I Know You - Andrew Lloyd Webber

I recognize your majesty

Of course you do

You silly goose

I am the queen, of course you knew

My profile is on every Franc and every sou

I know who you are

I recognize your majesty from days gone by

The small chateau where I grew up?

Perhaps Versailles?

That tawdry inn, in the Pigale, I cannot lie

I know who you are

But why dredge up old memories?

Times you got swimmingly through

You’d have preferred that I had never breathd a word

I know you

I know you

Come closer, dear, it’s coming back a tiny trac

I must admit, I never quite forget a face

Though every feature’s in a slightly different place

I know who you are

I vaguely see you dancing with a beefy man

You’re thinking of the Ballets Russes, where I began

A pas de deux

But with a rose, and with a fan

I know who you are

But why poke through your chifforobe?

One never knows what one finds

Though in the end you may dig up a useful friend

Two like minds

I know you

You’ve quite a knack for bringing back old memories

To help you, dear, to see the forest for the trees

Now I recall you dressed in tights, on a trapeze?

I know who you are

Another time, another place and way back when

So many years, so many nights

So many men

Remind me, dear one, did I ever like you then?

I know who you are

What a joy to see you again

Straight from the «how do you do»

To in the end discovering a long-lost friend

I know you

I know you