Oh tell me is it written what it is I'm meant to be That I can't To have the chance to pick the fruit of tree Or have my Of ev'ry possibility?
[speaking]those are questions that women have been asking for centuries, and incredibly enough, I think 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 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 me in the night? Papa, are you me? Papa, can you me? Papa, can you help me not be Looking at the skies, I seem to see a eyes Which are yours? Where are you now that Has goodbye 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, forgive me Try to me Papa, don't you know I had no Can you me praying, I'm saying, Even though the night is with voices? I remember ev'rything you me Ev'ry book I've ever Can all the words in all the me to face what lies 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, 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 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 other girl! so, the gir The girl get married, and if you want to see how yentl got away with the 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 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 .
someone ever look at me that way? See the way gaze at her, slaves they follow ev'ywhere she goes. Do my eyes forget And do I ever at him And in such a way what I'm feeling shows? Sometimes I have the feeling knows And even it's crazy, Still I can't help wond'ring if ever live to see that day When by miracle of miracles, He'll turn around and 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 I learn - the more I realize The I know. step I take - (papa, I've a voice now!)each I turn - (papa, a choice now!)each mile I travel only means The more I 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 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 to praise! so, I'd like to sing this song tonight in celebration of every thing tha Ositive and possible in great country of ours and around the world.