"Pretty Women" by Stephen Sondheim

This song was the only one I liked after watching the movie version of Sweeney Todd. I just didn't appreciate Helena Bonham Carter's singing. The melody of this piece stuck in my head because it's so romantic. I love singing it.

From the musical Sweeney Todd

JUDGE:
You see, sir, a man infatuate with love,
Her ardent and eager slave.
So fetch the pomade and pumice stone
And lend me a more seductive tone,
A sprinkling perhaps of French cologne,
But first, sir, I think — a shave.

TODD:
The closest I ever gave.

JUDGE:
You are in a merry mood today, Mr. TODD.

TODD:
'Tis your delight, sir, catching fire
From one man to the next.

JUDGE:
'Tis true, sir, love can still inspire
The blood to pound, the heart leap higher.

BOTH:
What more, what more can man require —

JUDGE:
Than love, sir?

TODD:
More than love, sir.

JUDGE:
What, sir?

TODD:
Women.

JUDGE:
Ah yes, women.

TODD:
Pretty women.

Now then, my friend.
Now to your purpose.
Patience, enjoy it.
Revenge can't be taken in haste.

JUDGE:
Make haste, and if we wed,
You'll be commended, sir.

TODD:
My lord... And who, may it be said,
Is your intended, sir?

JUDGE:
My ward.
And pretty as a rosebud.

TODD: As pretty as her mother?

JUDGE:
What? What was that?

TODD:
Pretty women...
Fascinating...
Sipping coffee,
Dancing...
Pretty women
Are a wonder.
Pretty women.
Sitting in the window or
Standing on the stair,
Something in them
Cheers the air.
Pretty women ...

JUDGE:
Silhouetted...

TODD:
Stay within you...

JUDGE:
Glancing...

TODD:
Stay forever...

JUDGE:
Breathing lightly...

TODD:
Pretty women...

BOTH:
Pretty women!
Blowing out their candles or
Combing out their hair ...

JUDGE (simultaneous):
Then they leave ...
Even when they leave you
And vanish, they somehow
Can still remain
There with you,
There with you.

TODD (simultaneous):
Even when they leave,
They still
Are
There.
They're there.

BOTH:
Ah,
Pretty women...

TODD:
At their mirrors...

JUDGE:
In their gardens...

TODD:
Letter-writing...

JUDGE:
Flower-picking...

TODD:
Weather-watching...

BOTH:
How they make a man sing!
Proof of heaven
As you're living —
Pretty women, sir!

JUDGE (simultaneous):
Pretty women, here's to
Pretty women, all the
Pretty women ...

TODD(simultaneous):
Pretty women, yes!
Pretty women, sir!
Pretty women!
Pretty women, sir!