The Woman In White Musical Soundtrack Lyrics
The Seduction
SERVANT:
Miss Marian Halcombe
FOSCO:
To what, Miss Halcombe, do we owe this honour?
Each successive day was getting duller
MARIAN:
Well I somehow thought you might be missing me
FOSCO:
I must tell you scarlet is your color
MARIAN:
I cannot spend all my life in mourning
Though in ev'ry way I miss my sister
FOSCO:
Truly you display a healthy attitude
MARIAN:
I'm for the first time on my own
FOSCO:
Really you need not be alone
One should explore on'es playful side
MARIAN:
You are a guide most qualified
FOSCO:
I leave in the morning for the continent
MARIAN:
In my provincial world I cannot be content
FOSCO:
We could lead a life that would be well mis-spent
MARIAN:
And I have no doubt that would be thrilling
But alas it seems my glass requires refilling
Delicious!
Sir if I remove my shoes would that be shocking?
FOSCO:
I'd be breathless as your buckles are undone
I would walk to Warsaw just to see your stocking
And to see your shapely ankle I would run
MARIAN:
You should know it took great courage for this visit
But I must admit that I am glad that I am here
FOSCO:
And that dress you're falling out of is exquisite
MARIAN:
Though I'm trembling it is clearly not from fear
FOSCO:
It's apparent we were made for one another
We're each other's moon and sun, we're so well matched
Though my feelings aren't remotely like a brother
We are over twenty-one and unattached
MARIAN:
I've been waiting all my life for an adventure
FOSCO:
What in truth you have been waiting for is me
Let us begin our minuette
MARIAN:
No looking back and no regret
Don't I deserve a life of bliss?
FOSCO: (intimate)
Think of this as the precipice
(They kiss)
I can open up a world you've only heard of
MARIAN :
Introduce me to a life beyond your dreams
FOSCO:
We'll share secrets that we'll never breath a word of
And we'll take pursuit of pleasure to extremes
BOTH:
You and I are willing to defy convention
You're my equal both in joie de vivre and wit
We find another worthy of attention
we don't care what others think of us one bit
FOSCO:
As a paramour I'm rather out of practicev But I'll rise to this occasion I
embrace
MARIAN:
But that beard of yours is rather like a cactus
May I save, if not my virtue then my face?
Would you kindly shave it off
Do be a darling?
FOSCO:
Then I will fly back to your side just like a startling
MARIAN (sotto voce)
Think, think Marian. Where is it? Where is it?
Please! Yes!
FOSCO:
Now my chin is even softer than a baby
Let's resume this tete a tete from where we were
MARIAN:
Though my heart says yes, my head's now saying maybe And my feet are growing
colder and concur
FOSCO:
When I left this room were we both not on fire?
Weren't we both about to give romance a whirl?
MARIAN:
On reflection I found out I'm
somewhat shy-er
And perhaps I'm not really that kind of girl
FOSCO:
It appears that you have lost your taste for kissing
So I'd appreciate if you'd return what's missing
MARIAN:
Please. Please let me go. Please.
FOSCO:
This game is through
You think you win
But think about
What might have been
If you had let romance begin
Instead of hiding
In your shell
One day you'll see
What you have spurned
My precious gift
That you returned
A gift for living well
Your every day
A great event
Living on the continent
Yes, it's true
I would have you
spellbound
This game of hearts
You gladly trade
For solitaire
(with venom) and old maid
And so I say fare well
MARIAN:
Someday your past will catch you up
FOSCO:
Please don't let me keep you
I can get away with ev'rything
Except the girl, perhaps
My epic charms have undergone
a temporary lapse
But when it's time to make an exit
and I am halfway out the door
As long as one is leaving anyway
then leave them wanting more