LYRICS GAME

In an old box at La Scala

In January '93, a gala show

Ladies in low-cut gowns

Stepped down from a romantic coupé

So many people in the hall

All Milan is in grand soirée to hear Tamagno

Bellincioni as well

In an old box at La Scala

What a splendid season

What a rich bill

What a lineup of tenors and sopranos

Manon by Massenet

Carmen by Bizet

Fra Diavolo, Ernani

The Puritans

The Sicilian Vespers

Then from the old box at La Scala

There's the rendezvous at the buffet

A sip of Marsala, two, three marrons glacés

And at the exit the flower-girl of La Scala offers a little bunch of pansies

In an old box at La Scala in January of

Fifty-three, a gala show, ladies in low-cut gowns

Stepped down from a modern cabriolet

So many people in the hall

All Milan is in grand soirée to hear the composers

Bold and innovative, but it always comes back to the box at La Scala

Yet among the novelties

Still it flies on

The music of far earlier times

Manon by Massenet

Carmen by Bizet

Fra Diavolo, Ernani

The Puritans

The Sicilian Vespers

Then slowly the curtain falls

The lights go down in the foyer

The hall's already empty and nothing remains but

This old box of the old Scala

Of January '93

Now it's only a lie, the hall, the crowd's gone

This old box of the old Scala

Of January '93