Note: These are five songs from "Notre-Dame de Paris" that I rewrote after an epiphany I'd had while driving, a very dangerous thing for a writer... ("Notre-Dame de Paris" is the musical based on Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame.) I couldn't help but think how much the musical reminded me of my book DBZ: And the Greatest of These, and so, with a little work, I rewrote the songs to reflect the characters (Piccolo, Vegeta, and Goku, with Kami as the narrator). I'm working on the sixth, which is a song for Kurenai.
This song is based on "God You Made the World All Wrong."
KAMI WHY'S THIS WORLD ALL WRONG
Piccolo
Kami, why's this world all wrong
I'm so ugly - she's so fine
I would love her my life long
But she never can be mine
I have half a heart and soul
I can't give her a thing
She prays Vegeta'll make her whole
With the love she hopes he'll bring
She has lain down at his touch
Though he's blinded by his pride
But that love she needs so much
She'll never find it at his side
Kami, why's this world all wrong
He wants her, but what for?
He will make her life a song
He will give her nothing more
Kami, why's this world all wrong
I can't be her shining knight
With one like Goku she belongs
Not with me outside the light
I am just an ugly stain
That you, Kami, want to hide
And you gave me all your pain
Were you ever on my side?
Kami, why's this world all wrong
I have nothing, he has all
But I'll tell her all along
He won't be there when she falls
He was born to royalty
To make love and to make war
I was born from hate, you see
Kami, what did you make me for?
Tell me what side she is on
Those whose power buys her heart?
Or those who suffer all alone,
Day and night, forever apart?
Will this woman I adore
Save her love only for
A Saiyan prince without a heart
And leave a Namek at the door?
Kami, why's this world all wrong
I'm so ugly, she's so fine
I would love her my life long
But she never can be mine