paroles de chanson Potiphar (from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat) - The New Musical Cast

Joseph was taken to Egypt in chains and sold
Where he was bought by a captain named Potiphar

Potiphar had very few cares
He was one of Egypt's millionaires
Having made a fortune buying shares in...

Pyramids

Potiphar had made a huge pile
Own a large percentage of the Nile

Meant that I could really live in style

And he did

Oh, I did

Joseph was an unimportant slave
Who found he liked his master
Consequently worked much harder
Even with devotion
Potiphar could see that Joseph
Was a cut above the average
Made him leader of his household
That's a long promotion

Potiphar was cool and so fine

But my wife would never toe the line

It's all there in chapter 39 of Genesis

Don't believe everything you read, dear

She was beautiful but

Evil

Saw a lot of men against his will
He would have to tell her that she still was his

You're mine

Joseph's looks and handsome figure
Had attracted her attention
Every morning she would beckon

Come and lie with me, love

Joseph wanted to resist her
'Til one day she proved too eager
Joseph cried in vain

Please stop, I don't believe in free love

Pity
Potiphar was counting shekels
In his den below the bedroom
When he heard a mighty rumpus
Clattering above him
Suddenly he knew his riches
Could not buy him what he wanted
Gold would never make him happy
If she didn't love him
Making out a mighty roar

Potiphar burst through the door

Joseph, I'll see you rot in jail
The things you have done are beyond the pale

Poor, poor Joseph locked up in a cell
Things ain't going well, hey, locked up in a cell
Poor, poor Joseph locked up in a cell
Things ain't going well, hey, locked up in a cell

Locked up in a cell