Ilsa Demands the Letters

Song Ilsa Demands the Letters
Artist Max Steiner
Album Casablanca [Rhino]

Lyrics

[00:08.13] How did you get in?
[00:10.39] The stairs from the street.
[00:11.51] I told you this morning you'd come around,
[00:12.95] but this is a little ahead of schedule.
[00:14.84] Well, won't you sit down?
[00:16.57] Richard, I had to see you.
[00:17.53] "Richard" again. We're back in Paris.
[00:19.33] Please.
[00:20.40] Your unexpected visit isn't connected by any chance with the letters of transit?
[00:24.18] Seems as long as I have those letters I'll never be lonely.
[00:26.89] You can ask any price you want, but you must give me those letters.
[00:30.05] I went all through that with your husband. It 's no deal.
[00:33.20] I know how you feel about me, but I must put your feelings aside for something more important.
[00:37.88] I have to hear again what a great man your husband is, what an important cause he's fighting for?
[00:42.34] It was your cause too.
[00:44.17] In your own way, you were fighting for the same thing.
[00:46.97] I'm not fighting for anything anymore except myself.
[00:49.97] I'm the only cause I' m interested in.
[00:57.17] Richard, we loved each other once. If those days meant anything at all to you.
[01:02.64] I wouldn't bring up Paris if I were you. It's poor salesmanship.
[01:04.68] Please, please listen to me. If you knew what really happened.
[01:07.65] If you only knew the truth.
[01:08.91] I wouldn't believe you no matter what you said.
[01:11.02] You'd say anything now to get what you want.
[01:18.51] You want to feel sorry for yourself, don't you?
[01:21.37] With so much at stake all you can think of is your own feelings.
[01:24.32] One woman has hurt you, and you take your revenge on the rest of the world.
[01:28.27] You're a coward and a weakling.
[01:34.89] No. Oh, Richard. I' m sorry.
[01:38.88] I'm sorry, but you are our last hope.
[01:42.11] If you don't help us, Victor Laszlo will die in Casablanca.
[01:45.05] What of it?
[01:46.13] I'm going to die in Casablanca. It's a good spot for it.
[01:55.86] Now, if you'll...
[01:59.96] All right.
[02:01.35] I tried to reason with you.
[02:03.68] I tried everything. Now, I want those letters.
[02:06.15] Get them for me.
[02:07.40] I don't have to. I got them right here.
[02:11.12] Put them on the table.
[02:14.74] No.
[02:16.78] For the last time, put them on the table.
[02:20.27] If Laszlo and the cause mean so much to you, you won't stop at anything.
[02:25.55] All right, I'll make it easier for you.
[02:30.09] Go ahead and shoot. You'll be doing me a favor.
[02:38.74] Richard, I tried to stay away.
[02:43.28] I thought I would never see you again.
[02:47.30] That you were out of my life.
[03:10.03] The day you left Paris, if you knew what I went through.
[03:17.14] If you knew how much I loved you.
[03:20.98] How much I still love you.