We Put the Spring in Springfield
The Spring in Springfield is a song performed during The Simpsons season 8 episode Bart After Dark. The episode involves Bart working for a burlesque house after he destroys a stone gargoyle while trying to retrieve a RC plane.
Trivia
- This song is the only one of two to fully take place outside. The other one would be in Trash of the Titans, in season 9.
Lyrics
Homer: You could close down Moe's Or the Kwik-E-Mart, And nobody would care, But the Heart of Springfield's in Our Maison Derriere!
[Music starts]
Belle: We're the sauce on your steak, We're the cheese in your cake, We put the spring in Springfield. Dancing Girl 1: We're the lace on the nightgown, Dancing Girl 2: The Point after touchdown. Belle and Dancing Girls: Yes we put the spring in Springfield.
Belle: We're the little extra spice That makes existance extra-nice, A giddy little thrill At a reasonable price. Lovejoy: Our only major quarrel's With your total lack of morals. Dancing Girl 3: Our skimpy costumes ain't so bad, Dancing Girl 4: They seem to entertain your dad!
Belle and Dancing Girls: The gin in your martini, The clams in your linguine, Yes we keep the [Belle flicks the Bumblebee Man's antenna] In Springfield
Wiggum, Krusty, & Skinner: We remember our first visit, Mayor Quimby: The Service was exquisite! [Spoken] Mrs Quimby: Why Joseph, I had no idea! Mayor Quimby: Come on now, you were working here! [Sung] Grampa and Jasper: Without it we'd have no fun Since March of 1961! Bart: To shut it down now would be twisted, Jimbo, Dolph, & Kearney: We just heard this place existed!
Dancing Girls: We're the highlights in your hairdo, Apu: The extra arms on Vishnu, Dancing Girls: So don't take the [Barney opens a jack-in-the-box] Mob: We won't take the [Sideshow Mel blows on his slide-whistle] Everyone: Yes let's keep the [Moe crashes two garbage can lids together] In Springfield
[Krusty hits his face with a pie, Willy accidentally hits Lenny in the head with a sledgehammer, Wiggum and the Comic Book Guy bounce their bellies together, Burns honks the horn on his antique car, Cap'n MacAllister reels in a fish, and Barney burps.]
