Songwords

Belle
Belle(reprise)
Gaston
Gaston(reprise)
Be Our Guest
Something There
Beauty and the Beast
Mob Song

Belle

Belle~
Little town
It's a quiet village
Every day
Like the one before
Little town
Full of little people
Waking up to say....

Townsfolk~
Bonjour!
Bonjour!
Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour!

Belle~
There goes the baker with his tray, like always
The same old bread and rolls to sell
Every morning just the same
Since the morning that we came
To this poor provincial town

Baker~
Good Morning, Belle!

Belle~>
'Morning, Monsieur.

Baker~
Where are you off to?

Belle~
The bookshop. I just finished the most wonderful story About a beanstalk and an ogre and a...

Baker~
That's nice. Marie!
The baguettes! Hurry up!

Women~
Look there she goes that girl is strange, no question
Dazed and distracted, can't you tell?

Woman~
Never part of any crowd

Barber~
'Cause her head's up on some cloud

Townsfolk~
No denying she's a funny girl that Belle

A Man~
Bonjour!

A Woman~
Good day!

A Man~
How is your family?

Second Woman~
Bonjour!

Second Man~
Good day!

Second Woman~
How is your wife?

Third Woman~
I need six eggs!

Third Man~
That's too expensive!

Belle~
There must be more than this provincial life!

Bookseller~
Ah, Belle!

Belle~
Good Morning. I've come to return the book I borrowed.

Bookseller~
Finished already?

Belle~
Oh, I couldn't put it down. Have you got anything new?

Bookseller~
Not since yesterday.

Belle~
That's all right. I'll borrow . . . . . this one!

Bookseller~
That one? But you've read it twice!

Belle~
Well, it's my favorite! Far off places, daring swordfights, magic spells, a prince in disguise...

Bookseller~
If you like it all that much, it's yours!

Belle~
But sir!

Bookseller~
I insist.

Bookseller~
Well, thank you. Thank you very much!

Men~
Look there she goes that girl is so peculiar
I wonder if she's feeling well

Women~
With a dreamy, far-off look

Men~
And her nose stuck in a book

Townsfolk~
What a puzzle to the rest of us is Belle

Belle~
Oh, isn't this amazing?
It's my fav'rite part because, you'll see
Here's where she meets Prince Charming
But she won't discover that it's him 'til chapter three!

Hairless Woman~
Now it's no wonder that her name means "Beauty"
Her looks have got no parallel

Shopkeeper~
But behind that fair facade
I'm afraid she's rather odd
Very diff'rent from the rest of us

Townsfolk~
She's nothing like the rest of us
Yes, diff'rent from the rest of us is Belle!

Lefou~
Wow! You didn't miss a shot, Gaston! You're the greatest hunter in the whole world!.

Gaston~
I know.

Lefou~
No beast alive stands a chance against you. ....And no girl, for that matter.

Gaston~
It's true, LeFou. And I've got my sights set on that one.

Lefou~
The inventor's daughter?

Gaston~
She's the one! The lucky girl I'm going to marry.

Lefou~
But she's...

Gaston~
The most beautiful girl in town.

Lefou~
I know, but....

Gaston~
That makes her the best. And don't I deserve the best?

Lefou~
Well, of course! I mean you do, but...

Gaston~
Right from the moment when I met her, saw her
I said she's gorgeous and I fell
Here in town there's only she
Who is beautiful as me
So I'm making plans to woo and marry Belle

The Three Gaston Admirer's~
Look there he goes
Isn't he dreamy?
Monsieur Gaston
Oh he's so cute!
Be still my heart
I'm hardly breathing
He's such a tall, dark, strong and handsome brute!

Man~
Bonjour!

Gaston~
Pardon

Second Man~
Good day

Third Man~
Mais oui!

Woman~
You call this bacon?

Second Woman~
What lovely grapes!

Fourth Man~
Some cheese

Third Woman~
Ten yards!

Fourth Man~
One pound

Gaston~
Excuse me!

Cheese Man~
I'll get the knife

Gaston~
Please let me through!

Woman~
This bread...

Fifth Man~
Those fish...

Woman~
it's stale!

Fifth Man~
they smell!

Baker~
Madame's mistaken.

Belle~
There must be more than this provincial life!

Gaston~
Just watch, I'm going to make Belle my wife!

Townsfolk~
Look there she goes
The girl is strange but special
A most peculiar mad'moiselle!
It's a pity and a sin
She doesn't quite fit in
'Cause she really is a funny girl
A beauty but a funny girl
She really is a funny girl
That Belle!

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Belle (reprise)

Is he gone? Can you imagine? He asked me to marry him.
Me, the wife of that boorish, brainless . . .

"Madame Gaston!"
Can't you just see it?
"Madame Gaston!"
His "little wife"
No sir! Not me!
I guarantee it
I want much more than this provincial life!

I want adventure in the great wide somewhere
I want it more than I can tell
And for once it might be grand
To have someone understand
I want so much more than they've got planned

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Gaston

Gaston~
Who does she think she is? That girl has tangled with the wrong man! No one says "no" to Gaston!

LeFou~
Heh heh. Darn right.

Gaston~
Dismissed! Rejected! Publicly Humiliated! Why, it's more than I can bear.

LeFou~
More beer?

Gaston~
What for? Nothing helps. I'm disgraced.

LeFou~
Who, you? Never! Gaston, you've got to pull yourself together.

LeFou~
Gosh it disturbs me to see you, Gaston
Looking so down in the dumps
Every guy here'd love to be you, Gaston
Even when taking your lumps
There's no man in town as admired as you
You're ev'ryone's favorite guy
Ev'ryone's awed and inspired by you
And it's not very hard to see why

No one's slick as Gaston
No one's quick as Gaston
No one's neck's as incredibly thick as Gaston's
For there's no man in town half as manly
Perfect, a pure paragon!
You can ask any Tom, Dick or Stanley
And they'll tell you whose team they prefer to be on

LeFou and Chorus~
No one's been like Gaston
A king pin like Gaston

LeFou~
No one's got a swell cleft in his chin like Gaston

Gaston~
As a specimen, yes, I'm intimidating!

LeFou and Chorus~
My what a guy, that Gaston!
Give five "hurrahs!"
Give twelve "hip-hips!"

LeFou~
Gaston is the best
And the rest is all drips

Chorus~
No one fights like Gaston
Douses lights like Gaston

Man~
In a wrestling match nobody bites like Gaston!

The Three Girls~
For there's no one as burly and brawny

Gaston~
As you see I've got biceps to spare

LeFou~
Not a bit of him's scraggly or scrawny

Gaston~
That's right!
And every last inch of me's covered with hair

Chorus~
No one hits like Gaston

Second Man~
Matches wits like Gaston

LeFou~
In a spitting match nobody spits like Gaston

Gaston~
I'm especially good at expectorating!
Ptoooie!

Chorus~
Ten points for Gaston!

Gaston~
When I was a lad I ate four dozen eggs
Ev'ry morning to help me get large
And now that I'm grown I eat five dozen eggs
So I'm roughly the size of a barge!

Chorus~
No one shoots like Gaston
Makes those beauts like Gaston

LeFou~
Then goes tromping around wearing boots like Gaston

Gaston~
I use antlers in all of my decorating!

Chorus~
Say it again
Who's a man among men?
And then say it once more
Who's the hero next door?
Who's a super success?
Don't you know? Can't you guess?
Ask his fans and his five hangers-on
There's just one guy in town who's got all of it down

LeFou~
And his name's G-A-S...T....
G-A-S-T - E - G-A-S-T-O - oh!

Chorus~
Gaston!

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Gaston(reprise)

Maurice~
Help! Someone help me!

Innkeeper~
Maurice?

Maurice~
Please! Please, I need your help. He's got her.. he's got her locked in the dungeon!

Lefou~
Who?

Maurice~
Belle. We must go. N-not a minute to lose!

Gaston~
Whoa! Slow down, Maurice. Who's got Belle locked in a dungeon?

Maurice~
A beast! A horrible, monstrous beast!

Everyone in the Tavern~
(Laughter)

First Man~
Is it a big beast?

Maurice~
Huge!

Second Man~
With a long, ugly snout?

Maurice~
Hideously ugly!

Third Man~
And sharp, cruel fangs?

Maurice~
Yes! Yes! Will you help me?

Gaston~
All right, old man. We'll help you out.

Maurice~
You will? Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!

Innkeeper~
Crazy old Maurice.

First Man~
He's always good for a laugh.

Gaston~
Crazy old Maurice, hmmm?
Crazy old Maurice. Hmmm.
LeFou, I'm afraid I've been thinking

Lefou~
A dangerous pastime

Gaston~
I know.
But that whacky old coot is Belle's father
And his sanity's only "so-so"
Now the wheels in my head have been turning
Since I looked at that loony, old man
See, I've promised myself I'd be married to Belle
And right now I'm evolving a plan

Gaston~
If I . . . (whispers to Lefou)

Lefou~
Yes?

Gaston~
Then we . . . (whispers to Lefou)

Lefou~
No! Would she . . .

Gaston~
(whispers to Lefou) Guess!

Lefou~
Now I get it!

Gaston & Lefou~
Let's go!
No one plots like Gaston

Gaston~
Takes cheap shots like Gaston

Lefou~
Plans to persecute harmless crackpots like Gaston

Chorus~
So his marriage we soon'll be celebrating
My what a guy!
Gaston!

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Be Our Guest

Lumiere~
Ma chere Mademoiselle, it is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you here tonight. And now, we invite me to relax. Let us pull ulp 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, it's delicious!
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!

Beef ragout!
Cheese souffle!
Pie and pudding on flambe
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

Mugs~
And it's all in perfect taste.
That you can bet!

Chorus~
Come on and raise your glass
You've won your own free pass
To be our guest!

Lumiere~
If you're stressed
It's fine dining we suggest!

Chorus~
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 excercise, 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!

Mrs. Potts~
It's a guest!
It's a guest!
Sakes alive, well, I'll be blessed!
With dessert, she'll want tea
And my dear, that's fine with me
While the cups to 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!
We've got a lot to do.
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!
Our command is your request.
It's ten 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...

Lumiere & lamp ; Chorus~
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!
Please, be out guest!

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Something There

Belle~
There's something sweet, and almost kind
But he was mean, and he was coarse
And unrefined
And now he's dear, and so unsure
I wonder why I didn't see it there before

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

Belle~
New and a bit alarming
Who'd have ever though that this could be?
True, that he's no Prince Charming
But there's something in him that I
Simply didn't see

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

All Three~
Well, wait and see, 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

Mrs. Potts~
There may be something there
That wasn't there before

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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.

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The Mob Song

Gaston~
The Beast will make off with your children.

Crowd~
(gasp)

Gaston~
He'll come after them in the night.

Belle~
No!

Gaston~
We're not safe till his head is mounted on my wall! I say we kill the Beast!

Mob~
Kill him!

First Man~
We're not safe until he's dead

Second Man~
He'll come stalking us at night

Woman~
Set to sacrifice our children to his monstrous appetite

Third Man~
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~
If you're not with us, you're against us!
Bring the old man!

Maurice~
Get your hands off me!

Gaston~
We can't have them running off to warn the creature.

Belle~
Let us out!

Gaston~
We'll rid the village of this Beast. Who's with me?

Mob~
I am! I am! I am!

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 every 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!

Gaston~
We'll lay siege to the castle and bring back his head!

Belle~
I have to warn the Beast! This is all my fault
Oh, Papa, what are we going to do?

Maurice~
Now, now, we'll think of something.

Mob~
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!

Cogsworth~
I knew it! I knew it was foolish
to get our hopes up.

Lumiere~
Maybe it would have been better if she had never come at all. Could it be?

Mrs. Potts~
Is it she?

Lumiere~
Sacre Bleu! Invaders!

Cogsworth~
Encroachers!

Mrs. Potts~
And they have the mirror!

Cogsworth~
Warn the Master! If it's a fight they want, we'll be ready for them! Who's with me?

Gaston~
Take whatever booty you can find.
But remember, the Beast is MINE!

The Beast's Servanst~
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!

Mrs. Potts~
Pardon me, Master.

Beast~
Leave me in peace.

Mrs. Potts~
But sir! The castle is under attack!

Mob~
Kill the Beast!
Kill the Beast

Lumiere~
This isn't working!

Featherduster~
Oh Lumiere, we must do something!

Lumiere~
Wait, I know!

Mob~
Kill the Beast!
Kill the Beast!

Mrs. Potts~
What shall we do, Master?

Mrs. Potts~
It doesn't matter now. Just let them come.

Mob~
Kill the Beast!
Kill the Beast!
Kill the Beast!

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