Jekyll and Hyde

Jekyll and Hyde
Hyde Brain gives a major speech to the teach.
Played in	"Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival" Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape)
Audio
File:JekyllandHydeSong.ogg

Jekyll and Hyde, a.k.a. (I was) Jekyll Jekyll Hyde, is a song presented in the episode "Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival" based on the book The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson and describes how Brain was having nightmares after reading the book. The song is sung by Alan Powers (performed by Luke Reid). In Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape) CD, This song appears as the track 7.

Lyrics

Note: The lines in green represent the tracks only seen in the Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape).

One day I went to the library I found this book, it was great! It was so cool I couldn't put it down Even when it got pretty late! That night I had a scary dream I mixed my own secret potion I added dirt, a bit of sludge, some eyes of flies And a tiny dab of suntan lotion I started shaking, My legs were quaking My stomach aching, My brain was breaking! I started turning green; Feeling mean; It was like In the story; I was acting strange; Quite deranged; It was pure Allegory! (Allegory: a story where the characters stand for abstract ideas. For example, good and evil.) 'Cause I was CHORUS Jekyll, Jekyll, Hyde, Jekyll, Hyde, Hyde, Jekyll Jekyll, Jekyll, Hyde, Jekyll, Hyde! (repeat) When I awoke, I was me again I hid the book out of sight It was so cool I couldn’t keep away So I took it out again that night And then I dreamed we had this test in school I gotta say it was weird. We had to give the answers in semaphore And for extra credit, grow a beard

I couldn’t take it, Just couldn’t take it In one swift motion, I grabbed my potion! (Background laugh) I said: "Mr. Hyde Has arrived!" Tossed my flags on the floor; Made a major speech; To the teach': "This is all a big bore!"! I ran down all the halls, Wrote on walls; Even stole second base; I was super bad; Sure was glad I wasn’t wearing my face! 'Cause I was Chorus (repeat x2) This was too much, I simply had to stop! I threw that potion away! (Potion away) But it didn’t matter if I drank the stuff; I just kept on changing anyway! (Changing anyway) Now I was Chorus (repeat x2) Just when it seemed there was no way out I saw the book was overdue The book lady said: “Are you returning?”; I thought and I said: “No---RENEW!"! Now I was Chorus (repeat x3) (Background laugh)

Gallery

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  "Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" book cover.

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  Brain explaining the meaning of "Allegory".

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  Hyde Brain.

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  Three Hyde Brains dancing during the chorus.

Trivia

Notes

• In Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape), the music is longer (as seen in "Lyrics" section), being sung the refrain more once and one half.
• In this same version, the full music was remixed and some sounds, for example, lightnings, was deleted.

Goofs

• In the first shot, the "Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" book cover is in left side of the book, but in the next shot, the cover is in right side.
• In the shot that is sung "[...] I couldn't take it, just couldn't take it...", the Brain's flags was white in left side and red in right side, but after this, the colors are inverted.
• In the part that is sung "[...] The book lady said:...", the Library desk is brown, but in the part sung "[...]I thought...", the desk is miscolored green.

Album Releases

• Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape)

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Portuguese	Eu era Jekyll, Jekyll Hyde	I was Jekyll, Jekyll Hyde