Title:  you got soup?

Composer:  Tom Lehrer

Lead vocals:  Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno

Backing vocals:  none

Scene:  A man walks into a diner, asks about menu items, and gets a bizarre variety from the waitress behind the counter.

[MF]  You got soup?

[RM]  We got soup.

[MF]  What kind of soup?

[RM]  All kinds of soup.

We got beet soup.  (That's the sweet soup.)

Then there's meat soup, parakeet soup,

Shredded wheat soup, concrete soup,

And the special today:  dirty feet soup.

[MF]  You got sandwiches?

[RM]  We got sandwiches.

[MF]  What kind of sandwiches?

[RM]  All kinds of sandwiches.

We got ham sandwich, or a jam sandwich,

Leg of lamb sandwich, or a clam sandwich.

Alabam' sandwich (that's a yam sandwich),

Or how about a telegram sandwich?

[MF]  You got salads?

[RM]  We got salads.

[MF]  What kind of salads?

[RM]  All kinds of salads.

We got a green salad, sardine salad,

Tangerine salad, magazine salad,

Jelly bean salad, blue jean salad,

And the special today, gasoline salad.

[MF]  You got ice cream?

[RM]  We got ice cream.

[MF]  What kind of ice cream?

[RM]  All kinds of ice cream.

We've got plum and rum and bubble gum.

We've got prune, balloon, and macaroon.

We've got grape and ape and scotch tape.

We've got lime and grime and chocolate slime.

Sarsaparilla, manzanilla, caterpillar!

(spoken)  And of course, there's just plain old-fashioned gorilla.

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