This past weekend I saw the play Avenue Q. It’s a hilarious adult musical comedy written by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx. Most of the characters are puppets and, in part, the play is a parody of Sesame Street. Inside the fun and crazy (sometime profane) lyrics is a message, delivered in a lighthearted way. One of the songs is called “Purpose.” Here are the lyrics for it. (Princeton is one of the puppets, a college graduate who has moved into the lower-income NYC neighborhood where the play is set.)

Princeton:

Purpose.

It’s that little flame

That lights a fire

Under your ass.

Ha!

Purpose.

It keeps you going strong

Like a car with a full

Tank of gas.

Everyone else has a purpose,

So what’s mine?

Oh look.

Here’s a penny.

It’s from the year I was born.

It’s a sign!

Ha! Ba ba ba ba doo doo doo doo doo.

I don’t know how I know,

But I’m gonna find my purpose.

I don’t know where I’m gonna look,

But I’m gonna find my purpose.

Gotta find out.

Don’t wanna wait.

Got to make sure that my life will be great.

Gotta find my purpose.

Before it’s too late.

Ensemble:

He’s gonna find his purpose.

Princeton:

Whoa ooh oh.

Princeton and Ensemble:

I’m [He’s] gonna find my [his] purpose.

Ensemble:

He’s gonna find his purpose.

Princeton:

Yeaaah yeah yea.

Princeton and Ensemble:

I’m [He’s] gonna find my [his] purpose.

Princeton:

Could be far.

Could be near.

Could take a week

A month

A year

At a job.

Or smoking grass.

Ha!

Maybe at a pottery class.

Could it be?

Yes it could.

Something’s coming.

Something good.

What will it be? Where will it be?

My purpose in life is a mystery.

Gotta find my purpose.

Gotta find me.

Ensemble:

Your’re gonna find your purpose.

Princeton:

Pur- pur- purpose

Yeah yeah.

I gotta find me!

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