Musicals Aladdin (Disney) Lyrics Soundtrack

Aladdin (Disney)
Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Howard Ashman + Tim Rice
Premiere: 1992
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A Whole New World

ALADDIN: I can show you the world
Shining, shimmering, splendid.
Tell me princess, now when did you last
Let your heart decide?

(CARPET zooms down through the town, stopping slightly to pick a
flower. It gives the flower to ALADDIN, who gives it to JASMINE.
She smiles.)

I can open your eyes
Take you wonder by wonder
Over, sideways, and under
On a magic carpet ride


(CARPET does as ALADDIN sings, then zooms into the clouds.)

A whole new world!
A new fantastic point of view
No one to tell us no
Or where to go
Or say we're only dreaming

(JASMINE looks back and watches Agrabah disappear from sight. CARPET
flies in and out of the clouds.)

JASMINE: A whole new world
A dazzling place I never knew
But when I'm way up here
It's crystal clear
That now I'm in a whole new world with you!

ALADDIN: Now I'm in a whole new world with you!

(They each catch a small cloud as CARPET continues the flight. It
then circles a pillar of clouds, giving a swirly look to it.)

JASMINE: Unbelievable sights
Indescribable feeling
Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling
Through an endless diamond sky

(They join a flock of birds in the sky. One of them looks terrified
and squawks. CARPET does somersaults and flips, at times putting
ALADDIN and JASMINE in free-fall, but catching them. They then
zoom above the clouds where a starry night awaits them.)

JASMINE: A whole new world!
ALADDIN: Don't you dare close your eyes
JASMINE: An hundred thousand things to see
ALADDIN: Hold your breath--it gets better!
JASMINE: I'm like a shooting star,
I've come so far
I can't go back to where I used to be!

(They zoom down over a river, apparently the Nile, for beyond the
ship's sails are the Great Pyramids. They wave at a worker
sculpting the complete nose of the Sphinx. He smiles, but
chisels too much and breaks off the front section of the nose.)

ALADDIN: A whole new world!
JASMINE: Every turn a surprise
ALADDIN: With new horizons to pursue
JASMINE: Every moment, red-letter

(They fly alongside wild horses running. JASMINE pets one of them.)

BOTH: I'll chase them anywhere
There's time to spare
Let me share this whole new world with you

A whole new world
That's where we'll be

(They fly through Greece, where ALADDIN grabs an apple from a
tree and rolls it down his arm to JASMINE, who is now sure
she is dealing with ALADDIN, not PRINCE ALI.)

ALADDIN: A thrilling chase
JASMINE: A wondrous place
BOTH: For you and me!

(CARPET hovers along over a lake, and we see the reflection of
the moon in the lake. Fireworks burst and we see the couple
at a Chinese New Year celebration, sitting on a rooftop.)

JASMINE: It's all so magical.
ALADDIN: Yeah.
JASMINE: (She looks at him and decides to burst the bubble)
It's a shame Abu had to miss this.
ALADDIN: Nah. He hates fireworks. (CARPET looks up
realizing what is happening.) He doesn't really
like flying either. (And now ALADDIN realizes it)
That is...oh no!
JASMINE: (She pulls off his turban) You are the boy from the
market! I knew it. Why did you lie to me?
ALADDIN: Jasmine, I'm sorry.
JASMINE: Did you think I was stupid?
ALADDIN: No!
JASMINE: That I wouldn't figure it out?
ALADDIN: No. I mean, I hoped you wouldn't. No, that's not
what I meant.
JASMINE: Who are you? Tell me the truth!
ALADDIN: The truth? (He looks at CARPET who wave him on,
giving up hope.) The truth...the truth is...I
sometimes dress as a commoner to escape the
pressures of palace life. (CARPET slumps down in
defeat.) But I really am a prince! (The feather on
his turban falls down over his eyes.)
JASMINE: Why didn't you just tell me?
ALADDIN: Well, you know, um...royalty going out into the
city in disguise, it sounds a little strange,
don't you think?
JASMINE: Not that strange.

(She flicks up the feather and cuddles with him. CARPET puts a
tassel under his "chin" and looks mystified. Dissolve to ext.
of palace balcony, where ALADDIN and JASMINE return. CARPET
forms a set of steps and she descends. ALADDIN then descends
just below the balcony.)

JASMINE: Good night, my handsome prince.
ALADDIN: Sleep well, princess.

(They slowly lean forward to kiss, but CARPET bumps him up and they
kiss sooner than expected. She walks away slowly then turns and
looks at him. Finally she enters her room through the curtain.)

ALADDIN: Yes! (He falls back onto the CARPET, who descends
to the ground.) For the first time in my life,
things are starting to go right.

(He looks up at JASMINE's balcony, and four sets of hands grab him.)

ALADDIN: Hey! What? (A gag is tied around his mouth.
Muffled words) Abu! Abu! (We see the elephant
hanging from a net tied in a tree.)
GUARD: Hold him!

(Shackles are placed on his feet and his hands. Another GUARD ties
CARPET in a knot around a tree.)

JAFAR: I'm afraid you've worn out your welcome, Prince
Abooboo. (Walks away.) Make sure he's
never found.

(A GUARD hits him in the head, and he falls unconscious. Cut to a
cliff, where GUARDS laugh as ALADDIN's body drops into the water.
He is conscious now, but his feet are tied to a rock. The rock
hits the sea bottom, then the turban lands and the lamp tumbles
out. He sees this and struggles to rub the lamp. However, he
loses consciousness and falls to the floor. The lamp, unsettled
by his movement, rolls down and rubs against his hands. It shakes,
and GENIE emerges with a bath brush, rubber duckie, and shower cap)

GENIE: Never fails. Get in the bath and there's a rub at
the lamp. (Squeaks the duck) Hello. (Sees
unconscious ALADDIN) Al? Al! Kid, snap out of it!
You can't cheat on this one! I can't help you
unless you make a wish. You have to say "Genie I
want you to save my life." Got it? Okay. C'mon
Aladdin!! (He grabs ALADDIN by the shoulders and
shakes him. His head goes up, then falls.) I'll
take that as a yes. (Head turns into a siren.)
Wooga! Wooga! (Turns into a submarine.) Up
scope! (He babbles in something that sounds like
German. On the surface, a giant water spout
emerges, and lands on top of the cliff. ALADDIN
reawakes and coughs the water out of his lungs.)
Don't you scare me like that!
ALADDIN: Genie, I--uh, I-uh...(He can't think of how to say
it, so they just hug each other.) Thanks, Genie.
GENIE: Oh, Al. I'm gettin' kind of fond of you, kid. Not
that I want to pick out curtains or anything.

(Cut to JASMINE in her room, humming "A Whole New World" and brushing
her hair. The SULTAN appears in one of the double doors,hypnotized.)

SULTAN: Jasmine!
JASMINE: Oh, father--I just had the most wonderful time.
I'm so happy.
SULTAN: (Still monotone from the hypnosis) You should be,
Jasmine. I have chosen a husband for you.
JASMINE: What?
SULTAN: (The other door opens and reveals JAFAR.) You will
wed Jafar.

(JASMINE gasps at the sight of him.)

JAFAR: You're speechless, I see. A fine quality in a
wife.
JASMINE: I will never marry you. (She goes to the SULTAN)
Father, I choose Prince Ali!
JAFAR: Prince Ali left!

(A quick pan finds ALADDIN standing in the doorway to the balcony.)

ALADDIN: Better check your crystal ball again, Jafar!
JASMINE: Prince Ali!

(JAFAR gasps at the sight of ALADDIN.)

IAGO: How in the he--(back to parrot-ese)--uh, awk!
ALADDIN: Tell them the truth, Jafar! You tried to have me
killed.
JAFAR: What? (He goes to the SULTAN) Ridiculous
nonsense, your highness. He is obviously lying.
(He brings the staff close to the SULTAN's face.)
SULTAN: Obviously...lying.

(ALADDIN sees the staff with its glowing eyes.)

JASMINE: Father, what's wrong with you?
ALADDIN: I know!

(ALADDIN grabs the staff and smashes it on the floor. JAFAR flinches
and the spell is broken for good.)

SULTAN: Oh, oh, oh my!
ALADDIN: Your highness, Jafar's been controlling you with
this! (He advances the staff)
SULTAN: What? Jafar? You, you traitor!

(The trio advances on JAFAR.)

JAFAR: Your majesty, all of this can be explained.
SULTAN: Guards! Guards!
IAGO: Well, that's it--we're dead, forget about it. Just
dig a grave for both of us. We're dead.

(But JAFAR sees the lamp in ALADDIN's pocket. He makes a move, but
is grabbed by guards.)

SULTAN: Arrest Jafar at once.
JAFAR: This is not done yet, boy!

(JAFAR pulls a vial from his pocket. ALADDIN sees this and rushes
him, but JAFAR throws the vial to the floor. A large red cloud
appears. When it is gone, so is JAFAR.)

SULTAN: Find him, search everywhere!
ALADDIN: Jasmine, are you all right?
JASMINE: Yes.

(They lean in to kiss, but the SULTAN barges between them.)

SULTAN: Jafar, my most trusted counselor, plotting against
me all this time. Just horrible. How will I ever-
(He stops in mid sentence and looks at the pair.)
Can it be true? My daughter has finally chosen a
suitor? (She nods) Ha ha! Praise Allah! You
brilliant boy, I could kiss you! I won't--I'll
leave that to my--. You two will be wed at once!
Yes, yes. And you'll be happy and prosperous, and
then my boy, you will be sultan!
ALADDIN: Sultan?
SULTAN: Yes, a fine upstanding youth like yourself, a
person of your unimpeachable moral character is
exactly what this kingdom needs! (ALADDIN looks
concerned at this.)

(Cut to int. of JAFAR's chambers. JAFAR and IAGO enter.)

IAGO: We gotta get outta here! We gotta get-- I gotta
start packing, your highness. Only essentials.
(IAGO starts throwing things out of his cage.
JAFAR smiles broadly.) Travel light! Bring the
guns, the weapons, the knives (Stops and takes out
a picture of himself and JAFAR) and how about
this picture? I don't know--I think I'm making a
weird face in it. (JAFAR starts to laugh wildly.)
Oh, boy--he's gone nuts. He's cracked. (IAGO
flies down to him and knocks on his head.) Jafar?
Jafar? Get a grip, Jafar! (JAFAR grabs him around
the neck) Good grip!
JAFAR: Prince Ali is nothing more than that ragged urchin
Aladdin. He has the lamp, Iago.
IAGO: Why that miserable--
JAFAR: But you are going to relieve him of it!
IAGO: Me?

(Cut to ext. of palace. ALADDIN is looking at the gardens.)

ALADDIN: Sultan? They want me to be sultan?

(GENIE comes out of lamp)

GENIE: Huzzah! Hail the conquering hero! (Turns into a
one-man band. He sees ALADDIN walk away with his
head hung. He stops, scratches his head, comes up
with an idea, then zooms over to ALADDIN. He holds
up his hands like a director scoping a picture and
we look through them.) Aladdin, you've just won
the heart of the princess. What are you gonna do
next? (ALADDIN looks at him, then walks away in
sadness to the bed, where he falls on it and sighs.
GENIE again is confused, then goes to him and pulls
out a script labeled "Aladdin." Whispering: )
Psst, your line is "I'm going to free the genie."
Anytime.
ALADDIN: Genie...I can't.
GENIE: Sure you can. You just go "Genie, I wish you
free." (He grabs ALADDIN's head and uses
him as a mock ventriloquist's dummy. ALADDIN pulls away.)
ALADDIN: I'm serious. Look, I'm sorry--I really am. But
they want to make me sultan--no!, They want to make
Prince Ali sultan. Without you, I'm just Aladdin.
GENIE: Al, you won!
ALADDIN: Because of you! The only reason anyone thinks I'm
anything is because of you. What if they find out
I'm not really a prince? (Quietly) What if
Jasmine finds out? I'll lose her. Genie, I can't
keep this up on my own. I can't wish you free.
GENIE: (Sarcastically) Hey, I understand. After all,
you've lied to everyone else. Hey, I was beginning
to feel left out. Now, if you'll excuse me,
master. (He says the last word in disgust, then
poofs back into the lamp.)

(ABU and CARPET are watching from the window.)

ABU: Ohhh.
ALADDIN: Genie, I'm really sorry. (A tongue comes out of the
spout and raspberries him.) Well, fine. (He slams
a pillow on top of the LAMP.) Then just stay in
there! (He looks at ABU and CARPET.) What are you
guys looking at? (They both leave.) Look, I--I'm
sorry. Wait, Abu-- wait--I'm sorry, I didn't--
wait, c'mon. (He sighs.) What am I doing?
Genie's right--I gotta tell Jasmine the truth.
JASMINE: (From a distance) Ali, oh Ali--will you come here?
ALADDIN: (Putting on his turban) Well, here goes. (He walks
into the garden.) Jasmine? Where are you?

(We see IAGO wearing a beak and standing on stilts next to a FLAMINGO
in the pond. He is imitating JASMINE's voice.)

IAGO: Ahem--In the menagerie, hurry.
ALADDIN: I'm coming.

(We see ALADDIN hurry past, not noticing the birds. IAGO laughs,
then turns back and looks into the face of a FLAMINGO, who is
panting.)

FLAMINGO: D'uh!
IAGO: Ya got a problem, pinky? (He sweeps the bird's
feet out from under it. IAGO runs into the palace
and finds the lamp under the pillow.) Boy, Jafar's
gonna be happy to see you! (Stretches his face
like JAFAR's and imitates it.) Good work, Iago!
(Normal) Ah, go on. (JAFAR) No, really--on a scale
of one to ten, you are an eleven! (Normal) Ah,
Jafar--you're too kind. I'm embarrassed, I'm
blushing. (He flies away with the lamp.)

(Cut to the palace entrance. The SULTAN is standing on top, making
an announcement to the people.)

SULTAN: People of Agrabah, My daughter has finally chosen a
suitor!

(Cut to behind the curtain, where JASMINE is peeking. ALADDIN
appears at the bottom of the stairs.)

ALADDIN: Jasmine?
JASMINE: Ali, where have you been?
ALADDIN: There's something I've got to tell you.
JASMINE: The whole kingdom has turned out for father's
announcement!
ALADDIN: No! But Jasmine, listen to me, please!
JASMINE: Good luck! (She pushes him out onto the platform
with the SULTAN, where he overlooks the entire
crowd.)
SULTAN: ...Ali Ababwa!
ALADDIN: Oh, boy!

(Far above, IAGO and JAFAR watch through a window.)

IAGO: Look at them, cheering that little pipsqueak.
JAFAR: Let them cheer.

(He lifts the lamp and rubs it. GENIE comes out.)

GENIE: You know Al, I'm getting (turns and sees JAFAR)
reallyyyyyy--I don't think you're him. (He
descends and consults a playbill.) Tonight, the
role of Al will be played by a tall, dark and
sinister ugly man.
JAFAR: I am your master now. (He throws GENIE to the
ground and puts his foot on GENIE's face.)
GENIE: I was afraid of that.
JAFAR: Genie, grant me my first wish. I wish to rule on
high, as sultan!!!

(Cut to ext where dark clouds circle the castle. The castle shakes.
The roof rips off and the SULTAN and ALADDIN duck.)

ALADDIN: Whoa!
SULTAN: Bless my soul. What is this? What is going on?

(His turban lifts off his head. When he grabs it, his whole body
flies up, then is stripped of all his clothing except his boxer
shorts. The clothing reappears on JAFAR.)

JAFAR: Heh heh heh!
SULTAN: Jafar, you vile betrayer.
IAGO: That's Sultan Vile Betrayer to you.
ALADDIN: Oh, yeah? Well, we'll just see about that! (Pulls
off his own turban, but finds it empty) The lamp!
JAFAR: Finders-keepers, Abooboo.

(They both look up and see a gigantic GENIE lift the palace into
the clouds.. ALADDIN whistles and CARPET flies up to greet him.
They fly up near the GENIE's head.)

ALADDIN: Genie! No!
GENIE: Sorry, kid--I got a new master now. (He places the
palace on top of a mountain.)
SULTAN: Jafar, I order you to stop!
JAFAR: There's a new order now--my order! Finally, you
will bow to me!

(The SULTAN bows, but JASMINE does not.)

JAFAR: We'll never bow to you!
IAGO: Why am I not surprised?
JAFAR: If you will not bow before a sultan, then you will
cower before a sorcerer! (To GENIE) Genie, my
second wish--I wish to be the most powerful
sorcerer in the world!

(GENIE extends his finger. ALADDIN tries to stop him, but he cannot,
and another GENIE (tm) brand lightning bolt strikes JAFAR,
returning him to his normal look.)

IAGO: Ladies and gentlemen, a warm Agrabah welcome for
Sorcerer Jafar!
JAFAR: Now where were we? Ah, yes--abject humiliation!
(He zaps JASMINE and the SULTAN with his staff, and
they both bow to him. RAJAH comes running at him.
He zaps RAJAH, and the tiger turns into a kitty-
cat.) Down, boy! Oh, princess--(lifts her chin
with his staff)--there's someone I'm dying to
introduce you to.
ALADDIN: (off-camera) Jafar! Get your hands off her!

(JAFAR zaps ALADDIN. CARPET flies away.)

1.Arabian Nights
2.One Jump Ahead
3.One Jump Ahead (Reprise)
4.Friend Like Me
5.Prince Ali
6.A Whole New World
7.Prince Ali (Reprise)
8.A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)

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