Andrew Lloyd Webber, Laurie Beechman, Bill Hutton - Grovel Grovel lyrics

I dreamed that in the fields one day
The corn gave me a sign
Your eleven sheaves of corn all
Turned and bowed to mine
I dreamed I saw eleven stars
The sun and moon and sky
Bowing down before my star
And now I realize why

How do I know where you come
From? You could be spies
Telling me that you are hungry
- that could be lies
How do I know who you are?
Why do you think I should help
You? Would you help me?

Yes!

Why on earth should I believe
You? I've no guarantee

Grovel, grovel, cringe, bow, stoop, fall
Worship, worship, beg, kneel, sponge, crawl
We are just eleven brothers
Good men and true
Though we know we count for nothing
When up next to you
Honesty's our middle name
Life is slowly ebbing from us
Hope's almost gone
It's getting very hard to see
Us from sideways on
Grovel, grovel, cringe, bow, stoop, fall
Worship, worship, beg, kneel, sponge, crawl

I rather like the way you're talking
Astute and sincere
Suddenly your tragic story gets me right here

This is what we hoped you'd say

All this tugging at my
Heartstrings seems quite justified
I shall give you what you came
For and lots more beside

Thank you, thank you, cringe, bow, stoop
Fall
Worship, worship, beg, kneel, sponge, crawl

Thank you, thank you, cringe, bow, stoop
Fall
Worship, worship, beg, kneel, sponge, crawl

Joseph handed them sack loads of food
And they groveled with base gratitude

Then, unseen
Joseph nipped out around the back
And planted a cup in young Benjamin's sack

When the brothers were ready to go
Joseph turned to them all with
A terrible stare and said

No! No! No! No! No!