"Charmed Life" is a cabaret and show tune song performed by Emperor Doofenshmirtz in the alternate future created when Candace stops her brothers from riding their rollercoaster.
Lyrics[]
Emperor Doofenshmirtz: People throw around terms like "dystopia"
And they sneer and they pull funny faces
But when you look up at me
I think you will see
A leader whom destiny embraces...
It's been a charmed life,
Got all I ever wanted,
And I'm not too shy to flaunt it, you see.
It's been a sweet ride,
Everyone is genuflecting
And erecting giant statues of me.
It's like a great lunch
With all you can eat,
And I can leave my wallet at home.
And everyone pays for me
Because it's compulsory,
Or into the stockade they're thrown.
Still, I'm a nice guy;
How many emperors
Would always remember your name?
How ya doing, Joe?
I must admit, I
May take quite a lot,
But I'll always give you plenty of blame.
It's been a sweet ride;
Life's a bowl of cherries,
And nobody's merrier than me.
Because everyone else is the proletariat,
And baby, I'm the bourgeoisie.
Look it up, Joe!
Baby, I'm the bourgeoisie!
Oh, yeah!
Background Information[]
- The words "proletariat" and "bourgeoisie" mean, respectively, the class of low-status workers and the class of high-status owners of capital goods, particularly in the theory of communism as devised by Karl Marx.
- These words are also used in the extended version of "S.I.M.P. (Squirrels In My Pants)".
- The women dancing in the background appear again during "Carpe Diem" and "Inator Method".
- The statues resemble him 20 years before the alternate future.
- One of Heinz's background dancers returns in "The Secret of Success" during "Telethon of Evil".
- This song's title is similar to Third Eye Blind's song, Semi-Charmed Life.
- One of the lines references the 1931 song "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" made famous by singers such as Rudy Vallée and Judy Garland.
Songwriters[]
BMI Work #11530935
See also[]
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