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Potiphar Lyrics by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice

Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Original Soundtrack Album (Original Cast Recording)

1999

[Narrator]
Joseph was taken to Egypt in chains and sold
Where he was bought by a captain named Potiphar
[Narrator]
Potiphar had very few cares
He was one of Egypt's millionaires
Having made a fortune buying shares in
[Potiphar]
Pyramids
[Narrator]
Potiphar had made a huge pile
Owned a large percentage of the Nile
[Potiphar]
Meant that I could really live in style
[Narrator]
And he did
[Potiphar]
Oh, I did
[Narrator]
Joseph was an unimportant slave who found he liked his master
Consequently worked much harder, even with devotion
Potiphar could see that Josеph was a cut above the av'rage
Madе him leader of his household, maximum promotion
[Narrator]
Potiphar was cool and so fine
[Potiphar]
But my wife would never toe the line
[Narrator & male ensemble]
It's all there in chapter thirty-nine of Genesis
She was beautiful but
[Mrs. Potiphar]
Evil
[Narrator]
Saw a lot of men against his will
He would have to tell her that she still was his
[Potiphar]
You're mine!
[Narrator]
Joseph's looks and handsome figure had attracted her attention
Every morning she would beckon:
[Mrs. Potiphar]
Come and lie with me, love
[Narrator]
Joseph wanted to resist her till one day she proved too eager
Joseph cried in vain:
[Joseph]
Please stop! I don't believe in free love!
[Mrs. Potiphar]
Pity
[Narrator, (Potiphar)]
Potiphar was counting shekels in his den below the bedroom
When he heard a mighty rumpus clattering above him
Suddenly he knew his riches couldn't buy him what he wanted
Gold would never make him happy, if she didn't love him!
Letting out a mighty roar (aah!)
Potiphar burst through the door (aah!)
[Potiphar]
Joseph, I'll see you rot in jail
The things you have done are beyond the pale!
[Narrator]
Poor, poor Joseph locked up in a cell
Things ain't going well, hey, locked up in a cell
Poor, poor Joseph locked up in a cell
Things ain't going well, hey, locked up in a cell
Locked up in a cell
Credits
Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Tim Rice

Tim Rice

About “Potiphar” by Andrew Lloyd Webber

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"Potiphar" appears on "Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Original Soundtrack Album (Original Cast Recording)" in 1999.

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