Put Your Book Down (Backstage the Musical)

[SCOOTER - sung with overly dramatic flair] You see, servants, it is your duty clear, To follow my instructions, as I steer, Based on the weight and burdens of the... what? [Spoken] Oh shit! [ROY - sung in exasperation] Scooter! For crying out loud today, You've got a book, what more can I say? How are you getting this so wrong? [SCOOTER - sung defensively] I cannot read it, don't you see? These spelling errors are killing me! [ROY - sung, increasingly frustrated] You can't read? What do you mean? [SCOOTER - sung with passion] I said I can't read this book, it's obscene! Spelling errors everywhere I look, I REALLY HATE this messy book! [ROY - sung, trying to be reasonable] Just read what it's supposed to be, The audience can't see, the script can't you see? Spelling errors shouldn't matter now! [SCOOTER - sung with conviction] Spelling errors ALWAYS matter, wow! [ROY - sung, directing the cast] Pick it up from lines before, Come on guys, let's try once more! [Musical interlude as time passes] [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] [SCOOTER - sung weakly] And then he, he, he... um... line? [ROY - building to a crescendo] Put your book down right now! [SCOOTER - sung desperately] I CAN'T! [ROY - full belt] I SAID PUT YOUR BOOK DOWN NOW! [STEVE - sung cheerfully] Two weeks, Scooter, just two weeks! [SCOOTER - spoken flatly] Yeah, shush! [MAX - sung with choreographer energy] Sharper with the hands, come on now! Get back in your box, show us how! Keep movements small or you'll fall down, Land on someone, hit the ground! Oh geez! [ROY - sung with weary determination] Okay everyone, from the top we go... [ALL - sung in chaotic harmony] Here we go again, oh no, oh no!