Musicals - The Phantom Of Opera - Prima Donna Lyrics
AndreYour public needs youFirminWe need you tooCarlottaWouldn't you rather have your precious little ingenue?Andre & FirminSignora no! The World wants youPrima Donna first lady of the stageYour devotees are on their knees to implore youAndreCan you bow out when they're shouting your name?FirminThink of how they all adore youAndre & FirminPrima donna enchant us once againAndreThink of your museFirminAnd all your queues 'round the theatre!Andre & FirminCan you deny us the triumph in store?Andre, Firmin & PiangiSing Prima Donna once moreRaoulChristine spoke of an angelCharlottaPrima Donna your song shall live againAndre & FirminThink of your publicCarlottaYou took a snub but there's a public who needs youMadame GiryShe has heard the voice of the Angel of MusicAndre & FirminThose who hear you liken you to an angelCarlottaThink of the cry of undying supportAndreWe get her OperaFirminShe gets her limelightCarlottaFollow where the lime light leads youAndre & FirminLeading ladies are a trialCarlottaPrima Donna your song shall never dieYou'll sing again and to unending ovationRaoulOrder, warnings lunatic!Andre & FirminThis misacating will invite damnationLunatic demands are regular occurencesCarlottaThink how you'll sing in that final encoreAndre & FirminSing Prima Donna once moreRaoulI must see these demands are rejectedAndre & FirminWho'd believe a diva happy to relieveA chorus girl whose 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!CarlottaFortunata!Non ancor abbandonata!Andre & FirminYou'd never get away with all this in a play,But if it's loudly sung and in a foreign tongueIt's just the sort of story audiences adore, in fact a perfect opera!Meg & ChristineFor if his curse is on this OperaAllPrima Donna the world is at your feetA nation waits, and how it hates to be cheated!Light Up the stage with that age-old rapport,Sing Prima DonnaOnce more!PhantomSo, it is to be war between us. If these demands are not met, a disaster beyond imagination will occur!AllOnce more!
