The Ballad of Buster Baxter Arthur

# Every day when you're walking down the street, everybody that you meet

# Has an original point of view

# And I say, hey! What a wonderful kind of day

# If you could learn to work and play And get along with each other

# Listen to your heart, to the beat Listen to the rhythm of the street

# Open up your eyes, open your ears Make things better working together

# It's a simple message and it comes from the heart

# Believe in yourself For that's the place to start

# And I say, hey! What a wonderful kind of day!

# You can learn to work and play And get along with each other

# What a wonderful kind of day! What a wonderful kind of day! #

Hey, DW!

-Hey!

-Oh!

# This is the story about the face on the cake

# It belongs to Buster Baxter

# Baby boy bunny Buster Baxter was born eight years ago

# At first all he did was cry and eat And eat and eat and grow

# He met Arthur They became friends

# It was an historic day!

# They always had lots of fun They liked to read and play

# Then one day Buster found out he was gonna go

-# Gonna go, bye-bye

-Goodbye, Arthur!

# He went around the world a couple of times

# We thought he'd left the show

# Buster Baxter went away then he came back

# Buster Baxter This is what he found... #

It looks just like I never left.

Hey!

Great cake. I'm the only kid I know who got to eat his own face!

-That's exactly what I said!

-It sure feels good to be back.

I was afraid things would change.

Hey, Buster! Glad you're back. I brought the scoreboard, Arthur.

We started a chequer championship. Best of 5,000 games. It's a tie.

-We're scheduled to finish today.

-Oh, I forgot.

-Go ahead. I'll watch.

-There's only...70 games left.

-But there must be a way we can all play.

# Arthur didn't wanna leave Buster out, of that he can be proud

# But when you're playing chequers Three's a crowd. #

You can't move MY black piece.

-No, it's mine.

-That's mine, that's yours.

You're jumping your own piece.

Brain is red and his pieces go this way. I'm black and go that way.

Buster, you have some red and black,

-a penny, a stamp and the Monopoly shoe and you go that way.

-Wait!

That's... Oh, my brain hurts.

Maybe I should just watch.

-Thanks, Buster.

-It's OK. It's just nice to be back with my friends.

What did you say?

# This is the next day That's all I have to say, hey! #

Arthur, wanna see my travel slides?

Oh, hi, Brain.

-What are you doing?

-Writing an adventure book.

-Like ours?

-Sort of.

But not exactly like our book.

You and the Brain are writing OUR book?

After them!

We're a perfect team, Friar Brain.

I used a simple mathematical formula.

This is a right triangle. Therefore, the angle of inclination

-and velocity of the rope was easy to determine!

-I'll get you!

-You changed everything.

-Some of your situations were a tad unbelievable.

-But it was exciting.

-Now it's logical AND exciting.

Buster, you weren't around. You can help now.

I'll have pirates riding a dinosaur into town to crush buildings.

-Er, no, dinosaurs and pirates never co-existed.

-Now they ride horses.

-Horses don't crush buildings!

-They can crush flowers.

# Buster Baxter went away and he came back

# He was starting to feel like things had changed... #

Carpet of Doom! Wow! I wanna see that!

-I'll call Arthur.

-Hey, it's Buster!

-You saw Carpet of Doom without me?

-We...

-We forgot to call you. Sorry.

-I was about to say,

-we didn't go to Carpet of Doom.

-Come on!

Arthur wouldn't go to a Kresblain The Merry Magician movie!

You always said you hated Kresblain.

He's so...blah!

I used to kind of not like him, but Francine loaned me all the tapes

-and I caught Kresblamania!

-Ah!

# Kresblamania, it's insania How could Arthur have Kresblamania? #

We have to go, honey.

Bye.

# Kresblamania, it's insania

# How could Buster NOT catch Kresblamania? #

Did you hear that? He thinks he's so above Kresblain!

Going away turned Buster into an S-N-O-B.

No, you don't think... No!

Really?

He thinks he's better than us cos he's eaten snails.

Who wants to trade for a peanut butter and...more peanut butter?

You wouldn't like it. No snails.

# Life can be tough as nails

# When your friends think you're a guy who likes to eat snails.

# They forgot they learned to dance when Buster wasn't around

# But, boy, did Buster know it He couldn't dozy-doe it

# He decided to get out Before he knocked everybody down!

# Change partners! Promenade! Quack like a duck! #

He thinks he's too good for square dancing.

# Buster was feeling more left out With every passing day

# Even when he found something cool...

Arthur! I found a weird key! Maybe it's the key to a sports car!

-We can split it 50/50.

-That belongs to Mr Morris. Better put it back.

# Someone else had found it first When he was away... #

BELL RINGS

-Kresblain Club meeting! Don't be late!

-You wanna come?

No, thanks. Go ahead.

Well...see ya.

Hmm!

When my family used to travel a lot, I always felt out of place at home.

Yeah? That's exactly how I feel.

Kids think you're weird if you accidentally use French words.

-I was only in France a week.

-A week?!

-I was only there a day. You must be an expert.

-I didn't learn words.

And I didn't eat any snails. But I watched TV.

BIONIC BUNNY IN FRENCH

They have the same shows, but in French.

-You know how Bionic Bunny always says...

-I don't know much about TV.

-Oh. You wanna play chequers?

-I don't like chequers. See you.

-I wish Buster were here.

-Why? He's changed.

He wouldn't write a book with us.

Because it had no snails in it! We have nothing in common any more.

Maybe we do. If he likes new stuff, maybe we'd like it too.

-I never thought of that.

-Throw a party and watch his travel slides.

Then we'll have that in common.

Yeah!

Wow!

-Great idea, Arthur.

-Didn't you notice?

-Notice what?

Buster isn't here!

-No.

-Well, that's it. He obviously doesn't want to be our friend.

She must be right. Why else wouldn't he come?

# He's a sad, sad bunny A sad, sad bunny

-# TV isn't funny When you're a sad, sad bunny. #

-Hey!

That's not very sad music.

PLAYS SADLY # He's a sad, sad bunny

# A sad, sad, sad, sad bunny... #

I can't believe he didn't come.

-What did he say when you invited him?

-Francine did it.

-No, Muffy did it.

I thought Brain did it.

Weighing the facts, I conclude that no-one invited Buster to the party.

Think that's why he's not here?

DOORBELL RINGS

# Buster Baxter and his friends got a brand-new start

# It was just like they'd never been apart. #

That looks so cool!

Buster, pass the popcorn.

-I thought it was for me.

-You ate all that popcorn?!

I'm glad we're having fun again.

I thought aliens had replaced you all with cyborg twins.

ALL: He's the same old Buster!

# That's how it happened You can see

# To Buster and the kids in Elwood City

# Now they know when you're close friends

# You can always get back together again. #

-So how long has the singing guy been around?

-What?!

I thought he came here with you!

# Buster Baxter went away and he came back

# Buster Baxter... # HE HUMS

That was weird.

Yeah. ..Mom!

There's a singing moose in front of the house!

# And I say, hey, what a wonderful kind of day

# If we can learn to work and play And get along with each other

# What a wonderful kind of day A wonderful kind of day... #