ELDER MCKINLEY
I’ve got a feelin’,
That you could be feelin’ –
A whole lot better than you feel today.
You say you’ve got a problem,
Well that’s no problem,
It’s super easy not to feel that way.
When you start to get confused
Because of thoughts in your head –
Don’t feel those feelings -
Hold them in – in – stead!
Turn it off!
Like a light switch,
Just go ‘click’,
It’s a cool little Mormon trick.
We do it all the time.
When you’re feeling certain feelings
That just don’t seem right,
Treat those pesky feelings like
a reading light-
ELDER MICHAELS
And turn em off!
Like a light switch!
ELDER CHURCH
Just go bap!
ELDER NEELEY
Really, what’s so hard about that?
ELDER MCKINLEY
Turn it off!
ALL ELDERS
Turn it off!
ELDER CHURCH
When I was young, my Dad
Would treat my Mom real bad
Every time the Utah Jazz would lose.
He’d start a’drinkin’
And I’d start a’thinkin’
How’m I gonna keep my Mom
from getting abused?
I’d see her all scared
And my soul was dyin’!
My Dad would say to me,
‘Now don’t you dare start crying!’
Turn it off!
ELDERS
Like a light switch.
Just go flick!
It’s our nifty little Mormon trick!
ELDER CHURCH
Turn it off!
ELDERS
Turn.
It.
Off!
ELDER THOMAS
My sister was a dancer
But she got cancer
The doctor said she still had two
months more.
I thought she had more time,
So I got in line
For the new iPhone
At the Apple Store.
She laid there dying with my Father
and Mother
Her very last words were,
‘Where is my brother’?’
ELDERS
Turn it off!
ELDER THOMAS
Yeah!
ELDERS
Bid those sad feelings adieu!
ELDER THOMAS
The fear that I might
get cancer too
ELDER MCKINLEY
When I was in fifth grade,
I had a friend, Steve Blade-
ELDER MCKINLEY
He and I were close as two friends
could be.
ELDERS
We could be close…
ELDER MCKINLEY
One thing led to another
And soon I would discover
ELDERS
Wow!
ELDER MCKINLEY
I was having really strange
ALL
Feelings for Steve
ELDER MCKINLEY
I thought about us on a deserted
island
ELDERS
We’re all alone…
ELDER MCKINLEY
We’d swim naked in the sea
And then he’d try and –
Whoa! Turn it off!
Like a light switch
There it’s gone!
ELDER CHURCH
Good for you!
ELDER MCKINLEY
My hetero side just won.
I’m all better now.
Boys should be with girls
That’s Heavenly Father’s plan.
So if you ever feel you’d rather
Be with a man –
Turn it off!
ELDER PRICE
Well, Elder McKinley, I think it’s okay
to have gay thoughts. So long as you
never act upon them.
ELDER MCKINLEY
No,
‘Cause then you’re just
Keeping it down.
Like a dimmer switch on low…
ELDERS
On low…
ELDER MCKINLEY
Thinking nobody needs to know
ELDERS
Uh oh…
ELDER MCKINLEY
But that’s not true.
Being gay is bad but lying is worse.
So just realize you have a curable
curse
And turn it off.
ELDERS
Turn it off!
Turn it off!
Turn it off!
ELDER MCKINLEY
Now how do you feel?
ELDER PRICE
The same.
ELDER MCKINLEY
Then you’ve only got yourself
to blame.
You didn’t pretend hard enough.
Imagine that your brain is made
of tiny boxes,
Then find the box that’s gay
and crush it!!
Okay?
ELDER PRICE
No, no…I’m not having
gay thoughts!!!!!
ELDER CUNNINGHAM
Alright! It worked!
ELDERS
Hurray!!!
ELDERS
He turned it off…
Turn it off…
Turn it off!
Like a light switch
Just go click
(click click!)
What a cool little Mormon trick
(Trick trick!)
We do it all the time!
ELDER MCKINLEY
When you’re feelin’ certain feelings
that just don’t seem right
Treat those pesky feelings like
a reading light
And turn it off!
ELDERS
Like a light switch on a cord
And now he isn’t gay anymore
Turn it turn it
Turn it turn it…
Turn it turn it
Turn it turn it…
Tuuuuuurn it…
ELDER MCKINLEY
Turn it off!
ELDERS
Offfffff!!!!!!
- 专辑：The Book of Mormon (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
- 歌手：Robert Lopez
- 歌曲：Turn it Off
