Richard Rodgers
You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught / Some Enchanted Evening
[Verse 1]
You've got to be taught to hate and fear
You've got to be taught from year to year
It's got to be drummed in your dear little ear
You've got to be carefully taught
You've got to be taught to be afraid
Of people whose eyes are oddly made
And people whose skin is a diff'rent shade
You've got to be carefully taught
You've got to be taught before it's too late
Before you are six or sеven or eight
To hate all thе people your relatives hate
You've got to be carefully taught
You've got to be carefully taught
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
Some enchanted evening
You may see a stranger
You may see a stranger across a crowded room
And somehow you know
You'll know even then
That somewhere you'll see her, again and again
Some enchanted evening
Someone may be laughin'
You may hear her laughin' across a crowded room
And night after night
As strange as it seems
The sound of her laughter will sing in your dreams
Who can explain it? Who can tell you why?
Fools give you reasons, wise men never try
Some enchanted evening
When you find your true love
When you feel her call you across a crowded room
Then fly to her side
And make her your own
Or, all through your life, you may dream all alone
Once you have found her, never let her go
Once you have found her, never let her go