ADDING SONGÂ - WE KNOW BEST
Taken out of original show because it made the show "too long." Adding "We Know Best" back into the musical. Makes an important point. Lyrics below:
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We Know Best
Jimmy:
"Aw, come on, Pop! What could you possibly know about marijuana?"
Dad:
"A great deal, thanks to the crackerjack journalism of that great American billionaire, Mr. William Randolph Hearst!"
Mom:"He's dedicated his political influence and many millions of dollars to the noble cause of informing parents about the true dangers posed by the green misery!"
Dad: "Look at these headlines! 'Hashish goads users to bloodlust!' 'If the monster Frankenstein came face to face with marijuana, he would drop dead of fright!' 'Marijuana is responsible for the raping of white women by crazed Negroes!'"
Jimmy:
"Wow! Frankenstein! Is all that true?"
Mom:
"If it weren't, they certainly wouldn't print it in the papers, now would they, silly?"
Clammy-handed darkies with twitching, throbbing hips
Reefer sticks protruding from their gigantic lips
We learn about them from Mr. Hearst
He is white, and he knows best!
Jimmy:
"Gosh all hemlock! What else does Mr. Hearst say?"
Dad:
He warns of the wily Chinese
Mom:
The yellow peril!
Dad:
With eyes that squint and slope
Mom:
From smoking opium!
Dad:
Expanding our lexicons tells us how Mexicans lust for dope!
Mom:
It makes them lazy!"
