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The
name is Wilde! Oscar…Wilde! Enchante…
Whereas
I would love to talk to you all about the
Lesbian and Gay History of the world ( yawn) I
find it much more pertinent to touch up on a
subject that has baffled scholars for decades
with his glamour, pizzazz…comic wit…someone
who’s known as the “wonder of the
world”…alright maybe not that but certainly
the “lord of language”.
Ladies
and Gentlemen it gives me great pleasure to
bring to the stage at this time…….me.
I
don’t care if my health runs bare
I
don’t care if I go broke
For
youth is fleeting
My
soul depleting more everyday you know!
Living
in London, my friend I was a superstar, oh, yeah
Didn’t
have a dime
It
was a crime
Just
how I’d climb so far
I
exemplified pure fashion in my time
OH
YEAH
Walkin’
around thinkin’ everything just fine!
Then
fate said, “Hey, Oscar take a ride with me
downtown!
It’s
really very silly how we’ll turn this place
around
Then
I said “Fate, Why, I’d love to!
Shall
I get my hat and cane?
My
soul will be lost but there's so much more to be
gained
On
the Wilde Side!
On
the Wilde Side!
I
wrote poems to satisfy
My
disdain for my plays
The
only thing I ever justified
Was
the Picture of Dorian Gray!
Leaving
dear London, my friend
I
would conquer the other side
It
wasn’t hard, I came so fast
Oh,
God my wicked pride!
It
wasn’t long ‘til I made the front page
When
my shag’s dad held keys to my new cage!
Then
fate said, “Hey, Oscar take a ride with me
downtown!
It’s
really very silly how we’ll turn this place
around
Then
I said “Fate, Why, I’d love to!
Shall
I get my hat and cane?
My
soul will be lost but theirs so much more to be
gained
On
the Wilde Side
On
the Wilde Side
RAP
Yo,
talent like mind-it can’t be bought
Yeah,
God save the Queen and all her lot
I
write my stories based on reality
It
don’t make it up really---it’s just what I
see
The
upper classes actin’ like they own the place
Ah,
ah girl, ‘cause I get in your face
Reading
rich snobs brings me such bliss
Let
me tell you how I do it, it goes something like
this
I
write a play just for you
And
make you the lead girl
I’ll
make you look the fool
Make
the audience hurl
Revenge
is best in public, old school style
Don’t
underestimate the bitchy side of Oscar Wilde
That’s
how it is on the wilde side
Ah,
Ah, Ah
It’s
like that on the wilde side
Ah,
Ah, Ah…
DANCE
BREAK!
You
won’t believe your eyes!
Bring
on the dancing girls! Oh, no—not me!
You
see genius is born, not paid.
Did
you not know there was a tap section in this?
Oh,
you fat bastard!
I
need a drink darling!
This
is the part where you applaud with everything
you have in you!
Then
fate said, “Hey, Oscar take a ride with me
downtown!
It’s
really very silly how we’ll turn this place
around
Then
I said “Fate, Why, I’d love to!
Shall
I get my hat and cane?
My
soul will be lost but theirs so much more to be
gained!
On
the Wilde Side!
On
the Wilde Side!
On
the Wilde Side!
It’s
all about the importance of being….on the
wilde side!
Well,
what did you think I was going to say?
Bugger!
©2002-2005
Jade Esteban Estrada
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