I have seen a few musicals in my time. For many years I held season tickets for Broadway San Antonio at the Historic Majestic Theatre. Of the musicals that I have seen, the one that had the most spectacular production was The Lion King. I remember when the Disney production of the animated movie came out and I heard the song written by Sir Elton John, I fell in love with it.
When I saw it performed live in the musical, I had chills from head to toe because it was so magnificent. For this post I have three different versions of the song. The first, obviously Sir Elton John; the second is a performance by the cast of The Lion King – performed live at the Palladium in London and the third is a bilingual version sung by Adrienne Walker and Augustin Arguello from 2017.
Lyrics
What
And they don’t have a clue
Who
They’ll fall in love and here’s the bottom line
Our trio’s down to two
Oh
There’s magic everywhere
And with all this romantic atmosphere
Disaster’s in the air
The peace the evening brings
The world for once in perfect harmony
With all its living things
But how to make her see
The truth about my past, impossible
She’d turn away from me
But what, I can’t decide
Why won’t he be the king I know he is?
The king I see inside?
The peace the evening brings
The world, for once, in perfect harmony
With all its living things
You needn’t look too far
Stealing through the night’s uncertainties
Love is where they are
It can be assumed
His carefree days with us are history
In short, our pal is doomed
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That is one I would like to see! Haven’t seen many musicals live unfortunately. Can only remember Porgy and Bess, Westside Story, Jesus Christ Superstar and My Fair Lady. 🙋🐝
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Wonderful song, and I did like the last video duet a lot. 😉
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Thanks for sharing the Broadway version and the bilingual. Very special. 🙂
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