Original Broadway Cast Recording - Liaisons

At the villa of the Baron De Signac,
Where I spent a somewhat infamous year,
At the villa of the Baron De Signac
I had ladies in attendance,
Fire-opal pendants
Liaisons
What's happened to them
Liaisons today
Disgraceful
What's become of them
Some of them
Hardly pay their shoddy way
What once was a rare champagne
Is now just an amiable hock,
What once was a villa, at least,
Is digs
What once was a gown with train
Is now just a simple little frock,
What once was a sumptuous feast
Is figs
Nonot even figsraisins
Ah, liaisons
Now, where was I
Where was I
Oh, yes
At the palace of the Duke of Ferrara,
Who was prematurely deaf but a dear,
At the palace of the Duke of Ferrara
I acquired some position
Plus a tiny Titian
Liaisons
What's happened to them
Liaisons today
To see themindiscriminate
Women, it
Pains me more than I can say,
The lack of taste that they display
Where is style
Where is skill
Where is forethought
Where's discretion of the heart
Where's passion in the art
Where's craft
With a smile
And a will
But with more thought,
I acquired a chateau
Extravagantly o-
Verstaffed
Too many people muddle sex
With mere desire,
And when emotion intervenes
The nets descend
It should on no account perplex,
Or worse, inspire
It's but a pleasurable means
To a measurable end
Why does no one comprehend
Let us hope this lunacy's just a trend
Now where was I
Where was I
Oh, yes
In the castle of the King of the Belgians,
We would visit through a false chiffonier
In the castle of the King of the Belgians
Who, when things got rather touchy,
Deeded me a duchy
Liaisons
What's happened to them
Liaisons today
Untidy
Take my daughter, I
Taught her, I
Tried my best to point the way
I even named her
Desiree
In a world where the kings are employers,
Where the amateur prevails
And delicacy fails
To pay,
In a world where the princes are lawyers,
What can anyone expect
Except to recollect Lia
She falls asleep