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[Intro – A massive festival is already in full swing. Fifty thousand voices roar before the band crashes in. Heavy southern guitars ignite instantly.]
HEY!!
HEY!!
HEY!!
Raise it up!!
Raise it high!!
Yodel-ay-hee!!
Yo-lay-ho!!
The fever’s here…
LET IT GROW!!
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[Verse 1 – Full throttle. Crushing guitars, pounding drums, banjos flying, industrial bass shaking the ground.]
One man heard…
A distant call…
Dropped his shovel…
Forgot it all…
One old grandma…
Heard one note…
Grabbed her boots…
And stole the show!
[Festival Yodelers]
Yodel-ay-hee!!
Yodel-ay-ho!!
Faster now!!
LET IT GO!!
Every smile…
Every shout…
Pulled another…
Person out!!
HEY!!
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[Pre-Chorus – Choir grows. The yodels begin spreading across the crowd like a wave.]
Hear one yodel…
Hear two more…
Suddenly…
There’s forty-four!!
[Left Side]
AY-HEE!!
[Right Side]
AY-HOO!!
[Everyone]
WE ALL CAUGHT IT!!
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[Chorus – Giant festival anthem. Machine-gun yodels become part of the rhythm. Every repeat gets louder.]
THE YODEL FEVER!!
CAN’T BE STOPPED!!
HEY!!
HEY!!
UNTIL THE MUSIC…
FINALLY DROPS!!
[Lead Yodel]
Yodel-ay-hee!!
Yo-lay-ho!!
Yodel-ay-hee-hi-yodel-ay-ho!!
[Choir]
Yo-lo-lo-lo-lay-heeeee!!
Yo-lo-lo-lo-lay-hooooo!!
Raise your boots!!
Raise your drink!!
Don’t even try…
TO OVERTHINK!!
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[Verse 2 – The whole world starts catching the fever. Bigger riffs. Bigger choirs. Bigger laughs.]
News reporter…
On TV…
Tried to warn…
The country…
He cleared his throat…
Looked around…
Then yodeled loud…
Without a sound!
Truckers laughing…
Traffic stopped…
Nobody cared…
The grills all popped!
Helicopters…
Circled high…
The pilots joined…
THE YODEL CRY!!
[Festival Yodelers]
AY-HEE!!
AY-HOO!!
AY-HEE-HI-HOOOOOO!!
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[Breakdown – Industrial EDM pounds. The crowd splits into a gigantic yodel relay. Every side answers the other.]
[North Side]
Yodel-ay-hee!!
Yodel-ay-hee!!
HEY!!
HEY!!
[South Side]
Yo-lay-ho!!
Yo-lay-ho!!
HEY!!
HEY!!
[East Side]
AY-HEE!!
AY-HEE!!
[West Side]
AY-HOO!!
AY-HOO!!
[Everyone]
LOUDER!!
LOUDER!!
LOUDER!!
YOOOOOOOOODEL!!
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[Bridge – Everything cuts except one heartbeat kick and thousands of clapping hands.]
“I think…”
“…I caught…”
“…the fever…”
…
[Entire Festival]
YOOOOOOOOOOODEL-AY-HHHHEEEEEEEE!!!!
[Band]
HIT IT!!
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[Final Chorus – Maximum insanity. Triple guitars. Blazing banjos. Crushing southern metal. Industrial EDM exploding beneath impossible yodel harmonies.]
THE YODEL FEVER!!
CAN’T BE STOPPED!!
HEY!!
HEY!!
WE AIN’T EVER!!
GONNA STOP!!
Bigfoot laughing!!
Devil singing!!
Sheriff crowd surfing!!
Everybody spinning!!
Yodel-ay-hee!!
Yo-lay-ho!!
Yodel-ay-hee-hi-yodel-ay-ho!!
Raise your hands!!
Shake the ground!!
THIS WHOLE WORLD’S…
YODELING NOW!!
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[Finale – Music slams to silence. One lone voice speaks.]
“…Does anybody…”
“…know the cure?”
…
[Fifty Thousand Voices]
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODEL-AY-HHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEE-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!