Lyrics

[JASON] Hebrew is a language that I don't understand After six years, I've been studying each squiggle and each dot And one thing I'm not is happy [MENDEL] Jason I am agitato grande Jason, I am muy disgutante And muy disappointe And muy nauseatus And mimitzarayim Hotzianu Dayenu [ADULTS] Day-dayenu Day-dayenu Day-dayenu- [MENDEL, spoken] Stop it, stop- Have I- Have I found my joie? [MENDEL, sung] I'm not gonna tell you what to do But please reconsider You aren't so old You can't change your stripes But the gripes I'm not gonna tell you what to do I'm not gonna beat you on the forehead I'm not gonna throw a tantrum and slap your wrists Because I'm a trained psychiatrist Now tell me, why- [JASON] No! [MENDEL] Why are you doing this? Why are you making us swerve? [JASON] When things were bad, I was good, good, good I was good, good, good And that was bad [ADULTS] He wants to be bad [JASON] I want to be bad [ADULTS (and JASON)] He wants to be be (bad, bad, bad) He wants to repulse us (Bad!) And pay us back and slap us in the face [JASON] I want to be bad... [MENDEL, JASON echoing] I'm not gonna tell you what you want (Don't even try) I'm not gonna treat you like an equal (Don't waste your breath) I'm not gonna fight you with a sequel and wreck my fists Because I'm a trained psychiatrist You are, I am too We're a part of one great family [MARVIN] You are gonna kill your father Don't feel guilty, kill your father Rather than humiliate him Killing your father Is the merciful thing to do [TRINA] Jason, darling, don't get nervous I'm right here, and at your service Look, I'm calm and self-deluded Smiling, smiling 'Cause I think you'll do what I think you'll do [MARVIN] Go ahead and kill your father [TRINA] Not with guns, but kill your father [MARVIN] Rather than humiliate him [TRINA & MARVIN] Killing your father Is the merciful thing to do [MENDEL] I'm not gonna tell you how to act But please don't act childish Even though you're a child, act adult Scream and sulk [JASON and (ADULTS)] All of you are witness to my youth (Yeah, yeah, ye-yeah) Can't you see I'm not a revolutionary (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Even though I'm young enough to change I still feel the same I don't want a bar mitzvah (Want, want) I don't want a bar mitzvah (What do you want?) I want- (He wants to be bad) I want to be bad (He wants to be bad, bad, bad) [ADULTS and (Jason)] He wants to repulse us (Bad!) And pay us seconds, slap us in the face [JASON] I want to be bad, bad, bad, bad