Musicals Aladdin (Disney) Lyrics Soundtrack

Aladdin (Disney)
Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Howard Ashman + Tim Rice
Premiere: 1992
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One Jump Ahead

ALADDIN:
Come on, let's get outta here!
Gotta keep...one jump ahead of the breadline
One swing ahead of the sword
I steal only what I can't afford
That's everything!

(ALADDIN battles a GUARD wielding a sword. He dodges a couple of
swings, then pulls down the GUARD's pants. ABU raspberries the
GUARD, then dodges an attack. The GUARD swings at ALADDIN,
but destroys a barrel of fish. As ALADDIN runs off, the GUARD
pulls a fish over his lower body as a pair of pants.)

One jump ahead of the lawmen
That's all, and that's no joke
These guys don't appreciate I'm broke!

(ALADDIN and ABU scamper up a pile of barrels, then kick one down
on top of another GUARD.)

GUARDS: (one at a time) Riffraff! Street rat!
Scoundrel! Take that!
ALADDIN: Just a little snack, guys!

(ALADDIN scampers to the top of a platform. The GUARDS shake the
platform back and fro trying to knock him off.)

GUARDS: Rip him open, take it back guys!
ALADDIN:I can take a hint, gotta face the facts
You're my only friend, Abu!
WOMEN: Who?!?

(ALADDIN jumps off the platform to certain death, only to grab ABU's
hands like an acrobat. The pair swing into a harem.)

Oh, it's sad Aladdin's hit the bottom
He's become a one-man rise in crime

(ABU finds a plate full of fruit and stuffs his mouth full like a
chipmunk.)

WOMAN: I'd blame parents, except he hasn't got 'em!
ALADDIN: Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat
Tell you all about it when I got the time!

(ALADDIN and ABU exit. Cut to MUSCLEMAN flexing to a crowd. The
GUARDS rush past. Cut to ALADDIN and ABU behind the MUSCLEMAN,
matching his moves, until they make a mistake and are discovered.)

One jump ahead of the slowpokes
One skip ahead of my doom
Next time gonna use a nom de plume.
One jump ahead of the hitmen
One hit ahead of the flock
I think I'll take a stroll around the block.

(A chase sequence, in which ALADDIN and ABU, pursued by the GUARDS,
race through a flock of sheep, hurdle a MAN sleeping on a bed of
nails {of course one extremely large GUARD lands on him}. ABU
disguises himself with jewels until a SHOPKEEPER discovers him.

CROWD: Stop, thief! Vandal!
Outrage! Scandal!
ALADDIN: Let's not be too hasty

(ALADDIN is surrounded by GUARDS in front of a door. The door opens
and a large, ugly LADY comes out.)

LADY: Still I think he's rather tasty

(ALADDIN tumbles away, then puts his arm around a GUARD, acting
like they're all chums.)

ALADDIN: Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat
Otherwise we'd get along!
GUARDS: WRONG!

(They all jump into a pile and fight. When they stop, ALADDIN and
ABU are gone. They are sneaking away in barrels. They run
across a flaming pit, followed by GUARDS who hop up and down,
screaming in pain as they cross the rocks. ALADDIN and ABU
pass a SWORD SWALLOWER, then ABU goes back, pulls the sword
out of the SWALLOWER's mouth. ABU advances on the guards,
who retreat in fear.)

GUARD 1: He's got a sword!
GUARD 2: You idiot--we've ALL got swords!!

(ABU sets the sword down gently, then runs. ALADDIN and ABU are
once again surrounded, with GUARDS coming from left and right.
He jumps up and climbs a robe trick being done on the street,
as the GUARDS all crash into each other.)

ALADDIN: One jump ahead of the hoofbeats!
CROWD: Vandal!
ALADDIN: One hop ahead of the hump!
CROWD: Street rat!
ALADDIN: One trick ahead of disaster
CROWD: Scoundrel!
ALADDIN: They're quick--but I'm much faster
CROWD: Take that!

(The GUARDS chase ALADDIN up a staircase into a room. He grabs a
carpet and jumps out the window)

ALADDIN: Here goes, better throw my hand in
Wish me happy landin'
All I gotta do is jump!

(The GUARDS follow him out the window, but they go straight down to
the street, and land in a pile with the sign "Crazy Hakim's
Discount Fertilizer." ALADDIN uses the carpet as a parachute
to land safely and out of danger. ALADDIN and ABU high-five each
other.)

ALADDIN: And now, esteemed effendi, we feast! All right!

(ALADDIN breaks the bread in two and gives half to ABU, who begins
to eat. But ALADDIN looks over and sees two young children
rummaging through the garbage for food. The GIRL sees him, then
drops her find and tries to hide. ALADDIN looks at them, then
the bread, then at ABU.)

ABU: Uh-oh!

(ABU takes a big bite of his food, but ALADDIN gets up and walks
over to the children. The GIRL pulls her brother back.)

ALADDIN: Here, go on--take it.

(The children giggle with delight. ABU tries to swallow his bite,
then looks guilty. He walks over to the children and offers his
bread to them. In delight, they pet him on the head.)

ABU: Ah, don't. Huh?

(ABU sees ALADDIN walking into the daylight, where there is a parade
going on.ALADDIN peers over the shoulders of people. He sees
PRINCE ACHMED riding on a horse.)

BYSTANDER 1: On his way to the palace, I suppose.
BYSTANDER 2: Another suitor for the princess.

(ALADDIN is startled as the two children come running out from the
alley. The BOY runs out in front of the PRINCE's horse,
startling it.)

PRINCE: Out of my way, you filthy brat!

(The PRINCE brings up his whip to attack the children, but ALADDIN
jumps in front of them and catches the whip.)

ALADDIN: Hey, if I were as rich as you, I could afford some manners
PRINCE: Oh--I teach you some manners!

(The PRINCE kicks ALADDIN into a mud puddle. The crowd laugh at him.)

ALADDIN: Look at that, Abu. It's not every day you see a
horse with two rear ends!

(The PRINCE stops and turns back to ALADDIN.)

PRINCE: You are a worthless street rat. You were born a
street rat, you'll die a street rat, and only
your fleas will mourn you.

(ALADDIN rushes the PRINCE, but the doors to the castle slam shut
in his face.)

ALADDIN: I'm not worthless. And I don't have fleas. Come
on, Abu. Let's go home.

(ALADDIN makes the climb to his home with the view, then tucks in
ABU for the night.)

1.Arabian Nights
2.One Jump Ahead
3.One Jump Ahead (Reprise)
4.Friend Like Me
5.Prince Ali
6.A Whole New World
7.Prince Ali (Reprise)
8.A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)

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