Original Broadway Cast of The Sound of Music — How Can Love Survive?

[Intro: Max] In all the famous love affairs the lovers have to struggle In all the famous love affairs The lovers have to struggle In garret rooms away upstairs The lovers starve and snugggle They're famous for misfortune which They seem to have no fear of While lovers who are very rich You very seldom hear of [Verse 1: Elsa & Max] No little shack do you share with me We do not flee from the mortgagee Nary a care in the world have we How can love survive? You're fond of bonds and you own a lot I have a plane and a diesel yacht Plenty of nothing you haven't got How can love survive? [Verse 2: Elsa and Max] No rides for us on the top of a bus In the face of the freezing breezes You reach your goals in your comfy old Rolls Or in one of your Mercedes [Verse 3: Elsa] Far, very far off the beam are we Quaint and bizarre as a team are we Two millionaires with a dream are we We're keeping romance alive Two millionaires with a dream are we We'll make our love survive [Verse 4: Elsa and Max] No little cold water flat have we Warmed by a glow of insolvency Up to your necks in security How can love survive? How can I show what I feel for you? I cannot go out and steal for you I cannot die like Camille for you How can love survive? [Verse 5: Max] You millionaires with financial affairs Are too busy for simple pleasure When you are poor it is toujours l'amour For l'amour all the poor have leisure [Verse 6: Elsa and Max] Caught in our gold plated chains are we Lost in our wealthy domains are we Trapped by our capital gains are we But we'll keep romance alive Trapped by our capital gains are we We'll make our love survive