Beauty and the Beast lyrics

Music: Alan Menken

Lyrics: Howard Ashman + Tim Rice

Book: Linda Woolverton

Premiere: 1991

Narattor:

Once upon a time, in a faraway land,

A young Prince lived in a shining castle.

Although he had everything his heart desired,

The Prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind.

But then, one winter's night,

An old beggar woman came to the castle

And offered him a single Rose

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

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

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'll provide the rest

Soup du jour

Hot hors d'oeuvres

[Belle]

Little town it's a quiet village.

Everyday like the one before.

Little town full of little people, waking up to say.

[Man #1]

Bonjour!

[Man #2]

Bonjour!

[Woman #1]

Bonjour!

[Man #3]

Bonjour!

[Man #4]

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,

GASTON

Who does she think she is?

That girl has tangled with the wrong man!

LEFOU

Darn right.

GASTON

No one says "no" to 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

Crazy old Maurice, hmmm?

Crazy old Maurice...

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

*home*

belle:

Yes, i made the choice

For papa i will stay
but i dont deserve to lose my freedom in this way

(spoken/sung)you monster!

sung by belle:

if you think that what you've done is right

well then....your a fool

think again

Is this home

is this where i should learn to be happy

never dreamed

that a home could be

dark and cold_____i was told

MRS. POTTS

Cheer up child.

It will turn out alright in the end, you'll see.

I hope that we'll be friends

Though I don't know you well

If anyone can make

The most of living here

Then, Belle, it's you

And who knows?

You may find Home here, too!

BEAST

How long must this go on?

This cruel trick of fate?

I simply made one careless wrong decision

And then the witch was gone

And left me in this state

An object of revulsion and derision

Hated...

Is there no one

Who can show me

How to win the world's forgiveness?

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

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

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.

(instrumental to end)

Gaston:
There's a danger I'll be thwarted
And denied my honeymoon
For the pretty thing I've courted
Refuse to swoon
So, the time has come for a murky plan
For which I turn to a murky man
LeFou:
To find that feind
Both:
Where better than
The Maison des Lunes?
Gaston:
I don't take this girl for granted
There's no path I haven't hewn
To her heart; no seed unplanted

GASTON

You've been dreaming, just one dream

Nearly all your life

Hoping, scheming, just one theme:
Will you be a wife?

Will you be some he-man's property?

Good news!

That he-man's me!

This equation, girl plus man

Doesn't help just you

On occasion, women can

Have their uses too

Mainly to extend the fam'ly tree

Pumpkin, extend with me!

GASTON

BELLE

Papa, do you think I'm...odd?

MAURICE

My daughter odd?

Where did you get an idea like that?

BELLE

I don't know.

It's just that, well, people talk.

MAURICE

They talk about me, too.

MAURICE

No, we're not odd, its true

No fam'ly ever saner

Except one uncle who...well, maybe let that pass

In all you say or do

MAURICE

First prize is nearly mine
It's quite my best invention

So simple, yet complex;

So massive, yet so small

This triumph of design

Will be my old-age pension

That is, provided I can find the fair at all

I must have missed a sign...

I should have paid attention...

Drat! (Wolf howls)

That's not a nightingale, and not a mating call.

Wolves!

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

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

Belle:
Show me the Beast!
Mob:
(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 myfriend.
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:

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 wont run away

From today

This is all that I need

And all that I need to say is...

There’s been a change in me
A kind of moving on
Though what I used to be
I still depend on
For now I realize
That good can come from bad
That may not make me wise
But oh it makes me glad

And I-- I never thought I’d leave behind
My childhood dreams
But I don’t mind
For now I love the world I see
No change of heart a change in me

For in my dark despair
I slowly understood

BELLE

Is he gone?
Oh, 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", ugh!

No sir! Not me! I guarantee it!

I want much more than this provincial life!

I want adventure in the great wide somewhere