Kurt Weill
Life, Love, and Laughter
[CELLINI]
Although by black misfortune we're surrounded
Although by fallen angels we are hounded
We'll manage yet to thwart their base designs
Before the dawn, we'll shatter these confines
And shelter where the sun always shines
There'll be life, there'll be love, there'll be laughter
Hearts aglow, we'll never know despair
From this day, come what may, ever after
Brass or gold, what joys untold we'll share
We'll face the future alone, together
Away from all the world and its alarms
There'll be life, there'll be love, there'll be laughter
Together in each other's arms
[CELLINI & ANGELA]
There'll be life, there'll be love, there'll be laughter
Hearts aglow, we'll never know despair
From this day, come what may, ever after
Brass or gold, what joys untold we'll share
We'll face the future alone, together
Away from all the world and its alarms
There'll be life, there'll be love, there'll be laughter
Together in each other's arms
[NARRATOR, spoken]
Angela's pleased, the moment's great
Then Emilia shouts, "You'll have to wait
The Duke is back." Cellini ducks
Emilia's off. And Angela's luck's
Run out again, all gloom and doom
The Duke directs her to his room
And on they'll go, he wishes sooner
But first a nod to Reverend Spooner