CAFFE` LATTE` PRESENTS
200 SONGS
WITH THE
BEST LYRICS
A countdown of the 200 songs possessing the best
lyrics of all-time. A playlist on spotify will be added at the end of the week.
#92
WHERE IS IT WRITTEN?
“…Why have the wings,
unless you’re meant
to fly?
And tell me please,
why have a mind,
if not to question why?
And tell
me where-
where is it written,
what it is I’m meant to be...”
"Where Is It Written?" is the opening song from the film version of 'Yentl'. Barbra Streisand is a young woman with a thirst for knowledge, eager to immerse herself into the world of scholars. The character she portrays (Yentl) is barred from education because of her gender.
Michel Legrand scored the film. Married couple Alan & Marilyn Bergman contributed the lyrics to the soundtrack's songs. "Where Is It Written?" finds Yentl questioning her community's conventions. Why are women denied access to learning? Why do females have brains if they should not be educated? These questions form the seed of a decision she arrives at following the death of her father. Yentl will disguise herself as a male and study at a yeshiva.
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