If Only - Little Mermaid Broadway Demo

Here's an early version of the If Only quartet in the show. It's a beautiful, sad song that is really worth listening to. To compliment it, I put a slide show together of pictures from the movie. Enjoy.

Sung by Kerry Butler and Gavin Creel.

Eric:
You feeling better now? You're sure? You're not going to faint on me again are you? Maybe you have no idea what I'm talking about.

Ariel:
If only you could know
The things I long to say

Eric:
There's a lot more to you than meets the eye, isn't there?

Ariel:
If only I could tell you
What I wish I could convey

Eric:
You know how you meet someone and everything changes just like that?

Ariel:
It's in my every glance
My heart's an open book

Eric:
Suddenly the world comes together. You know what you've been missing all your life.

Ariel:
You'd see it all at once
If only you would look

Eric:
That's happened to me. You see, I met this girl and...her voice was...I'm sorry. I shouldn't be bothering you with all this. I really enjoyed our talk. Sleep well.

Ariel:
If only you could glimpse
The feeling that I feel
If only you would notice
What I'm dying to reveal

The dreams I can't declare
The needs I can't deny
You'd understand them all
If only you would try

All my secrets, you would learn them
All my longings, you'd return them
All my shackles, they'd be broken
Not a word would need be spoken

Eric:
What is it about her that's so wonderfully, impossibly familiar?
Why do I feel dizzy in a way I've only felt but once before?
How come when she looks at me it seems like time stops moving?
Almost like the way it did that day upon the shore?
But that voice

Ariel:
If only it were true
If only for a while

Eric:
But that voice

Ariel:
If only you would notice
How I ache behind my smile

Eric:
Where's that voice?

Ariel:
I guess you never will
I guess it doesn't show
But if I never find a way
To tell you so
Oh, what I would give
If only you could know

Eric:
Memories fade
Strange how they blur
But when she calls to me
I'll know it's her

Ariel:
If only

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• broadway
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• ariel
• prince
• eric
• duet
• musical
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• gavin
• creel
• kerry
• butler

[miulfelle]

was this in the broadway? i thought sierra sings in the broadway? who's kerry?

[REBECCAtheSOPRANO]

@miulfelle This wasn't in the Broadway show. It was actually part of an early version that was performed at some kind of Broadway convention. Sierra Boggess did originate the role on Broadway, but for this early performance, Kerry Butler sang Ariel.

[BlinkinFirefly]

I know I've made this comment before, but I havnt watched this in like a year, and I just wanna say again how wonderfully you did on this video. The pictures fit perfectly with this song, and you've chosen the most beautiful pictures of Ariel. (though its hard to find any where she isnt beautiful ;) ) Thank you so much also for providing the lyrics so we can sing along! =)

[REBECCAtheSOPRANO]

@BlinkinFirefly Thank you so much for the kind words! I did take a lot of time to choose the most effective pictures and I'm so glad they've spoken to you in a good way.

[PinkAnimeFan2946]

The voice of Ariel is Lea Michelle???

[REBECCAtheSOPRANO]

@PinkAnimeFan2946 Whoa, no way. It's Kerry Butler. Lea Michelle has a better core to her sound than Kerry.

[TRISAND]

This is just beautiful....why? why why why? couldn't they have done the play like this????

[kittypuss34566]

All my secrets, you would learn them

All my longings, you'd return them

All my shackles, they'd be broken

Not a word would need be spoken

beautiful part...

[Tachi87]

Please don't ever delete ur YouTube account or take this video off! I love this version of this song and don't know where to find it ^-^

[LeoHepburn]

Its so heartbreakingly beautiful!

[CresseliaandShaymin]

Kinda makes me mad that Gavin didn't take the part after Sean Palmer left >.< He would have been the perfect Eric XD

[HRussBrown1]

@thechad320 i was at that theater b4 my grand parents live there

[montanerfan10]

@thechad320 I know. She sang really good. She also got to share the stage with her father. My only complaint was "The World Above." Don't get me wrong, it's my favorite song, but Triton's voice should've been much lower. Paul Vogt was funny as Ursula!

[thechad320]

@montanerfan10 I know! It was an amazing show! I loved Flounder sooo much! She was adorable!

[montanerfan10]

@thechad320 I was there for the Muny production! The quartet is beautiful. Patti Murrin made a lovely Ariel! :)