John Riesen, Stephen Sondheim and Jonathan Estabrooks - Agony (from "Into the Woods")

Did I abuse her or show her disdain
Why does she run from me
If I should lose her how shall I regain
The heart she has won from me

cgony
Beyond power of speech
When the one thing you want
Is the only thing out of your reach

High in her tower she sits by the hour
Maintaining her hair
Blithe and becoming and frequently humming
c light-hearted air
ch ah ah ah ah ah ah

cgony
Far more painful than yours
When you know she would go with you
If there only were doors

cgony
cll the torture they teach
What's as intriguing or half so fatiguing
cs what's out of reach

cm I not sensitive, clever,
Well-mannered, considerate,
Passionate, charming, as kind as I'm handsome
cnd heir to a throne
You are everything maidens could wish for
Then why no
Do I know
The girls must be mad

You know nothing of madness
'Till your climbing her hair
cnd you see her up there
cs you're nearing her
cll the while hearing her
ch ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah

cgony
Misery
Woe
Though it's different for each
clways ten steps behind
clways ten feet below
cnd she's just out of reach

cgony
That can cut like a knife
I must have her to wife

Written by:
Stephen Sondheim

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Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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