SONG: YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN

LINUS: (off stage)
I really don't think you have anything to worry about Charlie Brown. After all, science has shown a person's character isn't really established until at he's at least five years old.

CHARLIE BROWN: (from off stage)
But I am five! I'm more than five! 

LINUS: (from off stage)
Oh well, that's the way it goes. 

ALL:
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN. 

SALLY:
The only thing wrong with my big brother Charlie Brown is his lack of confidence. His inferiority, and his lack of confidence. His clumsiness, his inferiority, and his lack of confidence. His stupidity, his clumsiness, his inferiority, and his lack of confidence. . . . 

All:
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN. 

LUCY:(from off stage)
Charlie Brown. . . . 

All:
YOU'RE THE KIND OF REMINDER WE NEED. . . 

SCHROEDER:
Did you know that Charlie Brown has never pitched a winning baseball game? Never been able to keep a kite in the air? Never won a game of checkers? And never successfully punted a football? Sometimes I marvel at his consistency. 

ALL:
YOU HAVE HUMILITY, NOBILITY AND A SENSE OF HONOR THAT IS VERY RARE INDEED. 

LINUS:
I think Charlie Brown has nice hands. 

SNOOPY:
It is truly a dog's life. A life of challenges -- You try acting excited when that round headed kid comes home from school! 

ALL:
YOU'RE A PRINCE AND A PRINCE COULD BE KING.

LUCY:
Now Linus, I want you to take a good look at Charlie Brown's face. Would you please hold still a minute Charlie Brown. I want Linus to study your face. Now, this is what you call a failure face, Linus. Notice how it has failure written all over it. Study it carefully, Linus you rarely see such a good example. Notice deep lines, the dull vacant look in his eyes -- yes I would say this is the finest example of failure face you're liable to see in a long while. 

ALL:
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN.
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN. 

CHARLIE BROWN:
Some days I wake up early and watch the sun rise. And I think how beautiful it is. How my life lies before me. And I get very positive feeling about things. . . Like this morning for instance, the sky is so clear and the sun is so bright. . . How can anything go wrong on a day like this? (alarm clock rings) I'm late!! 

SNOOPY:
Woof! 

ALL: (EXCEPT CHARLIE BROWN)
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN,
YOU'RE THE KIND OF REMINDER WE NEED.
YOU HAVE HUMILITY, NOBILITY AND A SENSE OF HONOR.
THAT IS VERY RARE INDEED. 

SNOOPY:
Woof! 

ALL:
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN,
AND WE KNOW YOU WILL GO VERY FAR.
YES, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE,
ALMOST FRIGHTENING TO CONCEIVE,
WHAT A GOOD MAN YOU ARE. 

[LINUS:] SCHROEDER:
You are kind. 

ALL:
YOU ARE KIND TO ALL THE ANIMALS
AND EVERY LITTLE BIRD.
WITH A HEART OF GOLD YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE TOLD. 

LUCY:
Every single solitary word. 

ALL:
YOU BRAVELY FACE ADVERSITY,
YOU'RE CHEERFUL THROUGH THE DAY,
YOU'RE THOUGHTFUL, BRAVE AND COURTEOUS. 

LUCY:
And you also have some faults,
but for the moment let's just say....

ALL:
THAT YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN,
YOU'RE A PRINCE, AND A PRINCE COULD BE KING.
WITH A HEART SUCH AS YOURS
YOU COULD OPEN ANY DOORS,
YOU COULD GO OUT AND DO ANYTHING.
YOU COULD BE KING, CHARLIE BROWN,
YOU COULD BE KING!

CHARLIE BROWN:
EVERYBODY SAYS TO ME

ALL (EXCEPT CHARLIE BROWN):
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN

CHARLIE BROWN:
EVERY VOICE IN HARMONY

ALL :
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN

CHARLIE BROWN:
ALL I NEED IS ONE MORE TRY
GOTTA GET THAT KITE TO FLY
AND I'M NOT THE KIND OF GUY
WHO GIVES UP EASILY.
WONDER WHY THEY STOP TO SAY

ALL:
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN

CHARLIE BROWN:
NEVER LIKED ME ANYWAY

ALL:
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN

CHARLIE BROWN:
TRYING NOT TO ROCK THE BOAT
NOT TO MAKE A SCENE
A GOOD MAN YES, BUT I CONFESS
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN.
I WANT TO RISE LIKE I SHOULD
AND DO EVERYTHING RIGHT
BUT I LIE AWAKE AT NIGHT

ALL:
OOOH.... NEVER SLEEP

CHARLIE BROWN:
WITH QUESTIONS IN MY EAR

ALL:
OOOH.... LOUD AND DEEP

CHARLIE BROWN:
I WANT TO JOIN THE DANCE

ALL:
OOOH.... TAKE THE LEAP

CHARLIE BROWN:
BUT THE ANSWER ISN'T CLEAR
THEN I HEAR

ALL:
CHARLIE BROWN.... CHARLIE BROWN....
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN

(The School bus horn Beep-Beeps)

SCHROEDER:
Get on the bus.

LUCY:
Get on the bus.

LINUS: 
Go ahead, get on the bus, Charlie Brown.

SALLY:
Don't wanna be late for school.

ALL:
That's right!

CHARLIE BROWN:
Don't wanna be late.

ALL:
Don't wanna be late for school!

YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN,

CHARLIE BROWN:
THERE THEY GO AGAIN.

ALL:
YOU'RE THE KIND OF REMINDER WE NEED.

CHARLIE BROWN:
DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN

ALL:
YOU HAVE HUMILITY, NOBILITY AND A SENSE OF HONOR.
THAT IS VERY RARE INDEED.

CHARLIE BROWN:
I'M NOT GOOD, I'M NOT BAD
I'M SOMETHING IN BETWEEN

SNOOPY:
Woof!

ALL:
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN,

CHARLIE BROWN:
 I DON'T UNDERSTAND

ALL:
YOU'RE A PRINCE, AND A PRINCE COULD BE KING.
WITH A HEART SUCH AS YOURS
YOU COULD OPEN ANY DOORS,
YOU COULD GO OUT AND DO ANYTHING.
YOU COULD BE KING, CHARLIE BROWN,
YOU COULD BE KING!

CHARLIE BROWN:
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER

ALL:
YOU COULD BE KING!

CHARLIE BROWN:
ALL GOOD THINGS MUST END

ALL:
BELIEVE IT

CHARLIE BROWN:
I'VE MEMORIZED THAT PHRASE BY HEART

ALL:
AND YOU WERE BORN FOR THIS PART

CHARLIE BROWN:
SO TELL ME

ALL:
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN

CHARLIE BROWN:
I NEED TO KNOW IT...

ALL:
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN

CHARLIE BROWN:
WHEN DO THE GOOD THINGS START?

LUCY AND SCHROEDER:
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN

SALLY AND LINUS:
BRAVELY FACING ADVERSITY
YOU CAN OPEN UP ANY DOOR

SNOOPY:
OH, YOU'RE A GOOD MAN

ALL:
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN

(School Bell Rings)

(The kids go into school, and Snoopy tries to follow them in, but the door shuts in his face - he whimpers) 

SALLY:
This is my report on the past. The past has always interested people. I must admit, however, that I don't know much about it. I wasn't here when it happened. 

Well, I guess I'd better see what I've got. Peanut Butter. Some psychiatrists say that people who eat peanut butter sandwiches are lonely. I guess they're right. And when you're really lonely, the peanut butter sticks to the roof of your mouth (he says this while chewing. Then he get the peanut butter unstuck with his finger.) Boy the PTA sure did a good job of painting these benches. There's that cute little redheaded girl eating her lunch over there. I wonder what she'd do if I went over and asked her if I could sit and have lunch with her. She'd probably laugh right in my face. It's hard on a face when it gets laughed in. There's an empty place next to her on the bench. There's no reason why I couldn't just go over and sit there. I could do that right now. All I have to do is stand up. (He stands up.) I'm standing up. (He sits down) I'm sitting down. I'm a coward. I'm so much of a coward she probably wouldn't even think of looking at me. She hardly ever does look at me. In fact, I can't remember her ever looking at me. Why shouldn't she look at me? Is there any reason in the world why she shouldn't look at me? Is she so great and I'm so small that she can't spare one little moment... (He stops) She's looking at me. She's looking at me. (He panics and puts his lunch bag on his head.)

LUCY:
 No Sally, you're thinking of that other dress, the one I wore to Lucinda's Party. The one I'm taking about was the very light blue one and had a design embroidered around the waist.

SALLY:
I don't remember.

LUCY:
(She takes a pencil and draws on the paper bag)

Something like this. The skirt went out like this and it had these puffy sleeves and a sash like this.

SALLY:
Oh yes, I remember.

LUCY:
Yes, well that was the dress I was wearing last week when I met Frieda and she said she'd seen one just like it over at...

CHARLIE BROWN:
(Still with the bag on his head)

Lunchtime IS among the worst times of day for me. If that little redheaded girl is looking at me with this stupid bag over my head she must think I'm the biggest fool alive. But if she isn't looking at me, then maybe I could take it off quickly and she'd never notice it. On the other hand, I can't tell if she's looking or not until I take it off. Then again, if I never take it off, I'll never have to know if she was looking or not. On the other hand, it's very hard to breathe in here. (He pauses... then quickly pulls the bag off his head.) She's not looking at me. I wonder why she never looks at me. (The school bell rings again.) Oh well, one more lunch hour over with. Only two thousand, eight hundred and sixty-three to go.

CHARLIE BROWN:
ALL I NEED IS ONE MORE TRY
GOTTA GET THAT KITE TO FLY
AND I'M NOT THE KIND OF GUY
WHO GIVES UP EASILY

ALL:
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN