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Artist: Into The Woods
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Agony
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Agony
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[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
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