Damned Ladies - Audra McDonald

Desdemona, do not go to sleep

Brown-eyed Tosca, don’t believe the creep

I see it in his eyes

And why don’t you ladies believe me when I’m screaming?

I always believe you

Violetta, keep your man locked up

Or, like Cio-Cio, you will end up

Burned by love or sickness

And why don’t you ladies believe me when I’m screaming?

I always believe you

There is a knock at the door

Tell me it’s not Mimi again

Or is it Gilda’s waiting passion

To be stabbed and killed again?

Katya Kabanova, why did you marry him?

You knew his mother was a bitch

And would keep hold of him

Oh, Pamina got away from mama

Before the age of Rambo Opera

Damned ladies of Orpheus

Your arias cause a stir

In my sad, sad and lonely heart