Sticky Wicket

from Big Night for Nutter by Created/Written by Ken Roht, Music by Tchaikovsky, Arranged by John Ballinger

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lyrics

What a sticky wicket wow, oh MY
Nutter's in his clutches is about to-die
Drosselmeyer's frantic,
Clara's in a pantic
Nutter's all kerfuffled cause he knows he's going to DIE

Such a sticky wicket wow, oh NO
A dreamy dinner date with Clara comes to-blows
Dross is in a crisis
Icky midlife crisis
Sticks and stones'll break your bones
And Nutter's going to DIE

But dear ole Drosselmeyer lives and feels so awful now that Clara's all alone

No more Nutter near her,
Not another Nutter near her
No more Nutter near her,
Not another Nutter near her
Clara’s all alone

What on earth are those two rambling on about
Hey fellas, let me help

Once a sticky wicket now, is fine
Put that bitty muscle tussle far behind
Couldn't be more peachy
Drosselmeyer's reaching
To fix the tie of Nutter (Yah)

But Nutter has no tie

Once a sticky wicket now, is fine
Put the widdow rugged huddle far behind
Couldn't be more happy
This ballet's always happy... ding dang done

What about the part where Dross and fam'ly went a'hunting Nutter down
They came, they weren’t mice, UH! I mean they weren’t nice.

Tore my jacket
Choked me red
I lost my purse
You shoe'd my head
You slapped my bon-bun
Mussed my hair, don't
Did that whack whack
Kneed my no-no

Tore my jacket
Choked me red
I lost my purse
You shoe'd my head
You slapped my bon-bun
Mussed my hair, don't
Did that whack whack
Kneed my no-no

Every little moment’s magic LA
Happy as a pansy in pansy ball
What we mean is nosegays
Pretty pansy bouquets
Flowers showered on us from the wedding that you saw

Once a sticky wicket now, is joy
Everybody’s rooting for this girl this boy
Drosselmeyer’s cooled down
The show just might improve now
That we have sung

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from Big Night for Nutter, released May 1, 2015

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