Pulled

Wednesday Addams has always been a girl who marched to the beat of her own drum. She is a member of the Addams family and, to them, to be sad is what we would experience as happy. Darkness is desirable, and violence and mayhem are fun. Wednesday is not a sentimental girl and normally detests what others find cute. However, all that has changed since she fell in love with Lucas Beineke, a young aspiring poet from Ohio. Now, she is surprised to find that all cute things she once abhorred -- bunnies, birds, Disney World, to name a few — she now adores. She confesses to her younger brother, Pugsley, that love has got her looking at the world in a whole new way.

The song is a demanding belt vehicle for a young mezzo-soprano, requiring a wide range with powerful mix/belt on sustained high notes and rapid patter sections for comedic effect. Performance-wise, it calls for strong acting through movement—Wednesday's deadpan delivery contrasting with explosive energy—plus physical comedy in interacting with Pugsley, demanding agility, facial expressiveness, and vocal agility to shift from sultry lows to triumphant highs while maintaining character authenticity.

Can be performed as a solo without Pugsley’s interjections.

Puppy dogs with droopy faces, unicorns with dancing mice.

Sunrise in wide open spaces. Disney World? I’ll go there twice!

Butterflies at picnic lunches, bunches of chrysanthemums.

Lollipops and pillow fights, and Christmas Eve? Sugar plums!

String quartets and Chia Pets and afternoon banana splits.

Angels watching as I sleep and Liberace’s greatest hits have got me pulled in a new direction.

If they keep insisting, I’ll stop resisting.

Just watch me pulled in a new direction!

I should stay in the dark, not obey every spark, but the boy has a bite better far than his bark.

And you bet I’ll bite, too, do what’s truly taboo, as I’m pulled in a new direction.