Eternal Youth Is Worth A Little Suffering (US 1994 / Musical "Sunset Boulevard")

Lyrics: Christopher Hampton/Don Black Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber ASTROLOGER: I don't think you should shoot before July 15th Right now is a perilous time for Pisces If you wait 'til Venus is in Capricorn You'll avoid a catalog of crises MASSEUSE 1: I need three more weeks to get these thighs in shape No more carbohydrates, don't be naughty MASSEUSE 2: We'll soon have you skipping like an ingenue You won't look a day over forty BEAUTICIAN 1: We have dry heat, we have steam BEAUTICIAN 2: We have moisturizing cream BEAUTICIAN 3: We had mud-packs We have blood sacks BEAUTICIAN 2: It's a rigorous regime ALL: Not a wrinkle when you twinkle Or a wobble when you walk Of course, there's bound to be a little suffering Eternal youth is worth a little suffering ANALYST: Listen to your super ego not your id Age is just another damn neurosis I'll have you regressing back to infancy And back into the womb under hypnosis DOCTOR: I inject the tissue of the fetal lamb The formula's the one Somerset Maugham owns Just modest course of thirty-seven shots And you will be a heaving mass of hormones ALL: No more crow's feet, no more flab No more love handles to grab You'll be so thin they'll all think you're Walking sideways like a crab Nothing sagging, nothing bagging Nothing dragging on the floor Of course, there's bound to be a little suffering Eternal youth is worth a little suffering Of course, there's bound to be a little suffering Eternal youth is worth a little suffering Of course, there's bound to be a little suffering