According To Plan

<p>[Mrs. VanDort] It's a beautiful day</p><p>[Mr. VanDort] It's a rather nice day</p><p>[Mrs. VanDort] A day for a glorious wedding</p><p>[Mr. VanDort] A rehearsal, my dear, to be perfectly clear</p><p>[Mrs. VanDort] A rehearsal for a glorious wedding</p><p>[Mr. VanDort] Assuming nothing happens that we don't really know</p><p>[Mrs. VanDort] That nothing unexpected interferes with the show</p><p>[Mr. &amp; Mrs. VanDort] And that's why everything, every last little thing Every single tiny microscopic little thing must go</p><p>[Mrs. VanDort] According to plan</p><p>[Mr. VanDort] Our son will be married</p><p>[Mrs. VanDort] According to plan</p><p>[Mr. VanDort] Our family carried</p><p>[Mr. &amp; Mrs. VanDort] We'll go right into to the heights of society</p><p>[Mrs. VanDort] To the costume balls</p><p>[Mr. VanDort] In the hallowed halls</p><p>[Mrs. VanDort] Rubbing elbows with the finest</p><p>[Mr. VanDort] Having crumpets with her highness</p><p>[Mr. &amp; Mrs. VanDort] We'll be there, we'll be seen, having tea with the queen We'll forget everything that we've ever ever been</p><p>[Mrs. Everglot] It's a terrible day</p><p>[Mr. Everglot] Now don't be that way</p><p>[Mrs. Everglot] It's a terrible day for a wedding</p><p>[Mr. Everglot] It's a sad, sad state of affairs we're in</p><p>[Mrs. Everglot] That has led to this ominous wedding</p><p>[Mr. Everglot] How could our family have come to this?</p><p>[Mr. &amp; Mrs. Everglot] To marry off our daughter to the noveaux-rich</p><p>[Mrs. Everglot] They're so common</p><p>[Mr. Everglot] So coarse</p><p>[Mrs. Everglot] Oh, it couldn't be worse!</p><p>[Mr. Everglot] It couldn't be worse? I'm afraid I disagree It could be land-rich bankrupt aristocracy Without a penny to their name, just like you and me</p><p>[Mrs. Everglot] Oh, dear</p><p>[Mr. &amp; Mrs. Everglot] And that's why everything, every last little thing Every single tiny microscopic little thing must go</p><p>[Mrs. Everglot] According to plan</p><p>[Mr. Everglot] Our daughter will wed</p><p>[Mrs. Everglot] According to plan</p><p>[Mr. Everglot] Our family lead</p><p>[Mr. &amp; Mrs. Everglot] From the depths of deepest poverty</p><p>[Mrs. Everglot] To the noble realm</p><p>[Mr. Everglot] Of our ancestors</p><p>[Mr. &amp; Mrs. Everglot] And who'd have guessed in a million years that our daughter, with the face</p><p>[Mr. Everglot] Of an otter in disgrace</p><p>[Mr. &amp; Mrs. Everglot] Would provide our ticket to our rightful place?</p><p>[Victoria] What if Victor and I don't like each other?</p><p>[Mrs. Everglot] Do you suppose your father and I like each other?</p><p>[Victoria] Surely you must a little</p><p>[Mr. &amp; Mrs. Everglot] Of course not!</p><p>[Mrs. Everglot] Get those corsets laced properly, I can hear you speak without gasping Marriage is a partnership. A little tit-for-tat You'd think a lifetime watching us might have taught her that Might have taught her that</p><p>[Mr. Everglot] Everything must be perfect</p><p>[Mrs. Everglot] Everything must be perfect</p><p>[Mr. Everglot] Everything must be perfect</p><p>[Mr. &amp; Mrs. Everglot] Everything must be perfect, perfect</p><p>[The VanDorts and the Everglots] That's why everything, every last little thing Every single tiny microscopic little thing must go according to plan!</p>