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Potiphar
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Musicals
Potiphar was released on January 27, 1982 by Capitol Records as a part of the album Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Original 1982 Broadway Cast)
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Release DateJanuary 27, 1982
LabelCapitol Records
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM123

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Original Broadway Cast of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"
Original Broadway Cast of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Composer
Tim Rice
Tim Rice
Songwriter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Potiphar had very few cares
I was one of Egypt's millionaires
Having made a fortune buying shares
In pyramids
[Verse 2]
Potiphar had made a huge pile
Owned a large percentage of the Nile
Meant that I could really live in style
And I did
[Verse 3]
Joseph was an unimportant
Slave who found he liked his master
Consequently worked much harder
Even with devotion
[Verse 4]
Potiphar could see that Joseph
Was a cut above the av'rage
Made him leader of the household
Maximum promotion
[Verse 5]
Potiphar was cool and so fine
But his wife would never toe the line
It's all there in chapter thirty-nine
Of Genesis
She was beautiful
But evil
Saw a lot of men
Against his will
He would have to tell her
That she still was his
[Verse 6]
Joseph's looks and handsome figure
Had attracted her attention
Every morning she would beckon:
"Come and lie with me, love"
[Verse 7]
Joseph wanted to resist her
Till one day she proved too eager
Joseph cried in vain:
Please stop! I don't believe in free love!
[Verse 8]
Potiphar was counting shekels
In his den below the bedroom
When he heard a mighty rumpus
Clattering above him
Suddenly he knew his riches
Couldn't buy him what he wanted
Gold would never make him happy
If she didn't love him!
[Verse 9]
Letting out a mighty roar
Potiphar burst through the door
[Verse 10]
Joseph, I'll see you
Rot in jail
The things you have done
Are beyond the pale!
[Outro]
Poor, poor Joseph locked up in a cell
Things ain't going well, hey, locked up in a cell
Written by: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice
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