Agony

[Cinderella's Prince]

Did I abuse her

Or show her disdain?

Why does she run from me?

If I should lose her

How shall I regain

The heart she has won from me?

Agony!

Beyond power of speech

When the one thing you want

Is the only thing out of your reach

[Rapunzel's Prince]

High in her tower

She sits by the hour

Maintaining her hair

Blithe and becoming

And frequently humming

A light-hearted air

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Agony!

Far more painful than yours

When you know she would go with you

If there only were doors

[Both]

Agony!

All the torture they teach

[Rapunzel's Prince]

What's as intruiging-

[Cinderella's Prince]

Or half so fatiguing-

[Both]

As what's out of reach

[Cinderella's Prince]

Am I not sensitive, Clever

Well-mannered, considerate

Passionate, charming

As kind as I'm handsome

And heir to a throne?

[Rapunzel's Prince]

You are everything maidens could wish for!

[Cinderella's Prince]

Then why no?

[Rapunzel's Prince]

Do I know?

[Cinderella's Prince]

The girl must be mad!

[Rapunzel's Prince]

You know nothing of madness

'Till you're climbing her hair

And you see her up there

As you're nearing her

And all the while hearing her

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

[Both]

Agony

[Cinderella's Prince]

Misery

[Rapunzel's Prince]

Woe!

[Both]

Though it's different for each

[Cinderella's Prince]

Always ten steps behind

[Rapunzel's Prince]

Always ten feet below

[Both]

And she's just out of reach

Agony

that can cut like a knife!

I must have her to wife