Sarah Brightman -- The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection: all lyrics of the "new" songs

Sarah Brightman -- The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection: all lyrics of the "new" songs

Eleven song can also be found on Sarah's CD Surrender, The unexpected songs, two of which are now in English (and marked below with two asterisks) and the other songs are the same on both CDs. The remaining five are marked with a single asterisk.

Contents

The phantom of the opera (with Michael Crawford) *
The unexpected song
Chanson d'enfance
All I ask of you (with Cliff Richard) *
Don't cry for me Argentina **
Another suitcase in another hall *
Love changes everything *
Amigos para siempre (Friends for life) (with José Carreras)
Memory **
Gus: the theatre cat (with Sir John Gielgud)
Anything but lonely *
Macavity: the mystery cat
Tell me on a Sunday
Wishing you were somehow here again
Pie Jesu (with Paul Miles-Kingston)
The music of the night

For the songs not given here, see Surrender, The unexpected songs.

===> All lyrics on a single page.

1. The phantom of the opera (with Michael Crawford)

Christine (Sarah)

In sleep he sang to me
In dreams he came
That voice which calls to me
And speaks my name
And do I dream again
For now I find
The phantom of the opera is there
Inside my mind

The phantom (Michael)

Sing once again with me
Our strange duet
My power over you
Grows stronger yet
And though you turn from me
To glance behind
The phantom of the opera is there
Inside your mind

Christine

Those who have seen your face
Draw back in fear
I am the mask you wear

The phantom

It's me they hear

Christine (in duet with the phantom)

Your spirit and my voice in one combined

The phantom (in duet with Christine)

My spirit and your voice in one combined

Both

The phantom of the opera is there

Christine (in duet)

Inside my mind

The phantom (in duet)

Inside your mind

Choir (very, very soft)

He's there,
The phantom of the opera
Beware,
The phantom of the opera

The phantom

In all your fantasy
You always knew
That man and mystery

Christine

Were both in you

Both

And in this labyrinth
Were night is blind
The phantom of the opera is

Christine (in duet)

Here

The phantom (in duet)

There

Christine

Inside my mind

The phantom

Sing! My angel of music

Christine

He's there
The phantom of the opera

Christine starts wailing

The phantom

Sing...

Christine continues wailing,
and keeps on wailing after every
sentence the Phantom sings

The phantom

Sing for me...
Sing, my angel of music!
Sing for me!

4. All I ask of you (with Cliff Richard)

Raoul (Cliff)

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 (Sarah)

Say you'll love me ev'ry 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 want me with you, here beside you,
anywhere you go, let me go too,
that's all I ask of you.

Christine

Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime.

Together

Say the word and I will follow you.
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 ...

Love me, that's all I ask of you.

5. Don't cry for me Argentina

It won't be easy, you'll think it strange
When I try to explain how I feel
That I still need your love after all that I've done
You won't believe me
All you will see is a girl you once knew
Although she's dressed up to the nines
At sixes and sevens with you

I had to let it happen, I had to change
Couldn't stay all my life down at heel
Looking out of the window, staying out of the sun
So I chose freedom
Running around, trying everything new
But nothing impressed me at all
I never expected it to

Don't cry for me Argentina
The truth is I never left you
All through my wild days
My mad existence
I kept my promise
Don't keep your distance

And as for fortune, and as for fame
I never invited them in
Though it seems to the world they were all I desired
They are illusions
They're not the solutions they promised to be
The answer was here all the time
I love you and hope you love me

Don't cry for me Argentina

Don't cry for me Argentina
The truth is I never left you
All through my wild days
My mad existence
I kept my promise
Don't keep your distance

Have I said too much?
There's nothing more I can think of to say to you
But all you have to do is look at me
To know that every word is true

Don't cry for me Argentina

6. Another suitcase in another hall

I don't expect my love affairs to last for long
Never fool myself that my dreams will come true
Being used to trouble I anticipate it
But all the same I hate it -- wouldn't you?

So what happens now?
       Another suitcase in another hall
So what happens now?
       Take your picture off another wall
Where am I going to?
       You'll get by, you always have before
Where am I going to?

Time and time again I've said that I don't care
That I'm immune to gloom, that I'm hard through and through
But every time it matters all my words desert me
So anyone can hurt me -- and they do

So what happens now?
       Another suitcase in another hall
So what happens now?
       Take your picture off another wall
Where am I going to?
       You'll get by you always have before
Where am I going go?

Call in three months time and I'll be fine I know
Well maybe not that fine, but I'll survive anyhow
I won't recall the names and places of this sad occasion
But that's no consolation -- here and now

So what happens now?
       Another suitcase in another hall
So what happens now?
       Take your picture off another wall
Where am I going to?
       You'll get by, you always have before
Where am I going to?
       Don't ask anymore

7. Love changes everything

Love, love changes everything: hands and faces, earth and sky.
Love, love changes everything: how you live and how you die.
Love can make the summer fly, or a night seem like a lifetime.
Yes, love, love changes everything, now I tremble at your name.
Nothing in the world will ever be the same.

Love, love changes everything: days are longer, words mean more.
Love, love changes everything: pain is deeper than before.
Love will turn your world around, and that world will last forever.
Yes, love, love changes everything, brings you glory, brings you shame.
Nothing in the world will ever be the same.

Off into the world we go, planning futures, shaping years.
Love bursts in and suddenly all our wisdom disappears.
Love makes fools of everyone: all the rules we make are broken.
Yes, love, love changes everything: live or perish, in its flame.
Love will never ever let you be the same.
Love will never ever let you be the same.

9. Memory

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
Life 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 life will begin

Burnt out ends of smokey 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 my mem'ry
Of my days in the sun
If you touch me
You'll understand what happiness is
Look a new day has begun ...

11. Anything but lonely

Anything but lonely,
Anything but empty rooms.
There's so much in life to share --
What's the sense when no one else is there?

Anything but lonely,
Anything but only me.
Quiet years in too much space:
That's the thing that's hard to face,
And ...

You have a right to go,
But you should also know
That I won't be alone for long.
Long days with nothing said
Are not what lie ahead --
I'm sorry, but I'm not that strong.

Anything but lonely,
Anything but passing time.
Lonely's what I'll never be,
While there's still some life in me,
And ...

I'm still young, don't forget,
It isn't over yet --
So many hearts for me to thrill.
If you're not here to say
How good I look each day,
I'll have to find someone who will.

Anything but lonely,
Anything but empty rooms.
There's so much in life to share --
What's the sense when no one else is there ...?

What's the sense when no one else is there ...?

From: The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection (1997); see the separate lyrics pages for the authors and for details on the source of the lyrics.

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