Every story, tale or memoir Every saga or romance Whether true or fabricated Whether planned or happenstance Whether sweeping through the ages Casting centuries aside Or a hurried brief recital Just a thirty-minute ride Whether bright or melancholy Rough and ready, finely spun Whether with a thousand players Or a lonely cast of one Every story, new or ancient Bagatelle or work of art All are tales of human failing All are tales of love at heart This is the story Of a love that flourished In a time of hate Of lovers no tyranny could separate Love set into motion on the Nile's shore Destiny ignited by an act of war Egypt saw the mighty river as its very heart and soul Source of life for all her people That only Egypt could control Destruction of her southern neighbor justified Nubia exploited, left with little more than pride
In life one has to face a huge assortment Of nauseating fads and good advice There's health and fitness Diet and deportment And other pointless forms of sacrifice Conversation? Wit? I am a doubter Manners? Charm? They're no way to impress So forget the inner me , observe the outer I am what I wear and how I dress Oh now I believe in looking Like my time on earth is cooking Whether polka dotted Striped or even checked With the some glamour guaranteeing Every fiber on of my being Is displayed to quite remarkable effect From your cradle via trousseau Ah To your deathbed you're on view, so Ah Never compromise, accept no substitute Ah I would rather wear a barrel Ah Than conservative apparel Ah For my dress has always been Ah My strongest suit Ah Overwear Underwear Anytime Anywhere Staying in or hitting town wards Ooh ooh ooh ah From the top and working downwards Ooh ooh ooh ah I ensure that every stitch Ooh ooh ooh ah Is stitched in time Whether wig or hat or turban Is stitched in time Whether clad boudoir or urban Ooh ooh ooh ah Not to strut your stuff Ooh ooh ooh ah Outrageously's a crime Ooh ooh ooh ah Such a crime And the few who are invited Oooh overwear To my wardrobe are delighted Oooh underwear As they wander through my things Oooh anytime To find en route We're wandering through your things Ooh negligee That in negligee or formal Ooh anything but normal normal I am anything but normal Ooh ah For my dress has always been Overwear, underwear My strongest suit Anytime, anywhere Overwear, underwear Anytime, anywhere I am what I wear Overwear, underwear Anytime, anywhere Overwear,underwear I said anytime Anytime Anywhere Finest Divinest So bring me all my finest Most audacious, my divinest Most revealing most Most revealing expensive Most expensive and to boot Most arresting Most heartstopping Most arresting Most heart-stoping Overwear Most heartstopping Underwear Most free-flowing Anytime Most eye-popping Most arresting Anywhere Most heart-stopping Dress has always been Dress has always been I am what I wear My strongest suit I am what I wear My strongest suit I am what I wear You know that I am what I wear Dress has always been My strongest Dress has always been My strongest My strongest My strongest suit My strongest My strongest My strongest My stroooooooooongest suit My strongest My strongest suit My strongest suit!
I once knew all the answers I stood on certain ground A picture of true happiness Confidence so effortless No brighter could be found Oh No I never asked the questions That trouble me today I knew all there was to know Love worn lightly Put on show My conquests on display (I can't believe He's changing) And who'd have thought that (Oh, no) Confidence could die? Not me , Not me (Not me, not me) That all I took for granted was a lie Not me, Not me And who'd have guessed I'd throw my world away To be with someone I'm afraid will say (This can never) Not me,not me (Be) He's in love But he's not the only one Who'll be changed I shall not envy lovers But long for what they share An empty room is merciless Don't be surprised if I confess I need some comfort there And who'd have thought That love could be so good? Not me, not me And show me things I never understood Not me, not me Who'd have guessed he'd Throw his world away To be with someone til his dying day Not me, not me And who'd have thought that love Could be so good Not me, not me (Not me, not me) My his secrets & My his passions understood Not me, not me (Not me, not me) Who'd have guessed I'd he throw My his world away To be with someone til my his dying day Not me not me (This can never be)
How did I come to this? How did I slip and fall? How did I throw half a lifetime away Without any thought at all? This should have been my time It's over, it never began I closed my eyes to so much for so long and I no longer can I try to blame it on fortune Some kind of shift in a star But I know the truth and it haunts me it's flown just a little too far I know the truth and it mocks me I know the truth and it shocks me It's flown just a little too far. Why do I want him still? Why when there's nothing there? How to go on with the rest of my life To pretend I don't care This should've been my time It's over-It never began I closed my eyes to so much for so long and I no longer can I try to blame it on fortune Some kind of twist in my fate But I know the truth and it haunts me I learned it a little too late Oh I know the trth and it mocks me I know the truth and it shocks me I learned it a little too late Too late
AMNERIS Every story, tale or memoir Every saga or romance Whether true or fabricated Whether planned or happenstance
Whether sweeping through the ages Casting centuries aside Or a hurried brief recital Just a thirty-minute ride
(AMNERIS steps off of the pedestal and stands before the audience.)
Whether bright or melancholy Rough and ready, finely spun Whether with a thousand players Or a lonely cast of one
Every story, new or ancient Bagatelle or work of art All are tales of human failing All are tales of love at heart
(The lights change violently with a rock and roll chord. Frozen on stage: the Man staring at a model of the boat. The WOMAN looks at the figure of the Archer.)
This is the story Of a love that flourished In a time of hate
Of lovers no tyranny could separate Love set into motion on the Nile's shore Destiny ignited by an act of war
Egypt saw the mighty river as its very heart and soul Source of life for all her people That only Egypt could control Destruction of her southern neighbor justified Nubia exploited, left with little more than pride Ohhhhhhhhhh.
