Matilda The Musical - Loud

(Mrs Wormwood:)
Somewhere along the way, my dear
You've made an awful error.
You oughtn't blame yourself now
Come along.

You seem to think that people
like people what are clever.
It's very quaint, it's very sweet
But wrong!

People don't like smarty-pants
What go round claiming
that they know stuff
we don't know.

Now, here's a tip:
What you know matters less
Than the volume with which
What you don't know's expressed!

Content, has never been less important.
So you have got to be...

(Mrs Wormwood and (Ensemble):)
Loud!
(Loud, loud, loud)

Girl, you've got to learn to stand out
And stick out from the crowd!
(Crowd, crowd, crowd)

A little less flat!
(Flat!)
A lot more heel!
(Heel!)
A little less fact!
(Fact!)
A lot more feel!
(Feel!)
A little less brains!
(Brains!)
A lot more hair!
(Hair!)
A little less head!
(Head!)
A lot more derrière!
(Derrière!)

(Mrs Wormwood:)
No-one's going to tell you when to shake your tush well.
You've got a light, don't hide it under a bushel!
Oh, no-one's gonna look if you don't stand out!
No-one's gonna listen if you don't shout out!

(Mrs Wormwood and Rodolpho:)
No-one's going to care if you don't care!
So go and put some highlights in your hair!
'Cause you've gotta highlight what you've got!
Even if, what you've got is not a lot!

(Mrs Wormwood and (Chorus):)
You've gotta be loud!
(Loud, loud, loud)
You've gotta give yourself permission to shine.
To stick out from the crowd!
(Crowd, crowd, crowd)

(Mrs Wormwood:)
A little less bzz!
A lot more zing!
A little less pshh!
A lot more schwang!
A little less dressing like your Mum!
A little more bum-ba-bum-bum ba-da-bum...

[Spoken]
Oh, I look nice -
You don't!

No-one's going to tell you when to wiggle your bum-ba!

(Rodolpho:)
No-one's going to love you if you don't know the rumba!

(Mrs Wormwood:)
Everyone loves a little something exotic!

(Rodolpho:)
But learning a language is over the top,

(Mrs Wormwood:)
It doesn't really matter if you don't know nowt!

(Rodolpho:)
As long as you don't know it with a bit o' clout!

(Both:)
The less you have to sell, the harder you sell it!
The less you have to say, the louder you yell it!
The dumber the act, the bigger the confession!
The less you have to show, the larger you dress it!
You gotta get up!
You gotta get up and be

(Mrs Wormwood and (Chorus):)
Loud!
(Loud, loud, loud)

You've gotta give yourself permission to shine.
Stick out from the crowd!
(Crowd, crowd, crowd)

(Mrs Wormwood:)
A little less
A little more
A little less
A little more

No one's gonna tell you when to "oh oh oh"!
No one's gonna show you when to "ah, ah, ah"!
If you want a little bit of mm, mm, mm
You can't sit around going la, la, la!

No one's gonna care if you don't care,
So go and put some highlights in your hair!
'Cause you've got to highlight what you've got.
And what do you got?

(Mrs Wormwood and (Chorus))
You gotta be loud!
(Loud, loud, loud)

You've gotta give yourself a mission to shine.
Stick out from the crowd!
(Crowd, crowd, crowd)

(Mrs Wormwood:)
You so need a makeover!

You gotta be loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud!

(Rodolpho:)
5 - 6 - 7- 8!

(Mrs Wormwood:)
Wooooooo!

(Rodolpho:)

Yeah!

(Mrs Wormwood:)
Brrrrrrrooooooo!

(Rodolpho:)
Nice!

(Mrs Wormwood:)
Check out the footwork, Jennifer Littleton!

(Rodolpho:)
I am the sultan of samba, baby! Woo! Yeah!

(Mrs Wormwood and (Chorus):)
You gotta be loud!
(Loud, loud, loud)

You're gorgeous!

Stick out from the crowd!
(Crowd, crowd, crowd)

(Mrs Wormwood:)
Are you listening?

You've got to be loud, loud, loud
Oooh!

Stand out from the crowd, crowd, crowd, crowd!

You've gotta be loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud!

Ohhh, you gotta be Loud!