The Morning Report Lyrics - The Lion King On Broadway - Lion King On Broadway

[ZAZU] 

It's an honor and a privilege, a duty I perform 

With due sense of decorum and with pride 

With deference and great respect very much the norm 

Plus a hint of sycophancy on the side 

To lay before my ruler all the facts about his realm 

To fill him in on all the beastly news 

[MUFASA] 

[spoken] Yes, yes, Zazu, get on with it! 

[ZAZU] 

In order that His Majesty stands sturdy at the helm 

Aware of all the fauna's latest views 

[MUFASA] 

[spoken] Zazu! The morning report! 

[ZAZU] 

[spoken] Er - yes, Sire - the morning report 

Chimps are going ape, firaffes remain above it all 

Elephants remember, though just what I can't recall 

Crocodiles are snapping up fresh offers from the banks 

Showed interes in my nest egg but I quickly said, "No thanks!" 

We haven't paid the hornbills and the vultures have a hunch 

Not everyone invited (sung) will be coming back from lunch 

This is the morning report 

Gives you the long and the short 

Every grunt, roar and snort 

Not a tale I distort 

On the morning report 

[MUFASA] 

[spoken] What are you doing, son? 

[YOUNG SIMBA] 

[spoken] Pouncing 

[MUFASA] 

[spoken] Let an old pro show you how it's done 

[ZAZU] 

[spoken] The buffalo have got a beef 

About this season's grass 

Warthogs have been thwarted 

In attempts to save their gas 

Flamingoes in the pink 

Chasing secretary birds 

Saffron is theis season's color 

Seen in all the herds 

Moving down the rank and file 

To near the bottom rung 

Far too many beetles are 

[sung] Quite frankly in the dung 

Aaaaaaaaak! 

[MUFASA] 

Stay low to the ground 

Shh, not a sound 

Take it slow 

One more step 

Then pounce! 

[YOUNG SIMBA] 

Yeah, stay low! 

This is the morning report 

Gives you the long and the short 

Every grunt, roar and snort 

Not a tale I distort 

On the morning report 

[MUFASA AND ZAZU AND YOUNG SIMBA] 

This is the morning report 

Gives you the long and the short 

Every grunt, roar and snort 

Not a tale I distort 

On the morning report.