A Cover Is Not The Book (OST Mary Poppins Returns)

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[Verse]
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Uncle Goodenberg was a bookworm
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And he lived on Charring Cross
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The memory of his volumes brings a smile
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He would read me lots of stories
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When he wasn't on the sauce
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Now I'd like to share the wisdom
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Of my favourite bibliophile
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He  said  a


[Chorus]
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Cover is not the book
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So open it up and take a look
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'Cause under the cover one discovers
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That the king maybe a crook
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Chap - ter  titles are like signs
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And if you read between the lines
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You'll find your first impression was mistook
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For a cover is nice
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But a cover is not the book


[Verse]
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"Mary Poppins, could you give us an example?"
"Certainly"

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Nelly Rebitta was made of wood
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But what could not be seen was though
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A trunk up top was barren
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While her roots were lush and green
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So     in   Spring when Mr. Hickery
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saw her blossoms blooming there
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He took fruit despite her bark
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And now there's seedlings everywhere


[Chorus]
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Which     proves
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A cover is not the book
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So open it up and take a look
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'Cause under the cover one discovers
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That the king maybe a crook
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Chap - ter  titles are like signs
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And if you read between the lines
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You'll find your first impression was mistook
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For a cover is nice
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But a cover is not the book


[Verse]
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"Should we Do the one about the wealthy widow?"
"Ooh, by all means"
"Always loved that one"
"Well, Go on then"

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Lady Hyacinth Macaw
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Brought all her treasures to a reef
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Where she only wore a smile
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Plus two feathers, and a leaf
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So    no one tried to rob her
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'Cause she barely wore a stitch
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For when you're in your birthday suit
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There ain't much there to show you're rich


[Chorus]
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Oh, a
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Cover is not the book
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So open it up and take a look
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'Cause under the cover one discovers
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That the king maybe a crook
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Taru  -  la  -  lee, tarurala,    tarulalee, tara - ta - ta
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You'll find your first impression was mistook (ya-da-da-da)
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For a  cover is nice
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But a cover is not the book


[Verse]
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"Oh give us the one about that dirty rascal, why don't ya"
"Isn't that one a bit long?"
"Well the quicker you're into it, the quicker you're out of it"

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Once upon a time
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In a nursery rhyme
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There was a castle with a king
Hiding in a wing
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'Cause he never went to school to learn a single thing

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He had scepters and swords
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And a parliament of lords
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But on the inside he was sad
Egad!
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Because he never had a wisdom for numbers
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A wisdom for words
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Though his crown was quite immense
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His brain was smaller that a bird's

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So the queen of the nation
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Made a royal proclamation
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"To the Missus and the Messers
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The more or lessers
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Bring me all the land's professors"
Then she went to the hair dressers

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And they came from the east
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And they came from the south
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From each college they poured knowledge
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From their brains into his mouth

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But the king couldn't learn
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So each professor met their fate
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For the queen had their heads removed
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And placed upon the gate
And on that date
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I state their wives all got a note
Their mate was now the late great
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But then suddenly one day
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A stranger started in to sing
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He said "I'm the dirty rascal
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And I'm here to teach the king"

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And the queen clutched her jewels
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For she hated royal fools
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But this fool had some rules
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They really ought to teach in schools

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Like you'll be a happy king
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If you enjoy the things you've got
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You should never try to be
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The kind of person that you're not

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So they sang and they laughed
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For the king had found a friend
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And they ran onto a rainbow for
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The story's perfect end

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So the moral is you mustn't let
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The outside be the guide
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For it's not so cut and dried
Well unless it's Dr. Jekyll
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Then you better hide
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Petrified

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No, the truth can't be denied
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As I now have testified
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All that really counts and matters
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Is the special stuff inside
"He did it!"


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[Chorus]
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Oh, a cover is not the book
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So open it up and take a look
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Cause under the cover one discovers
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That the king maybe a crook
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So please listen to what we've said
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And open a book tonight    in bed
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So one more time before we get the hook (sing it out strong!)
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A   cover is nice (Please take our advice)
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A cover is nice (Or you'll pay the price)
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A cover is nice
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But a cover is not the book


[Outro]
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