Potiphar Lyrics - Andrew Lloyd Webber

Joseph was taken to Egypt in chains and sold 

Where he was bought by a captain named Potiphar 

Potiphar had very few cares 

He was one of Egypt's millionaires 

Having made a fortune 

Buying shares in pyramids 

Potiphar had made a huge pile 

Owned a large percentage of the Nile 

Meant that he could really 

Live in style and he did 

Joseph was an unimportant slave 

Who found he liked his master 

Consequently worked much harder 

Even with devotion 

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Potiphar could see that Joseph 

Was a cut above the average 

Made him leader of his household 

Maximum promotion 

Potiphar was cool and so fine 

But his wife would never toe the line 

It's all there in chapter 39 of Genesis 

She was beautiful but evil 

Saw a lot of men against his will 

He would have to tell her 

That she still was his 

Joseph's looks and handsome figure 

Had attracted her attention 

Every morning she would beckon 

"Come and lie with me, love" 

Joseph wanted to resist her till 

One day she proved too eager 

Joseph cried in vain 

"Please stop, I don't believe in free love" 

Potiphar was counting shekels 

In his den below the bedroom 

When he heard a mighty rumpus 

Clattering above him 

Suddenly he knew his riches 

Couldn't buy him what he wanted 

Gold would never make him happy 

If she didn't love him 

Letting out a mighty roar 

Potiphar burst through the door 

"Joseph, I'll see you rot in jail 

The things you have done 

Are beyond the pale" 

Poor, poor Joseph locked up in a cell 

Things ain't going well hey 

Locked up in a cell