Can You Feel the Love Tonight – simplified

Can You Feel the Love Tonight

The Lion King, Joseph Williams, Sally Dworsky, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Kristle Edwards, 1994.

Writer: Tim Rice

Music: Elton John

Producer: Mark Mancina

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Timon

I can see what’s happening,

Pumbaa

What?

Timon

And they don’t have a clue.

Pumbaa

Who?

Timon

They’ll fall in love and here’s the bottom line –

our trio’s down to two.

Pumbaa

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, (mamela thuli)

   the peace the evening brings? (mamela thuli)

The world, for once,

in perfect harmony

with all its living things. (mamela lelando we)

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, (mamela, mamela thuli)

   the peace the evening brings? (mamela thuli)

The world, for once,

in perfect harmony

with all its living things. (mamela, mamela lelando we)

Can you feel    the love   tonight, (mamela, mamela thuli)

   you needn’t look too far. (mamela, mamela thuli)

    Stealing through the night’s uncertainties,

love is where they are.

Timon

And if he falls in love    tonight,

   it can be assumed…

Pumbaa

   His carefree days with us are history –

Timon & Pumbaa

in short, our pal    is doomed.