You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch
MGM Studio Orch. & Chorus Lyrics

You're a mean one, Mr Grinch
You are an unpleasant and contemptible individual, Mr. Grinch

You really are a heel
You are truly a despicable person

You're as cuddly as a cactus
You are cold and unapproachable, like a prickly cactus

You're as charming as an eel
Your behavior is manipulative and deceitful, much like the slickness of an eel

Mr. Grinch!
Directly addressing you, Mr. Grinch

You're a bad banana
You are a rotten and unpleasant person

With a greasy black peel!
Your outward appearance is dirty and unappealing

You're a monster, Mr. Grinch!
You are a terrifying and dangerous individual

Your heart's an empty hole
You have no capacity for compassion or love

Your brain is full of spiders
Your thoughts and ideas are unpleasant and creepy, similar to the unsettling nature of spiders

You've got garlic in your soul
Your very being is corrupted and impure, much like the unwanted odor of garlic

Mr. Grinch!
Directly addressing you, Mr. Grinch

I wouldn't touch you
I have no desire to be near you

With a thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole!
I would use a long, extended object to avoid physical contact with you

You're a vile one, Mr. Grinch!
You are repulsive and disgusting, Mr. Grinch

You have termites in your smile
Even your friendly demeanor is corrupted and filled with decay

You have all the tender sweetness
You lack any semblance of kindness or gentleness

Of a seasick crocodile
Your behavior is nauseating, similar to the sickness of a crocodile in rough seas

Mr. Grinch!
Directly addressing you, Mr. Grinch

Given the choice between the two of you
Comparing you to another unpleasant and nauseating creature

I'd take the seasick crocodile!
Given the choice, I would choose the lesser of two evils and avoid being around you, Mr. Grinch

You're a foul one, Mr. Grinch!
You are disgusting and repugnant, Mr. Grinch

You're a nasty, wasty skunk!
You are akin to a smelly and loathsome skunk

Your heart is full of unwashed socks
Even your innermost thoughts and feelings are dirty and unpleasant

Your soul is full of gunk
Your very being is full of corruption and filth

Mr. Grinch!
Directly addressing you, Mr. Grinch

The three words that best describe you
Highlighting three specific words that accurately depict the despicableness of you, Mr. Grinch

Are as follows, and I quote
Continuing the description of you, Mr. Grinch

"Stink, stank, stunk!"
The words are 'Stink, stank, stunk', which perfectly describe your foul and repulsive nature, Mr. Grinch

You're a rotter, Mr. Grinch!
You are a dishonest and immoral person, Mr. Grinch

You're the king of sinful sots!
Your behavior is representative of the very worst kind of sin and immorality

Your heart's a dead tomato
Your innermost self is rotten and putrid, like a decayed tomato

Splotched with moldy, purple spots
Your exterior appearance is repulsive and marked by unappealing blemishes

Mr. Grinch!
Directly addressing you, Mr. Grinch

Your soul is an apalling dump-heap
Comparing your soul to a disgusting and filthy landfill, full of the most shameful and revolting refuse imaginable

Overflowing with the most disgraceful
Your soul is not only filled, but spilling over with an overwhelming amount of shameful and repulsive garbage

Assortment of deplorable rubbish imaginable
Your being is full of the worst, most unsavory elements of human existence

Mangled-up in tangled-up knots!
Your very nature is convoluted and twisted, completely lacking any semblance of moral direction or clarity

You nauseate me, Mr. Grinch!
You cause me to feel intensely distressed and sickened, Mr. Grinch

With a nauseous super naus!
Your nauseating and unpleasant characteristics are so strong, they create a 'super' form of nausea

You're a crooked jerky jockey
Your behavior is so dishonest and deceitful, it's akin to someone who mistreats and manipulates horses ('jockey') in a crooked manner

And you drive a crooked hoss
Your actions only serve to reinforce this negative, crooked behavior

Mr. Grinch!
Directly addressing you, Mr. Grinch

You're a three-decker sauerkraut
Your repulsiveness is so multi-dimensional, it's like a sandwich with three layers

And toadstool sandwich
Suggesting that you're so revolting, even someone using the loathsome toadstool (a poisonous mushroom) in a sandwich would be less vile than you

With arsenic sauce!
Comparing your repulsiveness to arsenic, a highly toxic chemical