Andrew Lloyd Webber

Hurry up! You won't believe it Take a look what's over here! Who imagined just how big the place would be The man called Mr Y put it up in just a year It's a little slice of heaven by the sea Look, there's restaurants A medway A gigantic concert hall...

Peron: Dice are rolling, the knives are out Would-be presidents are all around I don't say they mean harm But they'd each give an arm To see us six feet underground Eva: It doesn't matter what those morons say Our nation's leaders are a feeble crew T...

You've heard of several kinds of cat And my opinion now is that You should need no interpreter To understand our character You've learned enough to take the view That cats are very much like you You've seen us both at work and games And learnt about o...

PHANTOM: Ah, Christine! My Christine! What a triumph you gave me tonight! My Christine! All the dark, silent years now set right! Ah, Christine! CHRISTINE: The song was beautiful! It sounded beautiful! Every note, every word. And it felt beautiful!...

Foundation Administrator And the money kept rolling in from every side Eva's pretty hands reached out and they reached wide Now you may feel it should have been a voluntary cause Ah, but that's not the point, my friends. When the money keeps rolling in,...

PHANTOM brava, brava, bravissima! MEG where in the world have you been hiding? really - you were perfect i only wish i knew your secret who is this new tutor? CHRISTINE father once spoke of an angel i used to dream he'd appear now as i sing i ca...

I don't expect my love affairs to last for long. Never fool myself that my dreams will come true. Being used to trouble, I anticipate it, But all the same, I hate it... Wouldn't you? So what happens now? (Another suitcase in another hall) So what happe...

There he is! They're all asleep - the fools! Judas - must you betray me with a kiss? What's the buzz? Tell me what's happening What's the buzz? Tell me what's happening Hang on Lord we're gonna fight for you Put away your sword Don't you know that it's all...

SQUELCH: Are you ready to begin? Are you ready to get on? You’re about to start off on the journey of your life. RAOUL: Is this some kind of joke? MEMBER OF CROWD: Nah! It’s a publicity stunt for that freak show on Coney! REPORTER: It’s a front p...

(Squelch) ladies and gentlemen Mr. Y is pleased to present to you his final surprise of the season (Gangle) a command performance by Christine Daae the most heavenly diva of this or any age (Fleck) but first for those of you whose taste is a little more ea...

Gustave: Who are you? Where are you taking me? Fleck: I am Miss Fleck. Squelch: The Mighty Squelch. Gangle: Dr. Gangle. Trio: At your service. Fleck: And his. Gangle: Come along and follow us. Fleck: Come and follow faster. Squelch: Come along...

GUSTAVE: Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. (Continues tune over Christine) CHRISTINE: (Spoken) Gustave? Could you hand me those earrings? The diamond ones on the left. There. How do I look? GUSTAVE: (Singing) You look so beautiful. So very beautiful. Like a Qu...

I should have known that you'd be here, I should have known it all along. This whole arrangement bears your stamp, you're in each measure of that song. How dare you try and claim me now, how dare you come invade my life. Oh Christine, my Christine in...

I don't need your blood money! Oh that doesn't matter our expenses are good I don't want your blood money! But you might as well take it - we think that you should Think of the things you can do with that money Choose any charity - give to the poor We've n...

Eva: What's new, Buenos Aires I'm new! I wanna say I'm just a little stuck on you You'll be on me too I get out here, Buenos Aires Stand back! You oughta know what you're gonna get in me Just a little touch of star quality Fill me up with your heat, with you...

Bustopher Jones is not skin and bones In fact, he's remarkably fat He doesn't haunt pubs - he has eight or nine clubs For he's the St. James's Street Cat! He's the cat we all greet as he walks down the street In his coat of fastidious black No commonpl...

Are you blind when you're born? Can you see in the dark? Can you look at a king? Would you sit on his throne? Can you say of your bite that it's worse than your bark? Are you cock of the walk when you're walking alone? Because Jellicles are and Jellicles...

People and reporters in port: Has the Persephone docked yet? Yeah, the passengers are going through customs now. Here they come. It's Mrs. Aster. Hey, Mrs. Aster, over here. Hey, how was the trip? Is that the latest Paris style? Look, there's Colonel...

Now if I help you it matters that you see These sordid kinds of things are coming hard to me It's taken me some time to work out what to do I weighed the whole thing up before I came to you I have no thought at all about my own reward I really didn't come...

Meg: Heaven help me, could it be--? No, it couldn't possibly- Christine: Sorry, do I--? Meg: Yes, I think you do! Christine: Have we--? Meg: Go on, take a guess! Christine: Wait - it can't be! Is it--? Meg: Yes! Christine: Oh my god, I c...

GUSTAVE: Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh. STAGE HANDS: (Spoken) Ready on the rail? Ready on the rail! GUSTAVE: (Singing) Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh. (Continuing tune over the rest of the song.) RAOUL: Will she sing? Will she flee? What is she thinking now?...

It won't be easy You'll think it strange When I try to explain how I feel That I still need your love After all that I've done You won't believe me All you will see Is a girl you once knew Although she's dressed up to the nines At sixes and sevens with you I...

PHANTOM: Down once more to the dungeon of my black despair! Down we plunge to the prison of my mind! Down that path into darkness deep as hell! Why, you ask, was I bound and chained in this cold and dismal place? Not for any mortal sin, but the wicked...

Military That was the over-the-top, unacceptable suggestion. We didn't approve, but we couldn't prevent the games of the wife of the president. But to give her pretensions encouragement! she's out of her depth and it's out of the question. Che Forgive...

Peron Dice are rolling, the knives are out. Would-be presidents are all around, I don't say they mean harm But they'd each give an arm To see us six feet underground. Eva But we still have the magic we've always had. The descamisados still worship me....

Try not to get worried, try not to turn on to Problems that upset you oh don't you know Everything's alright yes everything's fine And we want you to sleep well tonight Let the world turn without you tonight If we try we'll get by so forget all about us tonigh...

I only want to say If there is a way Take this cup away from me for I don't want to taste its poison Feel it burn me, I have changed, I'm not as sure as when we started Then I was inspired Now I'm sad and tired Listen surely I've exceeded espectations tried fo...

MEG: Tell me, did you watch? Tell me that you saw! Did you hear the crowd, The way the cheered? I hope you’re proud! Did you like the new routine? Was it passable I mean? I could change a thing or two. What should I do? No don’t say it I can gues...

Ché: Goodnight and thank you, Huevo She's in every magazine, been photographed, seen, she is known We don't like to rush but your case has been packed If she's missed anything, you could give her a ring But she won't always answer the phone Eva: Oh, bu...

She haunted many a low resort Near the grimy road of Tottenham Court She flitted about the No Man's Land From "The Rising Sun" to "The Friend at Hand" And the postman sighed as he scratched his head "You'd really had thought she ought to be dead" And who...

Growltiger was a Bravo Cat who travelled on a barge In fact he was the roughest cat that ever roamed at large From Gravesend up to Oxford he pursued his evil aims Rejoicing in his title of The Terror of the Thames His manners and appearance did not calcu...

Gus is the Cat at the Theatre Door His name as I ought to have told you before Is really Asparagus, but that's such a fuss To pronounce that we usually call him Just Gus His coat's very shabby He's thin as a rake And he suffers from palsy that makes h...

CHRISTINE: (Spoken) Gustave? THE PHANTOM: What is it? CHRISTINE: Gustave? THE PHANTOM: What’s wrong? CHRISTINE: Gustave! THE PHANTOM: What’s wrong? CHRISTINE: He should be here! He was meant to be here! THE PHANTOM: (Singing) It’s that...

My mind is clearer now - at last all too well I can see where we all soon will be If you strip away the myth from the man You will see where we all soon will be Jesus! You've started to believe the things they say of you You really do believe this talk of God...

Eva Hello and Goodbye. I've just unemployed you; You can go back to school. You've had a good run. I'm sure he enjoyed you. Don't act sad or surprised; Let's be friends, civilized. Come on, little one, Don't stand there like a dummy. The day you k...

Ché: High flying, adored So young, the instant queen A rich beautiful thing of all the talents A cross between A fantasy of the bedroom and a saint You were just a backstreet girl Hustling and fighting Scratching and biting High flying, adored Did...

Hosanna Heysanna Sanna Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Sanna Ho Sanna Hey JC, JC won't you smile at me? Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Superstar Tell the rabble to be qiuet we anticipate a riot This common crowd is much to loud Tell the mob who sing your song That they are fools and...

I don't know how to love him What to do how to move him I've been changed yes really changed In these past few days when I've seen myself I seem like someone else I don't know how to take this I don't see why he moves me He's a man he's just a man And I've had...

Magaldi On this night... Che Luna Park Stadium, Buenos Aires, January 22, 1944. Magaldi On this night... Che A concert in aid of the victims of an earthquake that devastated the town of San Juan, Argentina. Magaldi On this night of a thousand stars, let me...

Jellicle Cats come out tonight Jellicle Cats come one come all The Jellicle moon is shining bright Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball Jellicle Cats come out tonight Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball Jellicle Cats are white and black Jellicle Cats...

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Up, up, up, past the Russell Hotel Up, up, up, up, to the Heaviside Layer Up, up, up, past the Russell Hotel Up, up, up, up, to the Heaviside Layer Up, up, up, past the Russell Hotel Up, up, up, up, to the Heaviside Layer Up, up, up, past the Russe...

My God! I saw him - he looked three-quarters dead! And he was so bad I had to turn my head You beat him so hard that he was bent and lame And I know who everybody's gonna blame I don't believe he knows I acted for our good I'd save him all this suffering if I...

Jesus, I am overjoyed to meet you face to face. You've been getting quite a name all around the place. Healing cripples, raising from the dead. And now I understand you're God, At least, that's what you've said. So, you are the Christ, you're the great Jes...

SQUELCH: Ladies, gents! GANGLE: You good sir! FLECK: And you my friend! FLECK, GANGLE, AND SQUELCH: Every one! GANGLE: Time for fun! FLECK AND SQUELCH: *laugh* SQUELCH: Here tonight GANGLE: Reigning in the season’s end FLECK: Mr. Y’s l...

Eva: The choice was mine, and mine completely I could have any prize that I desired I could burn with the splendor of the brightest fire Or else, Or else I could choose...time. Remember, I was very young then, And a year was forever and a day. So what...

Christine: Love's a curious thing It often comes disguised Look at love the wrong way It goes unrecognized So look with your heart And not with your eyes The heart understands The heart never lies You need what it feels And trust what it shows Look...

Christine: Who knows when love begins? Who knows what makes it start? One day it's simply there, Alive inside in your heart. It slips into your thoughts, It infiltrates your soul, It takes you by surprise, Then seizes full control. Try to deny it, An...

Phantom: Have you ever yearned to go Past the world you think you know? Been enthralled to the call Of the beauty underneath? Have you let it draw you in Past the place where dreams begin? Felt the full breathless pull Of the beauty underneath? When the dark...

Macavity! Macavity's a mystery cat He's called the Hidden Paw For he's a master criminal who can defy the law He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard The Flying Squad's despair For when they reach the scene of crime Macavity's not there! Macavity, Macavit...

CHORUS Masquerade! Paper faces on parade . . . Masquerade! Hide your face, so the world will never find you! Masquerade! Every face a different shade . . . Masquerade! Look around - there's another mask behind you! Flash of mauve . . . Splash of p...

Midnight, not a sound from the pavement Has the moon lost her memory She is smiling alone. In the lamplight the whithered leaves collect at my feet And the wind begins to moan. Memory All alone in the moonlight I can smile like the old days I was bea...

The moments of happiness . . . We had the experience but missed the meaning And approach to the meaning restores the experience In a different form, beyond any meaning We can assign to happiness . . . The past experience revived in the meaning Is not t...

Choir: Respice, quaesumus, Domine (Look with favor, we beseech Thee, Oh Lord) Famulam tuam Evita (Upon Thy handmaid Evita) In infirmitate (In her weakness) Et animam refove, quam creasti (And refresh the soul which Thou hast created) Ut castigationibu...

MEG: Mother, did you watch? Everything is sold! Mother, can’t you tell, The new routine, It went so well! I was worried, just a touch, That it might have been too much- Just a bit, well, rather free. But just listen to that crowd! Why, they’v...

GUSTAVE: Mother, please, I’m scared! What a dream, An awful dream! Someone strange and mad Seizing me and drowning me! CHRISTINE: (Spoken) Shh! Gustave, it’s all right. Come and meet a friend of mine. THE PHANTOM: (Singing) Welcome to My wor...

You ought to ask Mr. Mistoffelees The original Conjuring Cat The greatest magicians have something to learn From Mr. Mistoffelees's conjuring turn Presto! And you'll all say: Oh! Well I never! Was there ever A cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffele...

Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer We're a notorious couple of cats As knockabout clowns, quick-change comedians Tight-rope walkers and acrobats We have an extensive reputation We make our home in Victoria Grove This is merely our centre of operation For we a...

Night time sharpens, heightens each sensation Darkness stirs and wakes imagination Silently the senses abandon their defences Helpless to resist the notes I write For I compose the music of the night Slowly, gently, night unfurls its splendour Grasp it, sense...

The naming of cats is a difficult matter It isn't just one of your holiday games You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter When I tell you a cat must have three different names First of all, there's the name that the family use daily Such as Peter, A...

Ché: Oh what a circus, oh what a show Argentina has gone to town Over the death of an acress called Eva Péron. We've all gone crazy, mourning all day and mourning all night Falling over ourselves to get all of the misery right Oh what an exit, that's ho...

Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time He's a cat who has lived many lives in succession He was famous in proverb and famous in rhyme A long while before Queen Victoria's accession Old Deuteronomy's buried nine wives And more - I am tempted to say ninety-n...

I have a Gumbie Cat in mind Her name is Jennyanydots Her coat is of the tabby kind with tiger stripes and leopard spots All day she sits upon the stair or on the step or on the mat She sits and sits and sits and sits And that's what makes a Gumbie Cat Th...

Ché: Now, Eva Péron had every disadvantage You need if you're gonna succeed No money, no cash, no father, no bright light There was nowhere she'd been at the age of fifteen As this tango singer found out Agustin Magaldi Who has the distinction of being...

Christine: Once upon another time Our story had only begun You chose to turn the page And I made choices too Once upon another time We did what we thought must be done And now we have no choice We do what we mast do We love We live We give what we...

MEG: Jesus, what a crowd. SHOWGIRL: Nervous? MEG: Just a bit. SHOWGIRLS: Kid, look who you are! The headline act! A major star! You're already a hit. (Got a match?) MEG: Wonder what he'll think... SHOWGIRL: The boss? MEG: If he's even...

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Crowd: Evita Peron, Partido Feminista [repeat in background] Eva: Peron is everything, he is the soul, the nerve The hope and the reality of the Argentine people We all know that there is only one man in our movement With his own source of light We all...

Ché: At the watering holes of the well-to-do I detect a resistance to (Precisely) Our heroin's style (We're glad you noticed) The shooting sticks of the upper class (Give her an inch) Aren't supporting a single arse That would rise for the girl (She...

I think I've seen you somewhere I remember You were with that man they took away I recognize your face You've got the wrong man lady I don't know him And I wasn't where he was tonight - never near the place That's strange for I'm sure I saw you with him You...

CHRISTINE: (spoken worriedly) Gustave! It's alright! Gustave please, take him away! I'm so sorry! He didn't mean any harm! PHANTOM: How could you think I wouldn't guess? CHRISTINE: (spoken) What do you mean? PHANTOM: How could you think I wouldn't...

Who is this broken man cluttering up my hallway? Who is this unfortunate? Someone Christ - king of the Jews Oh so this is Jesus Christ, I am really quite surprised You look so small - not a king at all We all know that you are news - but are you king King of...

I dreamt I met a Galilean a most amazing man He had that look you very rarely find The haunting hunted kind I asked him to say what had happened how it all began I asked again - he never said a word As if he hadn't heard And next the room was full of wild and...

GUSTAVE: Please, Miss Giry, I want to go back. I want my mother. MEG: The world is hard, The world is mean, It’s hard to keep your conscious clean. GUSTAVE: (Spoken) Please! You’re hurting me! MEG: (Singing) The sea is calm, The sea is gra...

Neither you Simon, nor the fifty thousand Nor the Romans, nor the Jews Nor Judas, nor the twelve, nor the Priests, nor the scribes Nor doomed Jerusalem itself Understand what power is Understand what glory is Understand at all... understand at all If you knew...

Mystery after gala night, if says, Mystery of soprano's flight!Mystified baffled Surete say, we are mystified - we suspect foul play! Bad news on soprano scene - first Carlotta, now Christine! Still, at least the seats get sold gossip's worth its...

[AUCTIONEER, spoken] Sold. Your number, sir? Thank you Lot 665, ladies and gentlemen: a papier-mâché musical box in the shape of a barrel-organ. Attached, the figure of a monkey in Persian robes playing the cymbals. This item, discovered in the vaults of th...

MADAME GIRY: (Spoken) ‘Phantasma! City of Wonders!’ ‘Mr. Y. presents marvelous astonishments! Human prodigies!’ Humph. ‘The Oh-la-la girl. Five performances daily.’ ‘Christine Daaé. The soprano of the century.’ Gone. All gone! FLECK: Yes, there’s nothing...

Eva: I don't think I really need the reasons why I won't succeed, I have done! Let's get this show on the road, lets make it obvious Peron is off and rolling Beauticians: Eyes! Hair! Mouth! Figure! Dress! Voice! Style! Movement! Hands! Magic! Rings!...

Peron People of Europe, I send you the rainbow of Argentina...! Che Spain has fallen to the charms of Evita! She can do what she likes, it doesn't matter much! She's the new world Madonna with the golden touch! She filled a bull-ring, forty-five thousa...

Requiem aeternum dona Evita Requiem aeternum dona Evita Requiem Evita, Requiem Evita Evita, Evita, Evita, Evita Grant eternal rest to Evita Grant eternal rest to Evita Rest to Evita, Rest to Evita Evita, Evita, Evita, Evita Requiem aeternum dona Evit...

The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat If you offer me pheasant I'd rather have grouse If you put me in a house I would much prefer a flat If you put me in a flat then I'd rather have a house If you set me on a mouse then I only want a rat If you set me on...

Children: Please, gentle Eva, will you bless a little child? For I love you, tell Heaven I'm doing my best I'm praying for you, even though you're already blessed Please, mother Eva, will you look upon me as your own? Make me special, be my angel Be my...

Peron: But on the other hand, she's all they have She's a diamond in their dull gray lives And that's the hardest kind of stone It usually survives And when you think about it, can you recall The last time they loved anyone at all? She's not a bauble y...

Christ you know I love you did you see I waved? I believe in you and God so tell me that I'm saved Christ you know I love you did you see I waved I believe in you and God so tell me that I'm saved Jesus I am with you touch me touch me Jesus Jesus I am on your...

Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat, the Cat of the Railway Train There's a whisper down the line at eleven thirty-nine When the Night Mail's ready to depart Saying, "Skimble, where is Skimble? Has he gone to hunt the thimble? We must find him or the train can'...

It seems to me a strange thing, mystifying That a man like you can waste his time on women of her kind Yes I can understand that she amuses But to let her stroke you, kiss your hair is hardly in your line It's not that I object to her profession But she doesn'...

Every time I look at you I don't understand Why you let the things you did get so out of your hand You'd have managed better if you'd had it planned Why'd you choose such a backward time and such a strange land? If you'd come today you would have reached a who...

FLECK: That’s the place that you ruined, you fool! MADAME GIRY: (Spoken) What do you mean? FLECK: (Singing) That’s the world you destroyed with your greed! MADAME GIRY: (Spoken) It wasn’t my fault! I couldn’t have known! FLECK: (Singing) Don’t...

Aristocrats Thus all fairy stories end. Only an actress would pretend affairs of state are her latest play: eight shows a week, two matinee. My, how the worm begins to turn. When will the chorus girl ever learn? My, how the worm begins to turn. When wi...

Military Leaders One has no rules, is not precise. One rarely acts the same way twice. One spurns no device, Practising the art of the possible. One always picks the easy fight. One praises fools, one smothers light. One shifts left to right. It'...

God forgive them - they don't know what they're doing Who is my mother? Where is my mother? My God My God why have you forgotten me? I'm thirsty It is finished Father into your hands I comment my spirit 

Che The lady's got potential, she ought to go far. She always knows exactly who her best friends are. The greatest social climber since Cinderella. But Eva's not the only one who's getting the breaks; I'm a research chemist who's got what it takes, And m...

Look at all my trials and tribulations Sinking in a gentle pool of wine Don't disturb me now I can see the answers Till this evening is this morning life is fine Always hoped that I'd be an apostle Knew that I would make it if I tried Then when we retire we ca...

Christine: In sleep he sang to me In dreams he came That voice which calls to me And speaks my name And do I dream again? For now I find The phantom of the opera is there, Inside my mind Phantom: Sing once again with me Our strange duet My power over you Grow...

Moneylenders and merchants: Roll on up - for my price is down Come on it - for the best in town Take your pick of the finest wine Lay your bets on this bird of mine Roll on up - for my price is down Come on it - for the best in town Take your pick of my finest...

Think of me, think of me fondly, when we've said goodbye Remember me once in a while please promise me you'll try When you find that once again you long to take your heart back and be free If you ever find a moment, spare a thought for me... We never said our...

Good Caiaphas the counsil waits for you The Pharisees and priests are here for you Ah gentlemen - you know why we are here We've not much time and quite a problem here Hosanna! Superstar! Listen to that howling mob of blockheads in the street! A trick or tw...

Phantom: Ten long years living a mere facade of life. Ten long years wasting my time with smoke and noise. In my mind I hear melodies pure and unearthly, but I find I can't give them a voice without you. My Christine, my Christine. Lost and gone, lost and go...

And so the king is once again my guest And why is this? Was Herod unimpressed? We turn to Rome to sentence Nazareth We have no law to put a man to death We need him crucified - it's all you have to do We need him crucified - it's all you have to do Talk to m...

Ché: Tell me before I waltz out of your life Before turning my back on the past Forgive my impertinent behaviour But how long do you think this pantomime can last? Tell me before I ride off in the sunset There's one thing I never got clear How can you...

Raoul: What a dreadful town! What a vulgar place! What an awful mistake to have come here! To be on display In that shameless way For the crued, crumb, and lower-class scum here! How do they dare to treat us!... Gustave: Father dear come play with m...

What's the buzz? Tell me what's happening Why should you want to know? Don't you mind about the future, don't you try to think ahead Save tomorrow for tomorrow, think about today instead What's the buzz? Tell me what's happening I could give you facts and f...

RAOUL: (Spoken) One more. BAR TENDER: Oh, buddy, don't you think you've had enough? It's practically morning already. RAOUL: One more, I said! BAR TENDER: Alright, Alright. My shift is over, anyway, so let's settle the bill, okay. Jeeze, you're in a...

You were once my one companion. You were all that mattered You were once a friend and father then my world was shattered Wishing you were somehow here again, wishing you were somehow near Sometimes it seemed, if I just dreamed, somehow you would be here Wish...

Where do we go from here? This isn't where we intended to be We had it all, you believed in me, I believed in you. Certainties disappear What do we do for our dream to survive? How do we keep all our passions alive, As we used to do? Deep in my heart...