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If You Were My Beloved Lyrics by Shaina Taub

Twelfth Night (Original Public Works Cast Recording)

2018

[VIOLA]
I would build a cabin right at your gate
‘Cause my heart would be chained to your floor
I would call up to your window 'til you opened the door
If you were my beloved
If you were my beloved
I would write you songs of unanswered love
And sing 'em loud, late at night without shame
I would shout it from the rooftops
'Til the heavens knew your name
If you were my beloved
If you were my beloved
If you were my beloved
[OLIVIA, spoken]
What is your parentage?
[VIOLA, spoken]
Above my fortunes, yet my state is well: I am a gentleman
[OLIVIA, spoken]
Get you to your lord;
I cannot love him: let him send no more--
Unless, perchance, you come to me again
To tell me how he takes it
[VIOLA, spoken]
Farewell, fair cruelty
(VIOLA exits)
[OLIVIA]
Oh, I feel a fever rise in my eyes
From the heat of his face as he passed
Olivia, be cautious
You're falling far too fast!
Could he be my beloved?
He could be my beloved!
(spoken)
What ho, Malvolio!
(MALVOLIO re-enters.)
[MALVOLIO]
Here, madam, at your service
(OLIVIA takes a ring off her finger and hands it to MALVOLIO.)
[OLIVIA]
Run after that same peevish messenger
He left this ring behind him; tell him I'll none of it
I am not for him
If that the youth will come this way tomorrow
I'll give him reasons for it: hie thee, Malvolio
[MALVOLIO]
Madam, I will
(Exit MALVOLIO)
(A triple soliloquy, sung overlapping:)
[OLIVIA]
I don't know what I'm doing
Is it just lust or must he be mine?
C’mon fate, give me a sign!
[VIOLA]
I want his love, but I'll never win it
While she could have him in a minute
Isn't it ironic?
I hope someday she falls, unrequitedly, head over heels
So she can see
How it feels
[ORSINO]
What will she say to the boy?
He's quite charming
Will she give me another cold shoulder?
Or will I finally hold her?
[ALL THREE]
I could throw all my sorrows away
And play joyful tunes on repeat
[ORSINO]
So sweet
[ALL THREE]
Alone, I'm puzzle pieces
But I would be complete
[OLIVIA]
If you were my beloved
[VIOLA]
If you were my beloved
[ORSINO]
If you were my beloved
[ALL THREE]
If you were my beloved
Credits
Shaina Taub

Shaina Taub

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