Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! (Broadway)

Lyrics

[CAT IN THE HAT, spoken] I can see that you've got quite a mind for your age! Why, one Think and you dragged me right onto the stage! Now, I'm here, that is no telling what may ensue With a Cat such as me, and a Thinker like you! [THE CAT begins to "create" the Seussian world of imagination for THE BOY.] [CAT IN THE HAT, sung] Oh, the thinks you can think! Oh, the thinks you can think If you're willing to try... Think invisible ink! Or a gink with a stink! Or a stair to the sky... If you open your mind Oh, the thinks you will find Lining up to get loose... Oh, the thinks you can think When you think about... [The company of "Seussian" characters now enter] [ALL (except BOY)] Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Oh, the thinks you can think! Any thinker who thinks Can come up with a few! [BOY] Oh, the thinks you can think! [ALL] Think a trip on a ship To the Vipper of Vipp [WOMEN] Or to Solla Sollew... [CAT, spoken] Think of beautiful Schlopp... [BOY] With a cherry on top! [ALL, sung] You don't need an excuse! [CAT & BOY, spoken] Oh, the thinks you can think [ALL, sung] When you think about Seuss! Seuss, Seuss, Seuss Seuss! [HORTON] Think of an elephant up in a tree! [MR. & MRS. MAYOR] Think of a person too tiny to see! [GERTRUDE] Think of a bird with a one-feather tail! [ALL] Going on adventure down a dangerous trail! [MAYZIE] Think of a bird who flies off on a spree! [SOUR KANGAROO] Think of a kangaroo, sour as can be! [GENERAL GENGHIS KAHN SCHMITZ] Think of a general crazy for war! [CAT] Think of something horrible and hairy! [CAT & PRINCIPLES (except BOY)] Something sinister and scary [ALL (except BOY] That you never dared to think of before! [ALL (except CAT & BOY)] Think of nobody here And the feeling of fear And the darkness of night Ooh ooh... [ALL (except BOY)] All alone in your room As you're facing your doom [CAT, spoken] Think a glimmer of light! [ALL (except BOY), sung] Aah ahh! [CAT] But I hope you're prepared To be scareder than scared! [ALL (except BOY)] Cause this ain't Mother Goose! [CAT, spoken] Danger's right on the brink...! [ALL (except BOY), sung] When you think about Seuss! [MEN] Seu-u-u-u-u Seu... Seu... Seu-u-u-uss Seu-u-u-u-u [MEN & WOMEN] Seuss! Seuss! [CAT, spoken] An unusual story will soon be unfurled Of an elephant trying to save a small world... And a boy from that world who has Thinks just like you! [CAT & ALL] Just think! [WHOS, sung] From the Planet of Who [BOY] And the smallest of small [CITIZENS OF THE JUNGLE] To the Jungle of Nool [HORTON] And the largest of all... [GROUP 1, CAT, & GROUP 2] You think You think And think and think and think And think and think And think and think and think And think and think And think and think and think And think and think And think and think and think! And think! [ALL] Just think! Oh, the thinks you can think! Think and wonder and dream-- Far and wide as you dare! [CAT, spoken] Oh, the thinks you can think! [ALL, sung] When your thinks have run dry In the blink of an eye There's another think there! If you open your mind Oh, the thinks you will find Lining up to get loose! Oh, the thinks you can think [BARITONES & BASSES] Oh, the thinks you can think [ALL] Oh, the thinks you can think! [TENORS] Oh, the thinks you can think! [ALL] Oh, the thinks you can think When you think about Seuss! When you think about Seuss! When you think about Seuss! [The SOUR KANGAROO riffs through the following.] [GROUP 1, GROUP 2, GROUP 3, & GROUP 4] Seu-u-u-u-u Seu... Seu... Seu... Seu... Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seu-u-u-uss Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seu-u-u-u-u Seu... Seu... Seu... Seu... Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seu-u-u-uss Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seu-u-u-u-u Seu... Seu... Seu... Seu... Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! Seuss! [BOY, spoken] Seuss!