Matilda the Musical Original Cast - Naughty lyrics

Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water, so they say
Their subsequent fall was inevitable
They never stood a chance
They were written that way
Innocent victims of their story!

Like Romeo and Juliet
T'was written in the stars
Before they even met
That love and fate and a touch of stupidity
Would rob them of their
Hope of living happily
The endings are often a little bit gory
I wonder why they didn't
Just change their story
We're told we have to do as we're told
But surely
Sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty
Just because you find that life's not fair
It doesn't mean that you just have
To grin and bear it
If you always take it on the chin and wear it
Nothing will change

Even if you're little, you can do a lot, you
Mustn't let a little thing
Like "little" stop you
If you sit around and let them get on top
You might as well be saying
You think that it's okay
And that's not right!

Cinderella, in the cellar
Didn't have to do much, as far as I can tell
Her godmother was two-thirds fairy
Suddenly her lot was a lot less scary
But what if you haven't got
A fairy to fix it?
Sometimes you have to make a
Little bit of mischief

Just because you find that life's not fair
It doesn't mean that you just have
To grin and bear it
If you always take it on the chin and wear it
Nothing will change

Even if you're little, you can do a lot, you
Mustn't let a little thing
Like "little" stop you
If you sit around and let them get on top
You might as well be saying
You think that it's okay
And that's not right! And if it's not right
You have to put it right

In the slip of a bolt, there's a tiny revolt
The seed of a war in
The creak of a floorboard
A storm can begin with the flap of a wing
The tiniest mite packs the mightiest sting
Every day starts with the tick of a clock
All escapes start with the click of a lock
If you're stuck in your story
And want to get out you don't have to cry
You don't have to shout

Cause if you're little you can do a lot, you
Mustn't let a little thing
Like "little" stop you
If you sit around and let them get on top
You won't change a thing

Just because you find that life's not fair
It doesn't mean that you just have
To grin and bear it
If you always take it on the chin and wear it
You might as well be saying
You think that it's okay
And that's not right

And if it's not right
You have to put it right
But nobody else is gonna put it right for me
Nobody but me is going to change my story
Sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty