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The Menu Song (2009 version)
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The producers of the Electric Company decided to update and modernize this classic sketch by hiring a cheap songwriter.
 
The lyrics that were submitted were judged a failure and the updated song was never used.

Ya got soup?
We got soup
What kind of soup?
All kinds of soup.
 
We got beet soup, that's a sweet soup
then there's meat soup, Parakeet soup
shreaded wheat soup, concrete soup
and the special today - send a tweet soup...
 
Send a tweet? Oh, forget about the soup.
Let's see what you got on the menu here.
 
Uh, ya got sandwiches?
We got sandwiches
What kind of sandwiches?
All kinds of sandwiches.
 
We got ham sandwich or a jam sandwich
leg of lamb sandwich or a clam sandwich
Alabam sandwich that's a yam sandwich
or how about a can of spam sandwich?
 
This I gotta see. Bring me a can of spam sandwich.

Sorry I can't bring it to you,  I send it to you when you're online.
 
Forget about the sandwich let's see what else you got on the menu here.
Oh I know. You got salads?
We got salads.
What kind of salads?
All kinds of salads.
 
We got green salad, sardine salad,
tangerine salad, magazine salad,
jelly bean salad, blue jean salad,
And the special today, cash machine salad.
 
Cash machine? Lady you gotta be kidding.
No sir that is delicious you enter your PIN and the lettuce comes out from the slot in a stack.
 
Forget about the cash machine.
 
Maybe I'll just have a dessert now surely you got some simple dessert.
Lots.
Ya got ice cream?
We got ice cream.
What kind of ice cream?
All kinds of ice cream.
 
We got plum and rum and <thump> bubble gum.
We got fruit of the loom and <thump> macaroon
we got grape and nape and scotch tape
we got lime and grime and chocolate slime
Sasparilla, Manzanilla, Caterpilla
and of course there's just plain old-fashioned Mozilla. What will it be?
 
Let's forget about it lady I'll just trot on over here to the laundromat and
have myself a bowl of soap flakes.
 
Did ja hear that? Some people have the strangest notions about food.
 
 

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