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• Cry for the Devil: The three ballads are used effectively in this way, but the one that seems to get the audience's sympathy most is "The Ballad of Booth".

Let them curse me to hell, leave it for history to tell/What I did, I did well, and I did it for my country/Let them cry 'dirty traitor!', they will understand it later/The country is not what it was... *BANG*

• Ear Worm: And it's seriously a problem. "What a wonder is a gun! What a versatile inveeeeeention!" Do not see before working with first graders and/or getting on a plane.
  • "How I Saved Roosevelt" is another one you don't want to sing in public - "Too cold for the stomach in Washington/I go down to Miami, kill Roosevelt!"
  • And, of course, you do not want to get caught singing, "C'mere and kill a President..."
  • Everybody's got the right to some sunshine/not the sun but maybe one of its beams...
  • In the USA you can work your way to the head of the line...
• Evil Is Sexy: "Johnny Booth was a handsome devil."
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: Initially met a much better reception in the UK than the USA.
• Tear Jerker: "Something Just Broke", the one truly honest and heartbreaking song in the show, about the everyday aftermath of an assassination.
  • Booth's solo in "The Ballad of Booth" qualifies, as well.
  • The reprise of "Everybody's Got The Right" was one in the original production.