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This Happy Place

Robby Good, Matthew Deegan, Abigail Torrence, Mitchell Pratt, A.J. Boulund, Nat Pendergraft, Louis Hillegass IV, Mia Ruhman, & Dis-topia Original Ensemble•Official Audio (YouTube API)

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We are gathered here this evening

To recall my brother's days

Oh, Walter Elias Disney

The world will sing your praise

For all the gifts you've brought them

For all the joy you've sewn

Though you'd never have guessed it

We lay him to rest with more visions

The likes of which our world

Could never have known

If you could only see them

No other man could free them

This work I've left behind me

Should be complete but time confined me

And now I ask, is there more for me in God's plan?

So let's take things back to where it all began

I don't know, Walt, it seems like a lot of work for our animators

I've got it all worked out, and our boys have got the talent

Yes, but is the audience there?

They've been there for everything else, haven't they?

That doesn't matter

No one's ever done anything like this before

All the more reason to try

Believe in me

Achieve with me

I promise you that everything will turn out fine

Jesus, Roy, the hell is all that ruckus?

It's the animators

Art Babbitt's got them all worked up about who gets paid what

Oh, Christ

Overworked and underpaid

They may talk tough but they're afraid

They wring us dry yet give no credit

Will you join me or

Will you let it just keep going like this?

We deserve our share

No more fancy penthouse for you, Walt

We'll show you fair

Now is the time that we fight for our rights

Even though our chances are dire, so

Come on, Walt, we're waiting

I don't care what he wants

I am not giving in to a communist pedophile

Everybody stop!

Now, I understand you have some grievances

Some people think we have a "class distinction" in this place

I have always felt, and always will feel

That the men who contribute the most to the organization

Should, out of respect alone, enjoy some privileges

My first recommendation to the lot of you is this

Put your own house in order!

If you're not progressing as you should

Instead of grumbling and growling, do something about it

I would say that the whole thing is this

A good, honest day's work

Believe me, that will be a cure for all our problems

It's the law of the universe that the strong shall survive

And the weak must fall by the way

And I don't give a damn what idealistic plan is cooked up

Nothing can change that

Now you've gone and made things worse

We're sick and tired of waiting for you

Just admit you've lost this time

Just give up, Walter

Now is the time that we fight for our rights

Even though our chances are dire

We're sick and tired of waiting

For what we've earned

It's time to listen, time to give in

Time to give up, Walt!

The bank's coming down hard, Walt, we have to

Fine, do what you must

What's the use in trying to satisfy them

When they can't be bothered to see?

A world where both my past and all my dreams

Just forget the naysayers

I can build this happy place

Yes, I can build this happy place

I will build this happy place

Oh, you can build this happy place

To all who come to this happy place, welcome

Disneyland is your land

Here, age relives fond memories of the past

And here, youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future

Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams

And the hard facts that have created America

With the hope that it will be a source of joy

And inspiration to all the world

Walt, you've surprised us

Our enterprise must stay in the black

And your plans are exactly what we need

Roy, stay here a moment

What's on your mind, Walt?

I've been thinking on an idea

I need to do something great for this country

You've already done so much

Sure, fancy being remembered for the invention of a mouse

You know Marvin Davis?

I've had him drawing up plans for a project in Florida

We have designed an Experimental

Community of Tomorrow

Or EPCOT, for short!

Citizens choosing to sign in residence

Can leave the present behind

We'll have a theme park

It's like a World's Fair

But it stays every year

Walt, are you certain?

I have planned the perfect community

To be a gift to the world

Since I can't stop you

Let's give this a shot!

Buy up as much land as you can until they figure out it's us

The first step is to do away with cars

We'll build a monorail

Make sure no one there is unemployed at all

We'll update homes near constantly

I'll require complete control

For this experiment to reach its goal

We could found a district down in Reedy Creek

And what would that do?

That should let you have the freedom of control

Boys, get on that now

This is why God put me here on Earth

This will be my legacy so

Let's craft what the history books will see!

This is getting out of hand

Why can't you just go back to Disneyland?

The path of progress simply can't be built in Disneyland

Just wait 'til they reject all these things that you have planned!

Just wait until they see what we have planned!

Once I'm well, we need to give the studio to Ron

It's too big of a distraction

I've drawn up this map

You see those tiles up there?

Let's say each one is a square mile

There's where the highway will run

And there's the route for the monorail

And that spot right there

That will be where Lily and I will sit and watch the people

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This Happy Place

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