The Plagues
Thus saith the Lord:Since you refuse to free my peopleAll through the land of Egypt...
I send a pestilence and plagueInto your house, into your bedInto your streams, into your streetsInto your drink, into your breadUpon your cattle, on your sheepUpon your oxen in your fieldInto your dreams, into your sleepUntil you break, until you yieldI send the swarm, I send the hordeThus saith the Lord
[Moses]Once I called you brotherOnce I thought the chanceto make you laughWas all I ever wanted...
I send the thunder from the skyI send the fire raining down
[Moses]And even now I wish that Godhad chose anotherServing as your foe on his behalfIs the last thing that I wanted...
I send a hail of burning iceOn ev'ry field, on ev'ry town
[Moses]This was my homeAll this pain and devastationHow it tortures me insideAll the innocent who sufferFrom your stubbornness and pride...
I send the locusts on a windSuch as the world has never seenOn ev'ry leaf, on ev'ry stalkUntil there's nothing left of greenI send my scourge, I send my swordThus saith the Lord!
[Moses]You who I called brotherWhy must you call down another blow?
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 brotherHow could you have come to hate me so?Is this what you wanted?
I send the swarm, I send the horde...
[Rameses]Then let my heart be hardenedAnd never mind how high the cost may growThis 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!