Songtexte Why Does She Love Me? - Andrew Lloyd Webber

Raoul
One more

Bartender
Buddy, don't you think you've had enough
It's practically morning already

Raoul
One more, I said

Bartender
All right, all right
My shift is over anyways
So let's settle the bill
Jeez, you're in a bad way
Worse than most who come here
Hey, look, it's the morning shift
Maybe he'll know what to do with you

Raoul
Yes, what to do with me
That has always been the question
Ever since the beginning
She looks for sympathy
I give her sorrow
She asks for honesty
I've none to borrow
She needs my tender kiss
She begs it of me
I give her ugliness
Why does she love me
She yearns for higher things
Things I can't give her
The rush that music brings
I can't deliver
And even when she sings
And soars above me
I try to clip her wings
Why does she love me
One more drink, sir
That's what I need
Don't you think, sir
Leave the hurt behind
Did you hear me
Another drink
She wants the man I was
Husband and father
At least she thinks she does
She needn't bother
Beneath this mask I wear
There's nothing of me
Just horror
Shame
Despair
Why does she love me
How 'bout you sir
Tell me: what am I to do, sir
Leave the hurt behind

Meg
Morning Bernie, coffee please
Hurry up before I freeze
I'll just take it black
Vicomte, fancy meeting you here
Drowning out your sorrows?

Raoul
On the contrary,
Celebrating a reunion with old friends
Friends I long thought dead and buried
And you?

Meg
I've been for a swim
This town is coarse and cruel and mean
It's hard to keep your conscience clean
Faceless in the crowd
Anything's allowed
And so I come at dawn each day
Come to wash it all away
Sink into the sea
Blue and cool and kind
Let it set me free
Let the past unwind
Leave the hurt behind

Raoul
Miss Giry?

Meg
What do you think will happen, Vicomte
At the concert?
Have you thought
When he hears her sing again
When she sings

Raoul
Ah, Miss Giry, I wish I knew
But I'm afraid her music has always been somewhat of a mystery to me

Meg
There's more to this than the music, monsieur
Believe me
I saw it
There's something
I don't know
Just take her away
Now
For all our sakes
Sail across the sea
Put us out of mind
Close your eyes and flee
Leave the past behind

Raoul
What do you mean
What are you talking about

Meg
Trust me, monsieur
Don't let her sing
Once he gets into her soul
There's nothing she won't do for him
Leave this place behind

Raoul
Miss Giry,