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?
[speaking]those are questions that women have been asking for centuries, and incredibly enough, I think they're still asking 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 after his death, in order to 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 Which are yours? are you now that 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 I'm alone Papa, forgive me Try to me Papa, you know I had no choice? Can you me praying, I'm saying, Even the night is filled with voices? I ev'rything you taught me book I've ever read Can all the words in all the Help me to face what lies The trees are so much And I so much smaller The is twice as lonely And the stars are half as 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 already in love with 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 see her - not yentl, the other 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 ever look at me that way? See the way they at her, Like they follow ev'ywhere she goes. Do my eyes themselves And do I ever at him And in such a way That I'm feeling shows? I have the feeling ev'rybody knows And even though crazy, Still I can't help if I'll ever live to see that day When by miracle of miracles, turn around and look at me way...
A of sky Oh me where? Where is the someone who will turn and 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. Each step I - (papa, a voice now!)each page I turn - (papa, I've a now!)each mile I travel only means The more I to go. wrong with wanting more? If you can fly - soar! With all there is - why 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! thank you! thank you! oh, that's great! thank you! this current administration has been beset by many problems. but, had many accomp Ents, a fact that sometimes seems to get nowadays, you know? I guess it is easier to criticize than to praise! so, I'd like to sing this song tonight in celebration of every thing tha Ositive and possible in this great country of ours and the world.