Bottom's Gonna Be On Top

Story
Nick imagines his future success.

Lyrics (Soundtrack)
[NICK BOTTOM] No more Mr. Anonymous No more world that is Nick Bottom-less My name will be synonymous with being on the top

I can see it now I'm the cat's meow It's a hit, pow! It's gonna be great, gonna be great Everywhere I go They will love me so Hail my name Oh, it's gonna be great, gonna be great

[ENSEMBLE] Master Bottom, you're such a wonderful writer

[NICK] You really think so?

[ENSEMBLE] And your talent is talent beyond compare

[NICK] Why thank you

[ENSEMBLE] You're a star, you are, and you couldn't be brighter

[NICK] Now you're just embarrassing me!

[ENSEMBLE] You're a real visionary

[NICK] Thank you Jesus and Hail Mary!

[ALL] This Bottom's gonna be on top This Bottom's gonna be on top

[NICK] Man, I'm gonna sizzle Man, I'm gonna pop

[ALL] And this Bottom's gonna be on top

[NICK] This is heaven sent Feeling confident Money well spent It's gonna be great, gonna be great Throw a big parade Praises will be made Compliments paid It's gonna be great, gonna be great

[BEA] Me and baby are so eternally grateful

[NICK] You're who I'm doing it for

[BEA] Thank you for our cottage in the woods

[NICK] You deserve it!

[NIGEL] If gratitude were a food I'd have a big plateful

[NICK] Nice metaphor, bro

[LORD CLAPHAM] You're the greatest

[SHYLOCK] You're the man

[NICK] I really shouldn't say it But yes I am!

[ALL] This Bottom's gonna be on top This Bottom's gonna be on top

[NICK] Once I get going, never gonna stop

[ALL] Yeah, this Bottom's gonna be on top

[RENAISSANCE WRITERS] We are the royalty of the Renaissance writers Now we're handing down the crown to you You were a nobody but then overnight you're someone better than the rest of us Now you are the best of us

[WILL] Not. So. Fast

[NICK] Hello, Will. I knew you wouldn't go down without a fight

[WILL] The top sir, nay, thou surely doth jest I say on my honour here I doth protest

[NICK] Yawn Rhyming couplet? That is so 1580’s

[WILL] Oh yeah? Well If you want to make it to the top Then you're gonna have to go through me 'Cause on the top is where I live And I will not be giving up that easily So there

[NICK] Oh, man, I have been waiting for this moment for so long I'm gonna enjoy it when I knock you off your perch

[WILL] Oh, no you won't

[NICK] Oh, yes I will

[WILL] Oh, no you won't

[NICK] Oh, yes I will

[WILL] Oh, no you won't

[NICK] Oh, yes I will

[WILL] Oh, no you won't My accomplishments are much more accomplished than yours

[NICK] In your dreams I am the best

[WILL] You can't be the best because I am the best I have written 12 plays and each one is a testament to my great skill I am the Will And I wrote the Taming of the Shrew and Richard III and Richard II and Henry's IV, V, VI And Titus Andronicus And oh, did I forget Romeo and Juliet

[NICK] Well I have just written the thing that the critics are calling the greatest thing they've ever seen The people are loving it Can't get enough of it Everyone, even including the Queen She recently invited me to her castle where she knighted me And privately she told me that you're not any good, not any good, not any good, not any good And she told me that all of your plays make her vomit And none of them's as good as my musical Omelette

[WILL] Wait a minute You wrote Omelette?

[NICK] Yes

[WILL] I never thought that I would meet my equal But I concede that I've been bested by the best Maybe we could partner on a sequel

[NICK] Oh, my, how the tide has turned Let's review What have we learned? See, you were here But now we've swapped So kiss this Bottom I'm on the top

[ALL] He's on top He's on top Wah-wah-wah-wah Yeah, this Bottom's gonna be on top He's on top He's on top Wah-wah-wah-wah Yeah, this Bottom's gonna be on top Yeah, this Bottom's gonna be on top Yeah, this Bottom's gonna be on top

[ALL] Bottom's up Yeah, this Bottom's gonna be on top

Characters

 * Nick Bottom
 * Bea Bottom
 * Nigel Bottom
 * Shakespeare
 * Lord Clapham
 * Shylock

Trivia

 * [TO BE ADDED]