Title:  ow and oa

Composer:  Joe Raposo

Lead vocals:  Morgan Freeman, Skip Hinnant

Backing vocals:  none

Scene:  The two standing in front of a blank backdrop, wearing shirts featuring their respective "oh" sounds.

[MF]  Oa.

[SH]  Ow.

[MF]  Ow.

[SH]  Oa.

[MF]  I sound like "oh",

[SH]  And so do I.

[MF, SH]  Don't ask us for the reason why.

[MF]  I sound like him,

[SH]  And he sounds like me,

[MF, SH]  And yet we're different as can be.

[SH]  Like I'm in "blow".

[MF]  Like he's in "blow", and I'm in "boat".

[SH]  He's in boat.  Ow.

[MF]  Oa.

[SH]  Oa.

[MF]  Ow.

[MF, SH]  That's the way it goes.

[MF]  I sound like "oh",

[SH]  And so do I.

[MF, SH]  Don't ask us for the reason why.

[MF]  I sound like him,

[SH]  And he sounds like me,

[MF, SH]  And yet we're different as can be.

[SH]  Like I'm in "snow".

[MF]  Like he's in "snow", and I'm in "soap".

[SH]  Yeah, he's in "soap".  Oa.

[MF]  Ow.

[SH]  Ow.

[MF]  Oa.

[MF, SH]  That's the way it goes.

[SH]  Blow.

[MF]  Blow.  Boat.

[SH]  Boat.  Snow.

[MF]  Snow.  Soap.

[SH]  Soap?

[MF]  I sound like "oh",

[SH]  And so do I.

[MF, SH]  Don't ask us for the reason why.

[MF]  I sound like him,

[SH]  And he sounds like me,

[MF, SH]  And yet we're different as can be.

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