BE OUR GUEST

Lumiere: Ma chere Mademoiselle, it is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight. And now we invite you to relax, let us pull up a chair as the dining room proudly presents - your dinner! Be our guest! Be our guest! Put our service to the test Tie your napkin 'round your neck, cherie And we provide the rest Soup du jour Hot hors d'oeuvres Why, we only live to serve Try the grey stuff Chip: It's delicious Lumiere: Don't believe me? Ask the dishes They can sing They can dance After all, Miss, this is France And a dinner here is never second best Go on, unfold your menu Take a glance and then you'll Be our guest Oui, our guest Be our guest Lumiere and Chorus: Beef ragout Cheese souffle Pie and pudding "en flambe" Lumiere: We'll prepare and serve with flair A culinary cabaret! You're alone And you're scared But the banquet's all prepared No one's gloomy or complaining While the flatware's entertaining We tell jokes I do tricks With my fellow candlesticks Chorus: And it's all in perfect taste That you can bet Come on and lift your glass You've won your own free pass To be out guest Lumiere: If you're stressed It's fine dining we suggest Lumiere and Chorus: Be our guest! Be our guest! Be our guest! Get your worries off your chest Let us say for your entree We've an array; may we suggest: Try the bread! Try the soup! When the croutons loop de loop It's a treat for any dinner Don't belive me? Ask the china Singing pork! Dancing veal! What an entertaining meal! How could anyone be gloomy and depressed? We'll make you shout "encore!" And send us out for more So, be our guest! Lumiere: Be our guest! Chorus: Be our guest! Mrs Potts: It's a guest! It's a guest! Sakes alive, well I'll be blessed! Wine's been poured and thank the Lord I've had the napkins freshly pressed With dessert She'll want tea And my dear that's fine with me While the cups do their soft-shoein' I'll be bubbling, I'll be brewing I'll get warm Piping hot Heaven's sakes! Is that a spot? Clean it up! We want the company impressed Chorus: We've got a lot to do! Mrs Potts: Is it one lump or two? For you, our guest! Chorus: She's our guest! Mrs Potts: She's our guest! Chorus: She's our guest! Be our guest! Be our guest! Be our guest! Lumiere: Life is so unnerving For a servant who's not serving He's not whole without a soul to wait upon Ah, those good old days when we were useful Suddenly those good old days are gone Ten years we've been rusting Needing so much more than dusting Needing exercise, a chance to use our skills Most days we just lay around the castle Flabby, fat and lazy You walked in and oops-a-daisy! Chorus: Be our guest Be our guest Our command is your request It's been years since we've had anybody here And we're obsessed With your meal With your ease Yes, indeed, we aim to please While the candlelight's still glowing Let us help you We'll keep going Course by course One by one 'Til you shout, "Enough! I'm done!" Then we'll sing you off to sleep as you digest Tonight you'll prop your feet up But for now, let's eat up Be our guest! Be our guest! Be our guest! Please, be our guest!

IF I CAN'T LOVE HER

Beast: And in my twisted face There's not the slightest trace Of anything that even hints of kindness And from my tortured shape No comfort, no escape I see, but deep within is utter blindness Hopeless As my dream dies As the time flies Love a lost illusion Helpless Unforgiven Cold and driven To this sad conclusion No beauty could move me No goodness improve me No power on earth, if I can't love her No passion could reach me No lesson could teach me How I could have love her and made her love me too If I can't love her, then who? Long ago I should have seen All the things I could have been Careless and unthinking, I moved onward No pain could be deeper No life could be cheaper No point anymore, if I can't love her No spirit could win me No hope left within me Hope I could have loved her and that she'd set me free But it's not to be If I can't love her Let the world be done with me.

SOMETHING THERE

Belle: There's something sweet And almost kind But he was mean and he was coarse and unrefined But now he's dear, and so unsure I wonder why I didn't see it there before Mme. De La Grande Bouche: (Speaking) Come along dearie. Let's get you off those wet things. Beast: She glanced this way I thought I saw And when we touched she didn't shudder at my paw No it can't be, I'll just ignore But then she's never looked at me that way before Beast: Belle, I have something to show you. But first, you have to close your eyes. It's a surprise! Belle: May I open them? Beast: Alright, alright. Now! Belle: I can't believe it! I've never seen so many books in my whole life! Beast: You like it? Belle: It's wonderful! Beast: It's yours! Belle: New and a bit alarming Who'd have ever thought that this could be? True that he's no Prince Charming But there's something in him that I simply didn't see Belle: Oh, this is one of my favorites! It's "King Arthur." Have you ever read it? Beast: No. Belle: You don't know what you're missing. I'd love to read this again. Wait...you can read this first. Beast: No, that's alright. Belle: No, really, you read it Beast: Oh, No, you... Belle: No, you Beast: No! I can't... Belle: You never learn to read? Beast: Only a little, and long ago Belle: Well, it just so happens that this is the perfect book to read aloud. Come here, sit by me Lumiere: Well, who'd have thought? Mrs Potts: Well, bless my soul Cogsworth: Well, who'd have known? Mrs Potts: Well, who indeed? Lumiere: And who'd have guessed they'd come together on their own? Mrs Potts: It's so peculiar. Wait and see Lumiere and Cogsworth: We'll wait and see All three: A few days more There may be something there that wasn't there before Cogsworth: Perhaps there's something there That wasn't there before Chip: What? Mrs Potts: There may be something there that wasn't there before Chip: What's there, Mama? Mrs Potts: Ssh. I'll tell you when you're older. Come along now. Let's give them some privacy... Chip: Mama? Mrs Potts: Yes, Chip Chip: Will I ever get to be a boy again? Mrs Potts: I hope so Chip: When will I know? Mrs Potts: Soon. If it's to be. It will be very soon now. Come along, son. Belle: Knowing now, that this was indeed the legendary sword called "Excalibur," Arthur tried to pull it from the stone. He tried once to no avail. He tried a second time, but still, he could not pull it out. Then, for the third time, Arthur drew forth the sword... Beast: So that must mean he's the king! Belle: Wait and see Beast: I never knew books could do that Belle: Do what? Beast: Take me away from this place, make me forget for a little while Belle: Forget? Beast: Who I...What I am... Belle: We have something in common, you know Beast: What is that? Belle: In the town where I come from, the people think I'm odd Beast: You? Belle: So, I know how it feels to be...different. And I know how lonely that can be. For the third time, Arthur drew forth the sword, and there arose from the people a great shout. Arthur is king. Beast: I told you so...

HUMAN AGAIN

Lumiere: Ha ha, we, my friends. The day we have waited for may be at hand! Mrs. Potts: Oh, only if that were true, Lumiere! Lumiere: Aaah...human again Mrs. Potts: Human again Lumiere: Yes, think of what that means! Lumiere: I'll be cooking again Be good-looking again With a mademoiselle on each arm When I'm human again Only human again Poised and polished and gleaming with charm... I'll be courting again Chic and sporting again Mrs. Potts: Which should cause sev'ral husbands alarm! Chip: I'll hop down off the shelf Lumiere: And toute suite be myself Chip: I can't wait to be human again Mme. De La Grande Bouche, Mrs. Potts, Babette: When we're human again Only human again When we're knickknacks and whatnots no more Chip: Little push, little shove They coul, whoosh fall in love Mme. De La Grande Bouche: Ah, cherie, won't it all be top-drawer I'll wear lipstick and rouge And I won't be so huge Why, I'll easily fit through that door I'll exude savior-faire I'll wear gowns! I'll have hair! It's my prayer to be human again Cogsworth: When I'm human again Only human again When the world once more making sense I'll unwind for a change Lumiere: Really? That'd be strange! Cogsworth: Can I help it if I'm t-t-tense? In a shack by the sea I'll sit back sipping tea Let my early retirement commence Far from fool made of wax I'll get down to brass tacks and relax All: When I'm human again So sweep the dust from the floor! Let's let some light in the room! I can feel, I can tell Someone might break the spell Any day now! Lumiere/Babette: Shine up the brass on the door! Alert the dustpail and the broom! All: If all goes as planned Our time may be at hand Any day now! Mrs. Potts, Egg Timer, Whisk: Open the shutters and let in some air Mrs. Potts: Put these here and put those over there All: Sweep up the years Of sadness and tears And throw them away! Belle: When Guenevere heard that Arthur was slain, she went away to a convent, and no one could make her smile again. The end. Beast: What a beautiful story Belle: Oh, I knew you would like it! I would like to ask you something Beast: What's that? Belle: A second chance. Would you have dinner with me tonight? Beast: Huh? Me? You? Well, that would be, I mean -- Oh, yes!! All: When we're human again Only human again When the girl fin'lly sets us all free Cheeks a-bloomin' again We're assumin' again We'll resume our long lost joie de vie We'll be playin' again Holiday' again And we're prayin' it's A-S-A-P When we cast off this pall We'll stand straight, we'll walk tall When we're all that we were Thanks to him, thanks to her Coming closer and closer And closer and... We'll be dancing again! We'll be twirling again! We'll be whirling around with such ease When we're human again Only human again We'll go waltzing those old one-two-threes We'll be floating again! We'll be gliding again! Stepping, striding as fine as you please Like a real human does I'll be all that I was On that glorious morn When we're fin'lly reborn And we're all of us human again!

MAISON DES LUNES

Gaston: When a man like me is thwarted And denied his honeymoon Lefou: When the pretty thing he's courted Refuses to swoon Gaston: Then the time has come for a murky plan Lefou: For which he turns to a murky man All Three: To find that fiend where better than At the Maison des Lunes? Gaston: You'll be strapping up an inmate Lefou: Very tightly Gaston: Very soon But we won't bring him in late Lefou: Your check-in time's noon D'Arque: How sad Maurice is not too well Gaston: Prepare a five-star padded cell! All Three: And book him in for a long, long spell At the Maison des Lunes Gaston: Do I make myself entirely clear? Lefou: It's the simplest deal of your whole foul career Gaston: Put Maurice away and she'll be here in moments Lefou: In a dreadful state Gaston: She'll capitulate to me D'Arque: Oh! Oh! Oh, I love incarceration I could lock up a platoon Gaston: We'll apply your inclination To a mad old buffon Gaston/Lefou: Then wave one bachelor goodbye Gaston: She'll be my bride Lefou: She'd rather die Than have her daddy ossify D'Arque: The time's opportune All Three: So book the church, raise glasses high To the Maison des Lunes!

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Mrs. Potts: Tale as old as time True as it can be Barely even friends Then somebody bends Unexpectedly. Just a little change Small to say the least Both a little scared Neither one prepared Beauty and the Beast. Ever just the same Ever a surprise Ever as before Ever just as sure As the sun will rise. Tale as old as time Tune as old as song Bittersweet and strange Finding you can change Learning you were wrong. Certain as the sun Rising in the east Tale as old as time Song as old as rhyme Beauty and the Beast. Tale as old as time Song as old as rhyme Beauty and the Beast. Mrs. Potts: Off to the cupboard with you now, Chip. It's past your bedtime. Good night, love.

IF I CAN'T LOVE HER (REPRISE)

Beast: No spell has been broken No words have been spoken No point anymore if she can't love me No hope she would do so No dream to pursue, so I looked to myself, despise all the things I see For I know that she Cannot set me free Let the world be done with me.

THE MOB SONG

Belle: Show me the Beast! Crowd: {Scream} Maurice: That's him! That's him! Woman: Is it dangerous? Belle: Oh, no. No, he'd never hurt anyone. I know he looks frightful, but he's really very gentle and kind. He's my friend. Gaston: If I didn't know better, I'd think you had feelings for this monster. Belle: He's no monster, Gaston. You are! Gaston: She's as crazy as the old man. She says this creature is her friend. Well, I've hunted wild beasts and I've seen what they can do. The Beast will make off with your children. Crowd: {gasp} Gaston: He'll come after them in the night. Belle: He will never! Gaston: Forget the old man, I say we kill the Beast! Mob: Kill him! Man 1: We're not safe until he's dead Man 2: He'll come stalking us at night Woman: Set to sacrifice our children to his monstrous appetite Man 3: He'll wreak havoc on our village if we let him wander free Gaston: So it's time to take some action, boys It's time to follow me Through the mist Through the woods Through the darkness and the shadows It's a nightmare but it's one exciting ride Say a prayer Then we're there At the drawbridge of a castle And there's something truly terrible inside It's a beast He's got fangs Razor sharp ones Massive paws Killer claws for the feast Hear him roar See him foam But we're not coming home 'Til he's dead Good and dead! Kill the Beast! Belle: No! I won't let you do this! Gaston: Try and stop us! Belle: Papa, this is all my fault. I have to go back and warn him. Maurice: I'm coming with you Belle: No! Maurice: I lost you once, I won't lose you again! Belle: Then we'd better hurry. Gaston: We'll rid the village of this Beast. Who's with me? Mob: I am! I am! I am! Mob: Light your torch Mount your horse! Gaston: Screw your courage to the sticking place! Mob: We're counting on Gaston to lead the way! Women: Through a mist Through a wood Where within a haunted castle Something's lurking that you don't see ev'ry day! Mob: It's a beast One as tall as a mountain We won't rest 'Til he's good and deceased Sally forth! Tally ho! Grab your sword! Grab your bow! Praise the Lord and here we go! We don't like What we don't understand In fact it scares us And this monster is mysterious at least Bring your guns! Bring your knives! Save your children and your wives We'll save our village and our lives We'll kill the Beast! Gaston: Cut down a tree, and make it a big one! Take whatever booty you can find. But remember, the Beast is MINE! Castleware: Hearts ablaze Banners high We go marching into battle Unafraid although the danger just increased Mob: Raise the flag! Sing the song! Here we come, we're fifty strong And fifty Frenchmen can't be wrong Let's kill the Beast! Kill the Beast! Kill the Beast Kill the Beast!

TRANSFORMATION

Beast: You came back Belle: If only I'd come here sooner Beast: Maybe it's better this way Belle: No! Don't talk like that. We're together now. Everything will be fine Beast: At least I get to see you one last time. Belle: We are home We are where we shall be forever Trust in me For you know I won't run away From today This is all that I need And all that I need to say is... Don't you know how you've changed me Strange how I fin'lly see I found home You're my home Stay with me Belle: No! No, please! Don't leave me! I love you. (After Transformation) Prince: Belle, look into my eyes! Belle, don't you recognize The beast within the man Who's here before you? Belle: It is you!

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (REPRISE)