Andrew Lloyd Webber - Why Does She Love Me? (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) lyrics

[RAOUL] One more! [BARTENDER] Ah, buddy don't ya think you've had enough? It's practically morning! [RAOUL] One more I said. [BARTENDER] Alright, alright. My shift is over anyway. So let's settle the bill, ok? Geez, you're in a bad way, ain't ya? Worst than most that wind up here. Ah, here's the morning shift. Maybe he'll know what to do with you. [RAOUL] Yes...yes what to do with me...that's the question, isn't it? That's always been the question. Ever since the beginning. She looks for sympathy I give her sorrow She asks for honesty I've none to borrow She needs my tender kiss She begs it of me I give her ugliness Why does she love me? She yearns for higher things Things I can't give her The rush that music brings I can't deliver And even when she sings And soars above me I try to clip her wings Why does she love me? One more drink, sir That's what I need Don't you think, sir? Leave the hurt behind Did you hear me? Another drink. She wants the man I was Husband and father At least she thinks she does She needn't bother Beneath this mask I wear There's nothing of me Just horror, shame, despair Why does she love me? How 'bout you sir? Tell me, what am I to do sir Leave the hurt behind. [MEG] Morning Bernie! Coffee please! Hurry up before I freeze! I'll just take it black. Vicomte! Fancy meeting you here... [RAOUL] Miss Giry... [MEG] Drowning your sorrows, are you? [RAOUL] On the contrary, I'm celebrating a reunion with old friends. Friends I had long thought dead and buried. And you? [MEG] Me? I'm in for a swim. This town is coarse and cold and mean It's hard to keep your conscience clean Faceless in the crowd Anything's allowed And so I come at dawn each day Come to wash it all away Sink into the sea Blue and cool and kind Let it set me free Let the past unwind Leave the hurt behind [RAOUL] Miss Giry... [MEG] What do you think will happen Vicomte, at the concert? Have you thought? When he hears her sing again...when she sings... [RAOUL] Ah, Miss Giry, I wish I knew, but I'm afraid her music has always been somewhat of a mystery to me. [MEG] But there's more to this than the music, monsieur! Believe me! I saw it! There's something I...I don't know! Just take her away! Now! For all our sakes. Sail across the sea Put us out of mind Close you eyes and flee Let yourself stay blind [RAOUL] What do you mean? What are you talking about!? [MEG] Trust me, monsieur! Don't let her sing! One he gets into her soul, there's nothing she won't do for him. Leave this place behind! [RAOUL] Miss Giry! He's not Mephistopheles you know! When it comes down to it, he's just another circus freak. I'm not afraid of him!