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In Praise of Women

Stephen SondheimListen on Apple Music

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CARL-MAGNUS:
She wouldn't...
Therefore they didn't...
So then it wasn't—
Not unless it—
Would he?
She doesn't...
God knows she needn't...
Therefore it's not
He'd never...
Therefore they haven't...
Which makes the question absolutely—
Could he?
She daren't...
Therefore I mustn't...
What utter rot!
Fidelity is more than mere display
It's what a man expects from life
Fidelity like mine to Desiree
And Charlotte, my devoted wife
The papers...
He mentioned papers,
Some legal papers,
Which I didn't see there
Where were they,
The goddamn papers
She had to sign?
What nonsense...
He brought her papers,
They were important,
So he had to be there
I'll kill him!
Why should I bother?
The woman's mine!
Besides, no matter what one might infer,
One must have faith to some degree
The least that I can do is trust in her
The way that Charlotte trusts in me
Capable, pliable...
Women, women...
Undemanding and reliable,
Knowing their place
Insufferable, yes, but gentle,
Their weaknesses are incidental
A functional but ornamental
Race
Durable, sensible...
Women, women...
Very nearly indispensable
Creatures of grace
God knows the foolishness about them,
But if one had to live without them,
The world would surely be a poorer,
If purer,
Place
The hip-bath...
About that hip-bath...
How can you slip and trip into a hip-bath?
The papers...
Where were the papers?
Of course, he might have taken back the papers...
She wouldn't...
Therefore they didn't
The woman's mine!

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专辑信息

A Little Night Music (1973 Original Broadway Cast) →
  1. The Glamorous Life
  2. Overture and Night Waltz
  3. Now-Later-Soon
  4. Remember-
  5. You Must Meet My Wife
  6. Liaisons
  7. In Praise of Women
  8. Every Day a Little Death
  9. A Weekend in the Country
  10. Night Waltz I-The Sun Won't Set
  11. Night Waltz II-The Sun Sits Low [#]
  12. It Would Have Been Wonderful
  13. Send in the Clowns
  14. The Miller's Son
  15. Perpetual Anticipation
  16. Finale- Send in the Clowns-Night Waltz
  17. The Glamorous Life [-]