How Can Love Survive?

MAX
(to Else)
In all the famous love affairs the lovers have to struggle
In garret rooms away upstairs the lovers starve and snuggle
They're famous for misfortunes which they seem to have no fear of
While lovers who are very rich you very seldom hear of

ELSE
(to Captain von Trapp)
No little shack do you share with me
We do not flee from a mortgagee
Nary a care in the world have we

MAX
How can love survive?

ELSE
You're fond of bonds and you own a lot
I have a plane and a diesel yacht

MAX
Plenty of nothing you haven't got
How can love survive?

ELSE
No rides for us on the top of a bus
In the face of the freezing breezes

MAX
You reach your goals in your comfy old Rolls
Or in one of your Mercedeses

ELSE
Far, very far, off the beam are we
Quaint and bizarre as a team are we
Two millionaires with a dream are we
We're keeping romance alive
Two millionaires with a dream are we
We'll make our love survive

No little coldwater flat have we
Warmed by the glow of insolvency

MAX
Up to your necks in security
How can love survive?

ELSE
How can I show what I feel for you?
I cannot go out and steal for you
I cannot die like Camille for you
How can love survive?

MAX
You millionaires with financial affairs are too busy for simple pleasure
When you are poor it is toujours l'amour
For l'amour all the poor have leisure

ELSE
Caught in our gold-plated chains are we
Lost in our wealthy domains are we
Trapped by our capital gains are we
But we'll keep romance alive

MAX
Trapped by your capital gains are you

BOTH
We'll (You'll) make our (your) love
Survive

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