What Are The Odds? Lyrics - Now.here.this. - Original Cast

Susan: 

4.57 billion years ago 

A tiny speck appears out in space 

In the black sits a quietly spinning sphere 

Where something wack is about to take place 

Heidi: 

What are the odds 

That this planet would be the perfect distance from the sun? 

What are the odds 

Scientists say, they're about an octillion to one 

The first amino acid sits alone in a puddle 

Feeling lonely and somewhat incomplete 

And when he least expects it, he suddenly finds himself 

Metabolizing from the heat 

Jeff + Hunter: 

And then to his surprise 

He suddenly multiplies 

And every millisecond, 

He celebrates a new birth 

All: 

And soon he makes his way 

Through all of the oceans 

He's a part of every plant and dinosaur on the earth 

Whoa, (spoken) dinosaur 

Oh, that amino acid is the key that will open the door 

What are the odds 

That all this prehistoric fauna gets to have so much fun? 

What are the odds? 

Wikipedia says a quinticilliontrillion to one 

Heidi: 

A stegosaurus roams around the planet's first chapter 

Finding pretty flowers to munch 

Susan: 

Then a little baby, super cute velociraptor 

Will grow up to eat the steggy for lunch 

Jeff: 

Unbeknownst to all the planet earth's beautiful creatures 

Something horrible is closing in 

All: 

A giant-ass rock crashes into Earth 

And though it brings the end to an era 

A new and bizarre one is about to begin 

Hunter: 

Hermit crabs and baby turtles 

Start crawling 'round everywhere 

And before we know, there are lots of spunky monkeys 

That are swinging through the jungle air 

Jeff: 

The bumblebees start zooming around 

With the beetles and the dragonflies 

And then the lizards get together 

And invent the feather 

To become the birds in the skies 

Susan + Heidi: 

And then the turtles and the monkeys and the beetles and the birds 

Dominate the biosphere mix 

All: 

And soon The Turtles and The Monkees and The Beatles and The Birds 

Dominate the Billboard Hot 100 Charts in 1966 

Hunter: 

Years whiz by, like, forty milla-skion 

The earth is running rampant with the human being 

All: 

And what are the odds that one girl and one guy 

Would find one another and unify? 

Jeff + Hunter: 

A boy drives a Hot Rod and lives in Escondido 

He turns 20 and he's ready to roam 

Susan + Heidi: 

A girl watches Mod Squad alone in Toledo 

She, too, gets a hankering 

All: 

That it's time to leave home 

Jeff + Hunter: 

So she leaves Ohio 

Susan + Heidi: 

And he leaves Cali 

All: 

They head East to their new domains 

They meet one night at a bowling alley 

It's love at first sight at Fantasy Lanes 

Then one night something happens to them 

After sharing a malt and french fries 

This man and this woman get up on each other 

Something starts to grow 

And nine months later, something new enters this world 

And it opens its eyes 

What are the odds 

That we would get this world and mix up like a cinnamon bun? 

What are the odds 

That we would get through Mussolini and Attila the Hun? 

What are the odds 

That we would make it through Andrew Dice Clay and Nora Dunn? 

What are the odds? 

Probably about an "anjillion" gazillion to one 

An "anjillion" gazillion to one 

Ann Jillian