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* Both of Tybalt's songs from Gerard Presgurvic's ''Romeo et Juliette", but especially "C'est pas ma faute".
* "Die Unstillbare Gier" from ''[[Tanz
* "No Good Deed" from ''[[Wicked (
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* "Accursed All Base Pursuit" from Gounod's ''Faust''. Yep, an actual operatic example.
* "If I Can't Love Her" from the [[Screen to Stage Adaptation]] of ''[[Beauty and
* "The Madness of King Scar" from the stage version of ''[[The Lion King]]''.
* Javert's Soliloquy from ''[[Les Misérables]]''.
* "Rudolf, wo bist du?" from ''[[Elisabeth]]''.
** Not a straight example as Elisabeth, who sings the lament, isn't the villain. While not an entirely likeable person, she is in fact the protagonist. A better example is "Bellaria," sung by the Archduchess Sophie, in which we find that the domineering, cruel woman we've seen her as until now has given everything for her son.
* "I Loved Her, Too" from ''[[
* "The Bum Won" from ''Fiorello!'', in which a group of Tammany hacks read the headlines and weep.
* "Reviewing the Situation" from ''Oliver''. Fagin wonders whether he should give up crime and make an honest man of himself.
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* "Pore Jud Is Dead" from ''[[Oklahoma]]!'' counts as both a [["The Villain Sucks" Song|VillainSucksSong]] and this -- Judd is a really self-loathing person, and even though Curly is insulting him in the song, he likes the idea that if he killed himself, people would feel sorry for shunning him.
* In ''Li'l Abner'', General Bullmoose has "Progress Is The Root Of All Evil," a lament for plutocracy lost.
* "Call From The Grave" and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfa0mkvbmX0 "Epitaph"] from [[Bertolt Brechts]] ''[[
* It's kind of hard to pinpoint a "villain" in ''[[Evita]]'', but all three main characters do villainous things and have songs where they regret something. Eva has (depending on the production) "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" (about people taking advantage of her) and "You Must Love Me" (showing her love for Peron). Che has "High Flying, Adored" and the [[Dark Reprise]] of "Oh What a Circus" (which are both technically laments for Eva, not himself). Peron has "She is a Diamond", which is a lament for Eva. The entire ''ensemble'' has the opening song, "Requiem for Evita". "You Must Love Me" was written specifically for the movie, and "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" belongs to another character in the stage version. However, both the movie and stage versions end with the appropriately titled "Lament," in which Eva wonders whether all of her scheming and manipulating were worth the toll it took on her life.
* Le Blues du Businessman from Starmania may count.
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== Web Original ==
* The final song in ''[[Dr.
* Edgeworth's song in ''Turnabout Musical'', "Decree of the Prosecutor", has him question his own tactics as a prosecutor. "For if I cheat in the court can I say with a straight face that I'm a better man than the sort that I prosecute every case?".
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