Agony

[CINDERELLA'S PRINCE]

Did I abuse her

Or show her disdain?

Why does she run from me?

If I should lose her,

How shall I regain

The heart she has won from me?Agony!

Beyond power of speech,

When the one thing you want

Is the only thing out of your reach.[RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE]

High in her tower,

She sits by the hour,

Maintaining her hair.

Blithe and becoming and frequently humming

A lighthearted air:

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-Agony!

Far more painful than yours,

When you know she would go with you

If there only were doors.[BOTH]

Agony!

Oh, the torture they teach![RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE]

What's as intriguing-[CINDERELLA'S PRINCE]

Or half so fatiguing-[BOTH]

As what's out of reach?[CINDERELLA'S PRINCE]

Am I not sensitive,

Clever,

Well-mannered,

Considerate,

Passionate,

Charming,

As kind as I'm handsome

And heir to a throne?[RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE]

You are everything maidens could wish for![CINDERELLA'S PRINCE]

Then why no-?[RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE]

Do I know?[CINDERELLA'S PRINCE]

The girl must be mad![RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE]

You know nothing of madness

Till you're climbing her hair

And you see her up there

AS you're nearing her,

All the while hearing her:

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-[BOTH]

Agony![CINDERELLA'S PRINCE]

Misery![RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE]

Woe![BOTH]

Though it's different for each.[CINDERELLA'S PRINCE]

Always ten steps behind-[RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE]

Always ten feet below-[BOTH]

And she's just out of reach.

Agony

That can cut like a knife!I must have her to wife.