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Gesticulate
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Soundtrack
Gesticulate was released on December 19, 1997 by Masterworks Broadway as a part of the album Kismet: A Musical Arabian Night (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
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Release DateDecember 19, 1997
LabelMasterworks Broadway
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM83

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Henry Calvin
Henry Calvin
Vocals
Joan Diener
Joan Diener
Vocals
Alfred Drake
Alfred Drake
Vocals
Kismet Chorus
Kismet Chorus
Chorus
Kismet Ensemble
Kismet Ensemble
Vocals
Louis Adrian
Louis Adrian
Conductor
Richard Oneto
Richard Oneto
Performer
Doretta Morrow
Doretta Morrow
Performer
Richard Kiley
Richard Kiley
Performer
Kismet Orchestra
Kismet Orchestra
Orchestra
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Alexander Borodin
Alexander Borodin
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Goddard Lieberson
Goddard Lieberson
Producer

Lyrics

The things a merciful and clement
Wazir must endure!
How surely one can tell the expert
From the amateur!
Dear hand, deft hand
Clever and facile extremity
Fond companion to me
From my birth
Sweet hand, swift hand
Spinner of fable and fantasy
Faithful friend of my art
Would they rend us apart
Leaving no finger or fist there
But just the hint of a wrist there?
Where then my spirited wit, my mercurial charm?
Am I fated to sit with an elbow and arm
And no digits to top them off
If they lop them off!
Well said a plea as ever
Moved a man to shed a tear!
Well said, but not said enough
If we know of our Wazir
How could I plead with you
How could I pray to you?
How intercede with you
What could I say to you?
(This is becoming a bore!)
Like a dog with no tail
(Drag this debris out the door!)
Like a spoutless whale
(A bore! A bore!)
Like an elephant sunk if you cut off its trunk!
(So do as I ordered before!)
(Drag this debris out the door!)
Hold! I'd like to hear a little more
When you tell a story
Amorous or gory
You can tell it best if you gesticulate
Suppose the mighty Sinbad
Meets a Djin who's been bad
They will guess the rest if you gesticulate!
A tongue is a tongue
And a lung is a lung
And a tale that can shout or sing
Without the gesture - nothing!
Should Scheherazade
Undulate her body
That can be expressed if you gest-
Can be assessed if you gest-
She'll be undressed if you gesticulate!
If I tell you I was walking by the sea
And found a Genie in a bottle
That's trite
Quite!
For practically everyone has seen a Genie
Someone had to throttle
In a bottle!
Right!
But if I say the bottle was so teenie!
So teenie!
And so was the Genie
So was the Genie
Until with trembling hand
I pulled the cork
And threw the jug
And covered up my eyes
And the smoke began to curl
And the smoke began to swirl
And it curled and it swirled
And it swirled and it curled
As higher it did rise
Till it was so high
So high!
And so was the Genie!
So was the Genie!
Then two great arms reached down
(Two great arms?)
And lifted me up! Up! Up! (Up! Up! Up!)
Into the sky (So high! So high!)
And we did fly (And we did fly)
The Genie and I (How he did fly!)
We did sail! (Did sail!)
Did sail! (Did sail!)
Is this a tale? (This is a tale!)
Are you convinced? (We are convinced)
You see? (You see? You see?)
For the facile finger
Listeners will linger
They will be impressed if you gest-
Applaud with zest if you gest-
If it's a question of a story, gory
Sinbad in bad, bottle, smoke, Genie, arms
Fly sky high
I state, reiterate
Gesticulate
With your hands! (With your hands!)
Written by: Alexander Borodin, George Forrest, Robert Wright
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