This is another song I like from The Lorax.
It is the opening song and if you listen to the lyrics carefully, it pretty much explains the situation in Thneedville which gives you a better understanding of the later developments in the movie.
Goooooood Morning!
In Thneedville, It’s a brand new dawn.
With brand new cars, and houses and lawns.
Here in got-all-that-we-need-ville.
In Thneedville, we manufacture our trees.
Each one is made in factories.
And uses 96 batteries!
In Thneedville, the air is not so clean.
So we buy it fresh.
IT COMES OUT THIS MACHINE!
It’s Satisfactions-guaranteed-ville!
In Thneedville, we don’t want to know
Where the smog and trash, and chemicals go.
I JUST WENT SWIMMING, AND NOW I GLOW!
In Thneedville we have fun year-round;
We surf and snowboard right in town.
We thank the Lord for all we’ve got,
Including this brand new parking lot!
PARKING LOT! Paaaarking lot!
Oh, look it’s-
Aloysous O’Hare!
(Aloysius O’Hare!)
The man who found a way to sell air.
And became a zillionaire!
Everyone round here works for me.
I sell them something they can get for free.
We live in perfect harmony!
IN THNEEDVILLE!
IN THNEEDVILLE!
(hip hooray, hip hooray, hip hip hooray!)
In Thneedville, we love living this way.
So give in to paradise?
IT’S PERFECT!
And that’s how it will stay!
(oh yeah!)
Here in Love-The-Life-We-Lead-Ville,
Destined-To-Succeed-Ville,
We-Are-All-Agreed-Ville!
We’re all we need in
Thhhhh-THNEEDVILLE!
In Thneedville, It’s a brand new dawn.
With brand new cars, and houses and lawns.
Here in got-all-that-we-need-ville.
In Thneedville, we manufacture our trees.
Each one is made in factories.
And uses 96 batteries!
In Thneedville, the air is not so clean.
So we buy it fresh.
IT COMES OUT THIS MACHINE!
It’s Satisfactions-guaranteed-ville!
In Thneedville, we don’t want to know
Where the smog and trash, and chemicals go.
I JUST WENT SWIMMING, AND NOW I GLOW!
In Thneedville we have fun year-round;
We surf and snowboard right in town.
We thank the Lord for all we’ve got,
Including this brand new parking lot!
PARKING LOT! Paaaarking lot!
Oh, look it’s-
Aloysous O’Hare!
(Aloysius O’Hare!)
The man who found a way to sell air.
And became a zillionaire!
Everyone round here works for me.
I sell them something they can get for free.
We live in perfect harmony!
IN THNEEDVILLE!
IN THNEEDVILLE!
(hip hooray, hip hooray, hip hip hooray!)
In Thneedville, we love living this way.
So give in to paradise?
IT’S PERFECT!
And that’s how it will stay!
(oh yeah!)
Here in Love-The-Life-We-Lead-Ville,
Destined-To-Succeed-Ville,
We-Are-All-Agreed-Ville!
We’re all we need in
Thhhhh-THNEEDVILLE!