Howard Ashman - Arabian Nights (Original Broadway Cast) lyrics

[GENIE] (spoken): Salām, and good evening to you worthy friends. Welcome to the fabled city of Agrabah. City of flying carpets, soaring heroes, famous love ballads and more glitz and glamour then any other fictional city in the world [GENIE] 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 winds from the East And the suns from the West And the sand in the gla** is right Come on down, stop on by Hop a carpet and fly To another Arabian night [GENIE] (spoken): 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. This lamp put Agrabah on the map. You've never been? Well... we can fix that! [GENIE] 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 [GENIE & COMPANY] 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! [GENIE] In a lot of good ways [GENIE & COMPANY] Arabian Nights... 'Neath Arabian moons... A fool off his guard Could fall and fall hard Out there on the dunes [COMPANY] In that magical place In that mystical land There's a Genie inside every door He'll do all your bidding Your wish, his command [GENIE] It's demeaning, but hey there you are [COMPANY] 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 [GENIE] And I've got statistics to prove! [COMPANY] Arabian Nights Arabian Nights [GENIE] 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... [COMPANY] Arabian Nights... Arabian Nights! [GENIE] And of course, you must watch Your step here in Agrabah For danger lurks around Every corner and ugly bad guys too! [COMPANY] Arabian Nights! [GENIE] It's a city where a pitiless nobody Can turn out to be... A noble somebody [COMPANY] Arabian Nights! [GENIE] 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! [GENIE & COMPANY] 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 [COMPANY] Arabian Nights... Arabian Nights... Arabian Nights... Arabian Nights... Arabian Nights...