Title:  hey, you guys!

Composer:  Joe Raposo / Tom Dunsmuir

Lead vocals:  Rita Moreno

Backing vocals:  none

Scene:  Rita in triplicate as a milkwoman, a librarian, and a policewoman.

[RM1]  In the morning, when all the world’s at rest,

My behavior should be at its very best.

But with every pint of cream comes an interrupted dream,

As I let out with my old familiar yell.

Hey, you guys!  It wakes them up.

Hey, you guys!  It shakes them up.

Hey, you guys!  It breaks them up.

Hey, you guys!  You guys.

[RM2]  A public library is very, very quiet.

It is really not the place to start a riot.

But I cannot help myself as I climb up on the shelf,

And let out with my old familiar yell.

[RM1, RM2]  Hey, you guys!  It wakes them up.

Hey, you guys!  It shakes them up.

Hey, you guys!  It breaks them up.

Hey, you guys!  You guys!

[RM3]  When a crook has taken money from a vault,

A policeman usually lets out with a “Halt!”

But I always make the stop just as fast as any cop,

When I give out with my old familiar yell.

[RM1, RM2, RM3]  Hey, you guys!  It wakes them up.

Hey, you guys!  It shakes them up.

Hey, you guys!  It breaks them up.

Hey, you guys!  You guys!

Hey, you guys!  You guys!

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