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Werewolf Bar Mitzvah: The Interactive Annotator

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[Spoken intro — Tracy & Tray] Aw man, Tray, look up at the sky It's a This is scary Break it down

[Verse I — The Summons] I was When I heard a knock on my I opened it up and to my surprise There was a

[Verse II — The Offer] He says tomorrow my son, you will be a man But Tomorrow you will stand at the bimah and pray But tonight let's gaze at the moon and bay

[Refrain]

[Refrain] Werewolf Bar Mitzvah Spooky scary Boys becoming men Men becoming wolves

[First Attempted Wrap]

[Verse III — At the Bimah] The next day what happened I got up in front of everyone To give my little speech

[Verse IV — The Transformation]

[Verse V — Congregational Assent] I growled and I roared And my rabbi did as well

[Interpolation — Attribution] Hey man, where'd you learn All these Jewish words?

[Refrain] Werewolf Bar Mitzvah Spooky scary Boys becoming men Men becoming wolves

[Second Attempted Wrap]

[Verse VI — Reception] We had a reception at the They served a real nice I danced with my cousins, I got money from my folks We had a lot of fun

[Bridge — Diegetic Recovery] So we pulled ourselves together and we're wolf men again Just in time for monster fight to begin, no

[Verse VII — The Monster Fight] , no man So we fought them and some Dracula's and Frankensteins too 'Cause you gotta love Bar Mitzvah, even if you're not a, aroo

[Coda] () Spooky scary (There's no plural Frankenstein) Boys becoming men Men becoming wolves