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Song from "Can-Can" - 1953 Broadway Musical
Cole Porter - If You Loved Me Truly Lyrics
CLAUDINE:
I'm always happy when I am dancing.
I have no cares, I have no ills,
I feel like a bird above the hills,
When dancing, my cup of happiness fills
Right up to my brain.
BORIS:
When a woman has a man, listen here,
She should think of nothing but him.
GIRLS:
Claudine, go on a strike!
BOYS:
You women are all alike.
CLAUDINE:
I'd love to make a career of dancing.
I'd dance so well, I'd go so far,
They'd cheer me from here to Zanzibar
And in ev'ry dance hall I'd be a star,
The belle of the ball!
BOYS:
When a woman has a man, her career
Should amount to nottling at all.
GIRLS:
Go out and get your fame!
BOYS:
You women are all the same.
GIRLS:
If you could have a career, Claudine,
The world would be at your feet.
GIRL:
If you could have a career, Claudine,
Mon dieu, the men you could meet!
A member of the Minist?re,
A South African millionaire,
Our newly elected president,
I hope he isn't impotent!
A viscount who's filthy rich,
A Rothschild, no matter which,
The Nizam of Hyderabad,
The Prince of wales can still be had!
GIRLS:
Shut up, shut up!
GIRLS & BORIS:
Shut up, yourself, you dirty pup!
GIRL:
The dear Duc d'Anjou
Would give you a bike built for two.
The Rajah of Mysore
Would give you a bed for three or four.
The Earl of Athlone
Would give you a bathtub of your own.
And good King Leopold
Would give you a toothpick.
CLAUDINE:
Give me a toothpick?
GIRL:
Made of gold!
BORIS:
Stop, Stop this insane, this endless hullabaloo
While I explain a sculptor's point of view:
Praxiteles was a sculptor. He had a girl,
She didn't want to be a dancer.
Miclielangelo was a sculptor. He had a girl,
She didn't want to be a dancer.
And I, the greatest sculptor of them all, I have a girl,
Does she want to be a dancer?
CLAUDINE:
Yes is the answer!
GIRLS:
Yes is the answer!
CLAUDINE:
I want to be a dancer and kick up my heels.
BORIS:
But if you're a dancer, who'll cook my meals?
CLAUDINE:
I want to be a dancer and wear pretty frocks.
BOYS:
But if you're a dancer, who'll darn his socks?
GIRLS:
You're just as bad as he is!
BOYS:
You're just as mad as she is!
GIRLS:
You're just as bad!
BOYS:
You're just as mad!
GIRLS:
You're just as bad!
BOYS:
You're just as mad!
CLAUDINE:
But not as sad as I,
Boris, you know why.
SHE:
You don't love me, 'tis clear to see.
HE:
I don't love you? You don't love me.
SHE:
You only think of your life, never of mine.
HE:
I only think of my life? What a line!
SHE:
If you loved me,
HE:
If you loved me!
SHE:
If you loved me,
HE:
If you loved me!
SHE:
If you
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If you
SHE:
If you
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If you
SHE:
If
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If
SHE:
If
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If
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If
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If
SHE:
If you loved me truly, if you love
Then you would not, should not, could not
So selfish be.
HE:
If you loved me truly, you must agree
That you would not, should not, could not
Say that to me.
SHE:
You freak, you fool!
You pig, you pill!
You scourge, you scum!
HE:
You molecule!
You imbecile!
You vacuum!
BOTH:
Nonetheless, I love you, love you truly, truly,
Nonetheless, I love you, love you truly, truly.
Other Songs: Can-Can the Musical Songs Lyrics
Cole Porter If You Loved Me Truly Lyrics from Can-can the Musical
Can-Can the Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS
Introduction & Maidens Typical of France
Never Give Anything Away
C'est Magnifique
Come Along with Me
Come Along with Me (Reprise)
Live and Let Live
I Am in Love
If You Loved Me Truly
Montmartre
Allez-Vous-En
Who Said Gay Paree?
Never, Never Be an Artist
It's All Right with Me
Every Man Is a Stupid Man
I Love Paris
Can-Can
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