Agony
Robert Westenberg
[CINDERELLA'S PRINCE]
Did I abuse her or show her disdain?
Why does she run from me?
If I should lose her, how shall I regain
The heart she has won from me?
Agony! Beyond power of speech
When the one thing you want
Is the only thing out of your reach

[RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE]
High in her tower, she sits by the hour
Maintaining her hair
Blithe and becoming, and frequently humming
A lighthearted air… A-a-a-a-a-a-a-ah…
Agony! Far more painful than yours!
When you know she would go with you
If there only were doors

[BOTH]
Agony! Oh the torture they teach!
[RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE]
What's as intriguing—

[CINDERELLA'S PRINCE]
Or half so fatiguing—

[BOTH]
As what's out of reach?

[CINDERELLA'S PRINCE]
Am I not sensitive, clever, well-mannered, considerate
Passionate, charming, as kind as I'm handsome
And heir to a throne?!

[RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE]
You are everything maidens could wish for

[CINDERELLA'S PRINCE]
Then why no?

[RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE]
Do I know?

[CINDERELLA'S PRINCE]
The girl must be mad!
[RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE]
You know nothing of madness…
…'Til you're climbing her hair, and you see her
Up there, as you're nearing her
All the while hearing her "A-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ah"

[BOTH]
Agony!

[CINDERELLA'S PRINCE]
Misery!

[RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE]
Woe!

[BOTH]
Though it's different for each

[CINDERELLA'S PRINCE]
Always ten steps behind—

[RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE]
Always ten feet below—

[BOTH]
And she's just out of reach
Agony that can cut like a knife!
I must have her to wife
Write the lyrics for a pop song made in 1987, titled "Agony", by artist "Robert Westenberg".