Original Broadway Cast of Aladdin
Original Broadway Cast of Aladdin & James Monroe Iglehart
Original Broadway Cast of Aladdin & Adam Jacobs
Original Broadway Cast of Aladdin & Adam Jacobs
Original Broadway Cast of Aladdin & Adam Jacobs
Original Broadway Cast of Aladdin & Marisha Wallace & & & Courtney Reed
Original Broadway Cast of Aladdin & Brandon O’Neill & Jonathan Schwartz & Brian Gonzales & Adam Jacobs
Alan Menken & Courtney Reed & Adam Jacobs
Alan Menken & Don Darryl Rivera & Jonathan Freeman & Adam Jacobs
Alan Menken & Adam Jacobs & James Monroe Iglehart
Alan Menken & Adam Jacobs & James Monroe Iglehart
Original Broadway Cast of Aladdin & James Monroe Iglehart & Brandon O’Neill & Jonathan Schwartz & Brian Gonzales
Original Broadway Cast of Aladdin & Courtney Reed & Adam Jacobs
Original Broadway Cast of Aladdin & Brandon O’Neill & Jonathan Schwartz & Brian Gonzales
Alan Menken & Brandon O’Neill & Jonathan Schwartz & Brian Gonzales & Adam Jacobs & James Monroe Iglehart
Alan Menken & Adam Jacobs
Alan Menken & Clifton Davis
Alan Menken & Jonathan Freeman
Alan Menken & Original Broadway Cast of Aladdin
In “These Palace Walls,” Jasmine expresses the insincerity of her suitors and displeasure with royal courting. She thinks about exploring past the palace walls and her attendants encourage her to step outside of her sheltered life.
[JASMINE]
A princess must say this:
"A princess must marry a total stranger", it's absurd!
Suitors talk of love but it's an act
Merely meant to throw me
How could someone love me when in fact
They don't know me
They want my royal treasure
When all is said and done
It's time for a desperate measure
So I wonder
Why shouldn't I fly so far from here?
I know the girl I might become here
Sad and confined and always locked behind these palace walls!
[ATTENDANT #1, spoken]
I don't know princess, for someone like you the outside world might be kind of overwhelming
[JASMINE, spoken]
Is that a promise?
[ATTENDANT #2, spoken]
I think it would do her some good
[JASMINE, spoken]
You do?
[ATTENDANT #2, spoken]
Honey I've never seen somebody who needed to get out more
[ATTENDANTS]
Told to show devotion everyday
And not second guess it
[JASMINE]
If a new emotion comes my way
[ATTENDANTS]
You suppress it
[JASMINE]
What would be your suggestion?
[ATTENDANTS]
Stand on your own two feet
And ask why a certain question keeps repeating
[JASMINE]
Why shouldn't I fly so far from here?
I know the girl I might become here
Follow your heart or you might end up cold and callous
[ALL]
Love comes to those who go and find it
If you've a dream then stand behind it
[JASMINE]
Maybe there's more beyond these palace walls
What if I dared
What if I tried
Am I prepared for what's outside
Why shouldn't I fly so far from here?
Something awaits beyond these palace walls
[ALL]
Something waits beyond these palace walls
These Palace Walls was written by Alan Menken & Chad Beguelin.
These Palace Walls was produced by Chris Montan & Alan Menken.
Original Broadway Cast of Aladdin released These Palace Walls on Tue May 27 2014.