[ti:Dear Old Friend]
[ar:Andrew Lloyd Webber]
[al:Love Never Dies]
[00:00.33]5, 6, a-5, 6, 7, 8
[00:03.65]Bathing beauty, on the beach
[00:06.77]Bathing beauty, say hello
[00:09.90]What a cutie, what a peach
[00:13.02]Bathing beauty, watch her go
[00:15.65]（Alright, Meg, take 5, girls, take it one more time）
[00:18.95]
[00:21.71]Bathing beauty, on the beach
[00:24.89]Very nice, Meg
[00:26.89]Do you think so, mother, really?
[00:28.96]You've come a long way since the beginning of the season
[00:32.46]Does he agree?
[00:34.45]It's been three months, he never comes to see the show
[00:38.36]Even a word from him, just one
[00:40.25]You may get more than that
[00:42.75]He has been composing again, late at night
[00:46.75]Not this cheap Vaudeville trash, something glorious
[00:52.12]For, for me?
[00:54.31]Continue to work hard
[00:56.75]Make yourself useful to him
[01:01.31]
[01:01.93]Mother
[01:02.75]Patience, Gustave, first I must find the stage manager
[01:06.63]dressing My room, the musical director
[01:08.00]
[01:08.68]Then we'll go look for our friend and go see the island?
[01:12.14]I'm sure he'll send for you when he's ready
[01:14.50]Well, excuse me, miss, would you mind?
[01:18.13]Heaven help me, could it be?
[01:19.69]No, it couldn't possibly
[01:21.31]Sorry, do I?
[01:22.38]Yes, I think you do
[01:23.76]Have we?
[01:24.31]Go on, take a guess
[01:25.68]Wait, it can't be, is it?
[01:26.81]Yes
[01:27.31]Oh, my God, I can't believe it's you
[01:30.05]Look at you, Christine
[01:31.57]Regal as a queen and beautiful
[01:34.01]Meg, and you as well
[01:35.63]I could hardly tell it's you
[01:40.31]My dear old friend
[01:42.82]Can't believe you're here, old friend
[01:45.51]After all this time
[01:46.88]So glad you came
[01:48.32]You look sublime
[01:49.82]You look the same
[01:51.25]My sweet old friend
[01:53.07]Never thought we'd meet, old friend
[01:56.19]Look at you, a star
[01:57.63]And you, a wife
[01:59.13]And isn't life a splendid thing?
[02:02.12]And here we are
[02:03.68]To see the sights
[02:05.44]And sing
[02:08.25]To sing?
[02:09.63]And of course, as a treat for my son
[02:12.12]Meg, meet Gustave
[02:14.50]Who hired you to sing here?
[02:17.07]You
[02:17.94]It can't be you
[02:19.19]Is this a jest?
[02:20.50]How can this be?
[02:21.75]We've come to work
[02:23.07]At whose request?
[02:24.32]The contract's here
[02:25.57]I want to see
[02:26.88]My God, the price
[02:28.38]It's rather high
[02:28.94]
[02:29.52]Why, it's absurd
[02:30.89]Oh, yes, I know
[02:32.27]Inform your boss
[02:33.45]That by the by
[02:34.76]The fee goes up
[02:36.08]Or else we go
[02:37.51]My dear old friend
[02:39.70]Here's how things appear, old friend
[02:42.33]He who pays the bill
[02:44.01]Times two or three
[02:45.27]Be sure he will
[02:46.69]And handsomely
[02:47.87]And dear old friend
[02:49.82]Now that we are clear, old friend
[02:53.01]That's all very well but till you're gone
[02:56.00]You'll wait upon my boss' whim
[02:59.07]Ah, yes, your boss and who is that?
[03:01.94]It's him
[03:05.26]Sorry, did I hear you right?
[03:07.13]Here to sing
[03:07.91]Tomorrow night?
[03:08.97]I'm afraid there must be some mistake
[03:11.35]You can't be performing
[03:12.76]Mainly, dear 'cause so am I
[03:12.78]Why?
[03:13.35]
[03:15.13]I'm in fact the star, for heaven's sake
[03:17.38]What are you to sing?
[03:18.88]Just one little thing, an aria
[03:22.26]
[03:23.13]Please you needn't fret
[03:24.38]I'm sure you will get your due
[03:27.38]Him?
[03:28.20]That's what I said
[03:29.51]You work for him?
[03:30.89]Now so do you
[03:32.19]And my poor wife
[03:33.63]We thought him dead
[03:34.82]She'll be appalled
[03:36.63]Unless she knew
[03:38.79]Darling, please, are you alright?
[03:43.41]（Tell me now, that music, who was its creator?）
[03:47.97]Darling, please don't squeeze so tight
[03:53.29]（Something's going on here, I'll deal with you later）
[03:57.67]Did you know?
[03:58.91]How could I know
[04:00.29]Why would they come?
[04:01.60]Why won't they go?
[04:02.79]My dear old friend
[04:04.97]believe Can't you're here, old friend
[04:07.41]Speaking as your host
[04:09.22]As an artist
[04:10.41]What a surprise
[04:11.72]To say the least
[04:13.10]Yes, dear old friend
[04:15.10]That's a happy tear, old friend
[04:18.47]I can't conceal, try though I may
[04:21.10]The way I feel so I pretend
[04:23.79]I'm sure it's clear
[04:25.16]To such a dear old friend
[04:28.53]You mustn't stay
[04:29.78]Why would I leave?
[04:31.16]Why are we here?
[04:32.41]Don't play naive
[04:33.72]What dear old friends
[04:36.03]Don't we all live here, old friends?
[04:38.60]Nothing has been changed
[04:40.10]And never will
[04:41.28]Just rearranged
[04:42.66]And yet we're still
[04:44.04]Such grand old friends
[04:45.91]Such devoted and old friends
[04:49.16]Words cannot suggest
[04:50.66]What's in my heart
[04:52.10]And for the rest
[04:53.35]Why even start?
[04:55.03]My dear old friends
[04:57.41]So much longer near, old friends
[05:00.09]Back again at last
[05:01.27]When everyone
[05:02.59]Is doing great
[05:04.21]Won't this be fun?
[05:05.46]With dear old friends
[05:07.64]Utterly sincere old friends
[05:10.83]Honey, break a leg
[05:12.58]Madame, good day
[05:13.71]Enjoy your stay
[05:15.15]Hope it extends
[05:17.52]
[05:18.33]So glad you're here
[05:21.26]A lovely dear old friend
[05:32.33]Old friend
[05:37.39]
[05:43.57]Gustave, Gustave, Gustave?
[05:48.64]Must we always be chasing after the boy?
[05:51.70]I promise you, when I find him
[05:53.13]No, I will look for him
[05:55.32]Break's over, mate, back to work
[05:57.58]A-5, 6, 7, 8
[05:59.45]Bathing beauty, on the beach
[06:02.52]Bathing beauty, say hello
[06:05.96]What a cutie, what a peach
[06:09.07]Bathing beauty, watch her go