The Brothers Came To Egypt / Grovel, Grovel-Original Cast

[ti:The Brothers Came To Egypt / Grovel, Grovel] [ar:London Palladium Cast Recording] [al:Andrew Lloyd Webber's New Production Of Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (2007 re-issue)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.01]The Brothers Came To Egypt / Grovel, Grovel - Original Cast [00:00.02]Written by：Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice [00:00.03] [00:00.55]So back in Canaan the future looked rough [00:03.37] [00:04.24]Jacob's family were finding it tough [00:06.86] [00:07.88]For the famine has caught us unprepared [00:11.56]We are thin [00:12.39]We are ill [00:13.28]We are getting scared [00:15.48]It's enough to make anyone weep [00:17.80] [00:18.73]We are down to our very last sheep [00:21.37] [00:22.36]We will starve if we hang around here [00:24.99] [00:26.03]But in Egypt there's food going spare [00:28.63] [00:29.70]They've got corn [00:30.58]They've got meat [00:31.50]They've got fruit and drinks [00:33.43]And if we have the time [00:35.39]We could see the sphinx [00:37.10]So they finally decided to go [00:39.55] [00:40.60]Off to Egypt to see brother Joe [00:43.29] [00:49.70]So they all lay before [00:51.47]Joseph's feet [00:52.36] [00:53.45]Mighty prince give us something to eat [00:56.34] [00:57.12]Joseph found it a strain [00:58.77]Not to laugh because [01:00.39] [01:00.93]Not a brother among them [01:02.72]Knew who he was [01:04.31]I shall now take them all for a ride [01:07.11] [01:07.93]After all they have tried fratricide [01:11.81] [01:14.15]I dreamed that in the fields one day [01:17.62]The corn gave me sign [01:20.28] [01:21.44]Your eleven sheaves of corn [01:24.78]All turned and bowed to mine [01:27.44] [01:28.27]I dreamed I saw eleven stars [01:31.78]The sun the moon and sky [01:34.62] [01:35.57]Bowing down before my star [01:38.89]And now I realise why [01:41.88] [01:43.20]How do I know where you came from [01:45.31]You could be spies [01:47.08] [01:47.62]Telling me that you are hungry [01:49.83]That could be lies [01:51.61] [01:52.72]How do I know who you are [01:56.72]Why do you think I should help you [01:59.14]Would you help me [02:00.66] [02:01.62]Why on earth should I believe you [02:03.33]I've no guarantee [02:05.28]Grovel grovel cringe bow stoop fall [02:08.67] [02:09.61]Worship worship beg kneel sponge crawl [02:14.17]Grovel grovel cringe bow stoop fall [02:17.79] [02:18.60]Worship worship beg kneel sponge crawl [02:22.35] [02:24.19]We are just eleven brothers [02:25.72] [02:26.53]Good men and true [02:27.86] [02:28.68]Though we know we count for nothing [02:30.87]When up next to you [02:33.16] [02:33.67]Honesty's are middle name [02:37.29] [02:37.80]Life is slowly ebbing from us [02:40.13]Hope's almost gone [02:41.67] [02:42.28]It's getting very hard to see us [02:44.64]From sideways on [02:46.30]Grovel grovel cringe bow stoop fall [02:49.81] [02:50.52]Worship worship beg kneel sponge crawl [02:54.51] [02:56.37]I rather like the way you're talking [02:58.40]Astute and sincere [03:00.04] [03:00.68]Suddenly your tragic story [03:03.00]It gets me right here [03:04.72] [03:05.89]This is what we hoped he'd say [03:09.20] [03:09.96]All this tugging at my heartstrings [03:11.97]Seems quite justified [03:13.78] [03:14.37]I shall give you what you came for [03:16.55]And lots more beside [03:18.29]Grovel grovel cringe bow stoop fall [03:21.72] [03:22.50]Worship worship beg kneel sponge crawl [03:26.29] [03:26.98]Thank you thank you cringe bow stoop fall [03:30.72] [03:31.45]Worship worship beg kneel sponge crawl [03:36.18] [03:41.64]Joseph handed them sackloads of food [03:46.66] [03:47.70]And they grovelled with base gratitude [03:53.07] [03:53.98]Then unseen Joseph out around the back [03:59.04] [04:00.93]And planted a cup in young Benjamin's sack [04:05.70] [04:08.43]When the brothers were ready to go [04:10.79] [04:11.86]Joseph turned to them all [04:13.47]With a terrible stare and said [04:16.10]No no no no