Emilie Autumn - Don't Kiss Me

☞ "Don't Kiss Me" to be sung by the characters of Charlotte, Emily, and the gang of lady Inmates in my new musical The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls, here performed by myself in all roles. I originally recorded these "Behind the Musical" songs as a tool to teach the eventual real actors what to do. I finally decided to share my secrets and release these recordings to you so that we can all go on this journey together, and bring this epic, empowering musical to the stage as a family:).

☞ For complete lyrics, turn on "Captions" for the video as I've taken great pains to type them in and line them up for you and drank a vat of Earl Grey in the process, or see them below.☕️

Note For anyone already familiar with the story, you'll wonder at the name change of the character of Veronica to Charlotte. I made this call as, for the musical version of the story, the name "Charlotte" was deemed more Victorian-era appropriate (it was suggested to me that "Veronica" was a bit out of place and I agreed). I thought it would be confusing to have the same character referred to by multiple names, so, Charlotte it is, and she's fabulous.🖤

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DON'T KISS ME
from The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls, an Original Musical
(Characters: Charlotte, Emily, Inmates)

CHARLOTTE:
There was an English lass
As pretty as a rose.
But chaste she was, and never would she play.
From her pretty little a—
Hands
To her pretty little toes,
A waste it was to keep them hid away.

The gentlemen who called her she denied.
And, like a proper lady would, she cried:

You may paint my portrait and buy me champagne,
But don’t kiss me!
You may pet me over and over again,
But don’t kiss me!
You may call me “darling,” and ask me to dance,
For dancing is my cup of tea.

No, these lips are not for the taking,
But if you’ll only agree
That we never should part,
You’ll be breaking my heart
If you don’t kiss me!

No lovers would she claim,
All sweethearts would she scorn.
But one day when a suitor came to call,
She saw that, to her shame,
Her stocking she had torn!
And at her feet the gentleman did fall.

She swished her fan to keep the hound at bay.
And like the bless’d madonna did she say:

You may paint my portrait
And buy me champagne,

CHARLOTTE & EMILY:
But don’t kiss me!

CHARLOTTE:
You may pet me over and over again,

CHARLOTTE & EMILY:
But don’t kiss me!

CHARLOTTE:
You may call me “darling,”
And ask me to dance,
For dancing is my cup of tea.

INMATE:
Ah-a-a-a-a ah-a...
Ah-a-a-a-a ah-a...
Ah-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ah...

CHARLOTTE, EMILY, INMATES:
No, these lips are not for the taking,
But if you’ll only agree

CHARLOTTE:
That we never should part,
You’ll be breaking my heart
If you

CHARLOTTE, EMILY, INMATES:
Don’t kiss me!

CHARLOTTE:
Everybody!

CHARLOTTE, EMILY, INMATES:
You may paint my portrait
And buy me champagne,
But don’t kiss me!
You may pet me over
And over again,
But don’t kiss me!

CHARLOTTE:
Come on, lads!

CHARLOTTE, EMILY, INMATES:
You may call me “darling,”
And ask me to dance,
For dancing is my cup of tea.

No, these lips are not for the taking,
But if you’ll only agree
That we never should part,
You’ll be breaking my heart

CHARLOTTE:
If we ever should part,
You’ll be breaking my heart!

CHARLOTTE, EMILY, INMATES:
If we ever should part,
You’ll be breaking my heart
If you don’t kiss me!

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Music & lyrics by Emilie Autumn
Performed, recorded, & produced by Emilie Autumn in the Asylum
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