Prima Donna (From 'The Phantom Of The Opera' Motion Picture)

Your public needs you

We need you too

(unassuaged) Would you not

Rather have your

Precious little

Ingenue

Signora no

The world wants you

Prima donna

First lady of the stage

Your devotees

Are on their knees

To implore you

Can you bow out

When they're shouting

Your name

Think of how they all

Adore you

Prima donna

Enchant us once again

Think of your muse

And of the queues

Round the theatre

Can you deny us the triumph

In store

Sing prima donna once more

Christine spoke of an angel

Prima donna

Your song shall live again

Think of your public

You took a snub

But there's a public

Who needs you

She has heard the voice

Of the angel of music

Those who hear your voice

Liken you to an angel

Think of their cry

Of undying

Support

We get our opera

She gets her limelight

Leading ladies are a trial

Think how you'll shine

In that final encore

Sing prima donna

Once more

Who'd believe a diva

Happy to relieve a chorus girl

Who's gone and slept with the patron

Raoul and the soubrette

Entwined in love's duet

Although he may demur

He must have been with her

You'd never get away

With all this in a play

But if it's loudly sung

And in a foreign tongue

It's just the sort of story

Audiences adore

In fact a perfect opera

Sing prima donna

Once more