Oscar Hammerstein II - When You're Driving Through the Moonlight lyrics

ELLA When you're driving Through the moonlight On the highway When you're driving Through the moonlight To the dance You are breathless With a wild anticipation Of adventure and excitement And romance Then at last you See the towers Of the palace Silhouetted On the sky Above the park And below them Is a row of lighted windows Like a lovely diamond Necklace in the dark! CHARLOTTE It looks that way – GABRIELLE The way you say MADAME She talks as if she knows ELLA I do not know These things are so I only just suppose ... I suppose That when you come Into the ballroom And the room itself is Floating in the air If you're suddenly Confronted by His Highness You are frozen Like a statue On the stair You're afraid He'll hear the way Your heart Is beating And you know you mustn't Make the first advance You are seriously Thinking of retreating – Then you seem to hear him Asking you to dance You make a bow A timid bow And shyly answer “yes” MADAME How would you know That this is so? ELLA I do no more than guess CHARLOTTE & GABRIELLE You can guess till you're blue in your face But you can't even picture such a man CHARLOTTE He is more than a prince GABRIELLE He's an ace! ELLA But sisters, I really think I can – MADAME Can what? ELLA I think that I can picture such a man CHARLOTTE & GABRIELLE He is tall ELLA And straight as a lance CHARLOTTE & GABRIELLE And his hair – ELLA Is dark and wavy CHARLOTTE & GABRIELLE His eyes – ELLA Can melt you with a glance CHARLOTTE & GABRIELLE He can turn a girl to gravy! ELLA And I can imagine it GABRIELLE I imagine it too! CHARLOTTE I can imagine it, and I have no imagination MADAME I am throwing caution to the wind! I am imagining it as well! ELLA Imagine what that girl would be feeling when dancing with the Prince!