I Sang A Song (to the tune of "I Dreamed A Dream" from " Les Miserables")
Sung by Christine:
There was a time when Carlotta was kind
When her voice was soft
And her insults not so biting
There was a time when I was in a land, far behind
And my father played me a song
And the song was inviting
There was a time
Then it all went wrong
I sang a song in time gone by
The notes were high
But I kept trying
I sang the song both day and night
My love for music, forever undying
I was young, and oh so afraid
Oh opera ghosts whom everyone detested
And then I met the opera ghost, himself
And it was my talents that he tested
But he only comes at night
With his voice soft as thunder
He wrote for me a special part
And he orchestrated my rise to fame
He never sleeps, but he's always at my side
He fills my dreams with endless wonder
He made me a good singer in his stride
But he was gone when gendarmes came
And still I think that he's still there
In his home, below the floorboards
Still drowning in his despair
And, I imagine, utterly bored!
I had a dream my career would be
So different from the dream I'm living
Much less stranger than it seems
But my life is now the song I sing…