from Rudolf: Affaire Mayerling
Frank Wildhorn/me
Prince Rudolf's wife, the Dowager Princess Stephanie, confronts her philandering husband.
Stephanie
Believe in love by night
In fate and candlelight
Go make of star-crossed kitsch your king
Believe in right and truth
Ideals of stupid youth
You know it wouldn't change a thing
For you have known your reign
Your duties writ in the veins of
Your noble blood since birth
So put this pap aside
I'm still your lawful bride
And it's time you have proven your worth
I am the heir of the throne
Sovereign of Vienna's land
To all the gentry of Europe, I'm Empress of Austria!
Of all the rest, I alone
Will have all to command
Then by the God that unites us,
You're mine for life!
So go on, have your whores
Just as your wont before
Have all the drabs and sluts you would
But don't think what you feel
Is any true or real
Than what you've always understood
The wedding vows we pledged
Our sacred troth plight
Unites us more than a mere affair
Call it a bitter gall
But Rudolf, you will fall
If you don't heed my words and beware
I'm still your half, heart and soul
To whom you still owe debts
For all the gentry of Europe, I'm Empress of Austria!
I'll rake your drabs through the coals
All your blondes and brunettes
Then by the God that unites us,
You're mine for life!
Feel all the doubts and the guilt in your soul entwine
It says "Time to change"
I'll be the queen God shall save
Though I don't share your bed
For all the gentry of Europe, I'm Empress of Austria!
They'll lay my bones in your grave
Long when we all are dead
Then by the God that unites us,
You're mine for life!
And till by death He divides us,
You're mine for life!
You're mine for life!
You're mine for life!
You're mine for life!
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