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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Steve Martin
Steve Martin
Performer
Michelle Weeks
Michelle Weeks
Performer
Tichina Arnold
Tichina Arnold
Performer
Tisha Campbell
Tisha Campbell
Performer
London Rhythm Section
London Rhythm Section
Ensemble
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bob Gaudio
Bob Gaudio
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
When I was young and just a bad little kid
My mama noticed funny things I did
Like shootin' puppies with a BB gun
I'd poison guppies, and when I was done
I'd find a pussy cat and bash its head
That's when my mama said
[Verse 2]
What did she say?
[Verse 3]
She said "My boy, I think someday
You'll find a way
To make your natural tendencies pay"
[Verse 4]
You'll be a dentist (You'll be a dentist)
You have a talent for causing things pain (Pain)
Son, be a dentist (Son, be a dentist)
People will pay you to be inhumane (Inhumane)
Your temperament's wrong for the priesthood
And teaching would suit you still less
Son, be a dentist
You'll be a success
[Verse 5]
Here he is, folks, the leader of the plaque
Watch him suck up that gas, oh my God
He's a dentist, and he'll never ever be any good
Who wants their teeth done by the Marquis de Sade?
[Verse 6]
That hurts, wait, I'm not numb
[Verse 7]
Eh, shut up, open wide, here I come
[Chorus]
I am your dentist (Goodness gracious)
And I enjoy the career that I picked (Love it)
I am your dentist (Fitting braces)
And I get off on the pain I inflict (Really love it)
[Verse 8]
I thrill when I drill a bicuspid (Ooh, bicuspid)
It's swell, though they tell me I'm maladjusted (Dentist)
And though it may cause my patients distress (Distress)
Somewhere, somewhere in Heaven above me
I know, I know that my mama's proud of me
Oh, mama
[Verse 9]
'Cause I'm a dentist
And a success
[Outro]
Say, "Ah!" (Ah)
Say, "Ah!" (Ah)
Say, "Ah!" (Ah)
Now spit!
Written by: Alan Menken, Howard Ashman
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