Song Lyrics: The Lion King

• Circle of Life
• I Just Can't Wait to Be King
• Be Prepared
• Hakuna Matata
• Can You Feel the Love Tonight

Circle of Life

From the day we arrive on the planet
And blinking, step into the sun
There's more to see than can ever be seen
More to do than can ever be done
There's far too much to take in here
More to find than can ever be found
But the sun rolling high
Through the sapphire sky
Keeps great and small on the endless round

It's the circle of life
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the circle 
The circle of life

I Just Can't Wait to Be King

[Simba:]  I'm gonna be a mighty king
          So enemies beware!

[Zazu:]   Well I've never seen a king of beasts 
          With quite so little hair

[Simba:]  I'm gonna be the mane event
          Like no king was before
          I'm brushing up on looking down
          I'm working on my roar

[Zazu:]   Thus far, a rather uninspiring thing

[Simba:]  Oh, I just can't wait to be king!

[Simba:]  No one saying do this
[Nala:]   No one saying be there
[Simba:]  No one saying stop that
[Nala:]   No one saying see here
[Zazu:]   Now see here!
[Simba:]  Free to run around all day
          Free to do it all my way

[Zazu:]   I think it's time that you and I
          Arranged a heart to heart

[Simba]   Kings don't need advice 
          From little hornbills for a start

[Zazu:]   If this is where the monarchy is headed
          Count me out
          Out of service, out of Africa
          I wouldn't hang about
          This child is getting wildly out of wing

[Simba:]  Oh, I just can't wait to be king

          Everybody look left
          Everybody look right
          Everywhere you look I'm
          Standing in the spotlight

[Animals:] Let every creature go for broke and sing
          Let's hear it in the herd and on the wing
          It's gonna be King Simba's finest fling

[Simba:]  Oh, I just can't wait to be king!
          Oh, I just can't wait to be king!
          Oh, I just can't wait to be king!

Be Prepared

[Scar:]   I know that your powers of retention
          Are as wet as a warthog's backside
          But thick as you are, pay attention
          My words are a matter of pride

          It's clear from your vacant expressions
          The lights are not all on upstairs
          But we're talking kings and successions
          Even you can't be caught unawares

          So prepare for a chance of a lifetime
          Be prepared for sensational news
          A shining new era 
          Is tiptoeing nearer

[Shenzi:] And where do we feature?

[Scar:]   Just listen to teacher
          I know it sounds sordid
          But you'll be rewarded
          When at last I am given my dues!
          And injustice deliciously squared
          Be prepared!

[Hyena:?] Be prepared for what?
[Scar:]   For the death of the king!
[Hyena:?] Why? Is he sick?
[Scar:]   No, you fool, we're going to kill him... and Simba too!
[Hyena:?] Great idea! Who needs a king?
[Hyenas:] No king, No king, nah nah nah nah nah nah!
[Scar:]   Idiots!  There will BE a king!
[Hyena:?] But you just said...
[Scar:]   *I* will be king!
          Stick with me, and you'll never be hungry again!
[Hyenas:] YEA!!!!!! Long live the king!

          It's great that we'll soon be connected
          With a king who'll be all-time adored

[Scar:]   Of course, quid pro quo, you're expected
          To take certain duties on board
          The future is littered with prizes
          And though I'm the main addressee
          The point that I must emphasize is
          You won't get a sniff without me

          So prepare for the coup of the century
          Be prepared for the murkiest scam
          (Ooooh!)
          Meticulous planning
          (We'll have food!)
          Tenacity spanning
          (Lots of food)
          Decades of denial
          (We repeat)
          Is simply why I'll
          (Endless meat)
          Be king undisputed
          (Aaaaaaaaaah!)
          respected, saluted
          (Aaaaaaaaaah!)
          And seen for the wonder I am
          (Aaaaaaaaaah!)

          Yes my teeth and ambitions are bared
          Be prepared!

[Hyenas:] Yes, our teeth and ambitions are bared
          Be prepared!

Hakuna Matata

[Timon:]  Hakuna Matata!
          What a wonderful phrase
[Pumba:]  Hakuna Matata!
          Ain't no passing craze

[Timon:]  It means no worries
          For the rest of your days
          It's our problem-free philosophy
          Hakuna Matata!

          When he was a young warthog
[Pumba:]  When I was a young warthog
[Timon:]  He found his aroma lacked a certain appeal
          He could clear the savannah after ev'ry meal
[Pumba:]  I'm a sensitive soul though I seem thick-skinned
          And it hurt that my friends never stood downwind

          And, oh, the shame
[Timon:]  He was ashamed
[Pumba:]  Thought-a changin' my name
[Timon:]  Oh, what's in a name
[Pumba:]  And I got downhearted
[Timon:]  How did you feel
[Pumba:]  Ev'rytime that I...
[Timon:]  Hey, not in front of the Kids
[Pumba:]  Oh, sorry.
[Both:]   Hakuna Matata!
          What a wonderful phrase
          Hakuna Matata!
          Ain't no passing craze

[Simba:]  It means no worries
          For the rest of your days
          It's our problem-free philosophy

[All:]    Hakuna Matata!

          Hakuna...it means no worries
          For the rest of your days
          It's our problem-free philosophy

Can You Feel the Love Tonight

[Timon:]  I can see what's happ'ning 
[Pumba:]  (What?)
[Timon:]  And they don't have a clue!
[Pumba:]  (Who?)
[Timon:]  They'll fall in love and here's the bottom line
          Our trio's down to two
[Pumba:]  (Oh.)

[Timon:]  The sweet caress of twilight
          There's magic everywhere
          And with all this romantic atmosphere
          Disaster's in the air

[Choir:]  Can you feel the love tonight?
          The peace the evening brings
          The world, for once, in perfect harmony
          With all its living things

[Simba:]  So many things to tell her
          But how to make her see
          The truth about my past?  Impossible!
          She'd turn away from me

[Nala:]   He's holding back, he's hiding
          But what, I can't decide
          Why won't he be the king I know he is
          The king I see inside?

[Choir:]  Can you feel the love tonight?
          You needn't look too far
          Stealing through the night's uncertainties
          Love is where they are

[Timon:]  And if he falls in love tonight
          It can be assumed
          His carefree days with us are history
          In short, our pal is doomed