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Yes, Love, Love changes everything: Now I tremble At your name. Nothing in the World will ever Be the same. Love, Love changes everything: Days are longer, Words mean more. Love, Love changes everything: Pain is deeper Than before. Love Will turn your world around, And that world Will last for ever. Yes, Love, Love changes everything, Brings you glory, Brings you shame. Nothing in the World will ever Be the same. Why did I go back to see her...? WOMAN (GIULIETTA) Alex, it's all in the past... ALEX Off Into the world we go, Planning futures, Shaping years. Love, Bursts in, and suddenly All our wisdom Disappears. Love Makes fools of everyone: All the rules We make are broken. Yes, Love, Love changes everyone. Live or perish In its flame. Love will never, Never let you Be the same. Crooner: Parlez-vous francais? Parlez-vous francais? Je suis sad. Parlez-vous francais? I feel bad. How do you say "Ce soir vous etes si belle"? I only know A word or so, Like "Cat" and "School" -- Je suis fool. Parlez-vous francais? Please say "oui". Parlez-vous francais? Speak to me. How do you say: "Vous etes jolie, Mam'selle? Cherie, Where do I commencer, If you won't parler francais with me? Parlez-vous francais? Say you do. Parlez-vous francais? Tell me true. How do you say: "Je suis unhappy fella"? Cherie, Adieu to drinks and danser, If you won't parler francais with me. Adieu to drinks and danser, If you won't parler francais with me. SSeeing is believingeeing is Believing ALEX Seeing is believing, And in my arms I see her: She's here, Really here, Really mine now -- She seems at home here... Seeing is believing, I dreamt that it would be her: At last Life is full, Life is find now... Whatever happens, One thing is certain: Each time I see A train go by, I'll think of us, The night, the sky Forever... ROSE He's young, Very young, But appealing -- I feel I know him... Seeing is believing And I like what I see here. I like Where I am, What I'm feeling... What are we doing? Can you believe it? A starving actress and A star-struck boy -- Oh well, I might As well enjoy This moment... ALEX Can you believe it? BOTH Seeing is believing! I never thought I'd be here Is this Really me? Am I dreaming? No way of knowing Where this is leading... It's fun forgetting Who we are... Who cares? When now the world is far Behind us... Seeing is believing! My life is just beginning! We touched, And my head Won't stop spinning, From winning Your love! Chanson d'enfanceChanson d'enfance ROSE Pas de tendresse Et pas de joie Loin d'ici, Loin de toi. Rien de plus triste Que mes soupirs Lorsque vient le joir Ou il me faut partir Chanson d'enfance, Tu vis toujours dans ma coeur, Toi, la plus douce! Toi, la plus tendre. EEverybody loves a heroverybody Loves a Hero RIFLE-RANGE BARKER Who's feeling lucky? Twenty out of twenty And a prize could be yours! FREAK-SHOW BARKER See "Marie the Monkey" With the poisonous claws! RIFLE-RANGE BARKER There's a prize To be won! FREAK-SHOW BARKER Take a risk, Take a ride! RIFLE-RANGE BARKER Right this way, Have a go! FREAK-SHOW BARKER Try your luck, And step inside! CHORUS If you reach For the moon, If you aim For the sky, Then the moon And the sky Can be yours -- Come on and try! Everybody loves a hero! Let's hear it for the man with the gun! Everybody loves a hero... SShe'd be far better off with youhe'd be Far Better Off With You ALEX I should never have come back here... GEORGE Oh, don't talk such nonsense! ALEX I'll bow out now -- It's the decent thing to do. GEORGE Don't be absurd. ALEX I'm a disaster... GEORGE Oh, come, come! ALEX ...It wouldn't last a week -- She'd be far better off with you. GEORGE You two have your lives before you. ALEX It would end in murder... GEORGE I'm too old for her -- It's high time I withdrew. ALEX Your place is here. GEORGE The jowls are dropping... ALEX It's the light. GEORGE ...The paunch needs propping up -- She'd be far better off with you. BOTH Your words are generous and selfless, But alas untrue -- She'd be far better off with you. ALEX You are steeped in wit and wisdom. GEORGE Well, I've learnt the odd thing... ALEX You could teach George Bernard Shaw A thing or two! GEORGE I had a go... ALEX You've dined with Garbo... GEORGE Only twice. ALEX ...Translated "La Boheme" -- She'd be far better off with you. GEORGE You're atheletic. ALEX You're distinguished. GEORGE You don't cheat at croquet. ALEX You're more seasoned. GEORGE You can skate. ALEX You're in "Who's Who". GEORGE Just half an inch. ALEX We're talking drivel. GEORGE So we are. BOTH Can't we be civilized? She'd be far better off with you. Your words are generous and selfless, But alas untrue. It's only Rose that matters! Just take a look; there's no comparison Between us two -- She'd be far better off with you! Leading Lady MARCEL: The perfect leading lady: Unique and true and towering! Magnetic, overpowering! The star the crowds adore! If they could only know you: Your humor and humility... Your strength and your fragility... They'd love you even more... Tonight was a wonder! All the dreams we worked for Have come true! My shining leading lady! Bravo, bravo, bravo! I owe so much to you. Other Pleasures GEORGE: Jenny, You're a miracle! Is there nothing you conceal? Jenny, You astonish me! Never hiding What you feel... Other pleasures... And I've known many... Afternoons In warm Venetian squares, Brief encounters, Long siestas... Pleasures old and new Can't compare with you. You amaze me! Where did you come from? You do things Champagne could never do. Crystal winters, Crimson summers... Other pleasures -- I would trade them all For you. Pleasures old and new Can't compare with you... Wild mimosa,... The scent of evening... Shuttered rooms With sunlight breaking through... Crazy soirees... Lazy Sundays... Other pleasures... I would trade them all For you. Sailing off In the night On a silver lake... Taking more From this life Thank I ought to take... Other pleasures... I would trade them all For you. There is More to Love GIULIETTA: There is more to love, So much more, Than simply making love -- That's easy. Gazing into eyes, Pretty eyes, Which could be any eyes -- That's crazy. Hands are just hands, A face is just a face... They come and go -- They're easy to replace... There is more to love, So much more, Than moon-struck escapades -- That's nothing. There is peace of mind, So much peace, In quiet company -- That's something. Everyone but him Seems wrong for me... Every time I feel There has to be More... If I could hear The music I heard then, I'd never let It fade away again... Now each time Love reaches out to me, I can only feel There has to be So much more To love... There is more ot love, So much more... Mermaid Song JENNY: I am a mermaid With golden hair... ALEX: I've never seen one like you! JENNY: Not all us mermaids Have silver tails -- I have no tail at all! ALEX: Well, I've never, Seen any mermaids With knobbly knees! I'd say this tale Was a touch too tall, Maybe a touch too tall... JENNY: Sailors would smash on My jagged rock, Lured by my siren's song... ALEX: It isn't the Song of the siren That tortures men -- That's where your theory Goes sadly wrong, That's where it all goes wrong... JENNY: I thought you'd know better, You know nothing About mermaids. ALEX: (wry) You know nothing About sailors... JENNY: I do! Much more than you! If you were a sailor And heard my song, Would you be lured by me? ALEX: I wouldn't be Foolish enough to Go near your rock -- I'd steer my galleon out to sea... BOTH: ...Lonely and lost at sea... The first man you remember GEORGE: I want to be The first man you remember, I want to be The last man you forget. I want to be The one you always turn to, I want to be The one you won't regret. May I be first To say you look delightful? May I be first To dance you round the floor? The very first To see your face by moonlight? The very first To walk you to your door? JENNY: (playing to George) Well, young man, I'd be delighted! There is nothing I would rather do! What could be a sweeter memory Than sharing my first dance with you? GEORGE: I want to be The first man you remember... JENNY: The very first To sweep me off my feet. GEORGE: I want to be The one you always turn to... JENNY: The first to make My young heart miss a beat. (He gently takes her in a dance hold and they tentatively try a few steps around the terrace) GEORGE: Seems the stars are far below us... JENNY: The moon has never felt so close before... (looking up at George) Our first dance will be forever... GEORGE: And may it lead to many more! I want to be The first man you remember... JENNY: The very first To sweep me off my feet. GEORGE: I want to be The one you always turn to JENNY: The first to make My young heart miss a beat. (Once again they 'take to the floor', this time in a fuller, more formal dance. The atmosphere is dreamlike and beguiling, and Rose and Hugo are drawn into the dance. Alex declines Jenny's attempts to draw him into the dance as well. At the end of the sequence George leads Jenny back to his seat and the dance dissolves) GEORGE: I want to be The one you always turn to I want to be The one you won't regret... GEORGE AND JENNY: The very first... The very first... journey of a lifetime A circus in Paris. Jenny's 15th birthday. The performance is in full swing. We see George, Rose, Alex, and Jenny and at the same time they show that they are thenselves watching. We are greeted by a whirlwind of activity: clowns, jugglers, tumblers perform under the streamers and gaudy lights. Various of the circus performers, led by a chanteuse in exaggerated make-up and costume, strike up a some as accompaniment -- part hymn in praise of daring, part invitation for a volunteer from the audience. At certain points the chanteuse has the circus audience joining in with the song). CHORUS: Take the journey of a lifetime! It's only just a drum-roll away! On the journey of a lifetime Every day's a high-wire day! CHANTEUSE: If you've got what it takes, The stars and streamers are yours! Take a risk in the ring And feel the thrill of applause! (Drum-roll. A knife-thrower appears and with his assistant enters the ring. Applause) If you reach For the moon, If you aim For the stars, Then the moon And the sky, Can be yours -- Come on and try! There's a prize To be won Take a risk, Take a ride, Right this way, Have a go, Try your luck -- And step inside! If you reach For the moon, If you aim For the stars, Then the moon And the sky, Can be yours -- Come on and try! (A volunteer is now being sought for the knife-thrower's act. Attention focuses on Jenny and Alex, seated side by side. She asks him to step forward, and when eventually he does, it is much to the annoyance of George. Alex is led away by the assistant) CHORUS: Take the journey of a lifetime! It's only just a drum-roll away! On the journey of a lifetime Every day's a high-wire day! CHANTEUSE: If you've got what it takes, The stars and streamers are yours! Take a risk in the ring And feel the thrill of applause! (Alex now reappears clad in a sequined circus jacket. He takes up his position and duly braves the hail of knives. The trick is greeted with great approval by all but George, who is evidently becoming increasingly distressed by Jenny'sobsession for his nephew. As the applause fades the song starts up once again.) If you reach For the moon, If you aim For the stars, Then the moon And the sky, Can be yours -- Come on and try! There's a prize To be won Take a risk, Take a ride, Right this way, Have a go, Try your luck -- And step inside! Falling ALEX: Love, and your World can become A madhouse. Love and your World can become A circus. Love turns around... Jenny, your Love is a Drug that I dare Not take, a Drug to make me mad... Rose, I'd never Harm the girl. JENNY: (overlapping) Love Has turned my World around, And my World now turns round Alex... ROSE: Love should not Be used as a weapon. Why, Alex, Why can't you See it's George you're...? ALEX, JENNY & ROSE: Breaking And burning... Breaking And bleeding... In the name of Love... GEORGE: Love is a Knife. It's a curse. A cancer. To love is to Hate letting Go... Jenny, I can Never share your Love... ALEX, JENNY, ROSE & GEORGE: And I'm falling, I am suddenly falling, And my story Is older than the stars... ALEX, JENNY & ROSE: Suddenly falling I can feel myself falling... Down into this Madhoise Of love... GEORGE: Suddenly falling I can feel myself falling... In this Madhouse of Love... Hand me the wine and the dice GIULIETTA: George was an original man. He did not want to change human life. He rejoiced in the way we are made. He rejoiced in the way we are made. He did not look forward to heaven -- He was happy with the earth. He loved and understood The flesh, food, wine, love... He lived for today and firmly believed: If death were given a voice, That voice would scream through the sky: Live while you may for I am coming... So... Hand me the wine and the dice, I want my carnival now, While I have thirst and lust for living! So gather all you can reap, Before you're under the plough -- The hand of death is unforgiving! Hand me the wine and the dice, While there are grapes on the vine -- Life is a round of endless pleasures! The end is always in sight, But it tastes better with wind -- Why pay your life in tiny measures? Hand me the wine and the dice, The time is racing away -- There's not a taste that's not worth trying! And if tommorow it ends, I won't have wasted today -- I will have lived like I am dying. Anything but lonely ROSE: Anything but lonely, Anything but empty rooms. There's so much in life to share -- What's the sense when no one else is there? Anything but lonely, Anything but only me. Quiet years in too much space: That's the thing that's hard to face, And... You have a right to go, But you should also know That I won't be alone for long. Long days with nothing said Are not what lie ahead -- I'm sorry, but I'm not that strong. Anything but lonely, Anything but passing time. Lonely's what I'll never be, While there's still some life in me, And... I'm still young, don't forget, It isn't over yet -- So many hearts for me to thrill. If you're not here to say How good I look each day, I'll have to find someone who will. Anything but lonely, Anything but empty rooms. There's so much in life to share -- What's the sense when no one else is there...? Just promise one thing. ALEX: All right. What is it? ROSE: Don't ask me questions... You must promise first... ALEX: I can't I must know what it is. ROSE: Don't leave me!