Prima Donna Lyrics - Phantom Of The Opera

Andr- 

Your public needs you! 

Firmin- 

We need you too! 

Carlotta- 

Would you not rather have your 

precious little ingnue? 

Andr and Firmin- 

Signora, no. 

The world wants you. 

Prima donna, 

first lady of the stage! 

Your devotees 

are on their knees 

to implore you! 

Andr- 

Can you bow out 

when they're shouting 

your name? 

Firmin- 

Think of how they all adore you. 

Andr and Firmin- 

Prima donna, 

enchant us once again 

Andr- 

Think of your muse... 

Firmin- 

And of the queues 

round the theatre! 

Andr and Firmin- 

Can you deny us the triumph in store? 

Andre and Firmin- 

Sing, prima donna, 

once more! 

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|Raoul- 

|Christine spoke of an angel... 

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|Carlotta- 

|Prima donna, 

your song shall live again! 

|Andr and Firmin- 

|Think of your public! 

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|Carlotta- 

|You took a snub, 

|but there's a public 

|who needs you! 

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|Giry- 

|She has heard the voice 

|of the angel of music... 

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|Andr and Firmin- 

|Those who hear your voice 

|liken you to an angel! 

|Carlotta- 

|Think of their cry 

|of undying 

|support! 

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|Raoul- 

|Is this her angel of music...? 

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|Andr- 

|We get our opera... 

|Firmin- 

|She gets her limelight! 

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|Carlotta- 

|Follow where the limelight 

|leads you! 

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|Meg- 

|Is this ghost 

|an angel or a madman...? 

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|Raoul- 

|Angel or madmadman...? 

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|Andr and Firmin- 

|Leading ladies are a trial! 

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|Carlotta- 

|Prima donna, 

|your song shall never die! 

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|Meg- 

|Voice of hell, or of heaven...? 

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|Giry 

|Heaven help you,|those who doubt... 

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|Carlotta 

|You'll sing again, 

|and to unending 

|ovation! 

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|Raoul 

|Orders! Warnings! 

|Lunatic demands! 

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|Giry 

|This miscasting 

|Will invite damnation... 

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|Andr and Firmin 

|Tears... oaths... 

|lunatic demands 

|are regular occurences! 

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|Meg 

|Bliss or damnation? 

|Which has claimed her...? 

|Carlotta- 

|Think how you'll shine 

|in that final 

|encore! 

|Sing, prima donna, 

|once more! 

| 

|Giry- 

|Oh fools, 

|to have flouted his warnings! 

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|Raoul- 

|Surely, for her sake... 

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|Meg- 

|Surely he'll strike back... 

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|Andr and Firmin- 

|Surely there'll be further scenes - 

|worse than this! 

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|Giry- 

|Think, before 

|these demands are rejected! 

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|Raoul- 

|...I must see these demands are rejected! 

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|Meg- 

|...if his threats 

|and demands are rejected! 

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|Andr and Firmin- 

|Who'd believe a diva 

|happy to relieve a 

|chorus girl, who's gone 

|and slept with the patron? 

|Raoul and the soubrette, 

|entwined in love's duet! 

|Although he may demur, 

|he must have been with her! 

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|Meg and Raoul 

|Christine must be protected! 

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|Carlotta- 

|O, fortunata! 

|Non ancor 

|abbandonata! 

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|Andr and Firmin- 

|You'd never get away 

|with all this in a play, 

|but if it's loudly sung 

|and in a foreign tongue, 

|it's just the sort of story 

|audiences adore, in fact a perfect 

|opera! 

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|Raoul- 

|His game is over! 

| 

|Giry- 

|This is a game 

|you cannot hope to win! 

| 

|Raoul- 

|And in Box Five 

|a new game will begin... 

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|Giry- 

|For, if his curse 

|is on this opera... 

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|Meg- 

|But if his curse 

|is on this opera... 

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|Andr and Firmin- 

|Prima donna, 

|the world is at your feet! 

|A nation waits, 

|and how it hates, 

|to be cheated! 

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|Carlotta- 

|The stress that falls upon a 

|famous prima donna! 

|Terrible deseases, 

|coughs and colds and sneezes! 

| 

|Still, the dryest throat 

|will reach the highest note, 

|in search of perfect 

|opera! 

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|Meg and Giry- 

|...then I fear the outcome... 

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|Raoul- 

|Christine plays the Pageboy, 

|Carlotta plays the Countess... 

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|Giry- 

|...should you dare to... 

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|Meg- 

|...when you once again... 

All- 

Light up the stage 

with that age-old rapport! 

Sing, prima donna, 

once more! 

Phantom(spoken)- 

So, it is war between us! If these demands are not met, a disaster 

beyond your imagination....will occur! 

All- 

Once more!