The Plagues

Chorus 
Thus saith the Lord: 
Since you refuse to free my people 
All through the land of Egypt... 

I send a pestilence and plague 
Into your house, into your bed 
Into your streams, into your streets 
Into your drink, into your bread 
Upon your cattle, on your sheep 
Upon your oxen in your field 
Into your dreams, into your sleep 
Until you break, until you yield 
I send the swarm, I send the horde 
Thus saith the Lord 

Moses 
Once I called you brother 
Once I thought the chance 
to make you laugh 
Was all I ever wanted... 

Chorus 
I send the thunder from the sky 
I send the fire raining down 

Moses 
And even now I wish that God 
had chose another 
Serving s your foe on his behalf 
Is the last thing that I wanted... 

Chorus 
I send a hail of burning ice 
On ev'ry field, on ev'ry town 

Moses 
This was my home 
All this pain and devastation 
How it tortures me inside 
All the innocent who suffer 
From your stubbornness and pride... 

Chorus 
I send the locusts on a wind 
Such as the world has never seen 
On ev'ry leaf, on ev'ry stalk 
Until there's nothing left of green 
I send my scourge, I send my sword 
Thus saith the Lord! 

Moses 
You who I called brother 
Why must you call down another blow? 

Chorus 
I send my scourge, I send my sword 

Moses 
Let my people go 

Moses and Chorus 
Thus saith the Lord 

Rameses 
You who I called brother 
How could you have come to hate me so? 
Is this what you wanted? 

Chorus 
I send the swarm, I send the horde... 

Rameses 
Then let my heart be hardened 
And never mind how high the cost may grow 
This will still be so: 
I will never let your people go... 

Chorus 
Thus saith the Lord: 

Moses 
Thus saith the Lord: 

Rameses 
I will not... 

Moses, Rameses, and Chorus 
Let your (my) people go