Oh me where- Where is it written 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 ev'ry possibility?
[speaking]those are questions that women have been asking for centuries, and 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 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 order to continue her studies, she had had no choice, but go out into the 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 Which ones are Where are you now yesterday Has waved goodbye and closed door? The is so much darker, The is so much colder 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 is filled with voices? I remember ev'rything you me Ev'ry book ever read Can all the words in all the Help me to what lies ahead? The are so much taller And I feel so 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 with the story, em, yentl then meets a boy whom she 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 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 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 leave her f .
Will someone ever at me that way? See the way gaze at her, slaves they follow ev'ywhere she goes. Do my forget themselves And do I ever at him And smile in a way That what I'm feeling Sometimes I the feeling ev'rybody knows And even it's crazy, I can't help wond'ring if I'll ever live to see that day When by some of miracles, He'll turn and look at me way...
A of sky Oh tell me Where is the who will turn and look at me? And to share My ev'ry possibility? The I live - the more I learn. The more I learn - the I realize The I know. Each step I - (papa, I've a voice now!)each I turn - (papa, I've a choice now!)each mile I travel means The more I to go. What's with wanting 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 beset by 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 tonight in celebration of every thing tha Ositive and possible in this country of ours and around the world.