I don't know if you can hear me
Or if you're even there
I don't know if you would listen
To a gypsy's prayer

Yes, I know I'm just an outcast
I shouldn't speak to you
Still I see your face and wonder
Were you once an outcast too?

God, help the outcasts
Hungry from birth
Show them the mercy
They don't find on earth

God, help my people
We look to you still
God, help the outcasts
Or nobody will

(I ask for wealth, I ask for fame)
(I ask for glory to shine on my name)

(I ask for love I can't possess)
(I ask for God and his angels)
(To bless me)

I ask for nothing
I can get by
But I know so many
Less lucky than I

Please, help my people
The poor and down trod
I thought we all were
The children of God

God, help the outcasts
Children of
God


Lyrics submitted by Madame Me

God Help The Outcasts [From the Hunchback of Notre Dame] Lyrics as written by Stephen Laurence Schwartz Alan Irwin Menken

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  • +2
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    usually the movie/original version is always better... wow when I was a kid I didn't realize how beautiful these lyrics were :)
    babyfabyon February 18, 2011   Link
  • +1
    General Comment
    It's a plea for humanity and a jab at the hypocrisy of the church
    LairdStewart98on August 09, 2015   Link
  • 0
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    wtc, what movie is this from?????????
    lauraboo438on December 24, 2004   Link
  • 0
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    it's from the hunchback of notredam only know it coz i had 2 learn to play it n piano lol
    nolovenogloryon March 19, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment
    I like this song, but my favorate from Hunchback is "Out There". I'd submit it, but I forgot a few parts. lol
    TwistedSmileon May 15, 2005   Link
  • 0
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    This is SUCH a pretty song.
    CountryChicadee6on October 05, 2006   Link
  • 0
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    Beautiful song! So powerful, the words she sings.
    candy.cloudson February 18, 2008   Link
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    i love this song so much....and i think that the movie version is so much powerfull then the studio version done by bette middler.... i love this movie....no doubt my favorite
    iluvfarrobaon July 05, 2008   Link

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