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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Antonio Banderas
Vocals
Madonna
Vocals
Chris Nightingale
Choir Conductor
David Caddick
Choir Conductor
Nick Curtis
Choir Conductor
John Mauceri
Conductor
Mike Dixon
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Composer
Tim Rice
Lyrics
David Cullen
Orchestrator
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Madonna
Mixing Engineer
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Producer
David Caddick
Producer
David Reitzas
Recording Engineer
Dick Lewzey
Recording Engineer
Mark "Spike" Stent
Recording Engineer
Robin Sellars
Recording Engineer
Dave Collins
Mastering Engineer
Nigel Wright
Producer
Alan Parker
Producer
David Wagg
Assistant Engineer
Gustavo Moratorio
Assistant Engineer
Jake Davies
Assistant Engineer
Lee McCutheon
Assistant Engineer
Matt Silva
Assistant Engineer
Toby Wood
Assistant Engineer
Lyrics
Tell me before I waltz out of your life
Before turning my back on the past
Forgive my impertinent behavior
But how long do you think this pantomime can last?
Tell me before I ride off in the sunset
There's one thing I never got clear
How can you claim you're our savior
When those who oppose you are stepped on, or cut up
Or simply disappear?
Tell me before you get onto your bus
Before joining the forgotten brigade
How can one person, like me, say
Alter the time-honored way the game is played?
Tell me before you get onto your high horse
Just what you expect me to do?
I don't care what the bourgeoisie say
I'm not in business for them
But to give all my descamisado's
A magical moment or two
There is evil ever around
Fundamental system of government
Quite incidental
So what are my chances of honest advances?
I'd say low
Better to win by admitting my sin
Than to lose with a halo
Tell me before I seek worthier pastures
And thereby restore self-esteem
How can you be so short-sighted
To look never further than this week or next week
To have no impossible dream?
Allow me to help you slink off to the sidelines
And mark your adieu with three cheers
But first, tell me who'd be delighted
If I said I'd take on the world's greatest problems
From war to pollution, no hope of solution
Even If I lived for one hundred years
There is evil ever around
Fundamental system of government
Quite incidental
So go, if you're able
To somewhere unstable and stay there!
Whip up your hate in some tattering state
But not here, dear
Is that clear, dear?
Ohh, what I'd give for a hundred years
But the physical interferes
Every day more
Oh, my creator
What is the good
Of the strongest heart
In a body that's falling apart?
A serious flaw
I hope you know that
Writer(s): Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber
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