Amor Lyrics

Guido-Casanova I, Casanova, have come to Venice (indicating
Claudia)
With my dear wife, Beatrice, mi amore,
Here to take a rest, enjoy the waters and the food,
And be with her, the apple of my cuore.
Mama Maddelena (as �Carla�-Maria) Casanova!
Guido-Casanova Maria! What are you doing here?
Maddelena-Maria I�m staying at the Hosteleria Caldissima,
Numero venti venti:
Drop by tonight at ten o�clock,
I�ll give you plenty.
Guido-Casanova I can�t believe how my good fortune still
does serve me.
So much romance at hand, i really don�t deserve me.
Guido & Boudoir Ladies Amor, i love them all, every beauty,
Short or tall, there�s a duty
To make love to each and all.
Amor, it�s my profound obligation
To go round every nation
And make love to one and all.
Yes, i have lived and breathed and slept amor.
I freely give and do accept amor.
Big amor, small amor, all my life has been amor.
I�ve always known what i am living for amor
Guido-Casanova But alas, i am distressed by all this beauty
fine
If i must choose but one concubine.

Ladies scream �Me! Me!�

Guido Get ready for the� next set-up!

All leave to change for next scene. Necrophorus steps
forward.

Necrophorus Contini can�t seriously believe we will accept
This fatuous rendering of a seventeenth century
opera
As an excuse for a movie.
No way, no way, no way!
Guido�s Mother (entering) If only Guido had become a
priest or a lawyer,
But no, he makes these films i can�t explain to my
friends.

Necrophorus and Guido�s Mother step aside, away from the
action.

Guido (running into place for scene with Claudia,
Maddelena, and La Fleur) Places, places! (Boudoir Nuns
enter. Guido �shoots himself� as if with a gun,
collapses.)
Claudia-Beatrice Casanova, you must relax.
You will exhaust yourself and soon become too
stanco.
Look, i have prepared a picnic basket, prosciutto,
olives,
And of course your favorite, vino-bianco.

Luisa stares in horror.