Man of La Mancha (Don Quixote) movie - Aldonza lyrics
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DON QUIXOTE <br>
My lady... <br>
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ALDONZA <br>
I am not your lady!... <br>
I am not any kind of a lady! <br>
I was spawned in a ditch <br>
By a mother who left me there, <br>
Naked and cold and too hungry to cry; <br>
I never blamed her. <br>
I'm sure she left hoping <br>
That I'd have the good sense to die! <br>
Then, of course, there's my father... <br>
I'm told that young ladies <br>
Can point to their fathers <br>
With maidenly pride; <br>
Mine was some regiment <br>
Here for an hour, <br>
I can't even tell you which side! <br>
So of course I became, <br>
As befitted my delicate birth, <br>
The most casual bride <br>
Of the murdering scum of the earth! <br>
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DON QUIXOTE <br>
And still thou art my lady. <br>
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ALDONZA <br>
And still he torments me! <br>
How should I be a lady? <br>
For a lady has modest and maidenly airs, <br>
And a virtue I somehow suspect that I lack; <br>
It's hard to remember these maidenly airs <br>
In a stable laid flat on your back! <br>
Won't you look at me, look at me, <br>
God, won't you look at me! <br>
Look at the kitchen slut reeking with sweat! <br>
Born on a dung heap to die on a dung heap, <br>
A strumpet men use and forget! <br>
If you feel that you see me <br>
Not quite at my virginal best, <br>
Cross my palm with a coin, <br>
And I'll willingly show you the rest! <br>
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DON QUIXOTE <br>
Never deny thou art Dulcinea. <br>
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ALDONZA <br>
Take the clouds from your eyes <br>
and see me as I really am! <br>
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You have shown me the sky, <br>
But what good is the sky <br>
To a creature who'll never <br>
Do better than crawl? <br>
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Of all the cruel bastards <br>
Who've badgered and battered me, <br>
You are the cruelest of all! <br>
Can't you see what your gentle <br>
Insanities do to me? <br>
Rob me of anger and give me despair! Blows and abuse <br>
I can take and give back again, <br>
Tenderness I cannot bear! <br>
So please torture me now <br>
With your "Sweet Dulcineas" no more! <br>
I am no one! I'm nothing! <br>
I'm only Aldonza the whore! <br>
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DON QUIXOTE <br>
Now and forever thou art my lady Dulcinea! <br>
(Aldonza screams in despair and collapses. <br>
As Don Quixote lies in bed dying, his mind <br>
"retreats to some secret place." )<br>
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