Corpse Bride: According to Plan Lyrics

MRS. VAN DORT
It's a beautiful day

MR. VAN DORT
It's a rather nice day

MRS. VAN DORT
A day for a glorious wedding

MR. VAN DORT
A rehearsal, my dear, to be perfectly clear

MRS. VAN DORT
A rehearsal for a glorious wedding

MR. VAN DORT
Assuming nothing happens that we don't really know

MRS. VAN DORT
That nothing unexpected interferes with the show

Mr. And MRS. VAN DORT
And that's why everything, every last little thing
every single tiny microscopic little thing must go

MRS. VAN DORT
According to plan

MR. VAN DORT
Our son will be married

MRS. VAN DORT
According to plan

MR. VAN DORT
Our family carried

Mr. And MRS. VAN DORT
We'll go right into to the heights of society

MRS. VAN DORT
To the costume balls

MR. VAN DORT
In the hallowed halls

MRS. VAN DORT
Rubbing elbows with the finest

MR. VAN DORT
Having crumpets with her highness

Mr. And MRS. VAN DORT
We'll be there, we'll be seen, having tea with the Queen
We'll forget everything... that we've ever ever been

MRS. EVERGLOT
It's a terrible day

MR. EVERGLOT
Now don't be that way

MRS. EVERGLOT
It's a terrible day for a wedding

MR. EVERGLOT
It's a sad, sad state of affairs we're in

MRS. EVERGLOT
That has led to this ominous wedding
How could our family have come to this?

MR. and MRS. EVERGLOT
To marry off our daughter to the noveaux-riche

MRS. EVERGLOT
They're so common

MR. EVERGLOT
So coarse

MRS. EVERGLOT
Oh, it couldn't be worse

MR. EVERGLOT
It couldn't be worse? I'm afraid I disagree
They could be land-rich bankrupt aristocracy
without a penny to their name, just like you and me

MRS. EVERGLOT
Oh, dear

MR. and MRS. EVERGLOT
And that's why everything, every last little thing
every single tiny microscopic little thing must go

MRS. EVERGLOT
According to plan

MR. EVERGLOT
Our daughter will wed

MRS. EVERGLOT
According to plan

MR. EVERGLOT
Our family led

MR. and MRS. EVERGLOT
From the depths of deepest poverty

MRS. EVERGLOT
To the noble realm

MR. EVERGLOT
Of our ancestors

MR. and MRS. EVERGLOT
And who'd have guessed in a million years that our daughter, with the face

MR. EVERGLOT
of an otter in disgrace

Mr. and MRS. EVERGLOT
Would provide our ticket to our rightful place?

VICTORIA (speaking)
Oh, Hildegard - what if Victor and I don't like each other?

MRS. EVERGLOT (speaking)
Ha! As if that has anything to do with marriage
Do you suppose your father and I like each other?

VICTORIA (speaking)
Surely you must, a little?

Mr. and MRS. EVERGLOT (speaking)
Of course not!

MRS. EVERGLOT (speaking)
Get those corsets laced properly...I can hear you speak without gasping.

MR. VAN DORT (speaking)
We certainly hope to win her this time, Victor

MRS. VAN DORT (speaking)
Now all you have to do is reel her in!

VICTOR (speaking)
I'm already reeling, mother. Shouldn't Victoria Everglot be marrying a... lord or something?

MRS. VAN DORT (speaking)
Oh, nonsense! We're every bit as good as the Everglots. I always knew I deserved better than a fish merchant's life.

VICTOR (speaking)
But I've never even spoken to her.

MRS. VAN DORT (speaking)
Well at least we have THAT in our favor. Mayhue! Silence that blasted coughing!

MRS. EVERGLOT
Marriage is a partnership. A little tit-for-tat.
You'd think a lifetime watching us (singing) might have taught her that.
Might have taught her that.

MR. EVERGLOT
Everything must be perfect

MRS. EVERGLOT
Everything must be perfect

MR. EVERGLOT
Everything must be perfect

MR. and MRS. EVERGLOT
Everything must be perfect, perfect,

The VAN DORTS and the EVERGLOTS
That's why everything, every last little thing,
every single tiny microscopic little thing must go...According to plan!