Lyrics
Your public needs you
We need you, too
Would you not rather have your precious little ingénue?
Signora, no! The world wants you
Prima Donna, first lady of the stage
Your devotees are on their knees to implore you
Can you bow out when they're shouting your name?
Think of how they all adore you
Prima Donna, enchant us once again
Think of your muse
And of the queues 'round the theatre!
Can you deny us the triumph in store?
Sing, Prima Donna, once more
Christine spoke of an angel
Prima Donna, your song shall live again
Think of your public
You took a snub, but there's a public who needs you
She has heard the voice
Those who hear your voice liken you to an angel
Think of their cry of undying support
Is this her angel of music?
We get our opera
Follow where the limelight
She gets her limelight
Leads you
Angel or madman?
Leading ladies are a trial
Prima Donna, your song shall never die
Heaven help you, those who doubt
You'll sing again and to unending ovation
Orders, warnings, lunatic demands
Tears, oaths, lunatic demands are regular occurrences
Think how you'll shine in that final encore
Surely, for her sake
Surely there'll be further scenes worse than this
Sing, Prima Donna, once more
I must see these demands are rejected!
Who'd believe, a diva happy to relieve
A chorus girl who's gone and slept with the patron?
O, fortunata!
Raoul and the soubrette, entwined in love's duet!
Although he may demur, he must have been with her!
Non ancor abbandonata
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!
The stress that falls upon a famous Prima Donna!
Prima donna, the world is at your feet!
Terrible diseases, coughs and colds and sneezes!
A nation waits and how it hates to be cheated!
Christine plays the Pageboy, Carlotta plays the Countess
Still, the dryest throat will reach the highest note in search of perfect opera!
Light up the stage with that age-old rapport!
Sing Prima Donna, once more!
So, it is to be war between us!
If these demands are not met
A disaster beyond your imagination will occur!
Once more!
We need you, too
Would you not rather have your precious little ingénue?
Signora, no! The world wants you
Prima Donna, first lady of the stage
Your devotees are on their knees to implore you
Can you bow out when they're shouting your name?
Think of how they all adore you
Prima Donna, enchant us once again
Think of your muse
And of the queues 'round the theatre!
Can you deny us the triumph in store?
Sing, Prima Donna, once more
Christine spoke of an angel
Prima Donna, your song shall live again
Think of your public
You took a snub, but there's a public who needs you
She has heard the voice
Those who hear your voice liken you to an angel
Think of their cry of undying support
Is this her angel of music?
We get our opera
Follow where the limelight
She gets her limelight
Leads you
Angel or madman?
Leading ladies are a trial
Prima Donna, your song shall never die
Heaven help you, those who doubt
You'll sing again and to unending ovation
Orders, warnings, lunatic demands
Tears, oaths, lunatic demands are regular occurrences
Think how you'll shine in that final encore
Surely, for her sake
Surely there'll be further scenes worse than this
Sing, Prima Donna, once more
I must see these demands are rejected!
Who'd believe, a diva happy to relieve
A chorus girl who's gone and slept with the patron?
O, fortunata!
Raoul and the soubrette, entwined in love's duet!
Although he may demur, he must have been with her!
Non ancor abbandonata
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!
The stress that falls upon a famous Prima Donna!
Prima donna, the world is at your feet!
Terrible diseases, coughs and colds and sneezes!
A nation waits and how it hates to be cheated!
Christine plays the Pageboy, Carlotta plays the Countess
Still, the dryest throat will reach the highest note in search of perfect opera!
Light up the stage with that age-old rapport!
Sing Prima Donna, once more!
So, it is to be war between us!
If these demands are not met
A disaster beyond your imagination will occur!
Once more!