Sweet

Keating! The Musical

All lyrics written and copyrighted by Casey Bennetto, 2004.

Annotations written by Loki Carbis, 2009. The assistance and advice of Casey Bennetto in the creation of these annotations is gratefully acknowledged.
This page is intended for informational purposes only.

Keating: I’ve been out there pacing
Bracing for defeat
Ready to be roasted
And I felt that demon heat
But I got lifted
When I thought that I would fall
In Keating’s acceptance speech after his 1993 election victory, he did indeed characterise it as ‘the sweetest victory of all’.Now this feels like the sweetest victory of all.

I never felt too comfy
Up there on the top
Humpty Dumpty is, of course,a children’s nursery rhyme character: an animate egg who falls to the ground and shatters irretrievably.I felt like Humpty Dumpty
and I was waiting for the drop

But I got lifted
I’m floating high above the wall
Now this feels like the sweetest victory of all

I thank my wife and son and daughter
My faithful supporters
You kept my team full of steam
I thank the people of the nation
For their validation
Keep on believing in the dream

You know that I’ve been wishin’
I had a second shot
Thanks to your decision
That’s exactly what I got
And I got lifted
Now I hear my country call
Band: We want Paul, We want Paul!
Keating: Now this feels like the sweetest victory
Now it seems like y’all wanna stick to me
Now this feels like the sweetest victory of all

The chant of ‘We want Paul’ and Keating’s response, ‘You got him’ both took place as Keating emerged too make his victory speech that night.Band: We want Paul! We want Paul!
Keating: You got him!
Band: We want Paul! We want Paul!
Keating: Yeah, I’m right here
Band: We want Paul! We want Paul!
Keating: Now this feels like the sweetest victory of ALL!

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