You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch

Lyrics

[Spoken Intro: Grant-Lee Phillips] All the windows were dark No one knew he was there All the Who's were all dreaming Sweet dreams without care [Verse 1: Aimee Mann] You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch You really are a heel You're as cuddly as a cactus You're as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch You're a bad banana With a greasy black peel [Verse 2: Aimee Mann] You're a monster, Mr. Grinch Your heart's an empty hole Your brain is full of spiders You've got garlic in your soul, Mr. Grinch I wouldn't touch you, with a Thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole [Spoken Interlude: Grant-Lee Phillips] All I need is a reindeer! So he took his dog Max, and he took some black thread And he tied a big horn on the top of his head Then the Grinch said, "Giddyup!" and the sleigh started down To the homes where the Who's lay a-snooze in their town "This is stop number one," the old Grinchy Claus hissed As he climbed to the roof, empty bags in his fist Then he slid down the chimney, a rather tight pinch But if Santa could do it, then so could the Grinch Then he slithered and slunk, with a smile most unpleasant Around the whole room, and he took every present Pop-guns! Pompanoos! Pantookas and drums! Checkerboards! Mistle-binks! Popcorn and plums! And he stuffed them in bags Then the Grinch very nimbly stuffed all the bags, one by one, up the chimney [Verse 3: Aimee Mann, Grant-Lee Phillips] You're a foul one, Mr. Grinch You're a nasty, wasty skunk Your heart is full of unwashed socks Your soul is full of gunk Mr. Grinch The three words that best describe you Are as follows, and I quote: "Stink. Stank. Stunk." [Verse 4: Aimee Mann and Grant-Lee Phillips (Grant-Lee Phillips only)] You nauseate me, Mr. Grinch With a nauseous super-naus You're a crooked jerky jockey And you drive a crooked hoss, Mr. Grinch You're a three-decker sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich With arsenic sauce