[Intro] (spoken, whispering) Come close. No. Not that close. Bupu tell secret. Very secret. You no listen. ... You listening? Good. No listen now. [Verse 1] Bupu got a magic rat, stiff from nose to tail. Rat know spells for everything. Rat magic never fail. Need a fire? Need a door? Need bad thing go away? Hold him up and say the word. But Bupu cannot say. [Pre-Chorus] Secret word. Very strong. Say it right, no thing go wrong. Cover ears. Turn around. No steal magic Bupu found. [Chorus] Secret magic word! No you listen! Secret magic word! No you know! If you listen, you steal magic. If no listen... how you know? Secret magic word! Bupu say it. Rat go point and magic go. Close you ears but listen good: SECRET MAGIC WORD! There. Now you know. [Verse 2] One time Bupu need big fire. Bupu wave the rat. Say the word and fire appear. Magic good like that. Maybe fire was there before. That not what Bupu see. Bupu say the magic word. So Bupu make it be. [Pre-Chorus] Rat stay still. Rat stay wise. Rat see things with deady eyes. Other wizard wave and shout. Bupu magic just come out. [Chorus] Secret magic word! No you listen! Secret magic word! No you know! If you listen, you steal magic. If no listen... how you know? Secret magic word! Bupu say it. Rat go point and magic go. Close you ears but listen good: SECRET MAGIC WORD! There. Now you know. [Spoken Break] Hey! You say secret magic word! You thief! What? You say "secret magic word." That secret magic word! ... No. Bupu not tell you what word is. Is secret. [Verse 3] Big mage got a fancy book. Fancy robe and staff. Talk for one and one and one... Too much magic stuff. Bupu need no shiny robe. Bupu need no school. Bupu got a rat and word. Who the better fool? [Call and Response] Bupu: Rat got magic? Bulps: YEAH! Bupu: How much magic? Bulps: TWO! Bupu: Only two? Bulps: WHOLE BUNCH! Bupu: Good. You learning. [Bridge] (spoken, increasingly suspicious) Now Bupu teach you. No repeat. No remember. No write down. No think about it. ... Why you thinking? Bupu can tell. You got secret face. [Final Chorus] Secret magic word! No you listen! Secret magic word! No you know! If you listen, you steal magic. If no listen... HOW YOU KNOW? Secret magic word! Rat got power! Wave him high and magic go! One good rat, two good spells, whole bunch things that Bupu know! SECRET MAGIC WORD! There! ... Who say that? [Outro] (whispered) Was not Bupu. Rat say it. Rat know secret. Rat no tell. ... Good rat.
