Diamond in the Rough

Song Diamond in the Rough
Artist Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
Album Aladdin (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Lyrics

[00:00.33][Jafar (spoken):] You're the one that I need
[00:02.81] You're nimble, stealthy, skilled.
[00:05.24] Do you want to continue abusing those skills?
[00:07.66] Stealing bits of bread and worthless bobbles?
[00:10.46] Or do you want to make a name for yourself
[00:12.52] And do something that would make any mother proud?
[00:16.98] (Sung) You have the profile of a prince
[00:22.06] With a physique that matches
[00:25.47] Beneath the dirt and patches
[00:28.74] You are a diamond in the rough
[00:31.36][02:33.28][03:09.19][03:56.18]
[00:32.65] I say we work together since
[00:36.07] You're braver then which you are
[00:39.24] We're just as shocked as you are
[00:42.57] That you're a diamond in the rough
[00:45.00][Aladdin:] Hey I'm no diamond in the rough
[00:46.87][Jafar:] Under the filth and the fleas there are gifts that you've been neglecting
[00:53.55] And truth be told you are not quite the guy that we were expecting
[01:00.45] And though you might need finesse, and perhaps some... disinfecting
[01:07.23] You'll be the one who succeeds when the lamp of their needs collecting
[01:15.58][Aladdin (Spoken):] Uhhh, I dunno guys, I've got a funny feeling about this.
[01:19.06] I better just be on my way.
[01:20.46][Jafar (Spoken):] Take one step and die you brainless miscreant!
[01:23.24][Iago (Spoken):] Happy place!
[01:24.15][Jafar (Spoken):] Apologies.What I meant to say is
[01:28.66][Jafar:] You just don't know how swell you are
[01:32.59][Iago:] You just don't know how swell you are!
[01:34.59][Jafar:] So far the only hitch is
[01:36.56][Iago:] There's just an itty bitty hitch
[01:37.99][Jafar:] You're an embarrassment of riches
[01:39.75][Iago:] Embarrassing? Too true!
[01:41.68][Jafar:] You are the diamond in the rough
[01:43.42][Iago:] Let's all rejoice the spooky voice and
[01:45.86] You're the diamond in the rough!
[01:53.32] ough~~!
[01:59.65][Jafar:] Look here's the diamond in the
[02:01.19][Iago:] Three cheers, the diamond in the
[02:02.95][Jafar and Iago:] We found the diamond in the rough!
[02:05.58][Aladdin (Spoken):] You better find somebody else!
[02:06.89][Jafar (Spoken):] There is nobody else!
[02:08.22][Iago (Spoken):] Talk about the girl
[02:09.69][Jafar:] Oh-
[02:10.94] Then, of course there's Princess Jasmine
[02:13.97] It's clear she took a shying to you
[02:17.47] But, let me be frank,
[02:20.30] With no cash in the bank,
[02:22.22] You'll never win her heart
[02:23.88] It just tears me apart
[02:26.01] To see her slip right through your fingers
[02:34.02][Aladdin (Spoken):] Which way is this cave of yours?
[02:35.93][Jafar:] That a boy!
[02:36.67] Go through you!
[02:39.35] Might be a bum
[02:41.22] But you're one of noble spirit
[02:44.65][Iago:] It's just a cave that might eat you alive
[02:48.92] No need to fear it!
[02:52.50][Aladdin:] Well it's a risk that I might have to take
[02:56.21][Jafar and Iago:] We're glad to hear it
[02:59.62][Jafar:] So please no missteps or blunders
[03:02.92][Iago:] Cue the Cave of Wonders!
[03:04.68][Jafar and Iago:] We've waited long enough
[03:18.88][Cave of Wonders (Spoken):] Who disturbs my slumber?
[03:25.07][Aladdin (Spoken):] Uhh, it is I, Aladdin
[03:29.36][Cave of Wonders (Spoken):] You are the diamond in the rough
[03:33.74] The one whose worth lies deep within
[03:38.30] You may enter
[03:43.45][Aladdin (Spoken):] I don't believe it
[03:46.42] My mother always said if I only applied myself - If I only believed!
[03:51.34][Jafar (Spoken):] We don't have time for self-discovery!
[03:53.37] Fetch me the lamp. Now!
[03:57.38][Aladdin (Spoken):] Wish me luck!
[03:59.20][Jafar (Spoken):] Luck!
[04:02.67][Jafar:] Goodbye you diamond in the
[04:04.16][Iago:] Please try you diamond in the
[04:05.93][Jafar and Iago:] Don't die you diamond in the rough
[04:12.83][Jafar:] At last!