Natasha & Anatole Dave Malloy (Ft. Denée Benton & Lucas Steele)

[ANATOLE]
I have long wished to have this happiness
Ever since the Naryshkins’ ball
Where I had the well-remembered pleasure of seeing you
How do you like the performance?
Last week Semenova fell down on the stage

[NATASHA]
He is sensible and simple
Bold and natural
So strange and agreeable
There is nothing formidable
His smile is most naive
Cheerful and good-natured
And he’s as handsome up close as at a distance
And he’s as handsome up close as at a distance

[ANATOLE]
And do you know, Natasha
We are having a costume tournament soon
You ought to come, please come!

[NATASHA]
Oh—

[ANATOLE]
You ought to come, please come!
[NATASHA]
Oh, I—

[ANATOLE]
And I never remove my smiling eyes
From your face, your neck, your bare arms
And I never remove my smiling eyes
From your face, your neck, your bare arms

[NATASHA]
I know for certain that he is taken by me
I know for certain that he is enraptured by me
I feel him looking at my shoulders
My face, my neck, my bare arms

[ANATOLE]
And I look you in the eye

[NATASHA & ANATOLE]
And I look you in the eye

[NATASHA]
And looking into his eyes
I am frightened
There’s not that barrier of modesty
I’ve always felt with men
I feel so terribly near
I fear that he may seize me from behind
And kiss me on the neck