Daddy Knows Best
"Daddy Knows Best" is a song written by Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros fame. It appears in the SpongeBob SquarePants musical. In this song, Pearl tries to get her father, Mr. Krabs, to stop obsessing over money and listen to what she is saying.
Lyrics
- Mr. Krabs: Life is short and the end is near
- It's important to identify what you hold dear
- It's clear, Pearl, your daddy always knows best
- Pearl: I am not in the mood for a teaching moment right now.
- Mr. Krabs: Let me tell you what counts more than all the rest!
- Money money matters most
- Money money I can boast
- Money money make a toast to
- Money, money, money! Ha!
- Pearl: You just don't understand me! I know we're not the same species but that doesn't mean that money's—
- Mr. Krabs: Me money makes funny things funnier
- Sunny things sunnier
- Nothing's crummier than no bread
- Pearl, your daddy always knows best
- Pearl: Daddy, would you just listen to me—
- Mr. Krabs: Pearl, let me show you how deeply we're blessed
- Money money in this drawer
- Money money 'round this door
- Money money from the floor
- Money, money, money! Ha!
- Pearl: I should be my daddy's greatest prize
- But instead he's got dollar signs in his eyes
- Daddy, you just don't understand
- All I care about is rockin' out with my favorite band
- Oh the feeling that it creates
- When I hear the Electric Skates
- Mr. Krabs: Can you hear it, Pearl?
- Ensemble: Money money money money etc...
- Pearl: Daddy, can you hear me?
- Can you hear me at all?
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- Mr. Krabs: I'm sorry, Pearl, were you trying to say something?
- (Pearl cries.)
- Pearl: Daddy!
- Mr. Krabs: Money!
Lyrics (Live on Stage version)
- Mr. Krabs: You've got your priorities all wrong. We're in a crisis here, and when you're in a crisis, there's only one thing you can depend on.
- Pearl: You mean family?
- Mr. Krabs: No.
- SpongeBob: Community?
- Mr. Krabs: You’re kidding, right?
- When time is short and the end is near
- It's important to identify what you hold dear
- It's clear, Pearl, your daddy always knows best
- Pearl: You don't understand me. I know we're not the same species, which is pretty weird now I think about it...
- Mr. Krabs: Let me show you what counts more than all the rest! Close yer eyes, boy. This part's not for you!