Dance Of The Robe

AIDA
 It's knowing what they want of me that scares me 
It's knowing having followed that 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 

NUBIANS
 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! 

NEHEBKA
 You robe should be golden, your robe should be perfect 
Instead of this ragged concoction of thread 
But may you be moved by its desperate beauty 
To give us new life for we'd rather be dead 
Than live in the squalor and shame of the slave 
To the dance! 
To the dance! 

NUBIANS
 Aida! Aida! 
All we ask of you 

All we ask is a lifetime of 
Service, wisdom, courage 
To ask more would be selfish 
But nothing less will do 
Aida! Aida! 

NUBIANS
 Aida! Aida! 
Aida! Aida! Aida! 

AIDA
 I know expectations are wild and almost 
Beyond my fulfillment but they won't hear 
word of a doubt or see signs of weakness 
My nigh on impossible duty is clear 
If I can rekindle my ancestors' dreams 
It's enough 
It's enough
 
AIDA
 It's enough
 NUBIANS
 Aida!
 
NUBIANS
 Aida! Aida! 
Aida! Aida! Aida! 

AIDA
 It's enough
 NUBIANS
 Ah,ah,ah,ah,ah,ah