Your public needs you

we need you too

Would you not rather have your precious little ingénue

Signora, no

The world wants you

Prima donna, first lady of the stage

Your devotees are on their knees to implore you

Can you bow out when they're shouting your name

Think of how they all adore you

Prima donna, enchant us once again

Think of your muse

And of the queues round the theatre

Can you deny us the triumph in store

Sing, prima donna, once more

Prima donna, your song shall live again

You took a snub

But there's a public who needs you

Those who hear your voice liken you to an angel

Think of their cry of undying support

Follow where the limelight leads you

Leading ladies are a trial

Prima donna, your song will never die

You'll sing again and to an unending ovation

Think how you'll shine in that final encore

Sing, prima donna, once more!

Who'd believe a diva happy to relieve a chorus girl

Who's gone and slept with the patron

Raoul and the soubrette, entwined in love's duet

Although he may demur, he must have been with her

You'd never get away with all this in a play

But if it's loudly sung and in a foreign tongue

It's just the sort of story audiences adore

In fact a perfect opera

Prima donna, the world is at your feet

A nation waits and how it hates to be cheated

Light up the stage with that age old rapport

Sing, prima donna

Once more

So, it is to be war between us!

If these demands are not met

A disaster beyond imagination will occur!!

Once more!!!