Musical Rudolf Affaire Mayerling Master of the Strings English Lyrics

Rudolf Affaire Mayerling

Master of the Strings

 

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In Vienna things get better every day,
There are wonders to see
While we waltz the night away

Viennese perfection fills the details of our lives
Where the future reflects and the past always survives
 
Let us talk of cabbages and kings
Not the shadow waiting in the wings
 
See them dance to my tune
Hear them speak the words I say
When I bid them to be happy they are happy to obey
 
See them swagger and strut as I give them back their nerve
Observe
The master of the strings
 

There is discontentment out among the young upstarts
They're uneasy, restless or they are only bleeding hearts
Shouldn’t we be careful it’s as if the walls have ears
Makes no difference you see, it’s been this way for years

Let us see what fate tomorrow brings
Till we understand the grander scheme of these things
 
Let them plot, let them plan, let them think they’re in control
When I bid them to be with me, they are with me heart and soul

Let them fret in the end they will get what they deserve
To serve
The master of the strings
 
If I lift a finger then a favour gets bestowed
Move it this way, let’s say and another one is owed
Pull a little left until the radicals agree
Then a pull to the right to control the bourgeoisie
 
Make another promise seem sincere
Pull another string and make it disappear.
 
There’s a sense of balance you develop or you fall
What approaches protocol at an angle.
One develops talents for discreet diplomacy
It’s a question of degree
Оr the strings will tangle
 
I survive by my wits and apologize to none
When they ask me to advise them
I advise them till I’d won
They may smile, they may frown,
But it’s all the same to me you see,
I’m master of the strings
 
Let us dance, let us sing, let us all be light-at-day
When he bids us to be happy, we are happy to obey
We will smile, wait in style
Till he bids us to proceed
We need The master of the strings
 
He is good, he is kind, he is everybody’s friend,
When he bids us all to follow, we will follow to the end
He just wants what is best, Our opinions are all his
He is The master of the strings  
We serve The master of the strings  
Long live The master of the strings