stephen schwartz - all for the best
Alas alas for you
Lawyers and pharisees
Hypocrits that you be
Searching for souls and fools to forsake them
You travel the land you scour the sea
After you've got your converts you make them
Twice as fit for hell!
As you are yourselves!
Alas, alas for you
Lawyers and pharisees
Hypocrits that you are
Sure that the kingdom of heaven awaits you
You will not venture half so far
Other men that might enter the gates you
Keep from passing through!
Drag them down with you!
You snakes, you viper's brood
You cannot escape being devil's food!
I send you prophets, i send you preachers
Sages and rages and ages of teachers
Nothing can bar your mood
(broadway only, next verse)
Alas, alas for you
Lawyers and pharisees
Hypocrits to a man
Sons of the dogs who murdered the prophets
Finishing off what your fathers began
You don't have time to scorn and to scoff
It's getting very late!
Vengence doesn't wait!
You snakes, you viper's brood
You cannot escape being devil's food!
I send you prophets, i send you preachers
Sages and rages and ages of teachers
Nothing can bar your mood
Blind guides, blind fools
The blood you spilt
On you will fall!
This nation, this generation
Will bear the guilt of it all!
Alas, alas alas for you!
Blind fools!!
stephen schwartz - crossfire
He'd trade his guns for love
But he's caught in the crossfire
And he keeps wakin' up
But its not to the sound of birds
The tyranny, the violent streets
Deprived of all that we're blessed with
And we can't get enough, no
Heaven, if you send us down
So we could build a playground
For the sinners to play as saints
You'd be so proud of what we've made
I hope you got some beds around
Cuz' you're the only refuge now
For every mother, every child
Every brother
Who's caught in the crossfire
Who's caught in the crossfire
I'd trade my luck to know
Why he's caught in the crossfire
And I'm here wakin' up
To the sun and sound of birds
Society's anxiety
Deprived of all that we're blessed with
We just can't get enough, no
Heaven, if you send us down
So we could build a playground
For the sinners to play as saints
You'd be so proud of what we've made
I hope you got some beds around
Cuz' you're the only refuge now
For every mother, every child
Every brother
Who's caught in the crossfire
Who's caught in the crossfire
Can I trust what I'm given,
When faith still needs a gun?
Whose ammunition
Justifies the wrong
And I can't see from the backseat
So I'm asking from above
Can I trust what I'm given
Even when it cuts
Heaven, if you send us down
So we could build a playground
For the sinners to play as saints
You'd be so proud of what we've made
I hope you got some beds around
Cuz' you're the only refuge now
For every mother, every child
Every brother
Who's caught in the crossfire
Who's caught in the crossfire
That's caught in the crossfire
That's caught in the crossfire
That's caught on the cross...
stephen schwartz - defying gravity
It's time to try
Defying gravity
I think I'll try
Defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye
I'm defying gravity
And you won't bring me down!
I'm through accepting limits
'Cuz someone says they're so
Some things I cannot change
But till I try, I'll never know!
Too long I've been afraid of
Losing love I guess I've lost
Well, if that's love
It comes at much too high a cost!
I'd sooner buy
Defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye
I'm defying gravity
I think I'll try
Defying gravity
And you won't bring me down
I'd sooner buy
Defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye
I'm defying gravity
I think I'll try
Defying gravity
And you won't bring me down
Bring me down
Oooooooooooh!
stephen schwartz - mr man
I'm sorry Mr. man
But I don't know why
The world was in his hands
When he bout lost his mind
He's wandering away, trying find his way back home
The closer that he gets, the harder it is to go
Never told a lie
Heart that will survive
How'd he end up like this?
Cuz I once heard him say
If I can't do this on my own, then papa I'll be coming home
But I'm going all the way
So if your love can let me go
then I'll find heaven down this road
I'm sorry Mr. man
But I don't know why
The world was in his hands
When he bout lost his mind
But don't you worry now
Don't you dare say goodbye
It takes some breaking down, to see what's inside
To see what's inside
Running from the love (not quite sure what he says next)
Turn yourself around
because nothing's worse than giving up
Cuz I once heard him say
If I can't do this on my own, then papa I'll be coming home
But I'm going all the way
So if your love can let me go
then I'll find heaven down this road
(Let me know if there were any mistakes
as I just transcribed them)
stephen schwartz - remembering myself
Baby we can make it
Pull me off the pavement
Bring me back to basics
Ever since I left you
You took a part of me I can't replace it
I'm half of what I came with
Carrying the same weight
Now I need a rescue
To pick me up
And make me right
Remind me what I felt
Before I went away
Tonight I need your help
Remembering myself
Take me right back to the start
Fantasise we ain't apart
Woah, woah
And it feels like I can't get enough
Tonight I need your help
Remembering myself
You told me to embrace it
That everything is changing
Get up off the pavement
You used to be dreamer
And now you ain't afraid to go chase it
So all thats left to say is
Alone you have to face it
I wanna feel you once more
Before we have to say goodbye
Remind me what I felt
Before I went away
Tonight I need your help
Remembering myself
Take me right back to the start
Fantasise we ain't apart
Woah, woah
And it feels like I can't get enough
Tonight I need your help
Remembering myself, remembering myself
It feels good to lie that I'm alive without myself
It feels good to lie that I'm alive
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And it feels like I can't get enough
Tonight I need your help
Remembering myself
stephen schwartz - when you believe
Whitney:
Many nights we prayed, with no proof anyone could hear
In our hearts a hopeful song, we barely understood
Now we are not afraid, although we know there's much to fear
We were moving mountains long, before we knew we could
Chorus:
There can be miracles, when you believe
Though hope is frail, It's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles, you can achieve
When you believe, somehow you will
You will when you believe
Mariah:
In this time of fear, when prayer so often proves in vain
Hope seems like the summer birds, too swiftly flown away
Yet now I'm standing here, my heart so full I can't explain
Seeking faith and speaking words, I'd never thought I'd say
Chorus:
There can be miracles, When you believe (When you believe)
Though hope is frail, It's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles, You can achieve (You can achieve)
When you believe, somehow you will
You will when you believe
Bridge: (Both)
They don't always happen when you ask
And it's easy to give into your fear
But when you're blinded by your pain
Can't see you way clear through the rain
A small but still resilient voice
Says help is very near
Chorus: (Both)
There can be miracles (miracles)
When you believe (When you believe)
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles
You can achieve (You can achieve)
When you believe
Somehow you will
Somehow you will
You will when you believe
You will when you, you will when you believe
Just believe, just believe
You will when you believe
stephen schwartz - esmeralda
Já ouvi falar seu nome
Você vai me atender
Eu nem sei se o meu pedido
Vai aqui caber
Eu sei que sou proscrita
Não tenho berço algum
Mas senhora tão bendita
Já não foi alguém comum
Salve os proscritos, pois não tem pão
Estão aflitos
Não há compaixão
Salve o meu povo que tem fé servil
Salve os proscritos
O mundo é hostil
Não peço por mim deus me valeu
Mas há tantos por fim piores que eu
Salve o meu povo
Os pobres tão sós
Eu peço a deus que olhe por nós
Salve os proscritos e olhe por nós