Song Lyrics

There are things you don't know
You know, about me, about how rough I had it
What, in that cushy tower of yours?
Cushy? Are you kidding?
I had nothing, in that tower
Fighting boredom by the hour!

Princess Lonely, walking circles
I had only
Bare essentials, army cot
A hot plate and chamber pot and
Every morning I would boil it
No choice, I had no toilet!
Just a view of devastation
Out one window, isolation
In my bedroom and very little headroom
Twenty years, I sat and waited
I'm very dedicated
On the walls the days were added

Luckily, those walls were padded!
So
I think I got you beat
I think I got you beat
Yeah, yeah, yeah

I think I got you beat
I think I got you beat
Oh, you think so? That was a sad story, but
I've heard better, I'm just saying
'A' for effort, thanks for playing
Sad to see a princess suffer
But I had it rougher
Like that time a mob with torches
Burned my britches, see the scorches
You're just whiney
I had a flaming hiney!
As I fled I had to wonder
If I were torn asunder
Would an ogre go to heaven
Did I mention I was seven?
So

I think I got you beat
I think I got you beat
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I think I got you beat
I think I got you beat

No warm regards
No Christmas cards

And every day (was Hell on Earth day)
Okay, top this!
I missed my prom!
My dad and mom sent me away
It was my birthday
I was sent away on Christmas Eve
Ha ha!

Bare essentials, army cot, a hot plate and a chamber pot (no warm regards)
And every morning, I would boil it No choice, I had no toilet! (No Christmas cards)
Just a view of devastation, out one window isolation (and every day was Hell on Earth day)
In my bedroom, and very little headroom
Twenty years, I sat and waited! (I missed my prom! My dad and mom)
I'm very dedicated (sent me away)
On the walls the days were added (it was my birthday)

(Twenty years) I missed my prom!
My dad and mom sent me away

So
So
I think I got you beat
I think I got you beat
Yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah)

I think I got you beat
I think I got you beat
Yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah)
I think I got you beat
I think I got you beat
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Oopsi!
Oh well better out than in I always say
Ooh
Hmm hmm hmm hmm
Hmm hmm hmm hmm
Hmm hmm hmm hmm
Hmm hmm hmm hmm

Nana nana na
Nana nana na

Oh
No! (Watch out)
Oh pull my finger
No no no non no

Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah

David Lindsay-abaire, Jeanine Tesori

The duration of I Think I Got You Beat is 4:37 minutes and seconds.