Tim Rice - The Brothers Come To Egypt lyrics

[NARRATOR] So back in Canaan the future looked rough Joseph's family were finding it tough [BROTHERS] For the famine has caught us unprepared We are thin, we are ill, we are getting scared It's enough to make anyone weep We are down to our very last sheep We will starve if we hang around here And in Egypt there's food going spare They've got corn, they've got meat, they've got food and drinks And if we have the time we could see the Sphinx [NARRATOR] So they finally decided to go Off to Egypt to see brother Jo So they all lay before Joseph's feet [BROTHERS] Mighty prince, give us something to eat! [NARRATOR] Joseph found it a strain not to laugh because Not a brother among them knew who he was [JOSEPH] I shall now take them all for a ride After all they have tried fratricide