Who Better than Me

"Who Better than Me" is a song from Tarzan: The Musical. It is first sung in Act One when Terk (who is male in this adaptation) decides to train a juvenile Tarzan. In it, Tarzan reveals his need for assistance to go far. Later, it is reprised in Act Two when Tarzan has to lead the humans to the gorillas, but intends to have Terk lure Kerchak away.

Lyrics

Original

Terk: You're one of a kind.
I can't explain it.
You're kind of cool in a wonderful way.
Though you're weird,
You can make it.

And who better than me
To teach you?
Who better than me
To set you on your way.

This could take
Some hangin' in there
Though with persuasion, I could take you on up.
Make you grow up beside the others.

And who better than me
To lead you?
Who better than me
To take you all the way.

Terk & Young Tarzan: Strugglin' along for years and years.

Terk: Until I came along for you.
Now it's all comin' together
And

Terk & Young Tarzan: Together we'll see this through,
You for me and me for you.

Young Tarzan: I can learn.
I can listen.
I know there's something deep inside, but
I need assistance
To go the distance.

Terk: And who better than me

Young Tarzan: To teach me?

Terk: Who better than me?

Young Tarzan: To tell me all you know?

Terk: Who better than me?

Young Tarzan: You reach me.

Terk: Who better than me

Terk & Young Tarzan: To show them all we know?

Oh!

Reprise

Terk: Ooh, you need a friend
Some timely intervention
Some tough love to save you from yourself.
So it's me to
Get your attention.

'Cause who better than me
To save you?
Who better than me
To make you change your mind?

There's no doubt,
You're not controlling your emotions.
You're hard-headed and stubborn too.
There's no one else
With my devotion.

So who better than me
To show you?
Who better than me
To convince you you're wrong.

Tarzan: Terk, listen.
My eyes are wide open.
I'm seeing clear.
I feel so alive.
For once I'm happy to be me.
And it feels good.
Oh, yes, it feels good.

Terk: With the eyes and the tender persuasion,
I feel (?) to help you through.
And though I still can't
See the attraction,

Who better than me?

(Tarzan: Nobody but you.)

Terk: Who better than me?

(Tarzan: May take this all the way.)

Terk: Who better than me?

(Tarzan: To help me.)

Terk: Who better than me

Terk & Tarzan: To make this dream come true?

Terk: Who better than me
To help him?
Who better than me
To put a smile on his face?
Who better than me,
His best friend?
Who better than me
To make his dreams come true?

Ohhhhhhhh, yeah!

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Media Films: Tarzan (soundtrack/video) • Tarzan & Jane • Tarzan II (video) • The Legend of Tarzan Television: The Legend of Tarzan • House of Mouse Video Games: Disney's Tarzan • Tarzan: Untamed • Return to the Jungle • Kingdom Hearts • Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure Disney Parks Disney Animation Building • Tarzan's Treehouse Entertainment: Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade • Fantasmic! • Festival of Family & Friends • Hakuna Matata Time Dance Party • One Man's Dream II: The Magic Lives On! • Rivers of Light: We Are One • Tarzan Rocks! • Tarzan: The Encounter • The Forest of Enchantment: A Disney Musical Adventure • The Golden Mickeys Shops: Professor Porter's Trading Post Parades: Parade of the Stars • Flights of Fantasy Parade • Mickey's Soundsational Parade Fireworks: Believe... There's Magic in the Stars • Celebrate the Magic • Happily Ever After • Momentous • Remember... Dreams Come True • Tree of Life Awakens • Illuminate! A Nighttime Celebration • Wondrous Journeys Christmas: A Christmas Fantasy Parade Characters Original: Tarzan • Terk • Tantor • Kala • Kerchak • Kerchak and Kala's Baby • Flynt and Mungo • Sabor • Tarzan's Parents • Manu • Jane Porter • Archimedes Q. Porter • Clayton and his men • Baboons • The Captain Midquel: Zugor • Mama Gunda • Kago and Uto TV Series: Robert Canler • Nigel Taylor • Tublat • Hista • Zutho • Gozan and Hungo • Ian McTeague • Thaddeus Hunt • Jake & Sam • Mabaya • Gobu • Fungi • Count Nikolas Rokoff • Lady Waltham • Queen La • Leopard Men • Muviro • Kaj • Dr. Doyle • Eleanor • Greenly • Hazel • Ian • Lieutenant Colonel Staquait • Renard Dumont • Johannes Niels • Samuel T. Philander • Theodore Roosevelt • Hugo and Hooft • Nura and Sheeta • Edgar Rice Burroughs • Mangani • Jabari • Dania • German Poacher • Basuli • Naoh • Chief Keewazi • Female Tyrannosaurus Rex • Velociraptors • Triceratops • Waziri Tribe • Stanley Obrowski • Abby Markham Episodes Season One: "Race Against Time" • "Trading Post" • "Lost Cub" • "Lost City of Opar" • "Fugitives" • "Rogue Elephant" • "Poisoned River" • "Enemy Within" • "Fountain" • "Hidden World" • "Rift" • "Giant Beetles" • "Jungle Madness" • "Protege" • "Leopard Men Rebellion" • "Rough Rider" • "Seeds of Destruction" • "Silver Ape" • "Challenger" • "Outbreak" • "Silver Screen" • "Beast from Below" • "All-Seeing Elephant" • "New Wave" • "Lost Treasure" • "Return of La" • "One Punch Mulligan" • "Missing Link" • "Prison Break" • "Eagle's Feather" • "Face from the Past" • "Caged Fury" • "Gauntlet of Vengeance" • "Mysterious Visitor" • "Tublat's Revenge" Season Two: "British Invasion" • "Volcanic Diamond Mine" • "Flying Ace" Songs Film: Two Worlds • You'll Be in My Heart • Son of Man • Trashin' the Camp • Strangers Like Me • Singing to the Song of Life • Who Am I? Musical: Who Better than Me • No Other Way • I Need to Know • Sure as Sun Turns to Moon • Waiting for this Moment • Different • Like No Man I've Ever Seen • For the First Time • Everything that I Am Locations Africa • Jungle • Pellucidar • Dark Mountain • Skull Cave See Also The Disney Afternoon • Disney Renaissance • Musical/Soundtrack • Queen La's Staff