Land of Yesterday

Lyrics

[LILY] Once, I had a palace Here, merely a flat I fled with some diamonds And that was that [ARISTOCRATS] It's very tragic Ooh [LILY] Once, ladies-in waiting All bending a knee Now, only one lady-in-waiting, me [ARISTOCRAT MEN] No fanfares [ARISTOCRAT WOMEN] Or sedan chairs [ARISTOCRAT MEN] And no coaches [ARISTOCRAT WOMEN] And we sold our broaches [COUNT LEOPOLD] No afternoon card games with the Tsar [LILY, spoken] No caviar (sung) But I say we're not dead now [ARISTOCRATS & COUNT LEOPOLD] We're not dead now We're in France instead now [LILY] Let us not be sad The night's young And Russians are mad, so... Let's live in the land of yesterday Live in the grand Imperial heyday Let's live in the land of yesterday Russia [ARISTOCRATS] Husha! [LILY] Let's put on the fancy clothes And let's wile our woes away [ARISTOCRATS, COUNT LEOPOLD & LILY] In Russia Land of yesterday [LILY] In dire circumstances, why wallow in regret? We're out of second chances Why are we here except to forget? We know the world is fickle. Life is a leaky sieve Pass me a glass and give me a bow And drink to the Countess, nobody now Why should I care as long as I dare to live? [ARISTOCRATS] In the land of yesterday [LILY] Let's run up the bill as if we're still Royalty at play [ARISTOCRATS, COUNT LEOPOLD & LILY] In Russia, land of yesterday [LILY] The night's young And Russians are mad, so... [ARISTOCRATS, COUNT LEOPOLD & LILY] Let's live in the land of yesterday Live in the grand Imperial heyday Let's live in the land of yesterday Russia Husha! [LILY] Let's brush off the days of old And let's hold the world at bay [ARISTOCRATS, COUNT LEOPOLD & LILY] Yes, here's to [LILY] Russia! [ARISTOCRATS, COUNT LEOPOLD & LILY] Here's to [ARISTOCRATS & COUNT LEOPOLD] Russia! [ARISTOCRATS, COUNT LEOPOLD & LILY] Here's to Russia! Land of yesterday Land of yesterday Hey!