Andrew Lloyd Webber

enjoy; derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in

Floating, falling, sweet intoxication

Touch me, trust me, savor each sensation

Let the dream begin, let your darker side give in

corruption; moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity

He's a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity

You may meet him in a by-street, you may see him in the square

flatter; a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color

And black and ochre and peach and ruby and marlim

And violet and fawn and lilac and gold and chocolate and fauve

And green and crimson and silver and rose and azure

impressive; relating or belonging to or serving as a monument

Passing bells and sculpted angels

Cold and monumental

Seem for you the wrong companions

chatter; speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

Mary that is good

While you prattle through your supper

Where and when and who and how

introduction; an introduction to a play

Dear Andre what a splendid party!

The prologue to a bright new year!

Quite a night! I'm impressed!

filthy; morally degraded

Now if I help you, it matters that you see

These sordid kind of things are coming hard to me

It's taken me some time to work out what to do

disrespectful; marked by casual disrespect

The Angel of Music sings songs in my head!

Insolent boy!

This slave of fashion

nobility; a privileged class holding hereditary titles

All my descamisados expect me to outshine the enemy

The aristocracy

I won't disappoint them

disrespectful; characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality

Impertinent nun will der Laffe

Von deinem Ruhm zehren

gaudy; tastelessly showy

Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender

Turn your face away from the garish light of day

Turn your thoughts away from cold unfeeling light

ill smelling; corrupt

But after a year, a one room hell

A Murphy bed, a rancid smell

Wallpaper peeling at the corners

removal; oust politically

Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams

Purge your thoughts of the life you knew before

Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar

additionally; in addition

Jesus can't control it like he did before

And furthermore I know that Jesus thinks so too

Jesus wouldn't mind that I was here with you

expect; regard something as probable or likely

'Sanna, hosanna, hey superstar

Tell the rabble to be quiet, we anticipate a riot

This common crowd is much too loud

activity; move or cause to move energetically or busily

But

When the day's hustle and bustle is done

Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun

ill famed; known widely and usually unfavorably

From Mister Mistoffelees' conjuring turn

Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer were a notorious couple of cats

As knockabout clowns

deep; showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth

But the cat himself knows and will never confess

When you notice a cat in profound meditation

The reason, I tell you, is always the same

profound thought; continuous and profound contemplation on a deep subject

But the cat himself knows and will never confess

When you notice a cat in profound meditation

The reason, I tell you, is always the same

mystifying; of an obscure nature

His ineffable, effable, effanineffable

Deep and inscrutable singular name

Name, name, name, name, name, name

trouble; a severe or trying experience

Don't put me through this

Ordeal by fire

He'll take me, I know

calm; (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves

And the village is proud of him in his decline

At the sight of that placid and bland physiognomy

When he sits in the sun on the vicarage wall

major change; the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult

I can take care of this, let me first explain

Get a metamorphosis, beauty equals pain

Redesigned and refined, you won't recognize you

happening from time to time; occurring from time to time

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My visits are occasional to the senior educational

And it is against the rules

soothe; cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

Carlotta will be playing the lead

It's useless trying to appease me

You're only saying this to please me

clever; marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

I rather like the way you're talking

Astute and sincere

Suddenly your tragic story

distant; remote in manner

Mr. Mistoffelees

My manner is vague and aloof

You would think there was nobody shyer

sturdy, tough; a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)

Show you've got the stuff

Stalwart, brave, and unafraid

Show us what you're made of

jumble; a confused multitude of things

But I'll leap on your lap in the middle of your sewing

For there's nothing I enjoy like a horrible muddle

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unspeakable; defying expression or description

But of many generations

Not forgetting something that is probably quite ineffable

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unique; unusual or striking

Which is uncontestable proof

Of my singular magical powers

And I've known the family to call

respect; the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)

To treat you as a trusted friend

Some little token of esteem is needed, like a dish of cream

And you might now and then supply

huge; so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe

Tell the world to give up smokin', stop your coalin' and your cokin'

Fossil fuel is a rack-colossal tickin' time bomb for the globe

But when the world is barbecued, where you gonna grow your food?

keep back; put down by force or intimidation

Might you hunger to possess

Hunger that you can't repress?

Yes

show; break the trust of; reveal unintentionally

One of you denies me

One of you betrays me

Apostles

nonsense; unintelligible talking

The things I have to do for my art

If you can call this gibberish "art"

Ah, here's our little flower

careful; careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment

Those who speak of what they know

Find too late that prudent silence is wise

Joseph Buquet, hold your tongue

suggest; express or state indirectly

That's not the reason that I caught your eye

Which has to imply, I'd be good for you

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say no; refrain from voting

We have ways of making you vote for us

Or at least of making you abstain

Perón has resigned from the army and this we avow

pitiless; without mercy or pity

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The ruthless foe pressed forward in stubborn rank on rank

Growltiger to his vast surprise was forced to walk the plank

hide; lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner

Woe to the pampered Pekinese that faced Growltiger's rage

Woe to the bristly bandicoot that lurks on foreign ships

And woe to any cat with whom Growltiger came to grips

sparkle; a flash of light (especially reflected light)

But if my analysis of the position is right

At the end of the tunnel there's a glimmer of light

For all of a sudden indescribable things

think over; reflect deeply on a subject

Prima Donna, enchant us once again

Think of your muse and of the queues 'round the theatre

Can you deny us the triumph in store?

lower oneself; behave in a patronizing and condescending manner

You bow, and taking off your hat, ad-dress him in this form "O Cat"

Before a cat will condescend

To treat you as a trusted friend

distressed; excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion

At 11:42 with the signal overdue

And the passengers all frantic to a man

That's when I would appear and I'd saunter to the rear

hate; find repugnant

In him, my wrongness is made right

And yet he loathes me just the same

So let him shun me in disgust

careful; giving careful attention to detail

He's the cat we all greet as he walks down the street

In his coat of fastidious black

No common-place mousers have such well cut trousers

quarrel; a quarrel about petty points

And we're all of us proud to be nodded or bowed to

By Bustopher Jones in white spats

In the whole of St. James's the smartest of names

faultless; without fault or error

No common-place mousers have such well cut trousers

Or such an impeccable back

In the whole of St. James's the smartest of names

government; the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

We have mud-packs. we have blood sacks

It's a rigorous regime

Not a wrinkle when you twinkle