A Vote for a Winner

"A Vote For a Winner"

Song Information Singers: Yeardley Smith Nancy Cartwright Tress MacNeille Pamela Hayden Characters: Lisa Students Length: 1:05 Writer(s): Music: Alf Clausen Lyrics: Dana Gould Album: The Simpsons: Testify Appearance(s): "The President Wore Pearls"

"A Vote for a Winner" is a song sung by Lisa Simpson when she was trying to get the kids of Springfield Elementary to vote for her for class president.

Lyrics

Episode version

Lisa:

I'm not that cool,

I don't wear jeans.

I've polished an apple or two.

But every grade that I grubbed,

I grubbed it for you.

So call me bookworm,

But I'll never squirm

When there's work to be done.

Yes, I'll take my lunch at my desk

While you're all outside having fun.

Don't vote for me, kids of Springfield,

Unless you want an effective leader.

I'll talk to teachers,

I'll handle Skinner,

A vote for Lisa

Makes you the winner!

Students:

Vote Lisa! Vote Lisa! Vote Lisa!

Album version

Lisa:

And we deserve a French teacher who actually speaks French! J'accuse, Monsieur Kupferberg!

Monsieur Kupferberg:

What is she yakkin' about?

Lisa:

I rest my case.

Seymour Skinner:

Nelson, rebuttal?

Nelson:

Yo, everyone, it's me, Nelson!

Students:

YAAAY! NELSON! NELSON! NELSON! NELSON!

Lisa:

I'm not that cool,

I don't wear jeans.

I've polished an apple or two.

But every grade that I grubbed,

I grubbed it for you.

So call me bookworm,

But I'll never squirm

When there's work to be done.

Yes, I'll take my lunch at my desk

While you're all outside having fun.

Don't vote for me, kids of Springfield,

Unless you want an effective leader.

I'll talk to teachers,

I'll handle Skinner,

A vote for Lisa

Makes you the winner!

Students:

Vote Lisa! Vote Lisa! Vote Lisa!

Behind the Laughter

The song parodies "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from the musical Evita. It is part of the twentieth track on the album The Simpsons: Testify. It was nominated for a Primetime Emmy award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics in 2004. It lost to the song "Because You are Beautiful" from the TV special World VDAY.

Appearances

• Episode – "The President Wore Pearls"
• Album – The Simpsons: Testify