Things Are Not What They Appear

Lyrics from Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World

[Jester:] Things are not what they appear
As tonight will make quite clear
But what is real will be revealed
I can feel the moment's near

[Jester 2:] Things are never what they seem
That will be this evening's theme
Amusing sights for your delight
Perhaps a few to make you scream

[Ratcliffe:] You'll be surprised to see whose disguise
Is the cleverest one of the lot
After our show the whole world will know
Who's pretending to be what they're not
If a jester's grin or a dancer's spin
Should be pleasing, please say Yea!

[Crowd:] Yea!

[Ratcliffe:] If a juggler's feat should be incomplete
He's the one to greet with Nay

[Crowd:] Nay!

[Ratcliffe:] If the fools we see should look like you and me
Then before the night goes by
Ask why, why, why, why, why
Why?

[Jester:] Things are not what they appear
And the finest proof's right here

[Ratcliffe:] How I regret when we first met
I believed my own worst fear

[Jester 2:] Things are never what they seem
So in keeping with our theme

[Ratcliffe:] A change of hair, a dress to wear
And our nightmare's now a dream
Shoeless and wild
I saw this sweet child
As a danger to one and to all
Savage, I thought
What could Rolfe have brought
Now I see she's the belle of the ball
Things are never what they seem

[Crowd:] He's right, he's right

[Ratcliffe:] Many don't say what they mean

[Crowd:] He's right, he's right

[Jester:] A powdered face is just the place

[Jester 2:] To conceal an ugly scheme

[Ratcliffe:] Only one thing's really clear
Things are not what they appear

Lyrics transcribed by Disneyclips.com

Written by Marty Panzer and Larry Grossman
Performed by David Ogden Stiers as Ratcliffe, with Craig Copeland, Roger Freeland and Phil Proctor