You read and rule your public first
And then you change their mind
If the judge looks like a hippie
Your foe's a right-wing nut
If the judge seems like a holy hostile pentecostal
Then your foe's a godless hedonistic sl-t
Demonize your opponents with personal attacks
Quote some fake authorities and unrelated facts
Create a false dilemma like, "You're with us or you ain't"
Ask the mob a loaded question!
"How can you say that Adolf Hitler was a saint?"
Oh, the tale of human history is one of damn'ed battery
[Choir:]
It works on the mob every time!
[Ocean:]
This candy-coated recipe of black and white morality
[Choir:]
That's how we like our swine, mhm!
[Ocean:]
The next day at the school debate, my mom's advice applied
We were like marine corps, stealing cookies from girl guides
The judge gave us a standing O
[Constance:]
One kid broke down and cried!
[Ricky as Judge:]
And the winner of the Uranium City debate: Miss Rosenburg! ...and that other kid
[Ocean:]
Yeah, we won by a frickin' landslide
Look, I even got a trophy!
[Constance:]
We got a trophy?
[Ocean:]
Yeah, don't touch it, you'll break it
[Constance:]
Sorry!
[Ocean:]
In this world, there's just one sin
Don't play the game unless you play to win
[Choir:]
You play to win
[Ocean:]
Why does my opposition feel the need to defend a pedophile?
[Choir:]
You play to win
[Ricky as Judge:]
...And the winner of the municipal debate is Miss Rosenburg!
[Choir:]
You play to win
[Ocean:]
I'm very upset, my brother just died!
[Constance:]
But you don't have a brother!
[Ocean:]
Shut up!
[Choir:]
You play to win
[Ricky as Judge:]
...And the crowd goes wild for Miss Rosenburg!
[Ocean:]
Don't tell me there's a better use of your ambition
Than to wipe the floor with your own competition
Mommy dearest said there's only one real mission
[Choir:]
Play to win
Play to win
Play to win!
[Ocean:]
Dad was there, and so was Mom, for the national debate!
But where are my opponents?
They were half an hour late
And then this kid rolls in with a wheelchair
And begs us to forgive
[Constance:]
He needed an emergency blood transfusion...
Turns out he only had three weeks left to live
[Ricky as Judge:]
Debate topic: are human beings ultimately good?
[Choir:]
You play to win
[Ocean:]
What? Are you kidding me? He's in a wheelchair!
[Choir:]
You play to win
[Constance:]
How are you gonna beat this one?
[Ocean:]
Shut up, Constance
[Constance:]
Sorry!
[Choir:]
You play to win
[Ocean:]
What would Glenn Beck do?
[Choir:]
You play to win
[Ocean:]
Aww, and he's blind too?
[Ocean as Judge:]
And the opposition calls Miss Rosenburg!
[Ocean:]
My heart began to flutter
Tears welled in my eyes
When I looked unto my father
As he hung his head and sighed
And then I saw an angel
In blinding light and sparks
With a hammer and a sickle
It was a winged Karl Marx
And he said
[Ocean as Karl Marx:]
"Child, hands almost home and everything's free
I've been palling 'round with Jesus
Turns out he's a communist, just like me
And we got somethin' to tell you!"
[Choir, shouted:]
Tell us, comrade
[Ocean as Karl Marx:]
"And we got somethin' to sing to you"
[Choir, shouted:]
Sing it, comrade
[Ocean as Karl Marx:]
"You wanna hear it?"
[Choir, shouted:]
Yeah!
[Ocean as Karl Marx:]
"Can you feel the spirit?"
[Choir, shouted:]
Yeah!
[Ocean as Karl Marx:]
"Can I hear it two times?"
[Choir, shouted:]
Yeah! Yeah!
[Ocean:]
When you wrestle with poop
[Choir:]
Win or lose!
[Ocean:]
Oh, listen to me, child!
[Choir:]
Sing those blues!
[Ocean:]
'S gonna get on your shoe
[Choir:]
Win or lose
[Ocean:]
You're gonna be defiled
[Choir:]
Gonna be defiled!
When the game is over, you're knockin' on heaven's door
It's only your soul, your soul alone that's keepin' score
[Ocean:]
You wanna kick out the crutches from a cripple?
[Choir:]
Oh no!
[Ocean:]
Or push an old lady down the stairs?
[Choir:]
Sweet lord!
[Ocean:]
Steal a piece of candy from a cryin' little baby?
As long as you're winning, who cares!
[Choir:]
Who cares!
[Ocean:]
Take out the kid in a wheelchair
That's the road to perdition
Soon you're gonna wind up a back-stabbing, ass-grabbing, rubberneck politician!
[Ocean:]
When you wrestle with poop
[Choir:]
Win or lose!
[Ocean:]
Oh, listen to me, child!
[Choir:]
Sing those blues!
[Ocean:]
'S gonna get on your shoe
[Choir:]
Win or lose
[Ocean:]
You're gonna be defiled
[Choir:]
Gonna be defiled!
When the game is over, you're knockin' on heaven's door
It's only your soul, your soul alone that's keepin' score
I said it's only your soul alone that's keepin' score!
Oh yeah!
[Ocean:]
When you wrestle with poop
[Choir:]
Win or lose!
[Ocean:]
Oh, listen to me, child!
[Choir:]
Sing those blues!
[Ocean:]
'S gonna get on your shoe
[Choir:]
Win or lose
[Ocean:]
You're gonna be defiled
[Choir:]
Gonna be defiled!
When the game is over, you're knockin' on heaven's door
It's only your soul, your soul alone that's keepin' score
[Ocean:]
When you wrestle with poop
[Choir:]
Win or lose!
[Ocean:]
Oh, listen to me, child!
[Choir:]
Sing those blues!
[Ocean:]
'S gonna get on your shoe
[Choir:]
Win or lose
[Ocean:]
You're gonna be defiled
[Choir:]
Gonna be defiled!
When the game is over, you're knockin' on heaven's door
It's only your soul, your soul alone that's keepin' score
[Ocean:]
Who's keeping score!
[Choir:]
Who's keeping score!
[Ocean:]
Who's keeping score!
[Choir:]
Who's keeping score!
[Ocean:]
Who's keeping score!
[Choir:]
Who's keeping score!
[Ocean:]
Who's keeping score!
[Choir:]
Who's keeping score!
[Ocean:]
Who's keeping score!
[Choir:]
Who's keeping score!
[Ocean:]
It's only your soul, your soul alone that's keepin' score!
Daddy said
[Noel as Ocean's Dad:]
"Oh daughter, dear, you fill my heart with pride - your words, so pure, you're almost round, the truth is on your side!"
[Ocean:]
But daddy, dear, they cleaned our clock, a zillion points to none
May I use the phone?
[Noel as Ocean's Dad:]
Aww, pumpkin, you need to speak to one of your friends?
[Ocean:]
No, I'm calling mom!
So I called mom and I told her the full story
[Jane:]
You did what?
[Ocean:]
I spoke from my heart about the facts
"Incentive: if you do well at this debate, you can come live with me... me... me... me..."
[Ricky:]
Plot point!
[Ocean:]
Get the pen!
...And she told me something that goes a little something like this
The art to win an argument's ain't changed much over time
You read and rule your public first
And then you change their mind
If the judge looks like a hippie
Your foe's a right-wing nut
If the judge seems like a holy hostile pentecostal
Then your foe's a godless hedonistic sl-t
Demonize your opponents with personal attacks
Quote some fake authorities and unrelated facts
Create a false dilemma like, "You're with us or you ain't"
Ask the mob a loaded question!
"How can you say that Adolf Hitler was a saint?"
Oh, the tale of human history is one of damn'ed battery
[Choir:]
It works on the mob every time!
[Ocean:]
This candy-coated recipe of black and white morality
[Choir:]
That's how we like our swine, mhm!
[Ocean:]
The next day at the school debate, my mom's advice applied
We were like marine corps, stealing cookies from girl guides
The judge gave us a standing O
[Constance:]
One kid broke down and cried!
[Ricky as Judge:]
And the winner of the Uranium City debate: Miss Rosenburg! ...and that other kid
[Ocean:]
Yeah, we won by a frickin' landslide
Look, I even got a trophy!
[Constance:]
We got a trophy?
[Ocean:]
Yeah, don't touch it, you'll break it
[Constance:]
Sorry!
[Ocean:]
In this world, there's just one sin
Don't play the game unless you play to win
[Choir:]
You play to win
[Ocean:]
Why does my opposition feel the need to defend a pedophile?
[Choir:]
You play to win
[Ricky as Judge:]
...And the winner of the municipal debate is Miss Rosenburg!
[Choir:]
You play to win
[Ocean:]
I'm very upset, my brother just died!
[Constance:]
But you don't have a brother!
[Ocean:]
Shut up!
[Choir:]
You play to win
[Ricky as Judge:]
...And the crowd goes wild for Miss Rosenburg!
[Ocean:]
Don't tell me there's a better use of your ambition
Than to wipe the floor with your own competition
Mommy dearest said there's only one real mission
[Choir:]
Play to win
Play to win
Play to win!
[Ocean:]
Dad was there, and so was Mom, for the national debate!
But where are my opponents?
They were half an hour late
And then this kid rolls in with a wheelchair
And begs us to forgive
[Constance:]
He needed an emergency blood transfusion...
Turns out he only had three weeks left to live
[Ricky as Judge:]
Debate topic: are human beings ultimately good?
[Choir:]
You play to win
[Ocean:]
What? Are you kidding me? He's in a wheelchair!
[Choir:]
You play to win
[Constance:]
How are you gonna beat this one?
[Ocean:]
Shut up, Constance
[Constance:]
Sorry!
[Choir:]
You play to win
[Ocean:]
What would Glenn Beck do?
[Choir:]
You play to win
[Ocean:]
Aww, and he's blind too?
[Ocean as Judge:]
And the opposition calls Miss Rosenburg!
[Ocean:]
My heart began to flutter
Tears welled in my eyes
When I looked unto my father
As he hung his head and sighed
And then I saw an angel
In blinding light and sparks
With a hammer and a sickle
It was a winged Karl Marx
And he said
[Ocean as Karl Marx:]
"Child, hands almost home and everything's free
I've been palling 'round with Jesus
Turns out he's a communist, just like me
And we got somethin' to tell you!"
[Choir, shouted:]
Tell us, comrade
[Ocean as Karl Marx:]
"And we got somethin' to sing to you"
[Choir, shouted:]
Sing it, comrade
[Ocean as Karl Marx:]
"You wanna hear it?"
[Choir, shouted:]
Yeah!
[Ocean as Karl Marx:]
"Can you feel the spirit?"
[Choir, shouted:]
Yeah!
[Ocean as Karl Marx:]
"Can I hear it two times?"
[Choir, shouted:]
Yeah! Yeah!
[Ocean:]
When you wrestle with poop
[Choir:]
Win or lose!
[Ocean:]
Oh, listen to me, child!
[Choir:]
Sing those blues!
[Ocean:]
'S gonna get on your shoe
[Choir:]
Win or lose
[Ocean:]
You're gonna be defiled
[Choir:]
Gonna be defiled!
When the game is over, you're knockin' on heaven's door
It's only your soul, your soul alone that's keepin' score
[Ocean:]
You wanna kick out the crutches from a cripple?
[Choir:]
Oh no!
[Ocean:]
Or push an old lady down the stairs?
[Choir:]
Sweet lord!
[Ocean:]
Steal a piece of candy from a cryin' little baby?
As long as you're winning, who cares!
[Choir:]
Who cares!
[Ocean:]
Take out the kid in a wheelchair
That's the road to perdition
Soon you're gonna wind up a back-stabbing, ass-grabbing, rubberneck politician!
[Ocean:]
When you wrestle with poop
[Choir:]
Win or lose!
[Ocean:]
Oh, listen to me, child!
[Choir:]
Sing those blues!
[Ocean:]
'S gonna get on your shoe
[Choir:]
Win or lose
[Ocean:]
You're gonna be defiled
[Choir:]
Gonna be defiled!
When the game is over, you're knockin' on heaven's door
It's only your soul, your soul alone that's keepin' score
I said it's only your soul alone that's keepin' score!
Oh yeah!
[Ocean:]
When you wrestle with poop
[Choir:]
Win or lose!
[Ocean:]
Oh, listen to me, child!
[Choir:]
Sing those blues!
[Ocean:]
'S gonna get on your shoe
[Choir:]
Win or lose
[Ocean:]
You're gonna be defiled
[Choir:]
Gonna be defiled!
When the game is over, you're knockin' on heaven's door
It's only your soul, your soul alone that's keepin' score
[Ocean:]
When you wrestle with poop
[Choir:]
Win or lose!
[Ocean:]
Oh, listen to me, child!
[Choir:]
Sing those blues!
[Ocean:]
'S gonna get on your shoe
[Choir:]
Win or lose
[Ocean:]
You're gonna be defiled
[Choir:]
Gonna be defiled!
When the game is over, you're knockin' on heaven's door
It's only your soul, your soul alone that's keepin' score
[Ocean:]
Who's keeping score!
[Choir:]
Who's keeping score!
[Ocean:]
Who's keeping score!
[Choir:]
Who's keeping score!
[Ocean:]
Who's keeping score!
[Choir:]
Who's keeping score!
[Ocean:]
Who's keeping score!
[Choir:]
Who's keeping score!
[Ocean:]
Who's keeping score!
[Choir:]
Who's keeping score!
[Ocean:]
It's only your soul, your soul alone that's keepin' score!
