"The Music of the Night" from "The Phantom of the Opera"

Nighttime sharpens
Heightens each sensation
Darkness wakes
And stirs imagination
Silently the senses
Abandon their defenses
Helpless to resist the notes I write
For I compose the music of the night

Slowly, gently
Night unfurls its splendor
Grasp it, sense it
Tremulous and tender
Hearing is believing
Music is deceiving
Hard as lightning, soft as candlelight
Dare you trust the music of the night

Close your eyes for your eyes will only tell the truth
And the truth isn't what you want to see
In the dark it is easy to pretend
That the truth is what it ought to be

Softly, deftly
Music shall caress you
Hear it, feel it
Secretly possess you
Open up your mind
Let your fantasies unwind
In this darkness which you know you cannot fight
The darkness of the music of the night

Close your eyes, start a journey through a strange new world
Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before
Close your eyes and let music set you free!
Only then can you belong to me

Floating, falling
Sweet intoxication
Touch me, trust me
Savor each sensation
Let the dream begin
Let your darker side give in
To the power of the music that I write
The power of the music of the night

You alone can make my song take flight
Help me make the music of the night

"Could We Start Again Please" from "Jesus Christ Superstar"

MARY MAGDALENE
I've been living to see you,
Dying to see you, but it shouldn't be like this.
This was unexpected.
What do I do now?
Could we start again please?
I've been very helpful, so far.
Now for the first time,
I think we're going wrong.
Hurry up and tell me,
This is just a dream.
Oh, could we start again, please?
PETER
I think you've made your point, now.
You've even gone a bit too far to get the message home.
Before it gets too frightening,
We ought to call a vote.
So, could we start again please?
ALL
I've been living to see you.
Dying to see you, but it shouldn't be like this.
This was unexpected,
What do I do now?
Could we start again, please?
I think you've made your point, now.
You've even gone a bit too far to get the message home.
Before it gets too frightening,
We ought to call a vote.
So, could we start again, please?
Could we start again, please?
Could we start again, please?
Could we start again, please?
Could we start again, please?
Could we start again, please?
MARY MAGDALENE
Could we start again,
Please?

"Sunset Boulevard" from "Sunset Boulevard"

JOE
Sure, I came out here to make my name,
Wanted my pool, my dose of fame,
Wanted my parking space at Warner's.
But after a year, a one-room hell,
A Murphy bed, a rancid smell,
Wallpaper peeling at the corners.
Sunset Boulevard, twisting boulevard,
Secretive and rich, a little scary.
Sunset Boulevard, temping boulevard,
Waiting there to swallow the unwary.
Dreams are not enough to win a war.
Out here they're always keeping score,
Beneath the tan the battle rages.
Smile a rented smile, fill someone's glass,
Kiss someone's wife, kiss someone's ass.
We do whatever pays the wages.
Sunset Boulevard, headline boulevard.
Getting here is only the beginning.
Sunset Boulevard, jackpot boulevard.
Once you've won you have to go on winning.
You think I've sold out? Dead right I've sold out!
I just keep waiting for the right offer!
Comfortable quarters, regular rations,
Twenty-four-hour, five star room service.
And if I'm honest, I like the lady.
I can't help being touched by her folly.
I'm treading water, taking the money,
Watching her sun set . . . Well, I'm a writer!
L.A.'s changed a lot over the years
Since those brave gold rush pioneers
Came in their creaky covered wagons.
Far as they could go, end of the line.
Their dreams were yours, their dreams are mine,
But in those dreams were hidden dragons.
Sunset Boulevard, frenzied boulevard,
Swamped with every kind of false emotion.
Sunset Boulevard, brutal boulevard.
Just like you, we'll wind up in the ocean.
She was sinking fast, I threw a rope.
Now I have suits and she has hope.
It seemed an elegant solution.
One day this must end, it isn't real.
Still I'll enjoy a hearty meal
Before tomorrow's execution.
Sunset Boulevard, ruthless boulevard,
Destination for the stony-hearted.
Sunset Boulevard, lethal boulevard,
Everyone's forgotten how they started
Here on Sunset Boulevard!

"Memory" from "Cats"

Midnight.
Not a sound from the pavement.
Has the moon lost her mem'ry?
She is smiling alone.
In the lamplight
The withered leaves collect at my feet.
And the wind
Begins to moan.
Mem'ry.
All alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days,
I was beautiful then.
I remember
The time I knew what happiness was,
Let the mem'ry
Live again.
Ev'ry street lamp
Seems to beat
A fatalistic warning.
Someone mutters
And a street lamp gutters
And soon it will be morning.
Daylight.
I must wait for the sunrise,
I must think of a new life
And I mustn't give in.
When the dawn comes
Tonight will be a memory, too,
And a new day
Will begin.
Burnt out ends of
Smoky days,
The stale cold smell of morning.
The street lamp dies,
Another night is over,
Another day is dawning.
Touch me.
It's so easy to leave me
All alone with the mem'ry
Of my days in the sun.
If you touch me
You'll understand what happiness is.
Look a new day
Has begun.

"Tell Me On a Sunday" from "Song and Dance"

Don't write a letter when you want to leave.
Don't call me at 3 a.m. from a friend's apartment.
I'd like to choose how I hear the news.
Take me to a park that's covered with trees.
Tell me on a Sunday please.
Let me down easy,
No big song and dance,
No long faces, no long looks,
No deep conversation.
I know the way we should spend that day.
Take me to a zoo that's got chimpanzees.
Tell me on a Sunday please.
Don't want to know who's to blame,
It won't help knowing.
Don't want to fight day and night.
Bad enough you're going.
Don't leave in silence with no word at all.
Don't get drunk and slam the door.
That's no way to end this.
I know how I want you to say goodbye.
Find a circus ring with a flying trapeze.
Tell me on a Sunday please.
Don't want to fight day and night.
Bad enough you're going.
Don't leave in silence with no word at all.
Don't get drunk and slam the door.
That's no way to end this.
I know how I want you to say goodbye.
Don't run off in the pouring rain.
Don't call me as they call your plane.
Take the hurt out of all the pain.
Take me to a park that's covered with trees.
Tell me on a Sunday please.

"Think of Me" from "The Phantom of the Opera"

CHRISTINE:
Think of me,
Think of me fondly
When we've said goodbye.
Remember me
Once in a while,
Please promise me you'll try.
When you find
That once again you long
To take your heart back and be free,
If you ever find
A moment,
Spare a thought for me.
We never said
Our love was evergreen
Or as unchanging as the sea,
But if you can still
Remember,
Stop and think of me.
Think of all the things we've shared and seen;
Don't think about the things which might have been.
Think of me,
Think of me waking
Silent and resigned.
Imagine me,
Trying too hard
To put you from my mind.
Recall those days,
Look back on all those times,
Think of the things we'll never do.
There will never be
A day when
I won't think of you.
RAOUL:
Can it be.
Can it be Christine?
What a change,
You're really not a bit
The gawkish girl that once you were.
She may not
Remember me
But I remember her.
CHRISTINE:
We never said
Our love was evergreen,
Or as unchanging as the sea
But please promise me
That sometimes
You will think of me!

"Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from "The Phantom of the Opera"

CHRISTINE:
You were once my one companion,
You were all that mattered.
You were once a friend and father,
Then my world was shattered.
Wishing you were somehow here again,
Wishing you were somehow near;
Sometimes it seemed
If I just dreamed,
Somehow you would be here.
Wishing I could hear your voice again,
Knowing that I never would,
Dreaming of you
Won't help me to do
All that you dreamed I could.
Passing bells and sculpted angels,
Cold and monumental,
Seem for you the wrong companions;
You were warm and gentle.
Too many years
Fighting back tears,
Why can't the past just die?
Wishing you were somehow here again,
Knowing we must say goodbye.
Try to forgive,
Teach me to live,
Give me the strength to try.
No more memories,
No more silent tears,
No more gazing
Across the wasted years.
Help me say goodbye!

"As If We Never Said Goodbye" from "Sunset Boulevard"

NORMA
I don't know why I'm frightened
I know my way around here.
The cardboard trees,
The painted seas,
The sound here.

Yes, a world to rediscover,
But I'm not in any hurry,
and I need a moment.

The whispered conversations
In over-crowded hallways,
The atmosphere
As thrilling here
As always.

Feel the early morning madness,
Feel the magic in the making.
Why, everything's as if
We never said goodbye.

I've spent so many mornings,
Just trying to resist you.
I'm trembling now,
You can't know how
I've missed you,

Missed the fairytale adventures
In this ever-spinning playground.
We were young together,

I'm coming out of make-up,
The light's already burning,
Not long until
The cameras will
Start turning,

And the early morning madness,
And the magic in the making,
Yes, everything's as if
We never said goodbye.

I don't want to be alone,
That's all in the past.
This world's waited long enough,
I've come home at last,

And this time will be bigger,
And brighter than we knew it.
So watch me fly,
We all know I
can do it.

Could I stop my hand from shaking?
Has there ever been a moment
With so much to live for?

The whispered conversations
In over-crowded hallways,
So much to say,
Not just today,
But always.

We'll have early morning madness,
We'll have magic in the making,
Yes, everything's as if
We never said goodbye,
Yes, everything's as if
We never said goodbye.

We taught the world
New ways to dream.

"Angel of Music" from "The Phantom of the Opera"

MEG
Where in the world have you been hiding?
Really, you were perfect.
I only wish I knew your secret;
Who is this new tutor?

CHRISTINE
Father once spoke of an angel,
I used to dream he'd appear.
Now as I sing I can sense him
And I know he's here.
Here in this room he calls me softly,
Somewhere inside hiding.
Somehow I know he's always with me;
He, the unseen genius.

MEG
Christine, you must have been dreaming,
Stories like this can't come true.
Christine, you're talking in riddles,
And it's not like you.

CHRISTINE
Angel of music, guide and guardian,
Grant to me your glory!

MEG
Who is this angel, this

CHRISTINE AND MEG
Angel of music, hide no longer,
Secret and strange angel.

CHRISTINE
He's with me even now,

MEG
Your hands are cold;

CHRISTINE
All around me,

MEG
Your face, Christine, it's white;

CHRISTINE
It frightens me.

MEG
Don't be frightened!

PHANTOM
Insolent boy, this slave of fashion,
Basking in your glory.
Ignorant fool, this brave young suitor,
Sharing in my triumph.

CHRISTINE
Angel, I hear you! Speak, I listen.
Stay by my side, guide me!
Angel, my soul was weak; forgive me!
Enter at last, master!

PHANTOM
Flattering child, you shall know me,
See why in shadow I hide.
Look at your face in the mirror!
I am there inside.

CHRISTINE
Angel of music, guide and guardian,
Grant to me your glory.
Angel of music, hide no longer!
Come to me, strange angel!

PHANTOM
I am your angel of music;
Come to me angel of music!

RAOUL
Whose is that voice?
Who is that in there?

PHANTOM
I am your angel of music;
Come to me, angel of music!

"All I Ask of You" from "The Phantom of the Opera"

RAOUL
No more talk of darkness,
Forget these wide-eyed fears.
I'm here, nothing can harm you,
My words will warm and calm you.
Let me be your freedom,
Let daylight dry your tears:
I'm here, with you, beside you,
To guard you and to guide you.

CHRISTINE
Say you love me every waking moment,
Turn my head with talk of summertime.
Say you need me with you
Now and always;
Promise me that all you say is true,
that's all I ask of you.

RAOUL
Let me be your shelter,
Let me be your light;
You're safe, no one will find you,
Your fears are far behind you.

CHRISTINE
All I want is freedom,
A world with no more night;
And you, always beside me,
To hold me and to hide me.

RAOUL
Then say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime;
Let me lead you from your solitude.
Say you need me with you,
Here beside you,
Anywhere you go, let me go too,
Christine, that's all I ask of you.

CHRISTINE
Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime;
Say the word and I will follow you.

TOGETHER
Share each day with me, each night, each morning.

CHRISTINE
Say you love me!

RAOUL
You know I do.

TOGETHER
Love me, that's all I ask of you.
Anywhere you go, let me go too;
Love me, that's all I ask of you.