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