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The I Love You Song

by Original Broadway Cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

on 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (2005)

[PANCH, spoken]
Miss Ostrovsky. Chimerical.

[OLIVE, spoken]
May I have a definition?

[PANCH, spoken, voice fading out]
It means "Unreal. Magical. Visionary. Wildly fanciful. Highly unrealistic."

[RONA as OLIVE'S MOM]
Oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

[OLIVE]
If I go to Washington
Will I be on my own?
Because if I go to Washington

[OLIVE'S MOM]
Aaah aah aah aah aah aah

[OLIVE]
Who will be my chaperone?

[OLIVE'S MOM]
We always knew you were a winner
We saw it when you smiled
Start from the beginning
When you were a beginner
You were the perfect child

We always knew, we always knew, you were a champion
You sadness filled my room
Dear, if you should feel my gloom
Blame it on me
Blame it on your Daddily and Mammily
‘Cause depression runs in our family
I-I-I love you
I-I-I love you
I love everything about you dear
And I swear it's true
I love you

[MITCH as OLIVE'S DAD]
I-I-I love you

[OLIVE, spoken]
And my dad says:

[OLIVE'S PARENTS]
I-I-I love you
I love everything about you, baby/babe
And maybe it's true:
I love you

[OLIVE]
I wrote you a letter
How I found the spelling bee such fun
Mama, Mama, Mama
But you didn't react
And you never asked me
If I'd join you in the Bombay sun
Mama, Mama, Mama
I had quietly packed
When are you returning?
I know we agreed
Tell me what you're learning
Ma, I have
Oh God
This need...

I think Dad is angry, Ma
And I do not know what to do
Mama, Mama, Mama
Shanti, shanti and om
I think he takes out on me
What he wants to take out on you
Mama, Mama, Mama
How I wish you were home
How I wish you were home
How I wish you were
Wish you were

[OLIVE, spoken]
Chimerical. C-h-i-m-e-r-i-c-a-l. Highly unrealistic, wildly fanciful.

[PANCH, spoken]
That is correct.

[OLIVE & PARENTS]
I love you