Gm Eb I smile, I shake Cm Gm And the opera continues Gm Eb Cm Gm And I'm quite submissive to the world I am in Gm Eb Cm Gm My previous life is slipping away from me Gm Eb Cm Gm Eb My distant past is gone, is gone And the rest of the night Eb7 Bb I can't take my eyes from him Eb Bb His glittering eyes Eb D And his tender smile Gm Eb And as I am leaving Cm Gm Flushed and nervous Gm Eb He touches my arm Cm Gm And I turn around Eb Bb And he's looking at me Eb Bb With his glittering eyes Eb D And his tender smile Cm D O God! I am lost! Ab How could I let him? Gm Cm D7 Gm Everything is dark, obscure, and terrible C7 I don't understand this Ab7 Cm7 O God! I am lost! Eb Bb F7 Bb Back in the theater, full of lights Eb Bb F7 Bb Where tenors jumped about in tinsel jackets Eb Bb F7 Bb Young girls and old men cried “bravo!” in rapture Eb Bb There it all seemed simple Cm But now, alone Ab I am tortured Gm Eb Cm Gm My conscience gnaws away at my heart Gm Eb Cm Gm Am I spoiled for Andrey's love or not? Gm Eb Cm Oh I can soothe myself with irony: Eb Bb Nothing! It was nothing F7 Bb I didn't lead him on at all Eb Bb No one will ever know F7 Bb I'll never see him again Eb Bb Nothing has happened D And Andrey can love me still Ab O God, why isn't he here? Gm Eb Cm Gm And yet it was like there was nothing between us Gm Eb No veil, no modesty Cm Gm Just his face and strong hands Eb Bb His glittering eyes Eb Bb And his tender smile D Gm That bold handsome man who pressed my arm Gm Eb Cm Gm Gm Eb Cm Gm
