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Telly
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Soundtrack
Telly was released on September 26, 2013 by Broadway Records/Yellow Sound Label as a part of the album Matilda the Musical (Deluxe Edition of Original Broadway Cast Recording)
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Release DateSeptember 26, 2013
LabelBroadway Records/Yellow Sound Label
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM94

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Gabriel Ebert
Gabriel Ebert
Lead Vocals
Taylor Trensch
Taylor Trensch
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tim Minchin
Tim Minchin
Composer
Dennis Kelly
Dennis Kelly
Book

Lyrics

Somewhere on a show I heard
That a picture tells a thousand words
So telly, if you bothered to take a look
Is the equivalent of like lots of books
All I know I learnt from telly
This big beautiful box of facts
If you know a thing already
Baby, you can switch the channel over just like that
Endless joy and endless laughter
Folks living happily ever after
All you need to make you wise
Is 23 minutes plus advertisements
Why would we waste our energy
Turning the pages one, two, three
When we can sit comfortably on our lovely buffalees
Watching people singing and talking and doing stuff
All I know I learnt from telly
The bigger the telly, the smarter the man
You can tell from my big telly
Just how clever of a fella I am
Take it away, son
You can't learn that from a stupid book
All I know I learnt from telly
What to think and what to buy
Now I was pretty smart already
But now I'm really really smart, very very smart
Endless content, endless channels
Endless chat on endless panels
All you need to fill your muffin
Without having to really think or nothing
Why would we waste our energy
Trying to work out Ulysses
When we can sit happily on our lovely buffalees
Watching slightly famous people talking to really famous people
All I know I learnt from telly
The bigger the telly, the smarter the man
You can tell from my big telly
Just how clever of a fella I am
Who the dickens is Charles Dickens?
Mary Shelley or she sounds smelly
Charlotte Brontë, do not want-e
Jane Austen in compost in
James Joyce, oh he doesn't sound nice
Ian McEwan, I feel like spewing
William Shakespeare, schmilliam schakespeare
Moby Dick, hey easy grandma
All I know I learnt from telly
The bigger the telly, the smarter the man
You can tell from my big telly
What a very clever fella I am
Alright
Is it just me or am I amazing?
Written by: Tim Minchin
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