Bubble Boy

Lyrics

[ALL] Aah! Aah! Aah! There was a boy who lived in a bubble He traveled three thousand miles for love A classic tale of glory and rubble A conflict old as the stars above [ENSEMBLE WOMAN] The Sumerians had the story of Gilgamesh [A DIFFERENT ENSEMBLE WOMAN] The Greeks had one about their war with Troy [ALL] But we Lucky we Blessed we Have the epic known as Bubble Boy! [MRS. LIVINGSTON] My son, Jimmy, was born one cold December day As soon as he popped out, the doctors whisked him away They said my boy had no immune system I never held him, I never kissed him He could be killed by just one germ What do I blame? My husband's weak sperm [DOCTOR, spoken] Actually, Mrs. Livingston, that's not actually medically ac- [MRS. LIVINGSTON] Don't lecture me, my son's a [ALL] Bubble Boy Bubble Boy [MRS. LIVINGSTON] Then one day we brought him home to be back with his mom Back to our three bedroom house in Palm Dale! [ENSEMBLE] Glorious Ooh, wonderful Palm Dale! Florida's Palm Dale! [MRS. LIVINGSTON, spoken] It's a wicked world out there, Jimmy. But now you're safe inside, and you never EVER have to go out there again. And do you know what that makes you? The luckiest boy in the world! [JIMMY] I'm the luckiest boy in the world [ENSEMBLE] He's the luckiest boy in the world [JIMMY] I never have to go outside Where germs and microbes like to hide And strangers offer you a ride Oh, no. I'm the luckiest boy in the world [ENSEMBLE] He's the luckiest boy in the world [MRS. LIVINGSTON, spoken] And the prince climbed up Rapunzel's hair to the top of the tower, and said, 'Come with me, and we'll live happily ever after.' Then Rapunzel left her plastic bubble, and *died*. The end. (sung) I exposed him to all the good things I could find [JIMMY, spoken] I wish *Highlights* wasn't the only magazine in the world, mom. [MRS. LIVINGSTON, spoken] So do I, dear. (sung) To build a healthy body and a healthy mind [JIMMY, spoken] I wish *VeggieTales* wasn't the only TV show in the world, mom. [MRS. LIVINGSTON, spoken] So do I, dear. (sung) So maybe I fibbed more than I should But it was all for the greater good Don't you judge me, my son's a [ALL] Bubble Boy! Bubble Boy! [MRS. LIVINGSTON] And now my boy's a teen, but there's no cause to mourn I've kept him pure and clean as the day he was born [JIMMY] I'm the luckiest boy in the world [MRS. LIVINGSTON] He's the luckiest boy in the world [JIMMY] I never have to go out there Where people point and people stare And breathe diseases in the air And people laugh, and people swear And throw their garbage every where And people cry and people care And feel the wind rush through their hair I'm the luckiest boy in the world [ENSEMBLE] He's the luckiest boy in the world [MRS. LIVINGSTON] You may believe the things that I've done You'd never do to your daughter or son But you're not me, my son's a [ENSEMBLE] Bubble Boy Bubble Boy Bubble Boy Bubble Boy Bubble, bubble Boy!     [MRS. LIVINGSTON] A boy in a bubble! Stay out of trouble!