Oh tell me is it written what it is I'm meant to be That I dare To have the chance to pick the fruit of ev'ry Or have my Of ev'ry possibility?
are questions that women have been 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 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 father, recogn 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 find me in the Papa, are you me? Papa, can you me? Papa, can you help me not be at the skies, I seem to see a million eyes Which are yours? Where are you now yesterday Has waved and closed it's door? The night is so darker, The wind is so much The world I see is so much Now that I'm Papa, please me Try to me Papa, you know I had no choice? Can you me praying, I'm saying, Even though the is filled with voices? I ev'rything you taught me Ev'ry book I've ever Can all the words in all the Help me to face what ahead? The trees are so taller And I feel so much The is twice 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 with the story, em, yentl then meets a boy whom she falls in love with; but it turns out he's 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 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 it's clear that the only thing he really wants to study is her...not yentl...her wife, her...get it? his eyes never her f .
Will someone look at me that way? See the way gaze at her, Like slaves follow ev'ywhere she goes. Do my eyes themselves And do I look at him And in such a way That I'm feeling shows? I have the feeling ev'rybody knows And even though crazy, I can't help wond'ring if I'll ever live to see that day When by some of miracles, turn around and look 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 I realize The I know. step I take - (papa, I've a now!)each page I turn - (papa, I've a now!)each mile I travel only means The I have to go. What's wrong with more? If you can fly - soar! With all there is - why for Just a piece of 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! this current administration has been 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 in this great country of ours and around the world.