[NARRATOR]
Guess what? In his bed
Pharaoh had an uneasy night
He had had a dream
That pinned him to his sheets with fright
No one knew the meaning of the dream
What to do? Whatever could it mean?
Then his butler said
[BUTLER]
I know a bloke in jail
Who is hot on dreams
Could explain old Pharaoh's tale
[NARRATOR]
Pharaoh said, "Fetch this Joseph man
I need him to help me if he can"
[ENSEMBLE]
Poor, poor Pharaoh, what'cha gonna do? (What'cha gonna do?)
Dreams are haunting you, hey, what'cha gonna do?
[NARRATOR]
Chained and bound, afraid, alone
Joseph stood before the throne
[JOSEPH]
My service to Pharaoh has begun
Tell me your problems, mighty one
[PHARAOH]
Well, I was wandering along by the banks of the river
When seven fat cows come out of the Nile, oh yeah
And right behind them fine healthy animals
Came seven other cows, skinny and vile, oh yeah
Well, the thin cows ate the fat cows
Which I thought would do 'em good, oh yeah
But it didn't make 'em fatter
Like I thought a monster supper should
Because the thin cows were as thin as they had ever, ever, ever been, oh
Well, this dream has got me baffled
Hey, Joseph, won't you tell me what it means, yeah?
[PHARAOH & ENSEMBLE]
Come on, you know that kings ain't stupid (Stupid)
But I don't have a clue (Stupid)
Don't you be cruel, Joseph (Joseph)
You gotta help me, I'm begging of you
[PHARAOH, spoken]
Let me tell you [?]
I got the [?]
Gotta get back down to that [?]
[?]
Sleepless nights
You ain't heard nothin' yet
[PHARAOH]
I was standing doing nothing in a field out of town
I saw seven beautiful ears of corn, oh babe
And they was ripe and they was golden but you guessed it
Right behind 'em there were seven other ears
Tattered and torn, uh-huh
Well, the bad corn ate the good corn
Man, they came up right behind, yes they did
Oh, but Joseph, here's the punch line
I think it's gonna blow your mind, flip your lid
Because the bad corns were as bad as they had ever, ever, ever been
Yes, they was
Well, this dream has got me all shook up
Treat me nice and tell me what it means
Hey, hey, hey, Joseph
Said, won't you just tell me, yeah
Won't you tell me, tell me what this crazy dream really means?
[?]