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Aida Elton John

Music: Elton John
Lyrics: Tim Rice
Book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls & David Henry Hwang

MY STRONGEST SUIT

AMNERIS WOMEN
In life one has to face a huge assortment
Of nauseating fads and good advice
There's health and fitness
Diet and deportment

And other pointless forms of sacrifice
Conversation? Wit? I am a doubter
Manners? Charm?
They're no way to impress
So forget the inner me , observe the outer
I am what I wear and how I dress

Oh now I believe in looking
Like my time on earth is cooking
Whether polka dotted
Striped or even checked
With the some glamour guaranteeing
Every fiber on of my being
Is displayed to quite remarkable effect

From your cradle via trousseau
To your deathbed you're on view, so Ah
Never compromise, accept no substitute Ah
I would rather wear a barrel Ah
Than conservative apparel Ah
For my dress has always been Ah
My strongest suit Ah
Ah
Overwear
Underwear
Anytime
Anywhere

Staying in or hitting town wards
From the top and working downwards Ooh ooh ooh ah
I ensure that every stitch Ooh ooh ooh ah
Is stitched in time Ooh ooh ooh ah

Whether wig or hat or turban
Whether clad boudoir or urban Is stitched in time
Not to strut your stuff Ooh ooh ooh ah
Outrageously's a crime Ooh ooh ooh ah
Ooh ooh ooh ah

And the few who are invited Such a crime
To my wardrobe are delighted Oooh overwear
As they wander through my things Oooh underwear
To find en route Oooh anytime
We're wandering through your th

That in negligee or formal Ooh negligee
I am anything but normal Ooh anything but normal normal

Ooh ah
For my dress has always been
My strongest suit Overwear, underwear
Anytime, anywhere
Overwear, underwear
I am what I wear Anytime, anywhere
Overwear, underwear
Anytime, anywhere
I said anytime Overwear,underwear
Anytime
Anywhere

Finest
So bring me all my finest Divinest
Most audacious, my divinest
Most revealing
Most expensive and to boot
Most revealing most
expensive
Most arresting Most arresting
Most heartstopping
Most heartstopping Most heart-stoping
Most free-flowing Overwear
Most eye-popping Underwear
Most arresting Anytime
Most heart-stopping
Anywhere
Dress has always been Dress has always been
My strongest suit
I am what I wear
My strongest suit
I am what I wear
You know that
I am what I wear I am what I wear

Dress has always been
Dress has always been My strongest
My strongest My strongest
My strongest My strongest suit My strongest
My strongest My strongest
My stroooooooooongest suit My strongest suit

My strongest suit!

ACT ONE
Scene Six
THE PHARAOH'S PRIVATE BANQUET ROOM

(Upstage three exotic dancers, preparing for the Palace entertainment, begin
to dance. Downstage MEREB enters and immediately after, RADAMES searching him
out. They cross the stage.)0

RADAMES
Mereb, was the Princess please with my gift?

MEREB
Yes. Aida managed to make herself indispensable in record time.

RADAMES
I'm not surprised. Did she tell you anything about herself? Because, I've
never met a woman like her before. And I can't help but wonder...

MEREB
No! Nothing! She said nothing.

(MEREB exits quickly. And the THREE DANCING GIRLS sweep downstage in an
ecstatic display. The music builds. The PHARAOH makes a grand entrance on a
special sedan chair, carried on shoulders by Palace Servants. He appears
very ill. The stage is set with a long low table filled with delicacies.)

RADAMES
(To AMNERIS.)
You look lovely tonight.

AMNERIS
Thank you.

RADAMES
Is this the latest fashion?

AMNERIS
It is now. So your expedition went well?

RADAMES
Oh yes, we got well past Aswan, into territory where no Egyptian has ever
set foot.

AMNERIS
Really? That sounds very... scenic. Maybe next time I'll go with you.

RADAMES
If you like, Princess. We sleep with sand mites; live on dried monkey meat;
and this time the water was so tainted we vomited for days.

AMNERIS
Whew! Then again, I'm pretty busy.

(The dance continues for a bit and dissolves into the scene with the dancing
girls showing themselves off to the rich and powerful men of Egypt. AIDA is
pouring wine. A NUBIAN SERVANT passes her.)

NUBIAN
Princess, the word of your arrival has spread through the Nubian camps.

NUBIAN
(Another NUBIAN slave, dancing with the court dancers, addresses AIDA while
dancing)
Your people cannot wait to see you. Welcome, welcome.

AIDA
(Calling in MEREB'S direction.)
Mereb!

MEREB
Okay, so I told one person. Maybe two. Princess, your people need to know.

PHARAOH
(Holding his chalice up for a toast.)
Captain. To a successful expedition. Thanks to the routes you have
discovered, our troops will now be able to attack Nubia with overwhelming
force. The Gods willing, this long war shall soon end, with Egypt's complete
and final victory.
(The court drinks to the toast.)
Amneris, shall I continue?

AMNERIS
What ever you think is best, father.

PHARAOH
Radames. You came to me this morning with a request to set out on another
journey. But I have a more important mission for you. Although it means you
can never leave Egyptian soil again, I believe this will be a joyous
assignment. One I would only trust to a man I have long regarded as a member
of my own family

RADAMES
It has been my privilege to serve you, Your Majesty.

PHARAOH
As you all know, Captain Radames and my daughter have been betrothed for nine
years now. Long enough, I'd say.
(PHARAOH laughs, but is stopped by a debilitating coughing attack.)
I want to see her and our nation happily settled before I leave this world.
Therefore, in seven days, Radames, son of Zoser, will wed the Princess
Amneris. The Son of Isis has spoken.

(AMNERIS runs to her father's side and shows her appreciation for the
announcement. The men gather and congratulate RADAMES. Suddenly, PHARAOH has
another attack, coughing uncontrollably. The court gathers around him and
escorts him offstage. ZOSER and RADAMES are left alone in the banquet hall
with AIDA and another servant.)

ZOSER
A toast to the bridegroom. If I'd known such an awkward young girl would turn
into such a stunning young woman, I would have offered for her myself.

RADAMES
It's not too late.

ZOSER
I thought you loved Amneris?

RADAMES
Of course I do. We grew up together.

ZOSER
Then what is it?
(He waits for an answer.)
Radames I've spent years working toward this day. And you are not going to
ruin it - not for yourself, or me! Welcome to your new life, son.

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