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[Intro – Fireworks explode across the valley. Church bells ring. Air horns blast. Triple guitars crash in as fifty thousand voices roar.]
HEY!!
HEY!!
YODEL-AY-HEE!!
YO-LAY-HOO!!
Raise your boots!!
Raise your voice!!
Tonight we all…
REJOICE!!
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[Verse 1 – Every instrument joins immediately. Crushing southern riffs, industrial EDM, screaming banjos, giant choirs.]
Campfires glowing…
Sky alive…
Every dream…
Has now arrived…
Dust keeps rising…
Hearts beat fast…
Everybody…
MAKE IT LAST!!
[Festival Yodelers]
Yodel-ay-hee!!
Yo-lay-ho!!
Yodel-ay-hee-hi-yodel-ay-ho!!
[Crowd]
HEY!!
HEY!!
HEY!!
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[Pre-Chorus – Choir grows larger. Crowd claps in rhythm. Every line builds higher.]
Bigfoot laughing!!
Front row seat!!
The Devil dancing!!
To the beat!!
Sheriff smiling!!
Hands held high!!
One more chorus!!
TOUCH THE SKY!!
[Left Side]
AY-HEE!!
[Right Side]
AY-HOO!!
[Everyone]
SING IT LOUD!!
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[Chorus – The biggest anthem of the album. Every voice united.]
YODELOCALYPSE!!
HEY!!
YODELOCALYPSE!!
HEY!!
Raise your boots!!
Raise your soul!!
LET IT ROLL!!
[Lead Yodel]
Yodel-ay-hee!!
Yo-lay-ho!!
Yodel-ay-hee-hi-yodel-ay-ho!!
[Choir]
Yo-lo-lo-lay-heee!!
Yo-lo-lo-lay-hooo!!
One more round!!
One more sound!!
SHAKE THE GROUND!!
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[Verse 2 – The celebration reaches its peak.]
Every mountain…
Every trail…
Every laugh…
Every tale…
Side by side…
Hand in hand…
One big family…
Cross the land…
No more strangers…
None at all…
Tonight together…
WE STAND TALL!!
[Festival Yodelers]
AY-HEE!!
AY-HOO!!
AY-HEE-HI-HOOOO!!
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[Breakdown – Music drops to stomping boots and clapping hands. The whole festival becomes the instrument.]
[North Ridge]
Yodel-ay-hee!!
[South Ridge]
Yo-lay-ho!!
[East Ridge]
AY-HEE!!
[West Ridge]
AY-HOO!!
[Bigfoot]
YOOOOOO!!
[Devil]
LAY-HOOOO!!
[Sheriff]
TURN IT UP!!
[Everyone]
ELEVEN!!
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[Bridge – The instruments pull back. Only the crowd remains.]
Who built this place…?
WE DID!!
Who kept it alive…?
WE DID!!
Who’s coming back…?
WE ARE!!
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[Final Chorus – Every instrument, every choir, every voice from the album explodes together one last time.]
YODELOCALYPSE!!
HEY!!
YODELOCALYPSE!!
HEY!!
Raise your hands!!
Raise your voice!!
Everybody!!
MAKE SOME NOISE!!
Bigfoot singing!!
Devil grinning!!
Sheriff leading!!
Crowd all spinning!!
Yodel-ay-hee!!
Yo-lay-ho!!
Yodel-ay-hee-hi-yodel-ay-ho!!
HEY!!
HEY!!
HEY!!
If tomorrow comes…
We’ll meet again!!
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[Grand Finale – Every instrument suddenly stops. Silence. One child quietly yodels.]
“…Yodel-ay-hee?”
…
One banjo answers.
One guitar.
One boot stomp.
Another.
Another.
Then…
THE ENTIRE FESTIVAL
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODEL-AY-HHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
[Final Spoken Line]
“Same time next year?”
Tankitall
