Andrew Lloyd Webber — You Can Get Away with Anything

Scene: "The Seduction" (Fosco’s lodgings in London. We see him at home in a strange, surreal lair—full of caged animals birds and mice. He is packing) [FOSCO] It's time to fly the coop, my doves! Arriverderci, Londra! No tears, bambini. You must learn to fare la bella figura! Put on a good show! Always, Count Fosco... he puts on a good show (Fosco performs for his animals) My little friends You are all in this world that I trust Now we must find a new home And I see you're nonplussed Now that we've won And we have all the spoils We must see That we don't miss the boat But you'll forgive me if I take A moment To gloat You can get away with anything It all comes down to style You'll have a captive audience As long as you beguile Yes, you can have your cake and eat it The love of those whom you betray But you can't get away with anything If you don't get Away! I admit that I'm a criminal Obsessed with perfect crimes But even one as good as I Can bungle it sometimes Yes, even one who is a genius Can now and then get in a scrape But no endeavor's a catastrophe As long as you escape And we are off! Out the door! We'll pack our bags, my little friends And leave the scene while we are winners And long before the story ends As wealthy, unrepentant sinners We all have got a spot of farce in us But only some of us are larcenous And fewer still divine the thrill in us That comes from being truly villainous You can get away with anything To prove it is my sport I live to push the boundaries To break the rules, in short One must be something of a bounder If one intends to play this game There's only one thing that one has to have One has to have No shame! Yes, I can get away with everything Because I have No Shame shame shame shame shame shame shame shame shame No no no no no no No no no no no No no no no no-oooooooooooooo No No, oh, oh No shame!