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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tony Jay
Tony Jay
Performer
Tom Hulce
Tom Hulce
Performer
Chorus of the Hunchback of Notre Dame
Chorus of the Hunchback of Notre Dame
Performer
Michael Starobin
Michael Starobin
Performer
David Friedman
David Friedman
Performer
Jack Everly
Jack Everly
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Schwartz
Composer
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Composer
Michael Starobin
Michael Starobin
Orchestrator
David Friedman
David Friedman
Vocal Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Schwartz
Producer
Marcus Menna
Marcus Menna
Producer
Bruce Bouillet
Bruce Bouillet
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
So many times out there
I've watched a happy pair of lovers walking in the night
They had a kind of glow around them
It almost looked like Heaven's light
[Verse 2]
I knew I'd never know that warm and loving glow
Though I might wish with all my might
No face as hideous as my face
Was ever meant for Heaven's light
[Verse 3]
But suddenly an angel has smiled at me
And kissed my cheek without a trace of fright
I dare to dream that she might even care for me
And as I ring these bells tonight
My cold dark tower seems so bright
I swear it must be Heaven's light
[Verse 4]
Confiteor Deo Omnipotenti
Beatae Mariae semper Virgini
Beato Michaeli archangelo
Sanctis apostolis omnibus sanctis
[Verse 5]
Beata Maria
You know I am a righteous man
Of my virtue I am justly proud
[Verse 6]
Et tibit, Pater
[Verse 7]
Beata Maria
You know I'm so much purer than
The common, vulgar, weak, licentious crowd
[Verse 8]
Quia peccavi nimis
[Verse 9]
Then tell me, Maria
Why I see her dancing there?
Why her smoldering eyes still scorch my soul?
[Verse 10]
Cogitatione
[Verse 11]
I feel her, I see her, the sun caught in her raven hair
Is blazing in me out of all control
[Verse 12]
Verbo et opere
[Verse 13]
Like fire, hellfire
This fire in my skin
This burning desire
Is turning me to sin
[Verse 14]
It's not my fault (Mea culpa)
I'm not to blame (Mea culpa)
It is the gypsy girl, the witch who sent this flame
(Mea maxima culpa)
It's not my fault (Mea culpa)
If in God's plan (Mea culpa)
He made the devil so much stronger than a man
(Mea maxima culpa)
[Verse 15]
Protect me, Maria
Don't let this siren cast her spell
Don't let her fire sear my flesh my bone
Destroy Esmeralda
And let her taste the fires of hell
Or else let her be mine and mine alone
[Verse 16]
Minister Frollo, the gypsy has escaped
What?
She's nowhere in the Cathedral, she's gone
But how? Never mind, get out, you idiot
I'll find her, I'll find her if I have to burn down all of Paris
[Verse 17]
Hellfire, dark fire
Now gypsy, it's your turn
Choose me or your pyre
Be mine or you will burn
[Verse 18]
(Kyrie eleison)
God have mercy on her
(Kyrie eleison)
God have mercy on me
(Kyrie eleison)
But she will be mine
Or she will burn
Written by: Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
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