The Marriage of Figaro: Act I, Cinque, dieci, venti, trenta - Philharmonia Orchestra & Esa-Pekka Salonen

Claire was the mayor's daughter, knees went weak when I saw her We tussled for a summer when I walked in on her and Clyde And so she'd often wander with every boy in Potter Many suitors died with honour in war between the states And Clyde was a cavalry man when he got home to him she ran But he had eyes for Western lands and left her behind So Claire settled down, her husband moved her out of town They tried to lay her past to rest, hung up those evening gowns Now Jeremiah was a logger we all knew he's off his rocker Thought Claire to be his lover, much to her surprise Her children loved their mother, towards their father she grew fonder Her hair just turned blonder, beauty stood the test of time Then word got around, that Clyde was back in town By a way of manifest destiny he had gained himself renown In the year seventy-five, ten years after Lincoln died Claire kissed the kids goodnight, snuck off to meet her old friend Clyde Now Jeremiah saw that chance, his own twisted sick romance Denying his advances Claire was never seen alive He hung for what he'd done, we caught him bloody with his gun He never told us where she lay, but I know that Claire would run We never found that girl from Potter, who'd so often wander Till more than a century later a builder found her in the ground Beneath the cranes of Potter, where Jeremiah shot her There lies the mayor's daughter, two feet down Beneath the cranes of Potter, hair no longer blonder Beneath the cranes of Potter, in her finest evening gown

Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang Oh what you gonna do, Katie? You're a sweet sweet girl But it's a cruel, cruel world A cruel, cruel world My pins are none too strong, Katie Hurry up, Mrs Brown I can feel it coming down And it won't take none too long But since you said goodbye Polka dots fill my eyes And I don't know why Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang What you gonna do Katie? You're a sweet, sweet girl But it's a cruel, cruel world A cruel, cruel world Safety pins are none too strong Katie They hold my life together And I never say never And I never say never again But since you said goodbye The polka dots fill my eyes And I don't know why Since you said goodbye The polka dots fill my eyes And I don't know why Say you want Say you will Say you will Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang And since you said goodbye The polka dots fill the sky And I don't know why

(bruce burch/vern dant/larry shell) I overheard a conservation your name was mentioned in But they didn't talk about us, only her again I didn't want to listen but I hung on every word They said some things I wish I hadn't heard Chorus: Rumor has it she has you Rumor has it you love her too Talk is cheap but the price is high when it's true Rumor has it she has you This town's so small a whisper can be heard a mile away And people here will gossip when there's nothing else to say I wouldn't have believed my ears but I see it in your eyes The stories going 'round this town aren't lies Rumor has it she has you Rumor has it you love her too Talk is cheap but the price is high when it's true Rumor has it she has you Whoa... rumor has it she has you