"We're a Couple Of Misfits" is a song originally featured in the 1964 Rankin/Bass Christmas special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. It is sung by Rudolph and Hermey when they decide to be independent and strike out on their own. Due to inclusion of the special's extended ending in 1965, the song was replaced by "Fame and Fortune" from then until 1998. However, in recent airings, the "Fame and Fortune" footage is now used when the song is played, with a few lines removed.
The song was reused in Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July, in which Rudolph and Frosty sing it at the end. The lyrics are mostly the same there, but with Hermey's solo verse rewritten as one fitting Frosty.
Album releases
- Rudolph, Frosty and Friends' Favorite Christmas Songs (1996)
- Nick at Nite: A Classic Cartoon Christmas (1996)
Lyrics
Original version
Note: Lyrics highlighted in red text were only used in the full version.
- Both: We're a couple of misfits,
- We're a couple of misfits.
- What's the matter with misfits?
- That's where we fit in!
- We're not daffy and dilly,
- Don't go 'round willy nilly.
- Seems to us kinda silly,
- That we don't fit in.
- We may be
- Different from the rest.
- Who decides the test
- Of what is really best?
- We're a couple of misfits,
- We're a couple of misfits.
- What's the matter with misfits?
- That's where we fit in!
- Rudolph: Why am I such a misfit?
- I am not just a nitwit!
- I'm a dear of a reindeer,
- Why don't I fit in?
- Hermey: Why am I such a misfit?
- I am not just a nitwit!
- They can't fire me, I QUIT!
- Seems I don't fit in.
- Both: We may be
- Different from the rest.
- Who decides the test
- Of what is really best?
- We're a couple of misfits,
- We're a couple of misfits.
- What's the matter with misfits?
- That's where we fit in!
Christmas in July version
- Both: We're a couple of misfits,
- We're a couple of misfits.
- Rudolph: What's the matter with misfits?
- That's where we fit in!
- Both: We're not daffy and dilly,
- Don't go 'round willy nilly.
- Frosty: Seems to us kinda silly,
- That we don't fit in.
- Both: We may be different from the rest
- Who decides the test
- Of what is really best?
- Rudolph: We're a couple of misfits,
- Frosty: Not a couple of nitwits!
- Both: What's the matter with misfits?
- That's where we fit in!
- Rudolph: Why am I such a misfit?
- I am not just a nitwit!
- I'm a dear of a reindeer,
- Why don't I fit in?
- Frosty: Why am I such a misfit?
- I am not just a nitwit!
- There's no man like a snowman,
- Why don't I fit in?
- Both: We may be different from the rest.
- Who decides the test
- Of what is really best?
- Rudolph: We're a couple of misfits,
- Frosty: Not a couple of nitwits!
- Both: What's the matter with misfits?
- That's where we fit in!
- That's where we fit in!