Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice - The Brothers Come To Egypt/Grovel, Grovel lyrics

[Narrator] So back in Canaan the future looked rough Jacob's family were finding it tough [Brothers] For the famine has caught us unprepared We are thin, we are ill, we are getting scared It's enough to make anyone weep We are down to our very last sheep [Reuben] We will starve if we hang around here [Zebulun] But in Egypt there's food going spare [Asher] They've got corn, they've got meat They've got fruit and drinks [Dan] And if we have the time we could see the Sphinx [Narrator] So they finally decided to go Off to Egypt to see brother Jo So they all lay before Joseph's feet [Brothers] Mighty prince, give us something to eat [Narrator] Joseph found it a strain not to laugh because Not a brother among them knew who he was [Joseph] I shall now take them all for a ride After all they have tried fratricide I dreamed that in the fields one day, the corn gave me sign Your eleven sheaves of corn all turned and bowed to mine I dreamed I saw eleven stars, the sun, the moon and sky Bowing down before my star, and now I realise why How do I know where you came from? You could be spies Telling me that you are hungry - That could be lies How do I know who you are? Why do you think I should help you? Would you help me? ("Yes!") Why on earth should I believe you? I've no guarantee [Brothers & Narrator] Grovel, grovel, cringe, bow, stoop, fall Worship, worship, beg, kneel, sponge, crawl Grovel, grovel, cringe, bow, stoop, fall Worship, worship, beg, kneel, sponge, crawl [Brothers]] We are just eleven brothers, Good men and true Though we know we count for nothing When up next to you Honesty's our middle name Life is slowly ebbing from us, Hope's almost gone It's getting very hard to see us From sideways on [Brothers & Narrator] Grovel, grovel, cringe, bow, stoop, fall Worship, worship, beg, kneel, sponge, crawl Grovel, grovel, cringe, bow, stoop, fall Worship, worship, beg, kneel, sponge, crawl [Joseph] I rather like the way you're talking, Astute and sincere Suddenly your tragic story Gets me right here [Brothers] This is what we hoped he'd say [Joseph] All this tugging at my heartstrings seems quite justified I shall give you what you came for and lots more beside [Brothers & Narrator] Grovel, grovel, cringe, bow, stoop, fall Worship, worship, beg, kneel, sponge, crawl Thank you, thank you, cringe, bow, stoop, fall Worship, worship, beg, kneel, sponge, crawl [Narrator] Joseph handed them sackloads of food And they grovelled with base gratitude [Female Ensemble] Then, unseen, Joseph nipped out around the back And planted a cup in young Benjamin's sack [Narrator] When the brothers were ready to go Joseph turned to them all with a terrible stare and said: [Joseph & Ensemble] No! No! No! No! No!