Elton John, Heather Headley - Dance of the Robe lyrics

It's knowing what they want of
Me that scares me
It's knowing, having followed, I must lead
It's knowing that each person
There compares me
To those in my past whom I now succeed
But how can whatever I do
For them now be enough? Be enough

Aida! Aida! All we ask of you
Is a lifetime of service, wisdom, courage
To ask more would be selfish
But nothing less will do aida! Aida!

Your robe should be golden
Your robe should be perfect
Instead of this ragged concoction of thread
But may you be moved by it's desperate beauty
To give us new life, for we'd rather be dead
Then live in the squalor and
Shame of the slave to the dance!

Aida! Aida! All we ask of you
Is a lifetime of service, wisdom, courage
To ask more would be selfish
But nothing less will do aida! Aida!

Aida!

Aida! Aida! Aida! Aida!
Aida!

I know expectations are wild and almost
Beyond my fulfillment, but they won't hear
A word of a doubt or see signs of a weakness
My nigh-on-impossible duty is clear
And if I can rekindle our ancestors' dreams
It's enough it's enough

Aida! Aida! Aida! Aida! Aida! Aida!

It's enough!

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah