Arabian Nights

Song Arabian Nights
Artist Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
Album Aladdin (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Lyrics

[00:00.00][GENIE] (spoken):
[00:06.75] Salām, and good evening to you worthy friends.
[00:09.87] Welcome to the fabled city of Agrabah.
[00:13.79] City of flying carpets,
[00:16.00] soaring heroes,
[00:17.41] famous love ballads and more glitz
[00:20.06] and glamour than any other fictional city in the world
[00:25.06][GENIE]
[00:25.99] Oh I come from a land, from a faraway place
[00:29.88] Where the caravan camels roam
[00:33.44] Where it's flat and immense
[00:35.75] And the heat is intense
[00:37.62] It's barbaric, but hey, it's home
[00:41.59] When the winds from the East
[00:43.65] And the suns from the West
[00:45.68] And the sand in the glass is right
[00:49.56] Come on down, stop on by
[00:51.89] Hop a carpet and fly
[00:54.18] To another Arabian night
[00:58.78][GENIE] (spoken):
[01:01.71] And of course, you know what Agrabah's famous for?
[01:05.58] This magical lamp.
[01:08.62] Don't be fooled by its "commonplace" appearance,
[01:11.49] like so many things,
[01:13.24] it is not what's on the outside but what's on the inside that counts.
[01:19.42] Woah, got a little deep there down for a second.
[01:22.71] This lamp put Agrabah on the map.
[01:26.53] You've never been? Well...
[01:30.20] we can fix that!
[01:38.64][GENIE]
[01:39.66] Follow me to a place
[01:41.10] Where incredible feats
[01:43.25] Are routine every hour or so
[01:46.89] Where enchantment runs rampant
[01:48.95] It's wild in the streets
[01:51.14] Open Sesame, here we go
[01:54.71] See the dervishes dance
[01:56.56] In ridiculous pants
[01:58.82] Then romance to your heart's delight
[02:02.11] Come on down
[02:03.43][GENIE & COMPANY]
[02:03.87] Come on in
[02:04.61] Let the magic begin
[02:06.82] It's another Arabian Night
[02:10.98]
[02:15.52] Arabian Nights...
[02:19.62] Like Arabian Days...
[02:23.90] More often than naught
[02:25.91] Are hotter than hot!
[02:27.16]
[02:27.58][GENIE]
[02:28.04] In a lot of good ways
[02:30.77]
[02:31.26][GENIE & COMPANY]
[02:31.90] Arabian Nights...
[02:35.32] 'Neath Arabian moons...
[02:39.70] A fool off his guard
[02:41.59] Could fall and fall hard
[02:43.21] Out there on the dunes
[02:47.59]
[02:48.07][COMPANY]
[02:48.48] In that magical place
[02:50.26] In that mystical land
[02:52.16] There's a Genie inside every door
[02:55.86] He'll do all your bidding
[02:58.04] Your wish, his command
[02:59.40]
[02:59.80][GENIE]
[03:00.11] It's demeaning, but hey there you are
[03:02.75]
[03:03.09][COMPANY]
[03:03.54] Unbelievable, yes
[03:05.33] An unethical mess
[03:07.44] Nonetheless, no one's very contrived
[03:10.72] Do come here anew
[03:13.78] Come to a land where any mountain can move
[03:17.67] A land of high and treat with tricky logistics
[03:20.89] Like prophets and Mystics
[03:22.64]
[03:23.01][GENIE]
[03:23.46] And I've got statistics to prove!
[03:25.37]
[03:25.78][COMPANY]
[03:26.16] Arabian Nights
[03:33.86] Arabian Nights
[03:35.15]
[03:35.55][GENIE]
[03:58.42] Agrabah!
[03:59.39] Come for the hummus
[04:00.38] Stay for the fore-show
[04:02.84] Even the poor people
[04:03.93] Look fabulous!
[04:06.97] And everyone here has a minor in dance
[04:10.61] And now, for the softer side of Agrabah..
[04:13.40]
[04:13.81][COMPANY]
[04:36.28] Arabian Nights...
[04:41.87] Arabian Nights!
[04:43.37]
[04:43.74][GENIE]
[04:44.10] And of course, you must watch
[04:45.63] Your step here in Agrabah
[04:46.79] For danger lurks around
[04:48.46] Every corner and ugly bad guys too!
[04:49.63]
[04:49.97][COMPANY]
[04:50.34] Arabian Nights!
[04:51.74]
[04:52.06][GENIE]
[04:52.41]It's a city where a pitiless nobody
[04:53.91]Can turn out to be...
[04:54.98] A noble somebody
[04:57.82][COMPANY]
[04:58.47] Arabian Nights!
[04:59.99]
[05:00.34][GENIE]
[05:00.68]It's a place where a princess
[05:01.27] Would give up her crown for true love
[05:03.82] But her father, the Sultan, is a stickler
[05:05.64] For the Ancient ways
[05:07.21]And our hero's pals are as
[05:08.35] Thick as thieves. 'Adorable'...But thieves
[05:14.89] Oh! and did I mention...
[05:19.12] Everybody SINGS!
[05:21.36][GENIE & COMPANY]
[05:21.84] Arabian Nights
[05:26.13] Like Arabian Days
[05:30.73] More often than naught
[05:32.58] Are hotter than hot!
[05:34.57] In a lot of good ways!
[05:36.98]
[05:37.80] Arabian Nights
[05:41.23] 'Neath Arabian moons
[05:44.91] A fool off his guard
[05:46.67] Could fall and fall hard
[05:48.16] Out there on the dunes
[05:51.31]
[05:51.68][COMPANY]
[05:53.10] Arabian Nights...
[05:57.16] Arabian Nights...
[06:00.85] Arabian Nights...
[06:03.50] Arabian Nights...
[06:05.49] Arabian Nights...

Pinyin

[00:00.00][GENIE] spoken:
[00:06.75] Salā m, and good evening to you worthy friends.
[00:09.87] Welcome to the fabled city of Agrabah.
[00:13.79] City of flying carpets,
[00:16.00] soaring heroes,
[00:17.41] famous love ballads and more glitz
[00:20.06] and glamour than any other fictional city in the world
[00:25.06][GENIE]
[00:25.99] Oh I come from a land, from a faraway place
[00:29.88] Where the caravan camels roam
[00:33.44] Where it' s flat and immense
[00:35.75] And the heat is intense
[00:37.62] It' s barbaric, but hey, it' s home
[00:41.59] When the winds from the East
[00:43.65] And the suns from the West
[00:45.68] And the sand in the glass is right
[00:49.56] Come on down, stop on by
[00:51.89] Hop a carpet and fly
[00:54.18] To another Arabian night
[00:58.78][GENIE] spoken:
[01:01.71] And of course, you know what Agrabah' s famous for?
[01:05.58] This magical lamp.
[01:08.62] Don' t be fooled by its " commonplace" appearance,
[01:11.49] like so many things,
[01:13.24] it is not what' s on the outside but what' s on the inside that counts.
[01:19.42] Woah, got a little deep there down for a second.
[01:22.71] This lamp put Agrabah on the map.
[01:26.53] You' ve never been? Well...
[01:30.20] we can fix that!
[01:38.64][GENIE]
[01:39.66] Follow me to a place
[01:41.10] Where incredible feats
[01:43.25] Are routine every hour or so
[01:46.89] Where enchantment runs rampant
[01:48.95] It' s wild in the streets
[01:51.14] Open Sesame, here we go
[01:54.71] See the dervishes dance
[01:56.56] In ridiculous pants
[01:58.82] Then romance to your heart' s delight
[02:02.11] Come on down
[02:03.43][GENIE & COMPANY]
[02:03.87] Come on in
[02:04.61] Let the magic begin
[02:06.82] It' s another Arabian Night
[02:10.98]
[02:15.52] Arabian Nights...
[02:19.62] Like Arabian Days...
[02:23.90] More often than naught
[02:25.91] Are hotter than hot!
[02:27.16]
[02:27.58][GENIE]
[02:28.04] In a lot of good ways
[02:30.77]
[02:31.26][GENIE & COMPANY]
[02:31.90] Arabian Nights...
[02:35.32] ' Neath Arabian moons...
[02:39.70] A fool off his guard
[02:41.59] Could fall and fall hard
[02:43.21] Out there on the dunes
[02:47.59]
[02:48.07][COMPANY]
[02:48.48] In that magical place
[02:50.26] In that mystical land
[02:52.16] There' s a Genie inside every door
[02:55.86] He' ll do all your bidding
[02:58.04] Your wish, his command
[02:59.40]
[02:59.80][GENIE]
[03:00.11] It' s demeaning, but hey there you are
[03:02.75]
[03:03.09][COMPANY]
[03:03.54] Unbelievable, yes
[03:05.33] An unethical mess
[03:07.44] Nonetheless, no one' s very contrived
[03:10.72] Do come here anew
[03:13.78] Come to a land where any mountain can move
[03:17.67] A land of high and treat with tricky logistics
[03:20.89] Like prophets and Mystics
[03:22.64]
[03:23.01][GENIE]
[03:23.46] And I' ve got statistics to prove!
[03:25.37]
[03:25.78][COMPANY]
[03:26.16] Arabian Nights
[03:33.86] Arabian Nights
[03:35.15]
[03:35.55][GENIE]
[03:58.42] Agrabah!
[03:59.39] Come for the hummus
[04:00.38] Stay for the foreshow
[04:02.84] Even the poor people
[04:03.93] Look fabulous!
[04:06.97] And everyone here has a minor in dance
[04:10.61] And now, for the softer side of Agrabah..
[04:13.40]
[04:13.81][COMPANY]
[04:36.28] Arabian Nights...
[04:41.87] Arabian Nights!
[04:43.37]
[04:43.74][GENIE]
[04:44.10] And of course, you must watch
[04:45.63] Your step here in Agrabah
[04:46.79] For danger lurks around
[04:48.46] Every corner and ugly bad guys too!
[04:49.63]
[04:49.97][COMPANY]
[04:50.34] Arabian Nights!
[04:51.74]
[04:52.06][GENIE]
[04:52.41]It's a city where a pitiless nobody
[04:53.91]Can turn out to be...
[04:54.98] A noble somebody
[04:57.82][COMPANY]
[04:58.47] Arabian Nights!
[04:59.99]
[05:00.34][GENIE]
[05:00.68]It's a place where a princess
[05:01.27] Would give up her crown for true love
[05:03.82] But her father, the Sultan, is a stickler
[05:05.64] For the Ancient ways
[05:07.21]And our hero's pals are as
[05:08.35] Thick as thieves. ' Adorable'... But thieves
[05:14.89] Oh! and did I mention...
[05:19.12] Everybody SINGS!
[05:21.36][GENIE & COMPANY]
[05:21.84] Arabian Nights
[05:26.13] Like Arabian Days
[05:30.73] More often than naught
[05:32.58] Are hotter than hot!
[05:34.57] In a lot of good ways!
[05:36.98]
[05:37.80] Arabian Nights
[05:41.23] ' Neath Arabian moons
[05:44.91] A fool off his guard
[05:46.67] Could fall and fall hard
[05:48.16] Out there on the dunes
[05:51.31]
[05:51.68][COMPANY]
[05:53.10] Arabian Nights...
[05:57.16] Arabian Nights...
[06:00.85] Arabian Nights...
[06:03.50] Arabian Nights...
[06:05.49] Arabian Nights...