Here's a little song I sang with my group the North Bay Opera Theatre Ensemble (or NBOTE) in a concert of Soloist in Recital. It's actually really funny, and I hope you can hear the words well enough to get it.

Here's the thing. I FUCKED UP this performance TWICE! Full on forgot the words and had to stop and start up again. WEAK! I was sooo nervous, I just loved the song so much, I wanted to make it perfect, and it messed me up thinking about it. Plus I never sat down and MEMORIZED the song, and never sang it all the way through without looking. Blah, oh well. I edited it up, and it's pretty obvious when those stop and starts are. Then I ALMOST messed up again toward the end, which is unedited.

And yes, I tap dance. I'm GAY for Pete's sake, I can't hide it. The picture is me tapping to a WHOLE different song with the NBOTE. But it looked much like this, only I had a can, and a bright golden Cummerbund! GAAAY!

Here's the words...

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"Today's the day your song becomes a man, Papa.
Today he claims a mate and joins the clan, Papa.
Or that's what you'd expect from any son who walks erect.
Well, I'm sorry, but I've got a different plan, Papa.

I'm not like the other cavemen.
Mother nature gave men a brain,
But for most of them it's all in vain.
They've got no reason or rhyme.
Undeniably I'm
Way ahead of my time.

Remember when you took me hunting for Mastodon?
How at first I nearly fainted,
Then I hurried home and painted.
People saw my sketch and learned the story and passed it on.
Cause it was plastered on the wall,
for the glory of us all.
With a spear in hand I fear I'm ineffectual.
But I might just be the world's first homo-
Sapien who's an intellectual

I'm not like the other cavemen.
All the gruff and grave men I greet
Like to hunt and grunt and eat raw meat.
They seem at home in the grime.
Undeniably I'm
Way ahead of my time.

Remember when the days were chilly and Pleistocene?
How you made me those pajamas
From the skins of woolly mammoths.
Only nowadays it's not so frozen and iced a scene.
It might be nice to see new clothes
In a style that I'll propose.
Now you know I'd never put myself in Jeopardy,
But I swear that I would kill for something
Sleak and Leopardy, cause

I'm not like the other cavemen.
Can't you see I crave many things
that a low-brow lifestlye never brings.
No chance for something sublime.
Undeniably I'm
Way ahead of my time.

I'm sick of all these dances with that 'OOGA BOOGA' crap.
If I could only show you all the steps I got on tap.
JUST WATCH ME!

[tap break]
See me SHINE, papa?
[tap break, one handed cartwheel]
Ooh, I'm on FIRE!
[tab break, wings]
I'll tell you what 'fire' is later.
[tap ending]

I'm not like the other cavemen.
Virtuous and brave men, no doubt.
But the kind that I could do without.
They've got no reason or rhyme.
Undeniably I'm
Gonna have to say,
Pa, can't you see I'm --
WAY
Ahead of my time!