Something Better

"Something Better" is a song from Muppet Treasure Island. It is sung by Jim Hawkins (with Kevin Bishop's prerecorded vocals), and his self-played friends Gonzo and Rizzo about Jim's lament on his life at the inn and his wish to leave for an adventure.

Lyrics
(P.S. The lyrics in brackets [] are the ones that were not used in the film, but on the soundtrack)

[Jim: I wake up each day and wonder what for. It seems to me there must be something more Something more than stacks of dishes And washing this old floor If I had my pick-up wishes I'd wish me out that door. 'Cause I'm hungry for adventure And I'm fed up with this grind If I don't have some excitement soon I'm gonna lose my mind. I want a life that's filled with thrills that's wild and free. There's gotta be something better Something better There's gotta be something better than this for me.]

Jim: I look around here and I want to cry.

(Rizzo: Ah, me too.)

Jim: I feel like the world is passing me by.

(Gonzo: It is!)

Jim: And I just can't help but wonder, Am I doomed to wash and dry? And is it a curse I'm under To do it till I die?

(Gonzo: Oh, I hope not.)

(Rizzo: Yeah.)

Jim: When I could be an explorer (Gonzo: Sure you could.) Jim: Sailing off to distant lands (Rizzo: Well, not so fast.) Jim: Instead of spending every afternoon Just getting dishpan hands. My future looks like nowhere that I want to be.

All three: There's gotta be something better Something better

Jim: There's gotta be something better than this for me.

Gonzo: Now you're talking. If it's weird and wild, let's go and find it. "The crazier, the better," is what I'd say.

Rizzo: Yeah, that's true. To tell the truth, I really wouldn't mind it. (Gonzo: Mind what?)

Rizzo: If we found some place with ten square meals a day.

Gonzo & Jim: Let danger call my name.

Rizzo: If it does, I'm gonna hide.

Jim: I'll put my courage to the test...

Gonzo: And I'll be by your side. (Rizzo: He'll be by your side.)

Jim: There's gotta be something better than this... (Gonzo & Rizzo: Something more than this...)

Jim: I know that there's so much out there...

All three: To see.

Jim: And I know this life I'm living

Can't be my destiny.

All three: There's gotta be something better

Something better

Jim: There's gotta be something better than this for me...

Gonzo: And me!

Rizzo: Wait a minute, what about me?

All three: There's something better than this for you and

Me!!!