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mitch leigh - aldonza lyrics

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don quixote
my lady

aldonza
i am not your lady
i am not any kind of a lady

i was sp-wned in a ditch
by a mother who left me there
naked and cold and too hungry to cry
i never blamed her
i’m sure she left hoping
that i’d have the good sense to die

then, of course, there’s my father
i’m told that young ladies
can point to their fathers
with maidenly pride
mine was some regiment
here for an hour
i can’t even tell you which side

so of course i became
as befitted my delicate birth
the most casual bride
of the murdering sc-m of the earth

don quixote
and still thou art my lady

aldonza
and still he torments me
how should i be a lady?

for a lady has modest and maidenly airs
and a virtue i somehow suspect that i lack
it’s hard to remember these maidenly airs
in a stable laid flat on your back

won’t you look at me, look at me?
god, won’t you look at me?
look at the kitchen sl-t reeking with sweat
born on a dung heap to die on a dung heap
a strumpet men use and forget

if you feel that you see me
not quite at my virginal best
cross my palm with a coin
and i’ll willingly show you the rest

don quixote
never deny thou art dulcinea

aldonza
take the clouds from your eyes
and see me as i really am

you have shown me the sky
but what good is the sky
to a creature who’ll never
do better than crawl?
of all the cruel b-st-rds
who’ve badgered and battered me
you are the cruelest of all

can’t you see what your gentle insanities do to me?
rob me of anger and give me despair
blows and abuse i can take and give back again
tenderness i cannot bear

so please torture me now
with your “sweet dulcineas” no more
i am no one! i’m nothing
i’m only aldonza the wh-r-

don quixote
now and forever thou art my lady dulcinea

(aldonza screams in despair and collapses
as don quixote lies in bed dying, his mind “retreats to some secret place.”)

- mitch leigh lyrics

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