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The Inquisition
An adaption by Ron Johnson
From the production of the song The Spanish Inquisition by Mel Brooks**
from the movie History of the World: Part I by Mel Brooks
The Inquisition (Let's begin)
The Inquisition (Look out sin)
We have a mission to stop the news about Trumpets (about Trumpets, about Trumpets) We have a mission to deny the Business Development Club the right to meet (about Trumpets, about Trumpets)
We're gonna teach them wrong from right. (for they have gone surely astray, gone astray)
We're gonna help them see the light
and make an offer that they can't refuse. (That the Business Development Club just can't refuse)
Confess your sins, don't be boring.
Say yes, don't be dull.
A fact you're ignoring:
It's better to lose your voice about Trumpets than your Club’s charter (please help me!)
The Inquisition (what a show)
The Inquistion (here we go)
We know you're wishin' that we'd go away.
But the Inquisition's here and it's here to stay!
I was sitting in my living room. I was minding my own business.
I was watching television.
Then the Committee called and summoned me before their tribunal and proceeded to rake me over the smoldering embers about this or that.
Is that considerate? Is that polite?
And not a tranquilizer or pain killer in sight!" (please help me!)
"I'm sittin' waiting judgment and looking for a reprieve when suddenly thes Committee folks started to complain.
I didn't even know them as they grabbed my attention and started playing ping pong with my Club’s inattention.
Ooh, the agony! Ooh, the shame!
To make my Club’s private matters public for a game?"
The Inquisition (what a show)
The Inquisition (here we go)
We know you're wishin' that we'd go away.
But the Inquisition's here and it's here to stay.
Will you relent on your plans to meet? "No, no, no, no."
Will you confess to your sin? "No, no, no, no."
Will you revert and refuse to meet? "No, no, no, no."
Will you say yes? "No, no, no, no!"
Now I asked in a nice way, I said, "I’m not goin to barter."
I bent their ears, now I'll work on their Club’s Charter!
The Inquisition, what a show.
The Inquisition, here we go.
We know you're wishin' that we'd go away!
This thing about Trumpets, you know, it's a real sore.
You know, we've got really big news comin for all to adore:
You'd better change your point of view before it's too late!
'Cause the Inquisition's here and it's here to stay!
**The musical segment is one long song and dance number featuring Brooks as the infamous Grand Inquisitor Tomas de Torquemada.
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