Waiting

Lyrics

[ARMAND] She said she'd come at four, has she forgotten? I've thought of nothing else this endless day Perhaps she is regretting the moment when she kissed me The moment of surrender... Or was it all a sport for her amusement? A heartless little game some women play? How can she have forgotten? She made me feel she meant it How can she not remember? Waiting, all my life, a kind of waiting Never sure why I was waiting Now I know I waited for her Before her, my days went round and round Now I know where I belong Now I see a different way Now I hear a different song I woke at your kiss, I came at your call The first wound of love cuts deepest of all So deep and so sweet Who are you, what are you, Marguerite? [MARGUERITE] Why did I say I'd come? What was I thinking? I have too much to lose to lose my head Romance is for beginners For waitresses and shop-girls They need a happy ending Be careful, Marguerite Think what you're risking The boy's too high a price for you to pay A juvenile distraction A momentary madness A game of just pretending I have waited for all my lifetime I would have given all my life to find you You come now to save me, my prince in shining armour You tell yourself our story has begun I know already how it ends How soon it's done My hopes are lost beyond recall You come all too late Too late to tell a different story, and save the China doll Do not hope, dear Armand Do not wait, believe me What you ask for is forbidden What you ask for can't be given The years will pass [ARMAND] Waiting, all my life, a kind of waiting Never sure why I was waiting Now I know I've waited for her Before her, my days went round and round Now I know where I belong Now I see a different way Now I hear a different song I woke at your kiss, I came at your call The first wound of love cuts deepest of all So deep and so sweet Who are you, what are you, Marguerite? Waiting, all my life, a kind of waiting Marguerite I've waited for you Was it all in vain? [MARGUERITE and ARMAND] Past hoping, past wishing, past waiting