by Various Artists on album The Little Mermaid

Various Artists The Little Mermaid Poor Unfortunate Souls (Howard Ashman, Alan Menken (The only way to get what you want is to become a human yourself.) (Can you do that?) (My dear, sweet child. Th

by Various Artists on album The Little Mermaid

Various Artists The Little Mermaid Fathoms Below (Howard Ashman, Alan Menken) I'll tell you a tale of the bottomless blue And it's hail to the starboard heave-ho Look up, madame mermaid be waiting f

by Alan Menken on album Miscellaneous

Maybe he's right, maybe there is Something the matter with me I just don't see how a world that makes Such wonderful things could be bad Look at this stuff, isn't it neat? Wouldn't you think my colle

by Alan Menken on album Miscellaneous

The seaweed is always greener In somebody else's lake You dream about going up there But that is a big mistake Just look at the world around you Right here on the ocean floor Such wonderful things su

by Alan Menken on album Miscellaneous

I don't know if You can hear me, or if You're even there I don't know if You would listen to a gypsy's prayer Yes, I know I am just an outcast, I shouldn't speak to You Still I see Your face and wonde

by Alan Menken on album Miscellaneous

I can show you the world, shining, shimmering, splendid Tell me, Princess, now when did you last let your heart decide? I can open your eyes, take you wonder by wonder Over, sideways and under on a ma

by Alan Menken on album Miscellaneous

The only way to get what you want is to become a human yourself Can you do that? My dear, sweet child, that's what I do It's what I live for, to help unfortunate merfolk like yourself Poor souls with

by Alan Menken on album Miscellaneous

If there's a prize for rotten judgment I guess, I've already won that No man is worth the aggravation That's ancient history, been there, done that Who do you think you're kiddin'? He's the earth and

by Alan Menken on album Miscellaneous

Gonna shout it from the mountaintops (A star is born) It's a time for pulling out the stops (A star is born) Honey, hit us with a Halleluia The kid came shining through Girl, sing the song, come blow

by Alan Menken on album Miscellaneous

JACK: So that's what they call a family Mother, daughter, father, son Guess that everything you heard about is true So you ain't got any family Well who said you needed one? Ain't you g

by Alan Menken on album Miscellaneous

Que que na-to-ra You will understand Listen with your heart You will understand Let it break upon you Like a wave upon the sand Listen with your heart You will understand (You will understand)

by Alan Menken on album Non-Album Releases

Mush: A pair of new shoes with matching laces Racetrack: A permanent box at Sheepshead Races Spot Conlon: A porcelain tub with boiling water Kid Blink: A Saturday night with the Mayor's daughte

by Alan Menken on album Miscellaneous

Who does she think she is? That girl has tangled with the wrong man! Darn right! No one says, "No" to Gaston! Dismissed! Rejected! Publically humiliated! It's more than I can bear More beer? What for?

by Alan Menken on album Non-Album Releases

Jack: Pulitzer and Hearst, they think we're nothing! Are we nothing? Newsies: No! Jack: Pulitzer and Hearst, they think they got us Do they got us? Newsies: No! Jack: Even though we ain

by Alan Menken on album Non-Album Releases

Denton: This is the story you wanted to write Well, tonight is the night that you can Jack: Just get this done and by dawn's early light You can finish the fight you began David: This time we'r

by Alan Menken on album Miscellaneous

Riffraff, street rat, I don't buy that If only they'd look closer Would they see a poor boy No, siree, they'd find out There's so much more to me

by Alan Menken on album Miscellaneous

If I never knew you If I never felt this love I would have no inkling of How precious life can be And if I never held you I would never have a clue How at last I'd find in you The missing part of me

by Alan Menken & Howard Ashman on album Miscellaneous

Alarm goes off at seven And you start up-town You put in your eight hours For the powers that have always been (Sing it child) 'Til it's five p.m. Then you go Downtown Where the folks are broke, you

by Alan Menken on album Miscellaneous

Young Herc was mortal now But since he did not drink the last drop He still retained his godlike strength So thank his lucky star But Zeus and Hera wept Because their son could never come home They'd

by Alan Menken on album Miscellaneous

What can you expect From filthy little heathens? (Here's what you get when the races are diverse) Their skin's a hellish red They're only good when dead "They're vermin" as I said and worse They're