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I Just Can't Wait to Be King (stage musical)
Attribution information
Composer

Elton John

Lyricist

Tim Rice

Performers

   Geoff Hoyle
   Scott Irby-Ranniar
   Kajuana Shuford

Release information
Released

1997

Track

5

Length

3:02

Albums

The Lion King (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Appearances

The Lion King (stage musical)

Samples
Versions

I Just Can't Wait to be King (musical).ogg 

"I Just Can't Wait to Be King" is a song composed by Elton John for the stage musical version of The Lion King. It was released in 1997 as part of the original cast recording.

Lyrics[]

Simba:
I'm gonna be a mighty king
So enemies beware!

Zazu:
Well, I've never seen a king of beasts
With quite so little hair

Simba:
I'm gonna be the mane event
Like no king was before
I'm brushing up on looking down
I'm working on my roar

Zazu:
Thus far, a rather uninspiring thing

Simba:
Oh, I just can't wait to be king!

No one saying do this

Zazu:
Now when I said that...

Nala:
No one saying be there

Zazu:
What I meant was...

Simba:
No one saying stop that

Zazu:
What you don't realize...

Simba and Nala:
No one saying see here

Zazu:
Now see here!

Simba and Nala:
Free to run around all day

Zazu:
That's definitely out!

Simba:
Free to do it all my way

Zazu:
I think it's time that you and I
Arranged a heart-to-heart

Nala:
Kings don't need advice
From little hornbills for a start

Zazu:
If this is where the monarchy is headed
Count me out
Out of service, out of Africa
I wouldn't hang about
This child is getting wildly out of wing

Simba:
Oh, I just can't wait to be king

Everybody look left

Nala:
Everybody look right

Simba:
Everywhere you look I'm

Simba and Nala:
Standing in the spotlight

Zazu:
Not yet!

Simba, Nala, and animals:
Let every creature go for broke and sing
Let's hear it in the herd and on the wing
It's gonna be King Simba's finest fling

Simba:
Oh, I just can't wait to be king!

Nala:
Oh, he just can't wait to be king!

Simba:
Oh, I just can't wait

Nala:
Just can't wait

Simba, Nala, and animals:
To be king!


The Lion King (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Circle of Life    Grasslands Chant    The Morning Report    The Lioness Hunt    I Just Can't Wait to Be King    Chow Down    They Live In You    Be Prepared    The Stampede    Rafiki Mourns    Hakuna Matata    One By One    The Madness of King Scar    Shadowland    The Lion Sleeps Tonight    Endless Night    Can You Feel the Love Tonight    He Lives In You (Reprise)    Simba Confronts Scar    King of Pride Rock / Circle of Life (Reprise)