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MEG: Tell me, did you watch? |
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Tell me that you saw! |
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Did you hear the crowd? |
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the way they cheered? |
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I hope you're proud - Did you like the new routine? |
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was it passable, I mean? |
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I can change a thing or two, what should I do? |
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No, don't say it - I can guess, but I promise I'll progress - |
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PHANTOM: Yes, of course, whatever you think is best. |
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MEG: Did the costume look ok? Too revealing would you say? People seemed to like the view. |
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GIRY: Meg, please! |
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MEG: I could show a bit more skin, that would surely bring them in - |
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GIRY: Meg! Can't you see that the master's at work? |
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Can't you see that his mind's somewhere else? |
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Can't you see that obviously he's thinking of things more important than you? |
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PHANTOM: Careful, Madame. You're forgetting yourself. |
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Giry: Don't you see he forgot what this is? |
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Opening day, big deal, what's the fuss? |
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Our success means naught, I guess, compared to the things that the master must do. |
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PHANTOM: That's quite enough! |
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GIRY: Christine! Christine! |
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MEG: Christine... |
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GIRY: Meg, leave. Now. |
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In Paris, when the mob surrounded you, who was there? We were there! |
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Where was she, when the lawmen hounded you? Gone, long gone. We stayed on! |
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Who concealed you safe away, smuggled you up to Calais? Found a freighter out of France - |
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PHANTOM: I don't see the problem. This is ancient history. |
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GIRY: And once here, when the sideshow hired you, who stood by? |
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Meg and I. |
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While they kept you on display, who kept working night and day? |
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Who gave you their very lives? |
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And who helped you buy that sideshow? |
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Who helped you finance your schemes? |
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Who wouldn't quit 'til your act was a hit, and your hit could become your dream? |
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Who plied the politicians, lured investors and the press? No, not her! |
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And who stayed with you, helped you and advised you? |
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We stayed with you, loved and idolized you. |
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She betrayed you, shunned you and despised you! |
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She chose Raoul, chose his beauty and youth! |
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It's long past time you faced up to - ! |
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PHANTOM: ENOUGH! |
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You'll be repaid as I promised you would. |
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Now, if you've anything else left to say...? |
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Oh Christine! My Christine! |
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Yes you fled from my face once before, |
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but Christine, what we shared even you can't ignore, |
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my Christine! I'll be no longer denied! |
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I'll have you back by my side, |
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My sweet Christine! |
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And come what may, I swear somehow, someway, I will hear you sing once more! |
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