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The Good Guys

TRUEHEART
LOOK OUT! WHAT'S THAT?
OVER THERE, GUNS ROARING, CANNONS BLAZING,
ROCKETS LIGHTING UP THE SKIES?
IT'S ANOTHER VICT'RY FOR THE GOOD GUYS!
STAND BACK! EYES RIGHT! HERE THEY COME:
BIG-BUSINESSMEN WITH POCKETS FULL OF MONEY
AND THE LOOK THAT CUTS BEHEMOTHS DOWN TO SIZE.
IT'S THE GOOD GUYS!
AND THEY RATTLE
OFF THE BATTLES
THEY HAVE WON,
HOW THEY'VE NEVER BEEN OUTDONE,
HOW THEY PULVERIZED 'EM.
SINCE I WAS SMALL
EVER SINCE I WAS A LADDIE
AND THEY LET ME BE THEIR CADDIE,
I IDOLIZED 'EM.
SO WATCH! TAKE NOTE!
TAKE YOUR HAT OFF, MISTER,
THESE ARE HEROS HERE AMONG YOU.
YOU CAN SEE US WITH YOUR OWN LESS WORTHY EYES:
DEMI-GODS IN DISGUISE!
ONCE AGAIN YOU COWER.
THIS IS NAKED POWER.
IT'S ANOTHER VICT'RY FOR THE GOOD GUYS!
MARCH ON! MARCH ON!
M.B.A. OR NOT,
THE WILL TO KILL IS WHAT WE'VE GOT.
NO COMPROMISE.
ANOTHER VICT'RY FOR THE GOOD GUYS.
WE MAKE THE RULES.
LIKE A TIDE OF LAVA,
THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN STOP US--
LARRY
WELL, I THINK YOU MIGHT BE IN FOR A SURPRISE.
TRUEHEART
NOT THE GOOD GUYS!
SOME ARE BORN TO WIN
AND SOME ARE BORN TO LOSE.
SOME CAN LEAP LIKE KANGAROOS,
SOME CAN BARELY WADDLE.
LARRY
WELL, EVEN SO,
I HAVE HEARD IT SAID THAT WINNERS
SOMETIMES BUNGLE LIKE BEGINNERS--
TRUEHEART
WHAT?! NONSENSE! TWADDLE!
STONE WALLS WILL FALL.
WITH OUR TASSELED LOAFERS
AND EXPENSE ACCOUNTS AND CHAUFFEURS
AND AT LEAST A HUNDRED THREE-PIECE SUITS AND TIES,
WE CAN PULL DOWN THE PRIZE!
THIS ONE'S MINE! I KNEW IT!
LARRY
(ASIDE:) IT'S TOO LATE. YOU BLEW IT.
BOTH
THIS ONE IS A VICT'RY FOR THE REAL
GOOD
GUYS!