Act 1 Overture (Instrumental) Madame Guillotine Believe Vivez Prayer Into the Fire Falcon in the Dive When I Look at You The Scarlet Pimpernel Where's the Girl? When I Look at You (Reprise) The Creation of Man Marguerite's Dilemma (Instrumental) The Riddle Act 2 Entr'acte (Instrumental) They Seek Him Here Only Love She Was There Storybook Where's the Girl? (Reprise) Lullaby You Are My Home The Duel (Instrumental) Believe (Reprise) Into the Fire (Reprise) Madame Guillotine (French Mob and The Marquis de St. Cyr) I KNOW THE GUTTER AND I KNOW THE STINK OF THE STREET. KICKED LIKE A DOG, I HAVE SPAT OUT THE BILE OF DEFEAT. ALL YOU BEAUTIES WHO TOWERED ABOVE ME, YOU GAVE ME THE SMACK OF YOUR ROD. NOW I GIVE YOU THE GUTTER, I GIVE YOU THE JUDGMENT OF GOD! VENGEANCE VICTORIOUS! THESE ARE THE GLORIOUS DAYS! WOMEN OF PARIS, COME GATHER YOUR BLOODY BOUQUETS. NOW GAZE ON OUR GODDESS OF JUSTICE WITH HER SHIMMERING, GLIMMERING BLADE. AS SHE KISSES THESE TRAITORS, SHE SINGS THEM A LAST SERENADE! SING! SWING! SAVOR THE STING AS SHE SEVERS YOU, MADAME GUILLOTINE! SLICE! COME, PARADISE! YOU'LL BE SMITTEN WITH MADAME GUILLOTINE! THE WORLD MAY BE UGLY, BUT EACH MAN MUST DO WHAT HE MUST. GIVE IN, PRETTY DEAR ~ IN A YEAR YOU WILL BE PRETTY DUST. NOW COME LET OUR LADY POSSES YOU IN HER BREATH-TAKING HAIR-RAISING BED. SHE WILL TINGLE YOUR SPINE AS SHE CAPTURES YOUR HEART AND YOUR HEAD! SING! SWING! SAVOR THE STING AS SHE SEVERS YOU - MADAME GUILLOTINE! SLICE! COME PARADISE! OUR DELILAH WILL SHAVE YOU RAZOR CLEAN! GOD, WHEN DID MAN LOSE HIS REASON? SAVE US Y GOD, IF YOU'RE THERE! GOD, CAN YOU NOT FEEL THE TERROR LIKE A FIRE IN THE AIR?! FLASH! SLASH! GLISTEN AND GASH! SHE WILL RAVISH YOU! MADAME GUILLOTINE! SPLIT! MADAME JUST BIT! GIVE HER MORE TO BITE! SHE'S A HUNGRY QUEEN! SING! SAVOR THE STING AS SHE SEVERS YOU ~ MADAME GUILLOTINE! SLICE! COME PARADISE! HAIL HER MAJESTY ~ MADAME GUILLOTINE! Back to Top Believe (Percy, Marguerite, and Company) LIKE STEPPING ON THE AIR... SO BLINDLY... I TRUST YOU WILL BE THERE TO FIND ME... LIKE REACHING THROUGH THE BLUE, I PLACE MY FAITH IN YOU... I DO... I DO... BELIEVE... THESE TENDER HEARTS OF OURS MAY BE  ENDLESSLY NAIVE, BUT WE GROW STRONG, IF WE BELIEVE. THIS FRAGILE WORLD OF OURS SPINS US OFF INTO A STORM! HOLD ON TO ME AND I'LL BE WARM! AS ROSES BEND THROUGH THE BREEZE, UNBEND ME... AS THE ROSE BENDS TOT THE SUN... AND IN THE DARKNESS, PLEASE DEFEND ME... TWO IN LOVE BECOME AS ONE... AS WAVES LEAN ON THE SEA, MY LOVE, COME LEAN ON ME. I DO...BELIEVE...IN YOU... Back to Top Vivez! (Marguerite, Percy, Ladies Digby & Llewellyn & Company) VIVEZ! MES AMIS, JE SUIS ENCHANTÉE SIMPLY TO MOVE THROUGH THE SUNLIGHT. OPEN YOUR EYES TO THIS ONE BRIGHT MOMENT EMBRACING US. VIVEZ! YOU HAVE ONE LIFE, LET IT BE GAY. SHOULDN'T ONE DO AS ONE'S TOLD TO? NO! LET THE MOMENT ENFOLD YOU. GRAB UP YOUR ONE GOLDEN CHANCE. DARLINGS, LIFE IS SUCH ROMANCE. GIVE THIS WORLD A SWEEPING GLANCE ~ LET IT SET YOUR SOUL A-DANCING NIGHT AND DAY! VIVEZ! LIVE! HERE'S TO LIFE! LET US BE GAY! LET GO OF EACH INHIBITION? NO ONE NEED GIVE YOU PERMISSION! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? VIVEZ! Live! NO ONE LETS LOOSE EV'RY WHICH WAY! LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO BE GUARDED! I THINK I'M QUITE OPEN-HEARTED... LOOSEN THAT HEART IF YOU DARE. COME AND LAY YOUR PASSIONS BARE! BUT, MY DEAR, IF PEOPLE STARE ~ THEN IT'S TIME TO LET YOUR HAIR COME TUMBLING DOWN! WHAT OF PROPRIETY? THERE ARE RULES WE OBEY IN SOCIETY. YOU PREFER TO LIVE CALMLY AND QUIETLY? Yes! BUT YOUR HEART WANTS TO PLAY!         THESE TENDER HEARTS OF OURS         MAY BE ENDLESSLY NAIVE,         BUT WE GROW STRONG IF WE BELIEVE         THIS FRAGILE WORLD OF OURS         SPINS US OFF INTO A STORM!         HOLD ON TO ME AND I'LL BE WARM! WINNIFRED ~ WHAT TO DO? WELL, DAVINA, WE SIMPLY MUST MUDDLE THROUGH. IF THERE'S NO ONE TO SHUDDER, AND SPUTTER TO, THEN WE MIGHT AS WELL...LIVE! VIVEZ! YOU HAVE ONE LIFE, LET IT BE GAY. DON'T PUT IT OFF TIL YOU'RE DYING ~ NOW IS THE TIME TO BE FLYING! GRAB UP YOUR ONE GOLDEN CHANCE! DARLINGS, LIFE IS SUCH ROMANCE! VIVEZ MAINTENANT! COME DANCE! LIFE IS TOSSING YOU A NEW BOUQUET! MEET YOUR HEART HALFWAY! AND YOUR HEART WILL SAY: VIVEZ! Back to Top Prayer (Percy) NO - STAY... I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU'VE SAID OR DONE. DON'T GO AWAY, NOT NOW WHEN LIFE HAS JUST BEGUN. COME BACK! AND BE THE WOMAN WHO I KNEW. HELP ME TO BELIEVE IN YOU. WHAT ON EARTH AM I TO DO? SHE'S GONE. THE VISION WAS NOT QUITE REAL. I MUST MOVE ON, DESPITE THE PAIN, THE PAIN WILL HEAL. OH LORD, HOW COULD YOU LET ME LOVE LIKE THIS? NO ONE DIES UPON A KISS, AND ONLY FOOLS BELIEVE IN BLISS. OH YES! GOD KNOWS, I AM A FOOL, A MAN DELUDED BY HIS WIFE. A FIGURE RIPE FOR RIDICULE, WHO'S LIVED A VAIN AND USELESS LIFE. SO BE IT THEN, I'LL PLAY THAT GAME! I DO NOT GIVE A TINKER'S DAMN! I'LL BE A FOOL ~ IT'S ALL THE SAME. IT TRULY DOESN'T MATTER WHAT I AM! GOD, NO! I'M BROKEN, BUT I'M STILL ALIVE. AND SLOWLY, I WILL FEEL MY SOUL REVIVE. WITH TIME, I'LL FIND A WAY TO RIGHT THIS WRONG. IF IT TAKES MY WHOLE LIFE LONG... LORD, I'LL FIGHT MY BATTLES ALL ALONE, BUT MAKE ME STRONG... Back to Top Into the Fire! (Percy) DAVID WALKED INTO THE VALLEY WITH A STONE CLUTCHED IN HIS HAND. HE WAS ONLY A BOY, BUT HE KNEW SOMEONE MUST TAKE A STAND. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A VALLEY, ALWAYS MOUNTAINS ONE MUST SCALE. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE PERILOUS WATERS WHICH SOMEONE MUST SAIL! INTO VALLEYS, INTO WATERS, INTO JUNGLES, INTO HELL! LET US RIDE, LET US RIDE HOME AGAIN WITH A STORY TO TELL! INTO DARKNESS, INTO DANGER, INTO STORMS THAT RIP THE NIGHT! DON'T GIVE IN, DON'T GIVE UP, BUT GIVE THANKS FOR THE GLORIOUS FIGHT! YOU CAN TREMBLE, YOU CAN FEAR IT, BUT KEEP YOUR FIGHTING SPIRIT ALIVE, BOYS! LET THE SHIVER OR IT STING YOU! FLING INTO BATTLE! SPRING TO YOUR FEET, BOYS! NEVER HOLD BACK YOUR STEP FOR A MOMENT! NEVER DOUBT THAT YOUR COURAGE WILL GROW! HOLD YOUR HEAD EVEN HIGHER AND INTO THE FIRE WE GO! ARE THERE MOUNTAINS THAT SURROUND US? ARE THERE WALLS THAT BLOCK THE WAY? KNOCK THEM DOWN, STRIP THEM BACK, BOYS, AND FORWARD AND INTO THE FRAY! INTO TERROR, INTO VALOR, CHARGE AHEAD - NO, NEVER TURN! YES, IT'S INTO THE FIRE WE FLY AND THE DEVIL WILL BURN! SOMEONE HAS TO FACE THE VALLEY! RUSH IN! WE HAVE TO RALLY AND WIN, BOYS! WHEN THE WORLD IS SAYING NOT TO, BY GOD YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT TO MARCH ON, BOYS! NEVER HOLD BACK YOUR STEP FOR A MOMENT! NEVER DOUBT THAT YOUR COURAGE WILL GROW! HOLD YOUR HEAD EVEN HIGHER AND INTO THE FIRE WE GO! LET THE LIGHTNING STRIKE! LET THE FLASH OF IT SHOCK YOU! CHOKE YOUR FEARS AWAY ~ PULL AS TIGHT AS A WIRE. LET THE FEVER SPIKE! LET THE FORCE OF IT ROCK YOU! WE WILL HAVE OUR DAY, SAILING INTO THE FIRE! SOMEONE HAS TO FACE THE VALLEY! RUSH IN! WE HAVE TO RALLY AND WIN, BOYS! WHEN THE WORLD IS SAYING NOT TO, BY GOD YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT TO MARCH ON, BOYS! NEVER HOLD BACK YOUR STEP FOR A MOMENT! NEVER DOUBT THAT YOUR COURAGE WILL GROW! YES, IT'S HIGHER AND HIGHER AND INTO THE FIRE WE GO! INTO FIRE! ONWARD HO! Back to Top Falcon in the Dive (Chauvelin) HUNT FOR THE MAN! COMB THE CITY! EV'RY STREET!  EV'RY GRATE! SET A GUARD AT EV'RY GATE! DRAG HIM OUT! SHOUT THE MOMENT THAT YOU FIND HIM! Damn! KNOCK IN THE DOORS! LOCK UP THE CITY! TRACK HIM DOWN! SEARCH THE TOWN! AND BE QUICK ABOUT IT! NOW! HOW THE DEVIL DO I EVER PREVAIL WHEN I'M ONLY A MAN? I CAN NEVER BE DUPED BY THAT SCURRILOUS PHANTOM AGAIN... I WASN'T BORN TO WALK ON WATER I WASN'T BORN TO SACK AND SLAUGHTER. BUT ON MY SOUL, I WASN'T BORN TO STOOP TO SCORN AND KNUCKLE UNDER. A MAN CAN LEARN TO STEAL SOME THUNDER. A MAN CAN LEARN TO WORK SOME WONDER. AND WHEN THE GAUNTLET'S DOWN, IT'S TIME TO RISE AND CLIMB THE SKY ~ AND SOON THE MOON WILL SMOLDER AND THE WINDS WILL DRIVE. YES, A MAN GROWS OLDER, BUT HIS SOUL REMAINS ALIVE. ALL THOSE TREMULOUS STARS STILL GLITTER. AND I WILL SURVIVE. LET MY HEART GROW COLDER AND AS BITTER AS A FALCON IN THE DIVE. THERE WAS A DREAM ~ A DYING EMBER ~ THERE WAS A DREAM ~ I DON'T REMEMBER... BUT I WILL RESURRECT THAT DREAM, THOUGH RIVERS STREAM AND HILLS GROW STEEPER. FOR HERE IN HELL, WHERE LIFE GETS CHEAPER ~ OH, HERE IN HELL, THE BLOOD RUNS DEEPER. AND WHEN THE FINAL DUEL IS NEAR, I'LL LIFT MY SPEAR AND FLY ~ PIERCING INTO THE SKY, AND HIGHER! AND THE STRONG WILL THRIVE! YES, THE WEAK WILL COWER, WHILE THE FITTEST WILL SURVIVE! IF WE WAIT FOR THE DARKEST HOUR TIL' WE SPRING ALIVE, THEN WITH CLAWS OF FIRE, WE DEVOUR LIKE A FALCON IN THE DIVE. THESE ARE THE DAYS! YES! DAYS OF GLORY!  DAYS OF RAGE! AND THE DREAM ~ AND THE DREAM OF PARIS PREYS ON MY BONES ~ GNAWING NIGHT AND DAY AND ~ CLAWING THROUGH MY BRAIN AND ~ NO! NEVER KNEEL! NEVER BEND! REND HIM TO BITS! BITE! FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE FIGHT! I AM NOT A MAN TO HUNGER FOR BLOOD, BUT THE SPIRIT CAN CRY TO BE YOUNGER AND FIERCER AND FLY ~ PIERCING INTO THE SKY, AND HIGHER! AND THE STRONG WILL THRIVE! YES, THE WEAK WILL COWER, WHILE THE FITTEST WILL SURVIVE! IF WE WAIT FOR THE DARKEST HOUR TIL' WE SPRING ALIVE, THEN WITH CLAWS OF FIRE, WE DEVOUR LIKE A FALCON IN THE DIVE. Back to Top When I Look at You (Marguerite) WHEN I LOOK AT YOU, WHAT I ALWAYS SEE IS THE FACE OF SOMEONE ELSE WHO ONCE BELONGED TO ME. STILL I CAN HEAR HIM LAUGH, AND EVEN THOUGH THAT MELODY PLAYS ON, HE'S GONE. WHEN I LOOK AT YOU, HE IS STANDING THERE. I CAN ALMOST BREATHE HIM IN LIKE SUMMER IN THE AIR. WHY DO YOU SMILE HIS SMILE? THAT HEAVEN I'D FORGOTTEN EASES THROUGH IN YOU. IF YOU COULD LOOK ME ONCE MORE WITH ALL THE LOVE YOU FELT BEFORE ~ IF YOU AND I COULD DISAPPEAR INTO THE PAST AND FIND THAT LOVE WE KNEW, I'D NEVER TAKE MY EYES AWAY FROM YOU! WHEN I LOOK AT YOU, HE IS TOUCHING ME. I WOULD REACH FOR HIM, BUT WHO CAN HOLD A MEMORY? AND LOVE ISN'T EV'RYTHING. THAT MOONLIGHT ON THE BED WILL MELT AWAY SOME DAY! OH, YOU WERE ONCE THAT SOMEONE WHO I FOLLOWED LIKE A STAR. THEN SUDDENLY YOU CHANGED AND KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE. OR COULD IT BE THAT I NEVER REALLY KNEW YOU FROM THE START? DID I CREATE A DREAM? WAS HE A FANTASY? EVEN A MEMORY IS PARADISE FOR ALL THE FOOLS LIKE ME. NOW REMEMBERING IS ALL THAT I CAN DO, BECAUSE I MISS HIM SO... WHEN I LOOK, AT YOU. Back to Top The Scarlet Pimpernel (Percy & Company) LUD LOVE ME!  SUCH CONJECTURING COULD DRIVE A MAN INSANE! AND I'M THE ONE TO SET THIS GOSSIP QUITE TO REST. THE PIMPERNEL IS ME! INDEED, AND I'M THE QUEEN ON SPAIN. THE PIMPERNEL IS NOTHING BUT A NOSY PEST. NO, THE VICAR SAYS THE PIMPERNEL'S A BISHOP IN DISGUISE ~ WHO GIVES ABSOLUTION NIGHT AND DAY. STUFF AND NONSENSE!  DON'T YOU KNOW HE'S A MAHARAJAH FROM BOMBAY!! THEY SAY HE HAS ENORMOUS FEET, AND THAT HE TENDS TO OVER-EAT, I'VE HEARD HE'S FUSSY WITH HIS FOOD, AND EATS HIS BREAKFAST IN THE NUDE. S HE ROBUST? OR VERY PALE? AT LEAST WE KNOW HE'S MALE! WHO IS THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL? ME SISTER SAYS HIS BREATH IS SWEATER THAN AN IRISH ROSE. I'M SURE I'D FALL IN LOVE IF HE WOULD CROSS MY PATH. LA, YES, IF YOU COULD OVERLOOK THE WARTS UPON HIS NOSE, AND POSSIBLY PERSUADE HIM HE SHOULD TAKE A BATH. RUMOR HAS IT HE'S CASTILIAN! AND A RECKLESS BUCCANEER! AND I HEAR HE CARRIES SEV'RAL...WHIPS... HE'S A SULTAN FROM KABUL ~ WITH WOMEN AT HIS FINGERTIPS. THEY SAY HE'S NEARLY EIGHT FEET TALL ~ AND QUITE GRACEFUL ~ FOLDEROL! I'M TOLD HE WADDLES WHEN HE WALKS. AND OFTEN TWITCHES WHEN HE TALKS. IS HE A DOLT? HE'S VERY DEEP! OH, ENGLAND'S LOSING SLEEP! WHO IS THIS BLASTED PIMPERNEL?! THE BUTCHER IN THE VILLAGE CLAIMS HE SAW THE MAN LAST WEEK, GALLOPING HIS CAMEL CROSS THE MOOR! HE'S BEEN SEEN?! WEARING FULL BLAKENEY GREEN! I'VE TOLD YOU ALL BEFORE: THE FELLA'S ME! IT'S GEORGE THE THIRD. PERHAPS A CONVICT RUN AMOK! THIS PIMPERNEL COULD BE MOST ANY SOD. BITE YOUR TONGUE! HE IS DASHING AND YOUNG! THE PIMPERNEL'S A GOD AND HE'LL FIND ME! AND HE'LL WAKE ME! AND HE'LL TAKE ME! DOWN ON A HAYSTACK! HE'LL FACE ME! THEN AT LAST YOU COULD TELL IF HE'S A HERO OR A MONK, A FIDDLING NERO OR A DRUNK! WHO IS THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL?! I'M SURE HE'S FLATULENT AND CRASS! HERE, HERE! THE MAN'S A HORSE'S ASS! NO, NO! HE'S NEIGHBORLY AND KIND! BUT QUITE EROTIC'LLY INCLINED... WHATEVER GUISE HE MAY EMPLOY, HE'S ENGLAND'S PRIDE AND JOY! THIS PLUCKY NON-PAREIL! THIS LUCKY, BLOODY SWELL! WHO IS THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL?!!! Back to Top Where's the Girl? (Chauvelin) I REMEMBER DAYS FULL OF RESTLESSNESS AND FURY. I REMEMBER NIGHTS THAT WERE DRUNK ON DREAMS. I REMEMBER SOMEONE WHO HUNGERED FOR THE GLORY. I REMEMBER HER, BUT IT SEEMS...SHE'S GONE... WHERE'S THE GIRL? WHERE'S THE GIRL WITH THE BLAZE IN HER EYES? WHERE'S THE GIRL WITH THAT BLAZE OF SURPRISE? NOW AND THEN I STILL DREAM SHE'S BESIDE ME... WHERE'S THE GIRL WHO COULD TURN ON THE EDGE OF A KNIFE? WHERE'S THE GIRL WHO WAS BURNING FOR LIFE? I CAN STILL FEEL HER BREATHING BESIDE ME AND I KNOW SHE REMEMBERS HOW FEARLESS IT FEELS TO TAKE OFF WITH THE WIND AT YOUR HEELS ~ SHE AND I TOOK THIS WORLD LIKE A STORM! COME AGAIN! LET THE GIRL IN YOUR HEART TUMBLE FREE. BRING YOUR RENEGADE HEART HOME TO ME. IN THE DARK OF THE MORNING, I'LL WARM YOU, I'LL ROUSE YOU... MARGUERITE, DON'T FORGET THAT I KNOW WHO YOU ARE. WE WERE CUT FROM THAT SAME SURLY STAR, LIKE TWO JEWELS IN THE SKY, SHARING FIRE. WHERE'S THE GIRL, SO ALIVE AND STILL ACHING FOR MORE? WE HAD DREAMS THAT WERE WORTH DYING FOR. WE WERE CAUGHT IN THE EYE OF THE STORM! COME AGAIN! LET THE GIRL IN YOUR HEART TUMBLE FREE. BRING YOUR RENEGADE HEART HOME TO ME. IN THE DARK OF THE MORNING, I'LL WARM YOU, I'LL ROUSE YOU... WHERE'S THE GIRL? IS SHE GAZING AT ME WITH SURPRISE? DO I STILL SEE THAT BLAZE IN HER EYES? AM I DREAMING, OR IS SHE BESIDE ME...NOW...? Back to Top When I Look at You (Reprise) (Percy) WHEN I LOOK AT YOU, SHE IS TOUCHING ME... I WOULD REACH FOR HER, BUT WHO CAN HOLD A MEMORY? AND LOVE ISN'T EV'RYTHING. THAT MOONLIGHT ON THE BED WILL MELT AWAY SOME DAY... OH, YOU WERE ONCE THAT SOMEONE WHO I FOLLOWED LIKE A STAR. THEN SUDDENLY YOU CHANGED AND NOW I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE. OR COULD IT BE THAT I NEVER REALLY KNEW YOU FROM THE START? DID I CREATE A DREAM? WAS SHE A FANTASY...? ...I MISS HER SO... WHEN I LOOK AT YOU. Back to Top The Creation of Man (Percy, the Prince of Wales & Percy's Men) PEACOCKS! SINK ME! THINK YE, SIR, HOW THOSE FEATHERED BOYS LOVE TO FLAUNT THEIR TALES! STALLIONS! ZOUNDS, SIR! HOUNDS, SIR! STAGS! OF THE GOOSIE AND THE GANDER, SIR, WHOSE GENDER IS THE GRANDER, SIR? TO RENDER TOTAL CANDOR, SIR: THE SPLENDOR IS THE MALE'S! BE AN EXAMPLE TO YOUR SEX. GIVE YOUR BOOT A DAPPER STRAP. AND IT'S SMARTER IF YOUR GARTER HAS SOME SNAP. CRAVATS SHOULD BE FLAUNCED ABOUT OUR NECKS. LET THE ROYAL COATTAILS FLAP! BE BEWITCHING WITH SOME STITCHING ON YOUR CAP! NOW DRAPE YOUR CAPE AND PUFF YOUR CUFF! EMBROIDER THOSE LABELS! BE THE KING OF THE BEASTS IN PASTELS! LA, BUT SOMEONE HAS TO STRIKE A POSE AND BEAR THE WEIGHT OF WELL-TAILORED CLOTHES! AND THAT IS WHY THE LORD CREATED MEN! STRUT, SIR! WHAT, SIR? ROOSTERS DO. GIVE A COCK HIS COMB AND THE HENS WILL PALE. BUCKS, BULLS! MORE, SIR! BOARS, SIR! RAMS! OF THE NANNY-GOAT AND BILLY, SIR, WHOSE BEARD IS FULLY WOOLLY, SIR? IT'S BULLY FOR THE BILL FOR HE'S WILLY-NILLY MALE! SIR! BE A LION-HEARTED PRIG! FILL THOSE PANTALOONS WITH LIGHT! I COULD DANGLE DOWN A SPANGLE...OUT OF SIGHT... BE BOLD! WHEN IT'S COLD SLAP ON THAT WIG. DRAW YOUR BREECHES IN QUITE TIGHT ~ EVEN MORE SO AND YOUR TORSO WILL IGNITE! NOW SMOCK YOUR FROCK! PERFUME YOUR PLUME! I'LL LET MY WAISTCOAT SWING! AND THE JUNGLE WILL BOW TO HIS KING! LA, BUT SOMEONE HAS TO STRIKE A POSE AND BEAR THE WEIGHT OF WELL-TAILORED CLOTHES! AND THAT IS WHY THE LORD CREATED MEN! ADAM WAS A GENTLEMAN IN EDEN. THOUGH HIS BODY WAS ADMIRED, YOU WILL GRANT THE ADDING OF A FIG LEAF WAS INSPIRED! IF YOU'RE OUT TO MAKE A SPLASH, CHERI ~ DO KNOW YOUR HABERDASHERY! BUTTONS, BUCKLES, RUFFLES AND LACE! REPRESENT THE HUMAN RACE! LA, BUT SOMEONE HAS TO STRIKE A POSE AND BEAR THE WEIGHT OF WELL-TAILORED CLOTHES! EACH SPECIES HAS A SEX THAT'S FATED TO BE HIGHLY DECORATED! AND THAT IS WHY THE LORD CREATED MEN! Back to Top The Riddle (Chauvelin, Marguerite, Percy & Company) SEE THE MOON SLINK DOWN IN THE SKY, DARLING. LET YOUR FANTASIES FLY, DARLING. LIFE IS COLD AND THE GAME IS OLD. JUST SEE HOW VIRTUE REPAYS YOU ~ YOU TURN AND SOMEONE BETRAYS YOU. BETRAY HIM FIRST AND THE GAME'S REVERSED! FOR WE ALL ARE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE LONG TREACHEROUS RIDDLE CAN I TRUST YOU?  SHOULD YOU TRUST ME, TOO? THROUGH THE MIST YOUR LOVER IS BECKONING... COMES THAT MOMENT OF RECKONING, FACES CHANGE. EVEN SMILES GROW STRANGE. AND WE ALL HAVE SO MANY FACES, THE REAL SELF ERASES. ENTICING LIES, FLICKER THROUGH OUR EYES! FEEL THE TERROR DRAW EVER NEARER, THE MORE YOU STARE IN THE MIRROR, BUT HOLD YOUR OWN.  FACE THE WIND ALONE. REEL ON, LOVE!  TOUGHEN YOUR SCARS! YEAR BY YEAR, WE'RE FALLING LIKE STARS TIL' THERE COMES A DAY WHEN WE SELL OUR SOULS AWAY! CAN I RUN TO YOU? ARE YOU TRUE TO ME? I'LL DO UNTO YOU AS YOU DO TO ME! AND WE SLOWLY LEARN SOMEONE HAS TO BURN ~ BETTER YOU THAN ME! OH, EV'RY JUDAS ONCE LOVED A JESUS! BUT FIN'LLY, TREASON WILL SEIZE US! AND ONLY FOOLS FOLLOW GOLDEN RULES! WE ALL ARE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE LONG TREACHEROUS RIDDLE OF WHO TRUSTS WHO... MAYBE I'LL TRUST YOU... BUT CAN YOU TRUST ME? WAIT AND SEE!! Back to Top They Seek Him Here (Percy, Prince of Wales, Ladies Llewellyn & Digby & Company) THEY SEEK HIM HERE. THEY SEEK HIM THERE. THOSE FRENCHIES SEEK HIM EVERYWHERE. IS HE IN HEAVEN OR IS HE IN...HELL? THAT DEMMED, ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL. HE MEDDLES WITH THE FRENCHIE REVOLUTION, POPPING IN AND OUT EACH WEEK, SPOILING EV'RY LOVELY EXECUTION ~ LA, WHAT CHEEK! THEY SEEK HIM HERE. THEY SEEK HIM THERE. THOSE FRENCHIES SEEK HIM EVERYWHERE. IF YOU SHOULD SEE HIM, PLEASE DO GIVE A YELL ~ THAT DEMMED, ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL. THEY SEEK HIM HERE. THEY SEEK HIM THERE. THOSE FRENCHIES SEEK HIM EVERYWHERE. OH, PIMPY, HOW THE FRENCHIES DO IMPLORE YOU SIMPLY TO STAY HOME IN BED. WITH ALL YOUR INTERFERENCE, IT'S A CHORE TO CHOP A HEAD! THEY SEEK HIM HERE. THEY SEEK HIM THERE. THE LADIES SEEK HIM EVERYWHERE! HE GIVES THE FRENCHIES NOTHING BUT FRUSTRATION. SINK ME, HE'S A SPOILSPORT! EACH AND EV'RY DEMMED DECAPITATION, HE CUTS SHORT! THEY SEEK HIM HERE. THEY SEEK HIM THERE. THOSE FRENCHIES SEEK HIM EVERYWHERE. IS HE IN HEAVEN OR IS HE IN...HELL? THAT DEMMED, ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL. Back to Top Only Love (Marguerite) I SEE YOU TURN AWAY. I HEAR THE WORDS YOU WANT TO SAY. I FEEL HOW MUCH YOU NEED TO HIDE WHAT'S HAPPENING INSIDE YOU TONIGHT. COME MEET MY EYES ONE MOMENT MORE. OUR EYES ARE DIFFERENT THAT BEFORE. THIS NIGHT, SO BEAUTIFUL AND STRANGE, THIS NIGHT BEGINS TO CHANGE WHO WE ARE. DON'T TURN AWAY ~ IT'S ONLY LOVE QUIETLY COMING TO YOU, WHISPERING THROUGH YO. TAKE MY HAND ~ IT'S ONLY LOVE. LET IT COME THROUGH YOU SLOWLY. DON'T BE AFRAID ~ IT'S ONLY LOVE. WE TOUCH.  THE DARK BEGINS TO STIR. WE CANNOT GO BACK TO WHERE WE WERE. DON'T BE AFRAID TO MAKE IT REAL. DON'T BE AFRAID TO FEEL TONIGHT. DON'T TURN AWAY ~ IT'S ONLY LOVE, ONLY A TOUCH THAT FREES YOU. LET IT RELEASE YOU. TAKE THE CHANCE ~ IT'S ONLY LOVE. OPEN YOUR HEART AND SHOW ME. DON'T BE AFRAID ~ IT'S ONLY LOVE. DON'T CLOSE YOUR EYES. DON'T HOLD IT IN. REACH OUT TO ME! LET IT ALL BEGIN! DON'T BE AFRAID ~ IT'S ONLY LOVE! ONLY A TOUCH THAT FREES YOU. LET IT RELEASE YOU! TAKE THE CHANCE ~ IT'S ONLY LOVE. LET IT COME THROUGH YOU SLOWLY. OPEN YOUR HEART AND SHOW ME. DON'T BE AFRAID.  IT'S ONLY LOVE. Back to Top She Was There (Percy) SO MANY NIGHTS I HAVE STOOD IN THE MOONLIGHT, WATCHING IT FADE TO DAWN, WANTING HER BACK WITH ME, WARM IN THE MOONLIGHT, KNOWING THAT THE MOMENT WAS GONE ~ OUT OF MID, OUT OF SIGHT ~ TIL THE MOON ROSE...TONIGHT... ALL AT ONCE I FELT A CHILL. IN A SPILL OF MOONLIGHT...SHE WAS THERE. THOUGH WE BOTH HELD VERY STILL, THE WAS SOMETHING PULLING IN THE AIR. WHEN SHE WHISPERED TO ME THROUGH THE DARK, I TRIED TO HOLD MY GROUND. I BELIEVED I HAD A CHOICE TILL THE MUSIC IN HER VOICE TURNED MY WHOLE WORLD AROUND. I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, BUT THE STARS AND I BEGIN TO BLUR... IF SHE NEVER TOUCHED MY HAND, THEN WHAT FILLED ME WITH THE FEEL OF HER? IN BETWEEN US STOOD A WALL. IN A FLASH IT FELL APART! IS IT POSSIBLE SHE HEARD EV'RY LAST UNSPOKEN WORD RACING OUT OF MY HEART? SHE NEVER TURNED TO ME, BUT SUDDENLY WE HAD SO MUCH TO SHARE! I NEVER TOOK HER IN MY ARMS, BUT SHE WAS THERE! OH, SHE WAS THERE! NO, I NEVER PULLED HER IN! STILL HER TENDERNESS WAS EV'RYWHERE! OH, SHE SLIPPED BENEATH MY SKIN, JUST AS IF SHE'D ALWAYS BEEN RIGHT THERE! HAS SHE BEEN THERE ALL ALONG? WAS I TOO FAR GONE TO KNOW? WHAT A FOOL I MUST HAVE BEEN, FOR HOW COULD I PULL HER IN, WHEN I'VE NEVER LET HER GO?! Back to Top Storybook (Leontine & French Ensemble) LISTEN TO ME.  I HAVE BEAUTIFUL DREAMS I CAN SPIN YOU, DREAMS TO LINGER WITHIN YOU. CLOSE YOUR EYES AND WE'LL RIDE MY CAROUSEL. I'LL SING YOU STORIES OF LOVERS WHOSE LOVE USED TO FILL ME. AND THE LOVERS WHO WILL BE. FOR, YOU SEE, LOVE IS ONE THING I DO WELL. COME, LET'S BELIEVE LOVE CAN BE JUST AS SWEET AS IT SEEMS. LET'S LIVE ON DREAMS... IN MY DREAMS, SUCH BEAUTIFUL LOVERS HAVE FOUND ME. STORYBOOK LOVERS SURROUND ME. NOTHING IS REAL, BUT I'M FLYING, SIGHING: WHERE, WHERE, WHERE IS MY STORYBOOK ENDING? WHY DOES MY GOLDEN PRETENDING LEAVE ME WITH NOTHING TO HOLD...BUT MY DREAMS? OH, IS IT ONLY IN DREAMS THAT WE FIND OUR IDEAL LOVE? ARE THERE LOVERS WITH REAL LOVE? IF YOU KNOW HOW TO FEEL LOVE, SHOW ME HOW. AH, BUT MY PRINCE, IF YOU CAN'T BE AS SWEET AS YOU SEEM, I'D RATHER DREAM! COME AND WAKE ME!  COME BE THE LOVE I CAN HOLD NOW. STORYBOOK LOVE LEAVES ME COLD NOW. SHOW ME THE WAY TO STOP DREAMING! THERE IS ONLY ONE PERFECT STORYBOOK ENDING. THAT IS THE END OF PRETENDING. THAT IS THE MOMENT I SAY: LOVE ME NOW! ET SUR MON MANÈGE, L'AMOUR TOUJOURS EST CHANTANT. DES MES RÊVES, C'EST LE COMMENCEMENT, ET J'ESPERE UNE FIN HEUREUSE. MAIS LA FIN DE L'HISTORIRE NE VIENT PAS TRÈS DOUCEMENT, POUR L'HISTOIRE IL FAUT FAÍRE SEMBLANT. CERTES JE N'EMBRASSE QUE MES RÊVES, SEULS MES RÊVES. Back to Top Where's the Girl? (Reprise) (Chauvelin) I REMEMBER DAYS FULL OF RESTLESSNESS AND FURY... I REMEMBER NIGHTS THAT WERE DRUNK ON DREAMS... I REMEMBER SOMEONE WHO HUNGERED FOR THE GLORY... I REMEMBER HER... LET HER GO! LET HER LIVE, LET HER DIE ON HER OWN! WE ARE ALL OF US BRUISED AND ALONE. NOW WE BOTH WILL HAVE NOTHING TO HOLD! LET HER KNOW! HURL IT INTO HER RENEGADE HEART THAT THE BEST OF OUR DREAMS FELL APART! AND THE DARK...OF THE MORNING...GROWS COLD... Back to Top Lullaby (Hélene & Chloe) GO TO SLEEP. SAY YOUR PRAYERS. REST YOUR HEAD UPON MY SHOULDER. SLUMBER DEEP AND BREATHE YOUR CARES AWAY... IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE, MAY I LOOK UPON THE ANGELS, STANDING BY, COME TAKE ME HOME. DON'T YOU CRY... MY DARLING, YOU ARE HOME. YOU AND I TOGETHER MAKE A HOME... Back to Top You Are My Home (Marguerite, Armand & Ensemble) THERE IS A CHILD INSIDE OF MY HEART TONIGHT. NO ONE CAN SEE THAT CHILD BUT YOU. IF I HOLD ONTO YOU TOO TIGHT, YOU UNDERSTAND, YOU HOLD ME, TOO. YOU ARE THE ONE WHO REACHES THROUGH THE DARK. WHEN I'M AFRAID, YOU WARM THE AIR. AND WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES TO SLEEP, YOU ARE MY PEACE, YOU ARE MY PRAYER. YOU ARE MY HOME. YOU MAKE ME STRONG. AND IN THIS WORLD OF STRANGERS, I BELONG TO SOMEONE. YOU'RE ALL I KNOW. YOU'RE ALL I HAVE. I WON'T LET GO. OTHERS MAY LEAVE, BUT YOU WILL STILL BE THERE, TOUCHING THE TEARS THAT FILL MY EYES. WHEN I AM LOST, YOU ARE MY LIGHT. YOU ARE THE LOVE THAT NEVER DIES. YOU ARE MY HOME. YOU MAKE ME STRONG. AND IN THIS WORLD OF STRANGERS, I BELONG TO SOMEONE. YOU'RE ALL I KNOW. YOU'RE ALL I HAVE. I NEED YOU SO. I WILL NOT WALK AWAY FROM YOU! I WILL NOT LET YOU GO! YOU'RE THE ONLY HOME I'LL EVER KNOW! YOU ARE MY HOME. YOU MAKE ME STRONG. AND IN THIS WORLD OF STRANGERS, I BELONG TO SOMEONE. YOU'RE ALL I KNOW. YOU'RE ALL I HAVE. I NEED YOU SO. I WON'T LET GO... YOU ARE...MY...HOME Back to Top Believe (Reprise) (Percy, Marguerite & Company) AS ROSES BEND THROUGH BREEZE, UNBEND ME... AS THE ROSE BENDS TO THE SUN... AND IN THE DARKNESS, PLEASE DEFEND ME... TWO IN LOVE BECOME AS ONE... AS WAVES LEAN ON THE SEA, ,Y LOVE, COME LEAN ON ME. I DO...BELIEVE...IN YOU... Back to Top Into the Fire (Reprise) (Company) INTO VALLEYS, INTO WATERS, INTO JUNGLES, INTO HELL! LET US RIDE, LET US RIDE HOME AGAIN WITH A STORY TO TELL! INTO DARKNESS, INTO DANGER, INTO STORMS THAT RIP THE NIGHT! DON'T GIVE IN, DON'T GIVE UP, BUT GIVE THANKS FOR THE GLORIOUS FIGHT! SOMEONE HAS TO FACE THE VALLEY! RUSH IN WE HAVE TO RALLY AND WIN, BOYS! WHEN THE WORLD IS SAYING NOT TOM, BY GOD YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT TO MARCH ON, BOYS! NEVER HOLD BACK YOUR STEP FOR A MOMENT! NEVER DOUBT THAT YOU'RE COURAGE WILL GROW! HOLD YOUR HEAD EVEN HIGHER AND INTO THE FIRE WE GO! INTO FIRE! ONWARD HO! Back to Top