Matilda the Musical Original Cast - Loud lyrics

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

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 derriere! (Derriere)

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 going to look if
You don't stand out!
No-one's going to listen if
You don't shout out!

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!

You've gotta be loud! (Loud, loud, loud)

You've gotta give yourself
Permission to shine
To stand out from the crowd!
(Crowd, crowd, crowd)

A little less bzz! A lot more zing!
A little less pshh! A lot more schwing!
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!

(sung) no-one's going to tell you when
To wiggle your bum ba!

No-one's going to love you if
You don't know the rhumba!

Everyone loves a little something exotic!

But learning a language is over the top, it

Doesn't really matter if you don't know nowt!

As long as you don't know it
With a bit of clout!

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

Loud! (Loud, loud, loud)

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

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?

You gotta be loud! (Loud, loud, loud)

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

You so need a makeover!

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

Woooo!

Yeah!

Brrrooooooo!

Nice!

Check out the footwork, Jennifer Littleton!

I am the sultan of samba, baby! Woo! yeah!

You gotta be loud! (Loud, loud, loud)

(spoken) you're gorgeous!

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

Are you listening?

(sung) you've got to be loud, loud, loud
Oooh!

Stand out from the crowd, crowd, crowd
Crowd!

Loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud
Loud, loud, loud, loud, loud, loud!

Ohhh, you gotta be loud!