On The Road lyrics

Mrs Toad:

The scrubbings and the washings

And the noses with the drippings

And the soapas always boiling...

Mozo, Gringo, Grundel:

Si, Si

Mrs Toad:

The panes and windows falling

With the diaper changing

With the roof she's leaking

And the enchiladas spoiling

Mozo, Gringo, Grundel:

Oooh...

Mrs Toad:

Do you know how to do these things

Like you will have to do these things

Or does the very thought of it make you wince

Thumbelina, Mozo, Gringo, Grundel:

Uhh...

Mrs Toad:

I thought so.

Then, don't marry the prince

Thumbelina:

Oh dear.

Mrs Toad:

You see, hey? You become big a-star like me. We make big moneys together. You make Mama rich. You are important person. You are famous. You are a star!

Thumbelina:

A star? Well, I suppose...

Mrs Toad:

Now, repeat after me...

We are the singers de Espana, the original cast

And there hasn't been a town we haven't played

Mozo, Gringo, Grundel:

We are the singers de Espana and we sing very fast

Mozo: We get on

Grundel: We get off

Gringo: We get paid

Mrs Toad:

Sing!

Thumbelina:

Could you say that a little slower?

Mrs Toad:

Slower? We don't do ballads.

Thumbelina:

Oh, maybe I could take notes.

Mrs Toad:

We are free and independent, we go everywhere

And we gotcha gotcha gochee all the way

We're gonna teach you how to samba and to ramba y la bamba

and every number Thumbelina, say ole!

Mrs Toad, Mozo, Gringo, Grundel:

Come on the road, my little castanet

Come on the road, and famous you will get

Mrs Toad:

I'll make you star, get you small guitar

Mrs Toad, Mozo, Gringo, Grundel:

You'll be hot muchacha once I gotcha

Mrs Toad:

On the road

Mozo, Gringo, Grundel:

Thumbelinacita! No one could be sweet-a!

Sing with Mamacita! We go on the road, Huah!

Mrs Toad:

Ay, yi yi yi yi! Ay, que pero bien bailan mis ranitos la conga!

Now we sing

We open Monday in Medina then we do Babylon

Then we hop to Barcelona for a week

Then for a month in Athens at the Parthenon

Where they love us 'cause we do the show in Greek

Mozo, Gringo, Grundel:

We are the finest in the business, it's a well known fact

And you'll forgive us if we have to blow the horn

Mrs Toad:

Because this isn't any ordinary animal act

And today a star is born!

Mozo, Gringo, Grundel:

Go on the road, you'll hear the peoples roar

You're not a toad

Mrs Toad:

But that's what make-up's for

Mozo, Gringo, Grundel:

Just sing on pitch, we get very rich

Wait until they see the Thumbelina

Mrs Toad:

On the road

Mozo, Gringo, Grundel:

Singing Thumbelina, dancing Thumbelina, something Thumbelina

Mrs Toad:

Now I make her sing

Thumbelina:

AAaaaaahhhhhhh!

Mrs Toad:

Bueno, muy bueno, you got it!

Mozo, Gringo, Grundel:

Come on the road, we make you big success

Come on the road

Mrs Toad:

You're in the union, yes?

Mozo, Gringo, Grundel:

The life, she's sweet

Mrs Toad:

Si!

Mozo, Gringo, Grundel:

Lots of flies to eat

Mrs Toad:

Yum yum!

Mozo, Gringo, Grundel:

So why be little fish in little pond

When you can go so far beyond

Mrs Toad:

I think perhaps we make you blonde

Mrs Toad, Mozo, Gringo, Grundel:

When we get on the road

Thumbelina:

On the road

All:

Let's hit the road! Ole!

• Artist:Thumbelina (OST)
• Album:Thumbelina: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994)