Aida - How I Know You and My Strongest Suit

AIDA
Amneris - Sherie Rene Scott | Mereb - Damian Perkins
Radames - Adam Pascal | Aida - Heather Headley
Zoser - John Hickok
Music by Elton John and Lyrics by Tim Rice

Mereb:
I grew up in your hometown
At least began to grow
I hadn't got to my first shave
before the body blow
Egyptians in the courtyard

My family in chains
You witnessed our abduction
Which possibly explains
How I know you
How I know you

Before that fateful morning
My family enjoyed
A privileged existence
For my father was employed
As advisor to the King no less
Which surely rings a bell

For as your are his daughter
You probably can tell
How I know you
Yes I know you

Aida:

You know too much and what you say
Is better left unknown
And now I'm just a slave like you
Our lives our not our own

Mereb:

I never have abandoned
And nor I think could you
That spark of hope for freedom
No terror can subdue

Aida:

My only hope is silence
You've never seen my face

Mereb:

No you remain a princess
In any time or place

Aida:

You don't know me

Mereb:

Yes, I know you

Aida:

You don't know me

Mereb:

How I know you
How I know you

MY STRONGEST SUIT

Amneris: Women:
In life one has to face a huge assortment
Of nauseating fads and good advice
There's health and fitness
Diet and deportment

And other pointless forms of sacrifice
Conversation? Wit? I am a doubter
Manners? Charm?
They're no way to impress
So forget the inner me , observe the outer
I am what I wear and how I dress

Oh now I believe in looking
Like my time on earth is cooking
Whether polka dotted
Striped or even checked
With the some glamour guaranteeing
Every fiber on of my being
Is displayed to quite remarkable effect


From your cradle via trousseau Ah
To your deathbed you're on view, so Ah
Never compromise, accept no substitute Ah
I would rather wear a barrel Ah
Than conservative apparel Ah
For my dress has always been Ah
My strongest suit Ah
Overwear
Underwear
Anytime
Anywhere



Staying in or hitting town wards Ooh ooh ooh ah
From the top and working downwards Ooh ooh ooh ah
I ensure that every stitch Ooh ooh ooh ah
Is stitched in time

Whether wig or hat or turban Is stitched in time
Whether clad boudoir or urban Ooh ooh ooh ah
Not to strut your stuff Ooh ooh ooh ah
Outrageously's a crime Ooh ooh ooh ah

Such a crime
And the few who are invited Oooh overwear
To my wardrobe are delighted Oooh underwear
As they wander through my things Oooh anytime
To find en route We're wandering through your things

Ooh negligee
That in negligee or formal Ooh anything but normal normal
I am anything but normal
Ooh ah

For my dress has always been Overwear, underwear
My strongest suit Anytime, anywhere
Overwear, underwear
Anytime, anywhere
I am what I wear Overwear, underwear
Anytime, anywhere
Overwear,underwear
I said anytime Anytime

Anywhere
Finest
Divinest
So bring me all my finest
Most audacious, my divinest Most revealing most
Most revealing expensive
Most expensive and to boot Most arresting

Most heartstopping
Most arresting Most heart-stoping
Overwear
Most heartstopping Underwear
Most free-flowing Anytime
Most eye-popping
Most arresting Anywhere
Most heart-stopping
Dress has always been
Dress has always been
I am what I wear
My strongest suit
I am what I wear
My strongest suit
I am what I wear
You know that
I am what I wear
Dress has always been
My strongest
Dress has always been My strongest
My strongest My strongest suit
My strongest
My strongest My strongest
My stroooooooooongest suit My strongest
My strongest suit
My strongest suit!