James Monroe Iglehart feat. Aladdin Original Broadway Cast -
Aladdin Original Broadway Cast Recording
Arabian Nights
Salam and good evening to you worthy friends.
Welcome to the fabled city of Agrabah!
City of flying carpets, soaring heroes,
famous love ballots, and more glitz and glamour
than any other fictional city in the world!
Oh I come from a land, from a faraway place,
where the caravan camels roam.
Where it's flat and immense,
and the heat is intense.
It's barbaric, but hey! It's home.
When the wind's from the east,
And the sun's from the west,
And the sand in the glass is right,
come on down, stop on by,
hop a Carpet and fly,
to another Arabian night.
And of course, you know what Agrabah's famous for,
this magical lamp.
Don't be fooled by its commonplace appearance.
Like so many things, it is not what's on the outside,
but what's on the inside that counts.
Woah, got a little deep there down for a second. Heh.
This lamp put Agrabah on the map.
You've never been?
Well... We can fix that!
Follow me to a place,
where incredible feats,
are routine every hour or so.
Where enchantment runs rampant,
it's wild in the streets.
Open sesame, here we go.
See the dervishes dance,
in ridiculous pants.
Then romance to your heart's delight.
Come on down.
Come on in.
Let the magic begin,
It's another Arabian night.
Arabian nights,
Like Arabian days.
More often than naught,
are hotter than hot!
In a lot of good ways.
Arabian nights,
'neath Arabian moons.
A fool off his guard,
could fall and fall hard,
out there on the dunes.
In that magical place,
in that mystical land,
there's a Genie inside every door.
He'll do all of your bidding.
Your wish, his command.
It's demeaning, but hey there you are.
Unbelievable, yes,
an unethical mess.
Nonetheless, no one's very contrived.
Do come here anew.
Come to a land where any mountain can move.
A land of high and treat with tricky logistics,
like prophets, and Mystics.
And I've got statistics to prove!
Arabian nights.
Arabian nights.
Agrabah!
Come for the hummus, stay for the fore-show.
Even the poor people look fabulous!
And everyone here has a minor in dance.
And now, for the softer side of Agrabah.
Arabian nights.
Arabian nights!
And of course, you must watch your step here in Agrabah,
for danger lurks around every corner!
(And ugly bad guys too)
Arabian nights!
It's a city where a pitiless nobody can turn out to be,
a noble somebody.
Arabian nights!
It's a place were a princess would give up her crown for true love,
but her father, the Sultan,
is a stickler for the ancient ways.
And our hero's pals are as thick as thieves.
Adorable...
But thieves.
Oh! And did I mention,
everybody sings!
Arabian nights,
like Arabian days.
More often than naught,
are hotter than hot,
in a lot of good ways!
Arabian nights,
'neath Arabian moons.
A fool off his guard,
could fall and fall hard,
out there on the dunes.
Arabian nights.
Arabian nights.
Arabian nights.
Arabian nights.
Arabian nights!
Welcome to the fabled city of Agrabah!
City of flying carpets, soaring heroes,
famous love ballots, and more glitz and glamour
than any other fictional city in the world!
Oh I come from a land, from a faraway place,
where the caravan camels roam.
Where it's flat and immense,
and the heat is intense.
It's barbaric, but hey! It's home.
When the wind's from the east,
And the sun's from the west,
And the sand in the glass is right,
come on down, stop on by,
hop a Carpet and fly,
to another Arabian night.
And of course, you know what Agrabah's famous for,
this magical lamp.
Don't be fooled by its commonplace appearance.
Like so many things, it is not what's on the outside,
but what's on the inside that counts.
Woah, got a little deep there down for a second. Heh.
This lamp put Agrabah on the map.
You've never been?
Well... We can fix that!
Follow me to a place,
where incredible feats,
are routine every hour or so.
Where enchantment runs rampant,
it's wild in the streets.
Open sesame, here we go.
See the dervishes dance,
in ridiculous pants.
Then romance to your heart's delight.
Come on down.
Come on in.
Let the magic begin,
It's another Arabian night.
Arabian nights,
Like Arabian days.
More often than naught,
are hotter than hot!
In a lot of good ways.
Arabian nights,
'neath Arabian moons.
A fool off his guard,
could fall and fall hard,
out there on the dunes.
In that magical place,
in that mystical land,
there's a Genie inside every door.
He'll do all of your bidding.
Your wish, his command.
It's demeaning, but hey there you are.
Unbelievable, yes,
an unethical mess.
Nonetheless, no one's very contrived.
Do come here anew.
Come to a land where any mountain can move.
A land of high and treat with tricky logistics,
like prophets, and Mystics.
And I've got statistics to prove!
Arabian nights.
Arabian nights.
Agrabah!
Come for the hummus, stay for the fore-show.
Even the poor people look fabulous!
And everyone here has a minor in dance.
And now, for the softer side of Agrabah.
Arabian nights.
Arabian nights!
And of course, you must watch your step here in Agrabah,
for danger lurks around every corner!
(And ugly bad guys too)
Arabian nights!
It's a city where a pitiless nobody can turn out to be,
a noble somebody.
Arabian nights!
It's a place were a princess would give up her crown for true love,
but her father, the Sultan,
is a stickler for the ancient ways.
And our hero's pals are as thick as thieves.
Adorable...
But thieves.
Oh! And did I mention,
everybody sings!
Arabian nights,
like Arabian days.
More often than naught,
are hotter than hot,
in a lot of good ways!
Arabian nights,
'neath Arabian moons.
A fool off his guard,
could fall and fall hard,
out there on the dunes.
Arabian nights.
Arabian nights.
Arabian nights.
Arabian nights.
Arabian nights!
Credits
Writer(s): Alan Menken, Howard Elliott Ashman
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