Where Do You Belong?

Lyrics: Nell Benjamin Music: Jeff Richmond DAMIAN: My momma used to tell me: 'Baby girl, don't ever eat lunch on the john.' JANIS, spoken: Your mother called you ''baby girl''? DAMIAN, spoken: Singing, ha ha ha ha. (sung)So what if all the ducklings think you're ugly? It's because they've never seen a swan It takes all kinds of people who need people So find people you can bear We'll find your group, your herd, your flock Come take a walk and answer my small questionnaire Which I'll sing to you Ahhhh ahhhh Where do you belong?×4 You'll be judged on sight And made to fit So find a clique and stick with it Say, where do you belong? (spoken) Let's take a walk around the cafeteria, shall we? I'll show you the world as I see it: (sung) Varsity jocks and JV jocks Will throw you in a locker if you say "Hello" The rich stoners hate the gangster whites Though they're all smoking the same oregano Here's the sexually active band geeks I got two words for you 'Embouchure' and 'Ew' And if you like blowing and fingering SEXUALLY ACTIVE BAND GEEKS: This is the group for you! DAMIAN, spoken: Back me up, show choir! SHOW CHOIR: Ah, ah, ah, ah DAMIAN: Cady, where do you belong Where do you belong? DAMIAN: We all get a box, that's where we go It's stifling but at least you know So, where do you belong? DAMIAN: There's girls that eat their feelings And girls that don't eat I like eating birthday cake around them makes them crazy STUDENTS: Debate team And dance team They like to compete DAMIAN: And if they don't win Their parents ground them CADY, spoken: Who's that? DAMIAN: Darling, that's the mathletes CADY, spoken: Cool! DAMIAN, sung: Joining them is social suicide DAMIAN, STUDENTS: It's all college applications And Doctor Who quotations DAMIAN: They wear their awkwardness with stubborn pride (spoken)This is my dance break. DAMIAN & STUDENTS: Where do you belong?×4 DAMIAN: You'll be judged on sight, voted in or out 'Cause that's what high school's all about STUDENTS: Where do you belong? DAMIAN: But who is at this table? Why, it's Janis! JANIS: And Damian too! STUDENTS: Oooh! DAMIAN & JANIS: We're not exactly joiners But we'll be good friends to you And our friendship means you can skip the— JANIS: Geeks and the freaks and the peaking too soon DAMIAN: The strivers and survivors just waiting for June The Junior achievers JANIS: The Christian believers DAMIAN: The tall, glowering wallflowers DAMIAN & JANIS: Fending off skeevers Forget this fuss And solve it thus Just come to lunch And sit with us CADY, spoken: Okay! JANIS: Yay! Sit with us! DAMIAN: Here's where you belong! Here's where you— DAMIAN & JANIS: Belong! STUDENTS: Here's where you belong!×4 DAMIAN: You need protection with pizzazz And helping hands STUDENTS: That also jazz! DAMIAN (JANIS): Stay here where you belong (Here's where you belong) DAMIAN & JANIS: Stay here CADY: Okay, I'm stayin'! STUDENTS: Yes, here's where you belong! DAMIAN & JANIS: Hey Cady, this is where you fit Hey Cady, this is where you sit STUDENTS: Here's where you belong!