1 Disclaimers: No, I don't own the Moulin Rouge, and I don't claim to either! Put that in your pipe and smoke it, meh!

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3 Though inside the colors whirl and dance

And men dream of passionate, loveless romance

The colors of red hang curtained about

And the hall is filled with a song and a shout,

Somewhere there lies a shadow of doubt

The blackness behind those red-silken screens

Hide women who will use any means

To earn their keep, to pay their dues

They are broken, beaten, dirtied, abused

Yet some never know that they're being used

One, with a dream, with a hope in her heart

Ever and onward, playing her part

Perhaps one more night of this pain-tinted love

"Then I'll fly away like the uncaged dove

Because soon is the night when I'll have had enough"

Like the song says, we'll have our last dance

We'll cover the pain with this broken romance

When the day comes when the dreaming has died

Will everyone know that our spirits have lied?

What have we underworld creatures to hide?

A blush and a sigh, a moan, a cry

Pleasure or pain? Her face is a lie

Diamond among Diamonds, a body so coveted

And men only want you to share their bed

Will you ever find love and a man you might wed?

Oh, Sparkling Diamond, if only you knew

The pain, the torment, the loss you'll go through

Sparkling Diamond, use your last days

Tell the world it's not all drinks and plays

Show your sisters that there are other ways…