The Gods Love Nubia
 
Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Performed by Heather Headley, Schele Williams, and Chorus

Aida
Take me in my dreams recurring
Cheerful as a childhood dance
Into one more taste of freedom
One more longing backward glance

In the sway of somber music
I shall never understand
Let me slip into the sweeter
Chorus of that other land

The gods love Nubia, the beautiful, the golden
The radiant, the fertile, the gentle and the blessed
The pain of Nubia is only of the moment
The desolate, the suffering, the plundered, the oppressed

Nehebka
The gods love Nubia, their glorious creation
Their songs roll sweetly across the harvest plain

Aida & Nehebka
The tears of Nubia, a passing aberration
They wash into the river and are never cried again

Aida, Nehebka, Mereb & Nubian Women
The gods love Nubia, we have to keep believing
Though scattered and divided we are still its heart

All
The fall of Nubia ephemeral and fleeting
The spirit always burning though the flesh is torn apart

Take me in my dreams recurring
Cheerful as a childhood dance
Into one more taste of freedom
One more longing backward glance

The gods love Nubia, the beautiful, the golden
The radiant, the fertile, the gentle and the blessed
The pain of Nubia is only of the moment
The desolate, the suffering, the plundered, the oppressed

The gods love Nubia, we have to keep believing
Though scattered and divided we are still its heart
The fall of Nubia ephemeral and fleeting
The spirit always burning though the flesh is torn apart
The spirit always burning though the flesh is torn

Aida
Apart

All
Take me in my dreams recurring
One more longing backward glance