"Opera Garnier"

(sung to the tune of "YMCA" by the Village People)

 

Note: Best imagined as your five favorite Phantoms (plus the Indian -- excuse me, Native American... or is it American Indian... I hate this PC stuff!) dressed in 70s style variations of their costumes.

 

Young man if you have harmony

I said young man if you love Rossini

I said young man 'cuz you're in gay Paree

There's no need to be unhappy

 

Young man there's a place you can go

where they sing scales: mi fa so la ti do

You can live there in a house by a lake

Mask and cape are all that it takes

 

It's fun to stay at the Op'ra Garnier

It's fun to stay at the Op'ra Garnier

 

A shiny chandelier and five cellars below

A good box for watching the show

 

It's fun to stay at the Op'ra Garnier

It's fun to stay at the Op'ra Garnier

 

You can extort the boss

You can teach ingenues

You can do whatever you choose

 

For years all the Earth did I roam

and found no place in this world to call home

I said who cares about all of mankind

I felt the whole world was so jive

That's when a guy came up to me

And said "Young man, you can call me Charlie.

I've been asked to build a new op'ra house

where the Emperor can watch Faust"

 

It's fun to stay at the Op'ra Garnier

It's fun to stay at the Op'ra Garnier

 

A shiny chandelier and five cellars below

A good box for watching the show

 

It's fun to stay at the Op'ra Garnier

It's fun to stay at the Op'ra Garnier

 

You can extort the boss

You can teach ingenues

You can do whatever you choose

 

Young man do you hear what I say?

I said young man terrorize for your pay

And then kick back, write an op'ra or sing

But you've got to know this one thing

 

Young man this is very old news

Ev'ry artist needs himself a good muse

You just have to find a hot little Swede

And you'll have ev'rything you need

 

It's fun to stay at the Op'ra Garnier

It's fun to stay at the Op'ra Garnier

 

A shiny chandelier and five cellars below

A good box for watching the show

 

Op'ra Garnier It's fun to stay at the Op'ra Garnier

 

Young man young man if you have harmony

Young man young man if you love Rossini

 

Op'ra Garnier You'll find it at the Op'ra Garnier

 

Young man young man find a hot little Swede

Young man young man you'll have all that you need

Op'ra Garnier

 

R.

 

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