Lyrics The Actress Hasn't Learned The Lines (You'd Like To Hear) - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Colm Wilkinson, Julie Covington

The Actress Hasn't Learned The Lines (You'd Like To Hear)

Thus all fairy stories end
Only an actress would pretend
Affairs of state are her latest play
Eight shows a week, two matinees
My how the worm begins to turn
When will the chorus girl ever learn?
My how the worm begins to turn
When will the chorus girl ever learn?
(eva:)
The chorus girl hasnt learned the lines youd like to hear
She wont go scrambling over the backs of the poor to be accepted
By making donations just large enough to the correct charity
She wont be president of your wonderful societies of philanthropy
Even if you asked her to be As you should have asked her to be The actress hasnt learned the lines youd like to hear
She wont join your clubs, she wont dance in your halls
She wont help the hungry once a month at your tombolas
Shell simply take control as you disappear
(che:)
Forgive my intrusion, but fine as those sentiments sound
Little has changed for us peasants down here on the ground
I hate to sound childish, ungrateful, I dont like to moan
But do you now represent anyones cause but your own?
(eva:)
Everything done will be justified by my foundation