Finaletto / Wanting You

Lyrics

[GIRLS] Gentle airs, courtly manners [GIRLS, TENORS & BASSES] Grace the (This could be the) (The) [GIRLS, TENORS & BASSES] Court of France [BASSES] And that [BASSES, TENORS & GIRLS] Is why we ape the courtly manners (We ape the courtly manners) (These airs) Of old Versailles (Seen at old Versailles) (And these) [GIRLS] Courtly manners come from Paris [GIRLS & MEN] Do not cry (Here) For Versailles (is) While you're in Louisiana (Louisiana now!) [GIRLS] This is a royal dance [MEN] We know the new cotillion dance [GIRLS] Oh, gentlemen, no gentlеman Act like this in a dance [MEN] We fall in linе, we're all in line Hoping to win a dance [GIRLS & MEN] Dance with Marianne And know the bliss of her sweet kiss [MARIANNE, spoken] Monsieur, you have won the lottery I grant the privilege of the dance and a kiss [ROBERT, spoken] Mademoiselle, I want more than I could ever hope to win [ROBERT] My heart is aching for someone And you are that someone You know the truth of my story You must believe what you see [MARIANNE I too, may someday love someone From somewhere, there'll come one One who will hear the same story That you're telling me [ROBERT] Wanting you, ev'ry day I am wanting you Ev'ry night I am longing to Hold you close to my eager breast Wanting love in that heaven I'm dreaming of Makes that heaven seem far above Any hope that I'll gain my quest Dreams are vain But I cling to the merest chance That you may hear me Dreams are vain For whenever I wake I never find you near me Wanting you Nothing else in the world will do In this world you are all that I adore! All I adore! [MARIANNE] Wanting you, ev'ry day I am wanting you Ev'ry night I am longing to Hold you close to my eager breast Wanting love in that heaven I'm dreaming of Makes that heaven seem far above Any hope that I'll gain my quest [MARIANNE & ROBERT] Dreams are vain But I cling to the merest chance That you may hear me Dreams are vain For whenever I wake I never find you near me [MARIANNE] Wanting you Nothing else in the world will do [MARIANNE & ROBERT] In this world you are all that I adore! All I adore!