Oh tell me is it written what it is I'm meant to be That I can't To have the chance to the fruit of ev'ry tree Or my share Of ev'ry possibility?
[speaking]those are questions that women have been for centuries, and incredibly enough, I think they're still asking them today! I think that's what attracted me to yentl, and why I had I had to make the film...yentl, as some of you know, is the story of a girl in eastern europe at the turn of the century, when the world of study belonged only to men. but yentl's father, Her thirst for knowledge, taught her secretly. and his death, in order to continue her studies, she had had no choice, but go out into the world disguised as a man...
Papa, can you me? Papa, can you me? Papa, can you see me? Papa, can you me in the night? Papa, are you me? Papa, can you me? Papa, can you me not be frightened? Looking at the skies, I seem to see a eyes ones are yours? Where are you now yesterday Has waved goodbye and closed it's The night is so darker, The wind is so much The world I see is so much Now I'm alone Papa, forgive me Try to me Papa, don't you know I had no Can you me praying, I'm saying, Even though the night is with voices? I remember you taught me Ev'ry I've ever read Can all the words in all the Help me to face what lies The trees are so much And I feel so much The moon is as lonely And the are half as bright Papa, how I you Papa, how I you Papa, how I you me goodnight... To go on with the story, em, then meets a boy whom she falls in love with; but it turns out he's already in love with another girl, but because of circumstances I can't go into now, they'r Vented from getting married. and to make a long story short, he asks yentl, who, of course, he thinks is a boy to marry the girl, so he can still see her - not yentl, the girl! so, the gir The girl get married, and if you want to see how yentl got away with the wedding night, you'll have to the video! it's just a variation on the boy-meets-girl-meets-girl-story, it's very ni S! anyway, mmm, one night he comes over to the house to study. but it's clear that the only he really wants to study is her...not yentl...her wife, her...get it? his eyes never leave her f .
Will someone ever look at me way? See the way they at her, Like slaves they follow she goes. Do my eyes themselves And do I look at him And smile in a way That what I'm feeling I have the feeling ev'rybody knows And even though crazy, Still I help wond'ring if I'll ever live to see that day When by miracle of miracles, He'll around and look at me way...
A of sky Oh me where? is the someone who will turn and look at me? And to share My ev'ry possibility? The more I live - the I learn. The more I learn - the more I The I know. Each I take - (papa, a voice now!)each page I turn - (papa, a choice now!)each mile I travel only means The more I to go. What's with wanting more? If you can fly - soar! With all there is - why for a piece of sky? Papa, I can you... Papa, I can see you... Papa, I can you... Papa, me fly! Papa, me fly!
[speaking]thank you! I'm glad you liked that! thank you! thank you! thank you! oh, that's great! thank you! current administration has been beset by many problems. but, it's had many accomp Ents, a fact that sometimes seems to get overlooked nowadays, you know? I guess it is easier to criticize than to praise! so, I'd like to sing this song in celebration of every thing tha Ositive and possible in this great country of and around the world.