Stephen Sondheim Follow

Charles:

Ella look at me, this way Ella,

Ella concentrate hard.

Ella, hear me and turn before I deal another card...

Ella:

No don’t look at me, don’t look up, Charles,

If you look at me, then ...

I will look at you, happily, 

And they will see how much I like you.

Charles:

When will I ever see you Ella,

When will we meet, when will we speak,

When will I once again touch your cheek,

When...


Ella:

When will we meet, I long to know Charles,

How do you dance, how do you smoke,

What is a party, what is a joke,

But when...

Charles:

I pass, I pass the hours planning,

Things to teach you...


Ella:

I pass the hours planning
Ways to reach you,


Together:

When, when, when...

Charles:

One heart,

One heart is beating wildly,

Can she hear it?


Ella:

One heart is beating wildly,

Charles is near it...

When...

Charles:
When will we be alone together,

When will we meet?

(Ella: When will we be alone together?)

Charles: When can we speak?

(Ella: When will we meet?)

Charles: When can I once again touch your cheek?

(Ella: When can we speak?)

Together: When can I once again touch your cheek?

When?

Charles:

Ella gay as a tarantella,

Pure as larks singing a capella,

Let my poem be your umbrella...

Ella, poets who suffer pain
Should fall in love with girls named Jane, 

Not Ella...

Ella:

When will we meet I long to know,

What songs do you like, 

Where are you from, 

Have you been married,

Why did you come?

When?

Charles:

When Ella, when I long to teach your

Eyes how to read,

Hands how to write,

Lips how to spell,

But night after night,

When...

I see you scouring and mending,

Pale and dreamy,

Bending and pretending,

Not to see me,

When, when, when...

Ella:

I see you smile at me in Notions while I’m cooking,

Cover your emotions,
Charles they’re looking...

When...

Charles: When will we ever be together,

When is the time,

(Ella: When will we ever be together)

Charles: Where is the place,

(Ella: When is the time)

Charles: When will I once again touch your face,

(Ella: Where is the place)

Together: When will I once again touch your face,

When, when, when, when, when...

Ella:

When will we meet I long to know?

What songs do you like,

Where are you from,

Charles, am I ugly,

Charles, am I dumb,

Charles, do you like me?

Charles, could you love me Charles?

Charles:

Harkins absent: the daylight darkens...

Ella what kind of coward am I,

This I will not allow.

Ella, what if they do their worst,

I’ll see you first,

We’ll be together...

Now Ella, now girl,

I shall show your

Hands how to touch,

Eyes how to glow,

Lips how to kiss,

I’ve so much to show,

Then you will blossom,

Then you will grow,

And then.. then... then...