Allah!
Allah! Allah! Allaaaaaaah! Allah!
Help us! Lead us!
From the darkness out into your light Allah!
Tell us! Show us!
Shadows separating wrong and right Allah!
Only you can! Save us from disaster with your might.
Allah! We are! Waiting!
For salvation. Please give us a sight Allah!
Best of the Worst
At terrorizing we are the best.Creating fear is our only quest.
At causing panic we come in first, 'cause we're the best of the worst.
We steal ducats, we steal gold.
We beat and bully both young and old,
we rob you blind while you cry and curse,
'cause we are the best of the worst.
You could say we're trouble, you might dare call us scum,
but we work hard to do our job,
so never call us bums.
Don't whine or beg when we come your way.
We won't show mercy until you pay.
Just take your lumps and then give us your purse,
'Cause we're the best of the worst,
we are the best of the worst. We are the best of the worst!
Dawning of the Sun
Scheherazade: With the dawning of the sun, the rest of my life has begun. I cannot long deny, this evil sword my life. Shahriar please let me live and end your world of strife. With the dawning of the sun. Days dawn nights fall, still that voice it calls, calling out to me. Nights fall, days dawn, still that voice it lingers on, calling out my name. In his soul a gaping hole grows deeper, longer wider, stronger, calling out to him and only I can save him. In his soul this gaping hole is gaining power, getting stronger, calling out to me, to me, to me, to me. How can I resist it's force? How can I be strong? Only I can save him now, Scheherazade. With the dawning of the sun.
Shahriar: With the dawning of the sun. My duties have once more begun. I cannot long deny this evil sword her life. Scheherazade. In my soul a gapping hole grows deeper, longer, wider, stronger, calling out to me; it's haunting ever taunting. In my soul a gaping hole is gaining power getting stronger still, stronger still. Days dawn, nights fall, still that voice it calls, calling out to me. Nights fall, days dawn, still that voice it linger on, calling out to me, to me, to me, to me. How can I resist it's force? How can I be stronger still. Day Dawn, nights fall, Scheherazade, Scheherazade.
Scheherazade
you need to tell these stories to survive!
Every Tomorrow
I want to learn to sail the seas.
I want to build a pair of wings and float upon a gentle breeze.
I want to see the deepest jungle,
I want to tame a mighty steed.
I want to break away from this and do just what I please!
'Cause there's so much to see.
And there's so much to do.
And for once in my life someone else feels it too.
So I wanna be with you ev'ry tomorrow.
Mother: Look he is gone. I cannot find him anywhere. He is in trouble when I get my hands on him.
Sultan: Where could she be she is gone .I cannot find her anywhere. Ooo, she will be in such trouble when I get my hands on her.
Magician: I want the earth. To yield up all it's wealth to me.
I want the sky and all beneath it to bow to me. I want the pow'r around me to churn. I want the fire within me to burn,
I want control of ev'ry one and ev'rything for ev'ry tomorrow.
I want to climb the highest mountain.
I want to learn to sail the seas.
I want to build a pair of wings and float upon a gentle breeze. I want to see the deepest jungle,
I want to tame a mighty steed.
I want to break away from this and do just what I please!
'Cause there's so much to see.
And there's so much to do.
And for once in my life someone else feels it too.
So I wanna be with you ev'ry tomorrow.
Tomorrow.
City Rap
To Baghdad and Islamabad and then Afghanistan, past Isfahar and Maritsar, thru Kasmir and Tibet. To India through Katmandu, Darjeeling and beyond, to Bangladesh then Bhamo Whamo Slammo Jammo- Kunming and Kwiyan. Then Liuchow, Wuchow, Chaochow, Foochow, Hangchow, Bangchow, and Soolangchow, until at last they arrived at the palace in Ningpo.
Imp: An imp...
Goblin: A goblin....
Demon:... A Demon....
Scheherazade: And humans could neither see nor hear them..
Goblin: Oh look what we have, visitor…
Imp: Who's all dressed up like an emperor!
Demon: I hate to be rude, but he did intrude…
Goblin: Go ahead, kick him in the posterior!! (Demon gives Shukat a swift kick)
Shukat: Ouch! Who did that?
Demon: So what shall we do with this being?
Goblin: He certainly has trouble seeing!
Imp: Let's make him a mouse!
Goblin: … No a worm!!
Imp:… No a louse!
Demon: We must stop at once disagreeing! (Imp tweaks Shukat's nose)
Shukat: Ouch! What large insects they have, and yet they're so small you can't even see them. (Another tweak) Ouch!
Demon: I say we make him a tiger cat, and let him protect our habitat!
Goblin: Then he can eat those who, like him, impose.
Imp: What a grand inspiration is that!
Demon, Goblin and Imp: Yes!
Scheherazade: So the mischievous spirits concocted a potion which transforms Shukat from a human into a tiger.
Messengers: We've got to stop for a rest..
Shukat's voice: Rooooar!
Messengers: How strange. There are no tigers in this part of the world. (Enter Shukat as a tiger)
Shukat/tiger: Rooooar! (Demon, Goblin, and Imp appear)
Messengers: There aren't supposed to be, anyway.
Shukat/tiger: Rooooar!
Messengers: Ahhhh! (Shukat chase messenger's off stage)
Imp: Good-bye …
Goblin: Good-bye …
Demon: Good-bye …
Imp, Goblin and Demon: (in harmony) Good-bye!
Goblin: Oh, Look what we have another one..
Imp: She'd be tasty topped with cinnamon!!
Demon: Let's cook her with spice, and serve with wild rice!
Imp: Call the cat and we'll all have some fun! (Enter Shukat/tiger)
Ming: I must refresh myself… (she atomizes herself with perfume)
Demon: Kittykat, see who's on our shore!
Goblin: It's enough to make your heart sore.
Imp: Now you attack her, claw her and hack her!
Goblin: And start off with a giant, loud…
Shukat/tiger:… Roooooar!!
Ming: Oh, dear. You're looking at me like I'm your dinner. (Shukat is about to lunge when he sniffs her perfume) You like my perfume?
Demon: What's up?
Goblin:… Come on!
Demon:…. Take a bite!
Goblin: There's no need for being polite!
Ming: Would you like to eat something I brought? A date perhaps? (She gives him a date he eats) That's a good tiger. They're very good for your coat.
Demon: What now?
Imp:…. She's playing a trick!
Goblin: Not dates, Shukat, you'll get sick!
Shukat/tiger: (at spirits) Rooooar!
Goblin: Alright, go ahead, although you're well fed…
Demon: And the Princess lives on…
Imp: Fiddlestick!!
Demon: I knew that this moment would come, I could smell it, fee-fi-foe-fum!
Goblin: Soon he'll be starving…
Imp: His teeth will be carving…
Demon: And the Princess will be just a crumb!
Shukat/tiger: Roooooar!
Ming: Is this the end? (Pause)
Ming: I don't think you're really a man eating tiger…
Demon: This spell is too strong to corrupt!
Imp: His dinner you can't interrupt.
Goblin: Though you are his friend…
Imp: You just reached your end!
Demon: Do it now, Shukat, be abrupt.
Shariar: And just at that moment…
Shukat/tiger: Roooooar!!!! (Ming kisses Shukat/tiger)
Imp: What is he doing?
Goblin:… He's going astray!
Demon: Dear Shukat, you can't disobey.
Shukat/tiger: (turning on spirits) Roooooar!!!!
Goblin: It's time, I fear…
Demon: To get out of here…
Imp: We'll be lunch if we don't get away!
Shukat/tiger: ROOOOAR!!!! (Evil spirits are chased away)
Shahriar: And he chased them so far that they never returned to bother anyone ever again. And with their spell broken, Shukat once more became the Prince of Damascus.
