This page is about a song in Psych: The Musical. For a list of the instances when Shawn says it, see List of "I've Heard It Both Ways" Quotes.
I've Heard It Both Ways is a song in "Psych: The Musical". It is later reprised in I've Heard It Both Ways (Reprise 1), I've Heard It Both Ways (Reprise 2) and Shawn's Breakdown. It features the singing of Shawn Spencer, Carlton Lassiter, and Juliet O'Hara. Burton Guster and an unnamed doctor speak, but do not sing in this song.
The basis for the song is that Shawn and Lassiter are arguing over one of Shawn's psychic visions.
Trivia[]
- Showrunner Steve Franks says that it was not originally a tango; it was rewritten at the composer's insistence.
- The institution 'across' town where Shawn stays is Bernie Bethel's psychiatric hospital from S6E6 "Shawn, Interrupted".
Lyrics[]
Shawn:
[spoken] Doctor, you too will soon believe
[sung] Hello, my name is Shawn Spencer
This is my partner, Lil Wayne
The evidence is underwhelming
But my intuition is insane
Lassiter:
A trained observer misses nothing
Each imperfection is a trail
It's not a question of "if" or "where"
But "when" the guilty party goes to jail
[spoken] Come with me
Shawn:
The park
Lassiter:
The bus
Shawn:
The park
Lassiter:
The bus
Shawn:
The spirits are sticklers
Just check with Gus
Gus:
Eeeehhh
Lassiter:
[speaking] There is no way I'm wrong about this.
Shawn:
I've heard it both ways
The right way and then yours
I've heard it both ways
Let's not open any sores
I've heard it right and wrong
Don't "cheech" my "chong" anymore
Lassiter:
[speaking] Spencer, give me my phone.
Shawn:
[speaking] Spiritual GPS, I can't help it.
Lassiter:
[speaking] Spencer, give my phone this in-
Doctor:
[speaking] Has he seen anyone professionally about this psychic thing?
Gus:
[speaking] Yes.
He stayed at a facility once across town.
It was for a case.
Juliet:
[speaking] He loved it.
Shawn:
[speaking] That's true, Doctor, I cannot deny it.
It was quite a treat.
Allow me to demonstrate.
To the park!
[singing] The feat's already set in motion
I feel the crime scene come alive
Drop all your preconceived emotions
And notions unless you're Nova Scotian
And feel the criminal connive
[speaking] And that...
Is how I do it.
Lassiter:
[speaking] Congratulations, Spencer!
You have finally solved the Great Peanut Shelling Caper of '09.
As we all suspected,
It was the chipmunk!
Gus:
[speaking] You are embarrassing us.
Shawn:
[speaking] Gus, don't be the very model of a modern major general.
Look at those shells.
They're cracked -
By tiny, adorable, rabies infested, plague-causing rodent teeth.
Now look over there.
Those shells are smashed.
Violently.
Almost as if...
[singing] Our victim's here and feeding vermin
Your patient drifts into his view
He scoots aside, but still uncertain
What this dark stranger's gonna do
Lassiter:
You get all this from broken peanuts
Juliet:
Perhaps we're drifting off the track
Shawn:
This is a psychic demonstration
I'm making
Juliet:
They lost a mental patient
Lassiter:
I'm not sure which of them is cracked
Juliet:
The nuts?
Lassiter:
You're cracked
Shawn:
You're nuts
Shawn and Lassiter:
I've heard it both ways
The right way and then yours
I've heard it both ways
Let's not open any sores
I've heard it right and wrong
Don't dipth my thong anymore
No, anymore
No, anymore
Shawn:
No, any-
Oooh