Liaisons-Stephen Sondheim

[ti:Liaisons] [ar:Stephen Sondheim] [al:The Story So Far...] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Liaisons - Stephen Sondheim [00:10.83]At the villa of the Baron De Signac [00:13.71] [00:15.60]Where I spent a somewhat infamous year [00:19.74] [00:20.51]At the villa of the Baron De Signac [00:23.52] [00:25.42]I had ladies in attendance [00:28.03]Fire-opal pendant [00:29.50] [00:30.84]Liaisons What's happened to them [00:34.74] [00:35.67]Liaisons today [00:39.04] [00:40.47]Disgraceful What's become of them [00:44.25]Some of them [00:45.39]Hardly pay their shoddy way [00:48.83] [00:50.02]What once was a rare champagne [00:53.12]Is now just an amiable hock [00:55.45]What once was a villa at least [00:57.72]Is digs [00:58.85] [01:00.06]What once was a gown with train [01:03.01]Is now just a simple little frock [01:05.42]What once was a sumptuous feast [01:07.99] [01:08.79]Is figs [01:10.12] [01:11.70]No not even figs raisins [01:17.93] [01:19.24]Ah liaisons [01:22.83] [01:23.49]Now where was I Where was I Oh yes [01:27.11] [01:29.59]At the palace of the Duke of Ferrara [01:33.15] [01:34.29]Who was prematurely deaf but a dear [01:37.89] [01:39.32]At the palace of the Duke of Ferrara [01:42.83] [01:44.25]I acquired some position [01:46.40]Plus a tiny Titian [01:48.15] [01:49.66]Liaisons What's happened to them [01:53.50] [01:54.60]Liaisons today [01:58.09] [01:59.39]To see them indiscriminate [02:03.44]Women it [02:04.46]Pains me more than I can say [02:08.34] [02:09.26]The lack of taste that they display [02:14.97] [02:16.79]Where is style [02:18.04] [02:18.72]Where is skill [02:20.03] [02:20.75]Where is forethought [02:23.31] [02:25.03]Where's discretion of the heart [02:27.27] [02:27.96]Where's passion in the art [02:29.67] [02:30.74]Where's craft [02:32.58] [02:33.66]With a smile [02:35.99]And a will [02:37.32] [02:37.92]But with more thought [02:40.64] [02:42.17]I acquired a chateau [02:45.33]Extravagantly overstaffed [02:49.12] [02:50.65]Too many people muddle sex [02:53.03]With mere desire [02:55.01]And when emotion intervenes [02:57.48]The nets descend [02:59.51]It should on no account perplex [03:02.18]Or worse inspire [03:04.36]It's but a pleasurable means [03:08.68]To a measurable end [03:13.18] [03:13.76]Why does no one comprehend [03:17.56] [03:18.17]Let us hope this lunacy's just a trend [03:22.58] [03:23.76]Where was I Where was I Oh yes [03:28.10] [03:29.81]In the castle of the King of the Belgians [03:32.78] [03:34.64]We would visit through a false chiffonier [03:37.92] [03:39.63]In the castle of the King of the Belgians [03:43.57] [03:44.64]Who when things got rather touchy [03:47.55]Deeded me a duchy [03:48.86] [03:50.42]Liaisons What's happened to them [03:54.23] [03:55.49]Liaisons today [03:58.65] [04:00.18]Untidy Take my daughter I [04:03.78]Taught her I [04:04.96]Tried my best to point the way [04:08.54] [04:09.72]I even named her Desiree [04:16.75] [04:18.08]In a world where the kings are employers [04:25.78] [04:26.55]Where the amateur prevails [04:29.28]And delicacy fails [04:31.75]To pay [04:33.59] [04:34.83]In a world where the princes are lawyers [04:42.04] [04:43.58]What can anyone expect [04:46.52] [04:47.15]Except to recollect [04:49.27] [04:51.84]Lia