Phantom Of The Opera

Phantom Of The Opera - Prima Donna lyrics

rate me

André and Firmin-

Prima donna,

first lady of the stage!

Your devotees

are on their knees

to implore you!

André-

Can you bow out

when they're shouting

your name?

Firmin-

Think of how they all adore you.

André and Firmin-

Prima donna,

enchant us once again

André-

Think of your muse...

Firmin-

And of the queues

round the theatre!

André and Firmin-

Can you deny us the triumph in store?

Andre and Firmin-

Sing, prima donna,

once more!

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|Raoul-

|Christine spoke of an angel...

|

|Carlotta-

|Prima donna,

your song shall live again!

|André and Firmin-

|Think of your public!

|

|Carlotta-

|You took a snub,

|but there's a public

|who needs you!

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|Giry-

|She has heard the voice

|of the angel of music...

|

|André and Firmin-

|Those who hear your voice

|liken you to an angel!

|Carlotta-

|Think of their cry

|of undying

|support!

|

|Raoul-

|Is this her angel of music...?

|

|André-

|We get our opera...

|Firmin-

|She gets her limelight!

|

|Carlotta-

|Follow where the limelight

|leads you!

|

|Meg-

|Is this ghost

|an angel or a madman...?

|

|Raoul-

|Angel or madmadman...?

|

|André and Firmin-

|Leading ladies are a trial!

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|Carlotta-

|Prima donna,

|your song shall never die!

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|Meg-

|Voice of hell, or of heaven...?

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|Giry

|Heaven help you,|those who doubt...

|

|Carlotta

|You'll sing again,

|and to unending

|ovation!

|

|Raoul

|Orders! Warnings!

|Lunatic demands!

|

|Giry

|This miscasting

|Will invite damnation...

|

|André and Firmin

|Tears... oaths...

|lunatic demands

|are regular occurences!

|

|Meg

|Bliss or damnation?

|Which has claimed her...?

|Carlotta-

|Think how you'll shine

|in that final

|encore!

|Sing, prima donna,

|once more!

|

|Giry-

|Oh fools,

|to have flouted his warnings!

|

|Raoul-

|Surely, for her sake...

|

|Meg-

|Surely he'll strike back...

|

|André and Firmin-

|Surely there'll be further scenes -

|worse than this!

|

|Giry-

|Think, before

|these demands are rejected!

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|Raoul-

|...I must see these demands are rejected!

|

|Meg-

|...if his threats

|and demands are rejected!

|

|André and Firmin-

|Who'd believe a diva

|happy to relieve a

|chorus girl, who's gone

|and slept with the patron?

|Raoul and the soubrette,

|entwined in love's duet!

|Although he may demur,

|he must have been with her!

|

|Meg and Raoul

|Christine must be protected!

|

|Carlotta-

|O, fortunata!

|Non ancor

|abbandonata!

|

|André and Firmin-

|You'd never get away

|with all this in a play,

|but if it's loudly sung

|and in a foreign tongue,

|it's just the sort of story

|audiences adore, in fact a perfect

|opera!

|

|Raoul-

|His game is over!

|

|Giry-

|This is a game

|you cannot hope to win!

|

|Raoul-

|And in Box Five

|a new game will begin...

|

|Giry-

|For, if his curse

|is on this opera...

|

|Meg-

|But if his curse

|is on this opera...

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|André and Firmin-

|Prima donna,

|the world is at your feet!

|A nation waits,

|and how it hates,

|to be cheated!

|

|Carlotta-

|The stress that falls upon a

|famous prima donna!

|Terrible deseases,

|coughs and colds and sneezes!

|

|Still, the dryest throat

|will reach the highest note,

|in search of perfect

|opera!

|

|Meg and Giry-

|...then I fear the outcome...

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|Raoul-

|Christine plays the Pageboy,

|Carlotta plays the Countess...

|

|Giry-

|...should you dare to...

|

|Meg-

|...when you once again...

All-

Light up the stage

with that age-old rapport!

Sing, prima donna,

once more!

Phantom(spoken)-

So, it is war between us! If these demands are not met, a disaster

beyond your imagination....will occur!

All-

Once more!

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