Music by Alan Menken

Lyrics by Howard Ashman

BELLE
Little town,
it's a quiet village.
Ev'ry 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.
Ev'ry 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 we 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!

TOWNSFOLK
Look there she goes that girl is strange, no question.
Dazed and distracted, can't you tell?
Never part of any crowd,
'cause her head's up in a cloud.
No denying she's a funny girl, that Belle.

MAN I
Bonjour.

WOMAN I
Good day.

MAN I
How is your fam'ly?

WOMAN II
Bonjour.

MAN II
Good day.

WOMAN II
How is your wife?

WOMAN III
I need six eggs!

MAN III
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
Ha, ha!
Not since yesterday.

BELLE
That's alright.
I'll borrow... this one!

BOOKSELLER
That one?
But you've read it twice!

BELLE
Well, it's my favorite!
Far off places, spells, a prince in disguise...
daring sword fights, magic

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

BELLE
But sir!

BOOKSELLER
I insist.

BELLE
Well, thank you.
Thank you very much!

TOWNSFOLK
Look there she goes that girl is so peculiar.
I wonder if she's feeling well.
With a dreamy far-off look,
and her nose stuck in a book,
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.

WOMAN
Now, it's no wonder that her name means "beauty."
Her looks have got no parallel.

SHOPKEEPER
But behind that fair façade.
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.

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.

SILLY GIRLS
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 I
Bonjour!

GASTON
Pardon.

MAN II
Good day.

MAN III
Mas oui!

MATRON
You call this bacon?

WOMAN I
What lovely grapes!

MAN IV
Some cheese.

WOMAN II
Ten yards.

MAN IV
...One pound.

GASTON
'Scuse me!

CHEESE MERCHANT
I'll get the knife.

GASTON
Please let me through!

WOMAN I
This bread...

MAN V
Those fish...

WOMAN I
...it's stale!

MAN V
...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 a girl who's 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!

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

"Madame Gaston!" can 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 that 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.

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.
Gosh it disturbs me to see you, Gaston,
looking so down in the dumps.
Ev'ry guy here'd love to be you, Gaston,
even while 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!
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'd prefer to be on!

CHORUS
No one's been like Gaston,
a kingpin like Gaston.

LeFOU
No one's got a swell cleft in his chin like Gaston!

GASTON
As a specimen, yes, I'm intimidating!

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.

CRONIE
In a wrestling match, nobody bites like Gaston!

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 ev'ry last inch of me's covered with hair!

CRONIES
No one hits like Gaston,

TOWNSMAN
matches wits like Gaston.

LeFOU
In a spitting match nobody spits like Gaston.

GASTON
I'm especially good at expectorating!

Ptooey!

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.
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 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 oh!

CHORUS
Gaston!

TAVERN KEEPER
Crazy old Maurice.

PATRON
He's always good for a laugh.

GASTON
Crazy old Maurice, Hmm?
Crazy old Maurice, Hmm.

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 promised myself
I'd be married to Belle,
and right now I'm evolving a plan!

If I... (whisper)

LeFOU
Yes?

GASTON
Then we... (whisper)

LeFOU
No!
Would she...

GASTON
(whisper) Guess!

LeFOU
Now I get it!

BOTH
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!

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
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 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 soufflé!
Pie and pudding "en flambé!"
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!

ALL
Come on and lift your glass.
You've won your own free pass
to be our guest!

LUMIERE
If you're stressed,
it's fine dining we suggest.

ALL
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, the good old days when we were useful.
Suddenly, those good old days are gone.

Ten years, we've been rusting,
needing 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!

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 cups do their soft shoeing,
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 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!

BELLE
There's something sweet
and almost kind,
but he was mean and he was course
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 thought 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. POTS
Well, who indeed?

LUMIERE
And who'd have guessed
they'd come together on their own?

MRS. POTTS
It's so peculiar.

LUMIERE & COGSWORTH
We'll...

ALL THREE
Wait and see
a few days more.
There may be something there
that wasn't there before.

COGSWORTH
You know, perhaps,
there's something there
that wasn't there before.

MRS. POTTS
There may be something there
that wasn't there before.

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.

GASTON
The Beast will make off with your children.
He'll come after them in the night.
We're not safe till his head is mounted on my wall!
I say we kill the Beast!

MOB
Kill him!

MAN I
We're not safe until he's dead.

MAN II
He'll come stalking us at night.

WOMAN
Set to sacrifice our children
to his monstrous appetite.

MAN III
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!

(To the villagers)

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.
Through a mist, through a wood,
where within a haunted castle
something's lurking that you don't see ev'ryday.

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
Sacré Blêu! 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 bounty you can find.
But remember, the Beast is mine!

OBJECTS
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?

BEAST
It doesn't matter now.
Just let them come.

MOB
Kill the Beast!
Kill the Beast!
Kill the Beast!