Oh me where- Where is it what it is I'm meant to be That I can't To have the chance to pick the of ev'ry tree Or my share Of sweet-imagined possibility?
[speaking]those are questions that women have asking 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 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, recogn Her thirst for knowledge, taught her secretly. and after his death, in 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 find me in the Papa, are you me? Papa, can you me? Papa, can you me not be frightened? Looking at the skies, I to see a million eyes ones are yours? Where are you now that Has waved goodbye and closed door? The is so much darker, The wind is so much The world I see is so much Now that I'm Papa, forgive me Try to me Papa, you know I had no choice? Can you me praying, I'm saying, Even though the night is filled voices? I remember ev'rything you me Ev'ry book ever read Can all the in all the books Help me to face lies ahead? The are so much taller And I so much smaller The moon is as lonely And the stars are as bright Papa, how I you Papa, how I you Papa, how I you me goodnight... To go on the story, em, yentl 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 yentl, who, of course, he thinks is a boy to marry the girl, so he can still see her - not yentl, the other girl! so, the gir The girl get married, and if you want to see how yentl got away the wedding night, you'll have to rent 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 clear that the only thing he really wants to study is her...not yentl...her wife, her...get it? his eyes never leave her f .
Will someone ever at me that way? See the way gaze at her, Like they follow ev'ywhere she goes. Do my forget themselves And do I ever at him And in such a way That what I'm feeling Sometimes I have the feeling ev'rybody And though it's crazy, Still I help wond'ring if I'll ever live to see that day When by some of miracles, He'll turn around and at me way...
A of sky Oh me where? Where is the 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, I've a voice now!)each I turn - (papa, I've a choice now!)each mile I only means The I have to go. What's wrong wanting more? If you can fly - soar! all there is - why settle for Just a 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! you! thank you! oh, that's great! thank you! this 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 it is easier to criticize than to praise! so, I'd like to sing this song tonight in celebration of every thing tha and possible in this great country of ours and around the world.