As Lovers Do

Rhythm 1
Ethel:	You’ll see me ev’ry day. I’ll smile at you. We’ll long for yesterday. As lovers often do.
Rhythm 1
Romeo:	We’ll want, as lovers do, To steal a kiss. Can’t we be to our hearts true? Would it be amiss?
Ethel:	Each day we must pretend:
Romeo:	Our feelings fake.
Chorus
Both:	As lovers do.  As lovers do. And we will do so many things that lovers often do. And ev’ry day, we’ll pine away, And keep our love a secret play, as lovers often do.
BRIDGE – Rhythm 2
Both:	Yesterday, before we met, I was happy and free. That sad joy I’ll never let Interfere with my exquisite misery.
Rhythm 1
Ethel:	When I say I love thee, It’s love that’s chaste.
Romeo:	Our souls so cursèd be. By pleasures we can’t taste.
Romeo:	I’ll see you ev’ry day,
Ethel:	And smile with you.
Both:	Then we will turn away, As lovers often do.
Chorus
Both:	As lovers do.   As lovers do. And we will do so many things that lovers often do. And ev’ry day, we’ll pine away, And keep our love a secret play, as lovers often do.
Chorus – repeat and slow down
Both:	As they too often do.