A Little Me

WILLY WONKA, spoken: Goodness me, is that the time? You'd better get ready.
CHARLIE, spoken: For what?
WILLY WONKA, spoken: Your new job.
CHARLIE, spoken: What job?
WILLY WONKA: You are the new Willy Wonka of course!
I always had a hunch it might be you. Let's see how you measure up.
CHARLIE: But I don't know the first thing about how a factory works
WILLY WONKA: Perfect! You're absolutely perfect!
CHARLIE: And I don't have a clue of what a chocolatier must do
WILLY WONKA: Well, Charlie Bucket, if you did, then you wouldn't be a kid!
It's all the things you aren't
That make you what you are
It's what you do not own that sets you free
It's the lessons still unlearned
It's the corners not yet turned
That make you you and
A little me
(spoken) Hat.
CHARLIE, spoken: Hat?
WILLY WONKA, spoken: Cane.
CHARLIE, spoken: Cane?
WILLY WONKA, spoken: And last but not least, the Wonka Stirring Spoon!
CHARLIE: But I don't know the recipes of how much this and that
WILLY WONKA: Delumptious! That makes you just delumptious!
CHARLIE: And I've not seen a single fact of how a chocolatier must act
WILLY WONKA: Well, the things you haven't seen make you a fresh green bean!
It's all the things you aren't
That make you what you are
You have to dig a hole to plant the tree
It's the books you've yet to read
It's the dough you've yet to knead
That makes you you and
A little me
A sculptor wants no hardened clay
He wants his mud to (WILLY WONKA & OOMPA -LOOMPAS: Bend and sway)
And that is what a childcan do
But not just any careless child
WILLY WONKA & OOMPA-LOOMPAS: Too fat or spoiled or crass or wild
WILLY WONKA: So aren't you glad upon review that, Charlie Bucket, I chose you?
CHARLIE: Well, yes, it's quite an honor, but I'm still a bit at sea
WILLY WONKA: Ahoy, then (OOMPA-LOOMPAS: Ba ba dah!)
WILLY WONKA: You're just my boy then (OOMPA-LOOMPAS: Enjoy then)
CHARLIE: And I never dreamed this day could ever start and end this way
WILLY WONKA: It's the dreams you've yet to dream that will whip your whipping cream!
WILLY WONKA & OOMPA-LOOMPAS: It's all the things you aren't that make you what you are
WILLY WONKA: And that's what makes you just my cup of tea (OOMPA-LOOMPAS: Did he say tea?)
WILLY WONKA: It's your percolating mind
It's your ears still wet behind
WILLY WONKA & OOMPA-LOOMPAS: That make you you and
WILLY WONKA: A little me
WILLY WONKA & OOMPA-LOOMPAS: The factory's yours, yes, that's your prize
OOMPA-LOOMPAS: We've got a boss who's just our size
MR. & MRS. BUCKET: And what a treat to watch you rise
GRANDPA JOE & JOSEPHINE: A chocolate comet in ascent!
GEORGE & GEORGINA: With sparks of sweets you'll soon invent!
WILLY WONKA: And any journey worth the schlep
Must begin with one small step
ALL EXCEPT CHARLIE: It's all the things you aren't
That make you what you are
You'll lead the way
To things you've yet to see
It's the schemes you've yet to bake
It's the leap you've yet to take
That makes you you
WILLY WONKA: A Wonka through and through
ALL EXCEPT CHARLIE: That makes you you
And in the middle of a riddle
Where a kid'll be a little
ALL EXCEPT CHARLIE: Yes, we agree
You're a little
CHARLIE & WILLY WONKA: Me!