All I Ever Wanted

Moses now that you're here, you can't leave us again

You must remember

Hush now, my baby

Be still, love, don't cry

Sleep as you're rocked by the stream

(What are you singing?)

Sleep and remember my last lullaby

(I know that song...)

So I'll be with you when you dream

(It can't be. It can't be!)

Gleaming in the moonlight

Cool and clean and all I've ever known

All I ever wanted

Sweet perfumes of incense

Graceful rooms of alabaster stone

All I ever wanted

This is my home

With my father, mother, brother

Oh so noble, oh so strong

Now I am home

Here among my trappings and belongings I belong

And if anybody doubts it

They couldn't be more wrong

I am still a sovereign prince of Egypt

A son of the proud history that's shown

Etched here on the wall

Surely this is all I ever wanted

All I ever wanted

All I ever–

ילדי הטוב והרך

אל תירא ואל תפחד

My son, I have nothing I can give

But this chance that you may live

I've been in this room countless times

But I've never really looked at the pictures on the wall before

Ah. Yes. The Hebrews

These things–you did them!

Sometimes one must do things

Make a bitter choice that scars your soul

This I never wanted

Pharaohs make decisions

I must keep our kingdom safe and whole

Not just what I wanted

My son--

Why would you call me that?

Moses!

Glistening in the sunrise

See the river dancing greens and blues

All I ever wanted

Now the Nile is singing

Telling of how much it hurts to lose

All I ever wanted

This is your home, my son

Here the river brought you

And it's here the river meant

To be your home

Now you know the truth, love

Now forget, and be content

When the gods send you a blessing