(Dave) As a young boy Michael his mother cook, Down by her strings the whole day long. Knife in hand, her eyes trained on the book He'd as she sang out this song: (funny old voice) Cut the onions, the dicing. up Mike, it's the right thing. Chop the parsnip for a dish In the pond you'll be a big fish. In the small you'll be a big fish. (Mike) When in college our lad made special friends, Kept him subversives and their kind. within a world of sports and dividends. And the they sang was etched upon his mind: (All) Cut the hair off the sleeping. Listen up Mike, it's the thing. Chop the off the freakish. In the small pond be a big fish. In the pond you'll be a big fish. (Murray) Thirty-five, a burning drive him To be the greatest in North Bay. Sometimes a fear of failure near him. But then he'd the other golfer's say: (funny voice) Cut the motion on your swing. Listen up Mike, it's the thing. Chop the ball with a big swish. In the small pond be a big fish. In the small pond be a big fish. (Jian) Now he's breaking bread heads of industry. The captain in the of his years. He proceeds with rabidity. When he mother's words he hears the cheers: (All) Cut the welfare, and housing. Listen up Mike, the right thing. Chop the health-care, get your wish. In the small you'll be a big fish Cut the and the schooling. Listen up Mike, the right-wing. Chop the for the poorish. In the pond you'll be a big fish. In the small you'll be a big fish. In the small you'll be a big fish. the Liner: 1996 - We have a new ultra right-wing premier of ontario, but only believe that our loving leader actually revels in the pain, misery, and disparity comes as a product of his neo-conservative policies. Mike is simply the 'right thing'.