If You Loved Me Truly lyrics
If You Loved Me Truly
CLAUDINE:
I'm always happy when I am dancing.
I have no cares, I have no ills,
I feel like a bird above the hills,
When dancing, my cup of happiness fills
Right up to my brain.
BORIS:
When a woman has a man, listen here,
She should think of nothing but him.
3 GIRLS:
Claudine, go on a strike!
3 BOYS:
You women are all alike.
CLAUDINE:
I'd love to make a career of dancing.
I'd dance so well, I'd go so far,
They'd cheer me from here to Zanzibar
And in ev'ry dance hall I'd be a star,
The belle of the ball!
BOYS:
When a woman has a man, her career
Should amount to nottling at all.
3 GIRLS:
Go out and get your fame!
3 BOYS:
You women are all the same.
2ND & 3RD GIRLS:
If you could have a career, Claudine,
The world would be at your feet.
1ST GIRL:
If you could have a career, Claudine,
Mon dieu, the men you could meet!
2ND GIRL:
A member of the Minist?re,
1ST GIRL:
A South African millionaire,
3RD GIRL:
Our newly elected president,
1ST GIRL:
I hope he isn't impotent!
2ND GIRL:
A viscount who's filthy rich,
1ST GIRL:
A Rothschild, no matter which,
3RD GIRL:
The Nizam of Hyderabad,
1ST GIRL:
The Prince of wales can still be had!
GIRLS:
Shut up, shut up!
3 GIRLS & BORIS:
Shut up, yourself, you dirty pup!
2ND GIRL:
The dear Duc d'Anjou
Would give you a bike built for two.
1ST GIRL:
The Rajah of Mysore
Would give you a bed for three or four.
3RD GIRL:
The Earl of Athlone
Would give you a bathtub of your own.
1ST GIRL:
And good King Leopold
Would give you a toothpick.
CLAUDINE:
Give me a toothpick?
1ST GIRL:
Made of gold!
BORIS:
Stop, Stop this insane, this endless hullabaloo
While I explain a sculptor's point of view:
Praxiteles was a sculptor. He had a girl,
She didn't want to be a dancer.
Miclielangelo was a sculptor. He had a girl,
She didn't want to be a dancer.
And I, the greatest sculptor of them all, I have a girl,
Does she want to be a dancer?
CLAUDINE:
Yes is the answer!
3 GIRLS:
Yes is the answer!
CLAUDINE:
I want to be a dancer and kick up my heels.
BORIS:
But if you're a dancer, who'll cook my meals?
CLAUDINE:
I want to be a dancer and wear pretty frocks.
3 BOYS:
But if you're a dancer, who'll darn his socks?
3 GIRLS:
You're just as bad as he is!
3 BOYS:
You're just as mad as she is!
3 GIRLS:
You're just as bad!
3 BOYS:
You're just as mad!
3 GIRLS:
You're just as bad!
3 BOYS:
You're just as mad!
CLAUDINE:
But not as sad as I,
Boris, you know why.
VERSE
SHE:
You don't love me, 'tis clear to see.
HE:
I don't love you? You don't love me.
SHE:
You only think of your life, never of mine.
HE:
I only think of my life? What a line!
SHE:
If you loved me,
HE:
If you loved me!
SHE:
If you loved me,
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If you loved me!
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REFRAINS l, 2, AND 3
SHE:
If you loved me truly, if you love
Then you would not, should not, could not
So selfish be.
HE:
If you loved me truly, you must agree
That you would not, should not, could not
Say that to me.
SHE:
(1) You freak, you fool!
(2) You pig, you pill!
(3) You scourge, you scum!
HE:
(1) You molecule!
(2) You imbecile!
(3) You vacuum!
BOTH:
Nonetheless, I love you, love you truly, truly,
Nonetheless, I love you, love you truly, truly.
Last Update: June, 10th 2013