Jerry Herman — I Dont Want to Know

[COUNTESS AURELIA] If music is no longer lovely If laughter is no longer lilting If lovers are no longer loving Then I don't want to know If summer is no longer carefree If children are no longer singing If people are no longer happy Then I don't want to know Let me hide every truth from my eyes With the back of my hand Let me live in a world full of lies With my head in the sand For my memories all are exciting My memories all are enchanted My memories burn in my head with a steady glow So if, my friends, if love is dead I don't want to know If music is no longer lovely If laughter is no longer lilting If lovers are no longer loving Then I don't want to know If summer is no longer carefree If children are no longer singing If people are no longer happy Then I don't want to know Let me hide every truth from my eyes With the back of my hand Let me live in a world full of lies With my head in the sand For my memories all are exciting My memories all are enchanted My memories burn in my head with a steady glow So if, my friends, if love is dead I don't want to know