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Stephen Sondheim
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A Little Priest
MS. LOVETT:Seems a downright shame… TODD (spoken):Shame? MS. LOVETT:Seems an awful waste… Such a nice plump frame Wots his name has Had…has… Nor he can't be traced Business needs a lift Debts to be erased Think of it as thrift, as a gift If you get my drift Seems and awful waste I mean...with the price of meat wot it is When you get it, if you get it TODD:Ah… MS. LOVETT:Good you got it Take for instance Ms. Mooney and her pie shop Business never better using only pussy cats and toast Now a pussy's good for maybe six or seven at the most And I'm sure they can't compare as far as taste (simultaneously) TODD:Ms. Lovett, what a charming notion Eminently practical MS. LOVETT:Well it does seem a waste! TODD:And yet appropriate as always Ms. Lovett, how I've lived without you all these years I'll never know! How delectable! Also undetectable! MS. LOVETT:Think about it Lots of other gentlemen'll soon be coming in for a shave Won't they? Think of All them Pies! TODD:How choice! How rare! For what's the sound of the world out there? MS. LOVETT:What Mr. Todd, what Mr. Todd What is that sound? TODD:Those crunching noises pervading the air! MS. LOVETT:Yes, Mr. Todd, Yes Mr. Todd Yes all around TODD:It's man devouring man, my dear! BOTH:Then who are we to deny it in here? TODD (spoken):These are desperate times, Ms. Lovett And desperate measures are called for MS. LOVETT:Here we are. Hot out of the oven TODD:What is that? MS. LOVETT:Its priest Have a little priest TODD:Is it really good? MS. LOVETT:Sir, it's too good, at least Then again they don't commit sins of the flesh So it's pretty fresh TODD:Awful lot of fat MS. LOVETT:Only where it sat TODD:Haven't you got poet or something like that? MS. LOVETT:No you see the trouble with poet Is how do you know it's deceased? Try the priest! Lawyer's rather nice TODD:If it's for a price MS. LOVETT:Order something else, though, to follow Since no one should swallow it twice TODD:Anything that's lean? MS. LOVETT:Well then if you're British and loyal You might enjoy royal marine Anyway it's clean Though of course it tastes of wherever it's been! TODD:Is that squire on the fire? MS. LOVETT:Mercy no, sir, look closer You'll notice its grocer! TODD:Looks thicker, more like vicar MS. LOVETT:No, it has to be grocer It's green! TODD:The history of the world, my love MS. LOVETT:Save a lot of graves Do a lot of relatives favors TODD:Is those below serving those up above! MS. LOVETT:Everybody shaves so there should be plenty of flavors TODD:How gratifying for once to know BOTH:That those above will serve those down below TODD (spoken):What is that? MS. LOVETT:It's fop Finest in the shop Or we have some shepherds pie peppered With actual shepherd on top! And I've just begun Is the politician so oily it's served with a doily? Have one! TODD:Put it on a bun Well you never know if it's going to run! MS. LOVETT:Try the friar! Fried, it's drier! TODD:No! The clergy is really too coarse and too mealy! MS. LOVETT:Then actor! It's compacter! TODD:Ah, but always arrives overdone (spoken) I'll come again when you have judge on the menu Have charity towards the world, my pet! MS. LOVETT:Yes, yes, I know, my love TODD:We'll take the customers that we can get! MS. LOVETT:High-born and low, my love! TODD:We'll not discriminate great from small No, we'll serve anyone (simultaneously) MS. LOVETT:We'll serve anyone! TODD:Meaning anyone! BOTH:And to anyone At all!
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