Clean Up Your Act



"Clean Up Your Act" is a song in An All Dogs Christmas Carol, sung by Charlie Barkin (as The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, also dressed in a spoof "The Mask", minus the shoes) to Carface Carruthers, warning him to change his ways or he'll be condemned to perdition.

Lyrics
Charlie: (spoken) It's... showtime! (sung) Look what you've done. You've been a very bad dog, my son, Packin' seven years of evil into everyone! Ooh, greed and vice. A pack of cards and a pair o' dice Ain't gonna get you into Paradise.

(spoken) You get it? Pair of dice, paradise, huh? (chuckles)

Carface: Huh?

Charlie: (sung) You're in a sad, sad, so sad, really bad, makes-me-mad state, old friend. Is this the end?

I think it's time (Demons: High time) to clean up your act. If you don't, you're doomed, and that's a fact. Take a look, and you'll see The kind of dog you were born to be (Angels: Oo-eee, oo-eee) Clean up your act

You could be a leader, you could be a saint You could be a million things that obviously you ain't You're slippin' and you're slidin' and soon you're gonna fall You'll be outta work and outta luck with nothing left at all

But you've got time (Angels: Got time) To clean up your act Make amends for all those mutts you've whacked Listen close to what I say, every dog has his judgment day Angels: Hey, hey, hey, hey, clean up your act

When the music's over, when the show is through You'll still have eternity to spend with Wonder Who You're writin' your own ticket, the script is in your paws It's your time to shine (Angels: Be divine) Wait for that applause

(* Mussorgsky's "Night on the Bare Mountain") Aaah! Demon: Going down? Yaaah!

I think it's time (Angels: High time) To clean up your act Search for that integrity you've lacked Change your ways, get a clue They're mean and rotten, the things you do Angels: Pee-yew, pee-yew Clean up your act

Now it's time, (Angels: High time) to clean up your act If you don't, you're doomed and that's a fact Have a heart, that's the key, you'll be saved, you'll be free Take a look and you'll see the kind of dog you were born to be

Angels: Oo-eee, oo-eee Clean up your... Clean up your act