Se-

veral

years

a-

go

In

a

fo-

reign

town

Far

a-

way

from

home

I

met

the

Count

of

Tus-

ca-

ny

A

young

ec-

cen-

tric

man

Bred

from

roy-

al

blood

Took

me

for

a

ride

A-

cross

the

o-

pen

count-

ry-

side

Get

in-

to

my

car

Let's

go

for

a

drive

A-

long

the

way

I'll

be

your

guide

Just

step

in-

side

May-

be

you

re-

call

A

can-

ni-

bal

cu-

ra-

tor

A

cha-

rac-

ter

in-

spi-

red

by

my

bro-

ther's

life

Wind-

ing

through

the

hills

The

ci-

ty

far

be-

hind

On

and

on

we

drove

Down

nar-

row

streets

and

dus-

ty

roads

At

last

we

came

u-

pon

A

pic-

tu-

resque

es-

tate

On

sprawl-

ing

e-

merald

fields

An

an-

cient

world

of

times

gone

by

Let

me

in-

tro-

duce

My

bro-

ther

A

beard-

ed

gen-

tle-

man

His-

to-

ri-

an

Suck-

ing

on

his

pipe

Dis-

tin-

guished

ac-

cent

Mak-

ing

me

up-

tight

No

ac-

ci-

dent

I

want

to

stay

a-

live

E-

very-

thing

a-

bout

this

place

Just

does-

n't

feel

right

I

I

don't

want

to

die

Sud-

den-

ly

I'm

frigh-

tened

for

my

life

I

want

to

say

good-

bye

This

could

be

the

last

time

You

see

me

a-

live

I-

I

may

not

sur-

vive

Knew

it

from

the

mo-

ment

we

ar-

rived

Would

you

like

to

see

Our

sec-

ret

ho-

ly

place?

I

come

here

late

at

night

To

pray

to

him

by

cand-

le

light

Then

peer-

ing

through

the

glass

I

saw

with

dis-

be-

lief

Still

dressed

in

roy-

al

clothes

The

saint

be-

hind

the

al-

tar

His-

to-

ry

re-

calls

Dur-

ing

times

of

war

Le-

gend

has

been

traced

Back

in-

side

these

cas-

tle

walls

Where

sol-

diers

came

to

hide

In

bar-

rels

filled

with

wine

Ne-

ver

to

es-

cape

These

tombs

of

oak

are

where

they

died

Down

the

cel-

lar

stairs

I

dis-

ap-

pear

Like

the

En-

glish

heir

The

end

is

near

Come

and

have

a

taste

A

rare

vin-

tage

All

the

fi-

nest

wines

Im-

prove

with

age

I

want

to

stay

a-

live

E-

very-

thing

a-

bout

this

place

Just

does-

n't

feel

right

I

I

don't

want

to

die

Sud-

den-

ly

I'm

frigh-

tened

for

my

life

I

want

to

say

good-

bye

This

could

be

the

last

time

You

see

me

a-

live

I-

I

may

not

sur-

vive

Knew

it

from

the

mo-

ment

we

ar-

rived

Could

this

be

the

end?

Is

this

the

way

I

die?

Sit-

ting

here

a-

lone

No

one

by

my

side

I

don't

un-

der-

stand

I

don't

feel

that

I

de-

serve

this

What

did

I

do

wrong?

I

just

don't

un-

der-

stand

I

just

don't

un-

der-

stand

Give

me

one

more

chance

And

let

me

please

ex-

plain

It's

all

been

cir-

cum-

stance

I'll

tell

you

once

a-

gain

You

took

me

for

a

ride

Pro-

mi-

sing

a

vast

ad-

ven-

ture

Next

thing

that

I

know

I'm

frigh-

tened

for

my

life

Now

wait

a

mi-

nute

man

That's

not

how

it

is

You

must

be

con-

fused

That

is-

n't

who

I

am

Please

don't

be

a-

fraid

I

would

ne-

ver

try

to

hurt

you

This

is

how

we

live

Strange

al-

though

it

seems

Please

try

to

for-

give

The

cha-

pel

and

the

saint

The

sol-

diers

and

the

wine

The

fab-

les

and

the

tales

All

hand-

ed

down

through

time

Of

course

you're

free

to

go

Go

and

tell

the

world

my

sto-

ry

Tell

a-

bout

my

bro-

ther

Tell

them

a-

bout

me

The

Count

of

Tus-

ca-

ny,

yeah

Ooh,

woah

Ooh,

woah

Ooh,

woah

Ooh,

ooh