Title:  rough, rougher, roughest

Composer:  Joe Raposo

Lead vocals:  Luis Avalos, Jim Boyd, Morgan Freeman

Backing vocals: 

Scene:  Three cowboys at a bar.

[LA]  I'm rough!

[JB]  I'm rougher!

[LA]  He's rougher.

[MF]  I'm roughest!

[JB]  He's roughest.

[LA]  He's roughest.

[LA, JB]  That’s true.

[LA]  I’m tough!

[JB]  I’m tougher!

[LA]  He's tougher.

[MF]  I’m toughest!

[JB]  He's toughest.

[LA]  He's toughest.

[LA, JB]  That, too.

[LA]  I’m lean!

[JB]  I’m leaner!

[LA]  He's leaner.

[MF]  I’m leanest!

[JB]  He's leanest.

[LA]  He's leanest.

[LA, JB]  No doubt.

[LA]  I’m mean!

[JB]  I’m meaner!

[LA]  He's meaner.

[MF]  I’m meanest!

[JB]  He's meanest.

[LA]  HE'S MEANEST!!

[MF]  Don’t shout!

[LA, JB, MF in turn]  I’m rude!  I’m ruder!  I’m rudest!

[LA, JB, MF in turn]  I’m crude!  I’m cruder!  I’m crudest!

[LA, JB, MF in turn]  I’m shrewd!  I’m shrewder!  I’m shrewdest!

[JB]  You are!

[LA]  By far.

[LA]  I’m long!

[JB]  I’m longer!

[LA]  He's longer.

[MF]  I’m longest!

[JB]  He's longest.

[LA]  He's longest.

[LA, JB]  That’s true.

[LA]  I’m strong!

[JB]  I’m stronger!

[LA]  He's stronger.

[MF]  I’m strongest!

[JB]  He's strongest.

[LA]  He's strongest.

[LA, JB]  That, too.

[MF]  I’m rougher.

[LA, JB]  You’re rougher.

[MF]  I’m tougher.

[LA, JB]  You’re tougher.

[MF]  I’m leaner.

[LA, JB]  You’re leaner.

[MF]  I’m meaner.

[LA, JB]  You’re meaner.

[MF]  I’m longer.

[LA, JB]  You’re longer.

[MF]  I’m stronger.

[LA, JB]  You’re stronger.

[MF]  I’m the roughest, toughest, leanest, meanest,

Longest, strongest hombre of them all!

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