Arabian Nights (From “Aladdin”/Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Arabian Nights - James Monroe Iglehart/Aladdin

Salam and good evening to you worthy friends

Welcome to the fabled city of Agrabah

City of flying carpets soaring heroes

Famous love ballots and more glitz and glamour

Then any other fictional city in the world

Oh I come from a land from a faraway place

Where the caravan camels roam

Where it's flat and immense

And the heat is intense

It's barbaric but hey it's home

When the wind's from the east

And the sun's from the west

And the sand in the glass is right

Come on down stop on by

Hop a Carpet and fly

To another Arabian night

And of course you know what Arabah's famous for

This Magical lamp

Don't be fooled by it's commonplace appearance

Like so many things it is not what's on the outside

But what's on the inside that counts

Wow got a little deep there down for a second heh

This lamp put Agrabah on the map

You've never been

Well we can fix that

Follow me to a place

Where incredible feats

Are routine every hour or so

Where enchantment runs rampant

It's wild in the streets

Open Sesame here we go

See the dervishes dance

In ridiculous pants

Then romance to your heart's delight

Come on down

Come on in

Let the magic begin

It's another Arabian night

Arabian nights

Like Arabian days

More often than naught

Are hotter than hot

In a lot of good ways

Arabian nights

'Neath Arabian moons

A fool off his guard

Could fall and fall hard

Out there on the dunes

In that magical place

In that mystical land

There's a Genie inside every door

He'll do all of your bidding

Your wish his command

It's demeaning but hey there you are

Unbelievable yes

An unethical mess

Nonetheless no one's very contrived

Do come here anew

Come to a land where any mountain can move

A land of high and treat with tricky logistics

Like prophets and mystics

And I've got statistics to prove

Arabian nights

Yes

Arabian nights

Agrabah

Come for the hummus

Stay for the fool show

Even the poor people

Look fabulous

And everyone here has a minor in dance

And now for the softer side of Agrabah

Arabian nights

Arabian nights

And of course you must watch

Your step here in Agrabah

For danger lurks around

Every corner and ugly bad guys too

Arabian nights

It's a city where a pitiless nobody

Can turn out to be

A noble somebody

Arabian nights

It's a place were a princess

Would give up her crown for true love

But her father the Sultan is a stickler

For the Ancient ways

And our hero's pals are as

Thick as thieves adorable but thieves

Oh and did I mention

Everybody sings

Arabian nights

Like Arabian days

More often than naught

Are hotter than hot

In a lot of good ways

Arabian nights

'Neath Arabian moons

A fool off his guard

Could fall and fall hard

Out there on the dunes

Arabian nights

Arabian nights

Arabian nights

Arabian nights

Arabian nights