Near the Stage Where You Sing - A Parody of On the Street Where You Live From My Fair Lady
Raoul, by the stage in the Opera Populaire, sings:
I have often been
Near this stage before
But the carpet always stayed beneath my feet before.
All at once am I
Several towers high
Knowing I'm near the stage where you sing.
All the maple trees
Are in the heart of town.
You can hear a bird in all those little parks in town.
But this is where I gather
Because I'd much rather
Be right here near the stage where you sing.
The overpowering feeling,
Just to know sometimes you sing here.
An overpowering feeling
That any second your voice will suddenly appear.
People stop and laugh.
They don't bother me.
For there's no place else in France that I would rather be.
Let a month go by!
I don't care if I
Can be here near the stage where you sing.
(For a few seconds, some music comes from the pit orchestra that's rehearsing, then the singing resumes):
People stop and laugh.
They don't bother me.
For there's no place else in France that I would rather be.
Let a year go by!
I don't care if I
Can be here near the stage where you sing!