Out of the ruins and rubble, Out of the smoke, Out of our night of struggle Can we see a ray of hope? One pale thin ray reaching for the day... We can build a beautiful city. Yes, we can(Yes, we can) We can build a beautiful city. Not a city of angels, But we can build a city of man. We may not reach the ending, But we can start. Slowly but surely mending, Brick by brick, Heart by heart. Now, maybe now, We start learning how. We can build a beautiful city. Yes we can(Yes, we can). We can build a beautiful city. Not a city of angels, But we can build a city of man. When your trust is all but shattered. When your faith is all but killed. You can give up bitter and battered, Or you can slowly start to build! A Beautiful City. Yes, we can.(Yes, we can) We can build a beautiful city, Not a city of angels, But finally a city of man!
This song hits really close to home with all that has been going on the past week. Hopefully we can build a beautiful city as United human beings #GeorgeFloyd #buildacityunited
I got to lead this song in a college production in 2011. It came to my heart this last weekend when a shooting occurred on the street I grew up on. It's terrible when a loss of life brings people together, because we should have been united in the first place.
In the movie, this was played as they frolicked thru the streets. Loved their joy. This version gets me right in that hopeful place, that somehow we can somehow overcome all the tragedies of today, and find our way back.
I played Judas in my university years. I have always loved this song and Hunter brings such simplicity and poignance to the performance. Truly beautiful and understated. Simply timeless and Stephen Schwartz at his best.
How beautiful is this version with Hunter Parrish singing! After the Tony performance last night, I was listening to different versions and found this from the revival of “Godspell”. What a treasure!
Though the original version written in 1972 for the Broadway show has a more jaunty, jovial tone, composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz, re-wrote this version after the Los Angeles Riots, in 1993, inspired by the ordinary people (lead by Edward James Almos), who just started to gather in mass days after the riots and begin to clean up the streets.
OMG!!!! I've LOVED this guy since the first time saw him. ALWAYS thought he was the PERFECT guy. Now, hearing him sing ...LETS JUST SAW, NOW IM CERTAIN HE IS A PERFECT ALL AROUND GUY. U SING IT HUNTER PARRISH THORPE. This has had me in tears. Cant wait to find more songs that u sing.💝💝💝💝💝
This song will forever be in my memory.. I auditioned for my first community theater play with this song and got the part! I'll always look back on this song when I audition for other shows. No joke, I walked into that audition with no prior experience (besides singing lessons for 3/4 of a year) and came out victorious. Best part of all, I auditioned for a VERY hard musical.. Sweeney Todd to be exact.
Middle TN State University did the first production of Godspell after the Broadway production. I did it 3 more times in other years : Jeffery twice and Herb the final time. I think this NEW version of “Beautiful City” should be the anthem for COVID. But, I guess that’s just me, I guess.
I just found my new audition song. Absolutely beautiful song and beautifully sung. I am in a production of Godspell at a community theater. We just started rehearsing.
 Beautiful City lyrics Album: Godspell OUT OF THE RUINS AND RUBBLE OUT OF THE SMOKE OUT OF OUR NIGHT OF STRUGGLE CAN WE SEE A RAY OF HOPE? ONE PALE THIN RAY REACHING FOR THE DAY WE CAN BUILD A BEAUTIFUL CITY YES, WE CAN; YES, WE CAN WE CAN BUILD A BEAUTIFUL CITY NOT A CITY OF ANGELS BUT WE CAN BUILD A CITY OF MAN WE MAY NOT REACH THE ENDING BUT WE CAN START SLOWLY BUT TRULY MENDING BRICK BY BRICK, HEART BY HEART NOW, MAYBE NOW WE START LEARNING HOW WE CAN BUILD A BEAUTIFUL CITY YES, WE CAN; YES, WE CAN WE CAN BUILD A BEAUTIFUL CITY NOT A CITY OF ANGELS BUT WE CAN BUILD A CITY OF MAN WHEN YOUR TRUST IS ALL BUT SHATTERED WHEN YOUR FAITH IS ALL BUT KILLED YOU CAN GIVE UP, BITTER AND BATTERED OR YOU CAN SLOWLY START TO BUILD A BEAUTIFUL CITY YES, WE CAN; YES, WE CAN WE CAN BUILD A BEAUTIFUL CITY NOT A CITY OF ANGELS BUT FINALLY A CITY OF MAN. A CITY OF MAN.
"when your trust is all but shattered" it has been completely shattered by someone I love, but I'm slowly building myself up again. Thank you God for being beside me in my darkest hours. God really is the only one to trust, people can let you down, God never does.
When I saw Godspell. I cried at this beautiful moment. I also realized that when Be More Chill came out and I heard Michael I instantly knew that I had met George Salazar
Absolutely amazing and I wanted to share the kid version because my child is in middle school, this was her solo and she was very nervous but this is what she did with this song...ugghhh... I'm having trouble adding it
Just perfect! Although I'll always cherish the movie soundtrack (like the Broadway album as well but not so much as), this is also beautiful. Disney-movie voice, sweet magical, thank you for this wholesome upload!
@@johndennis879 Yeah, sure...Democrats are going to kill the nation...you're here calling for the death of all of those that disagree with you, but they're the bad ones. Sure, bud.
