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| I Just Can't Wait to Be King (stage musical) | |
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| Released |
1997 |
| Track |
5 |
| Length |
3:02 |
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The Lion King (stage musical) |
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"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) |
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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) |
