Released: February 10, 2004

Songwriter: Tim Rice Elton John

There's more to life than panic
And being some other guy's snack
Eugh!
I may be delicious, organic
But this little entree's fightin' back!

I'm gonna put diggin' tunnels behind me
And live at a new altitude
I'm gonna reach for the stars to remind me
That meerkats are not merely food!

[Pre-Chorus]
For once I'll be
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Looking out for me!
(Ah yeah-ah!)
(Ah yeah-ah!)

[Chorus]
Yeah!
I'll tell you what I want
This 'kat is moving on
Where he's a bonlibonte
Who's missing out on bone
I'd be a big cheese
Far from the desert scene
A little cooling breeze
A little patch of green

And I'll be snoozin' in my hammock
By a rippling stream
Many miles from any tunnel
And the digging team
Looking after for number one
Will be my only creed
That's all I need
That's all I need!

I've always been good at running away
But now I'm gonna run to show
I've always been seen as the ultimate prey
But now my status ain't so quo!

A dream sublime
It's Timon-o-rama time!

I've never been the type
(You'll have a perfect home!)
To fall for all that hype
(Where no hyenas roam!)
About the meerkat role
(Where it's a shoe-in thing)
In some organic hole
(That you won't have to dig!)
And all that "Circle" rot
[(?)]
Is just a cunning plot
[(?)]
For coming to the crunch
(It is a scene sublime)
I ain't nobody's lunch!
(Timon-o-rama time!)

This isn't for the birds
It isn't monkey and shine
I ain't askin' for a lot
But what is mine is mine
You never wanna argue with a chorus line!

That's all I need
(That is all he needs!)
Whoa, whoa, whoa I'm beggin' please!
(Oh, I'm beggin' please!)
That is all

(Choir sings in the background)

All I need!

Nathan Lane

Nathan Lane is an American actor with a long Broadway resume that includes lead roles in Guys and Dolls, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Producers, and The Addams Family.