GRISWOLD:
It doesn't take a genius to make us feel egregious
By rhyming words like "nevermore"


REYNOLDS:
With "four" and "score" and "chamber door"

And "days of yore" and "more and more"

GRISWOLD:

Etcetera, etcetera

ALL:

Etcetera, etcetera

GRISWOLD:

You wouldn't think a plagiarist would be so unoriginal
It's more than just offensive,


REYNOLDS:
Why it's positively criminal!


GRISWOLD:
So nevermind the premature, let's get on with the burial!


REYNOLDS:
We've heard it all before!


ALL:
We've heard it all before!


GRISWOLD:
If some felon steals your jewelry you'd want him locked away,


REYNOLDS:
He's a criminal! He's a criminal!


GRISWOLD:
But if he steals your words and makes a fortune from the play,


REYNOLDS:
He's no genius! He's no genius!


GRISWOLD:
Integrity is all I ask, the jury has a simple task
Reviewing all the evidence, there really can be no defense,


REYNOLDS:
He doesn't have the common sense to be a genius!


GRISWOLD:
A genius.... a genius...

A genius is somebody expanding our philosophy

REYNOLDS:

Issuing mediocrity!

GRISWOLD:

Avoiding all verbosity

ALL:

Avoiding such verbosity

REYNOLDS:

Poe writes of an orangutan who carries out a fiendish plan

GRISWOLD:

Such animal could write the book itself it seems to me!

REYNOLDS:

I've discovered a long-lost continent!

GRISWOLD:

You're a genius! What a genius!

REYNOLDS:

I've decided to run for president!

GRISWOLD:
You're a genius... he's an idiot!
And so my friends we'll all agree this only proves my theory

It doesn't take a genius to be a genius!

ALL:
No it doesn't take a genius to be a genius!


GRISWOLD:
There really is no doubt at all, he doesn't have the wherewithal
The inspiration,

REYNOLDS:

Application,

GRISWOLD:
Concentration!


REYNOLDS:
Education!

GRISWOLD:
Innovation!


REYNOLDS:
Reputation!

GRISWOLD:
Dedication!

REYNOLDS:

Perspiration!

ALL:
Of true genius!
(A genius, a genius, a genius...)