Beauty and the Beast Song Lyrics

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Act One: Prologue

Music: Alan MenkenLyrics: Howard Ashman + Tim RiceBook: Linda WoolvertonPremiere: 1991

Narrator: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 castleAnd offered him a single RoseIn return for shelter from the bitter cold.

Repulsed by her haggard appearance,The Prince sneered at the gift,And turned the old woman away.

But she warned him not to be deceived by appearances,For Beauty is found within.

And when he dismissed her again,The old woman's ugliness melted awayTo reveal a beautiful Enchantress.

The Prince tried to apologize, but it was too late,For she had seen that there was no love in his heartAnd as punishment,She transformed him into a hideous beast,And placed a powerful spell on the castleAnd all who lived there.

Ashamed of his monstrous form,The beast concealed himself inside his castle,With a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world.

The Rose she had offered,Was truly an enchanted rose,Which would bloom until his twenty-first year.If he could learn to love another,And earn her love in returnBy the time the last petal fell,Then, the spell would be broken.If not, he would be doomed to remain a beastFor all time.


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As the years passed,He fell into despair, and lost all hope,For who could ever learn to love...a Beast?

Belle

Belle:Little townIt's a quiet villageEv'ry dayLike the one beforeLittle townFull of little peopleWaking up to say:

Townsfolk:

Bonjour!Bonjour!Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour!

Belle:There goes the baker with his tray, likealwaysThe same old bread and rolls to sellEv'ry morning just the sameSince the morning that we cameTo this poor provincial town

Baker:Good Morning, Belle!

Belle:Good morning, Monsieur.

Baker:And where are you off to?

Belle:

The bookshop. I just finished the mostwonderful storyAbout 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?

Woman:Never part of any crowd

Man:'Cause her head's up on some cloud

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

Man I:Bonjour!

Woman I:Good day!

Man I:How is your fam'ly?

Woman 2:Bonjour!

Man 2:Good day!

Woman 2:How is your wife?

Woman 3:I need six eggs!

Man 3:

That's too expensive!

Belle:There must be more than this provincial life!

Bookseller:Ah, Belle.

Belle:


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Good morning. I've come to return the book Iborrowed.

Bookseller:Finished already?

Belle:Oh, I couldn't put it down. Have you gotanything 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, daringswordfights, magic spells, a prince in disguise-

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 peculiarI wonder if she's feeling well

With a dreamy, far-off lookAnd her nose stuck in a bookWhat a puzzle to the rest of us is Belle

Belle:Oh, isn't this amazing?It's my fav'rite part because --- you'll seeHere's where she meets Prince CharmingBut 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 facadeI'm afraid she's rather oddVery diff'rent from the rest of us

Townsfolk:She's nothing like the rest of usYes, 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 wholeworld!

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 gotmy sight set on that one.

LeFou:The inventor's daughter?

Gaston:She's the one - the lucky girlI'm going to marry.

LeFou:But she -

Gaston:The most beautiful girl in town.

LeFou:I know, but -


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Gaston:That makes her the best. And don'tI deserve the best?

LeFou:But of course! I mean, you do! But I -

Gaston:Right from the moment when I met her, sawherI said she's gorgeous and I fellHere in town there's only sheWho is beautiful as meSo I'm making plans to woo and marry Belle

Bimbettes:Look there he goes

Isn't he dreamy?Monsieur GastonOh he's so cute!Be still my heartI'm hardly breathingHe's such a tall, dark, strong and handsomebrute!

Woman 1:Bonjour!

Gaston:Pardon

Belle:Good day

Woman 2:Mais oui!

Woman 3:You call this bacon?

Woman 4:What lovely grapes!

Man 1:Some cheese

Woman 5:Ten yards!

Man 1:one pound

Gaston:'Scuse me! Please let me through!

Cheese merchant:I'll get the knife

Woman 6:This bread -

Woman 7:Those fish -

Woman 6:

it's stale!

Woman 7:they smell!

Men:Madame's mistaken.

Women:Well, maybe so

Townsfolk:Good morning! Oh, good morning!

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 specialA most peculiar mad'moiselle!

Women:It's a pity and a sin

Men:She doesn't quite fit in


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Townsfolk:'Cause she really is a funny girlA beauty but a funny girlShe really is a funny girlThat Belle!Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour!

Belle (Reprise)

Belle:Is he gone? Oh, can you imagine? He askedme 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 itI want much more than this provincial life!I want adventure in the great widesomewhereI want it more than I can tellAnd for once it might be grandTo have someone understandI want so much more than they've gotplanned.

No Matter What

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

Maurice:My daughter odd? Where did you get an idealike 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 trueNo fam'ly ever sanerExcept one uncle who...well, maybe let thatpass

In all you say or doYou couldn't make it plainerYou are your mother's daughter; thereforeyou are class

Belle:

So I should just acceptI'm simply not like them

Maurice:They are the common herdAnd you should take my wordYou are unique: creme de la cremeNo matter what you doI'm on your sideAnd if my point of viewIs somewhat misty-eyed

There's nothing clearer in my lifeThan what I wish and feel for youAnd that's a lot...No matter what

Belle:No matter what they sayYou make me proudI love the funny wayYou stand out from the crowd

Maurice:It's my intention my inventionShows the world out there one dayJust what we've got...

Belle:No matter what

Maurice:Now some may say all fathers justexaggerate

Belle:That ev'ry daughter's great?

Maurice:You are!

Belle:And ev'ry daughter tends to say her father's


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topsMaurice:She pulls out all the stopsTo praise him

Belle:

And quite rightly!

Maurice:No matter what the painWe've come this farI pray that you remainExactly as you areThis really is a case of father knowing best

Belle:And daughter too!

Maurice:You're never strange

Belle:Don't ever change

Both:You're all I've gotNo matter what.

No Matter What (Reprise)

Maurice:First prize is nearly mineIt's quite my best inventionSo simple, yet complex; So massive, yet sosmallThis triumph of designWill be my old-age pensionThat is, provided I can find the fair at allI must have missed a sign...

I should have paid attention...Drat!(Wolf howls)That's not a nightingale, and not a matingcall.Wolves!

Me!

Gaston:

You've been dreaming, just one dreamNearly all your lifeHoping, 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 manDoesn't help just youOn occasion, women canHave their uses tooMainly to extend the fam'ly treePumpkin, extend with me!

Gaston:We'll be raising sons galore

Belle:

Inconceivable!

Gaston:Each built six foot four!

Belle:Unbelievable!

Gaston:Each stuffed with ev'ry Gaston gene!

Belle:I'm not hearing this!

Gaston:You'll be keeping house with pride!

Belle:Just incredible!

Gaston:

Oh so gratified

Belle:So unweddable!

Gaston:That you are a part of this idyllic scene.

Gaston:


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Picture this: A rustic hunting lodge,my latest kill roasting over the fire,my little wife massaging my feet, whilethe little ones play on the floor with the dogs.We'll have six or seven!

Belle:Dogs?

Gaston:No, Belle! Strapping boys...like me!

Belle:Imagine that!

Gaston:I can see that we will share

All that love impliesWe shall be a perfect pairRather like my thighsYou are face to face with destiny!All roads lead to...The best things in life are...All's well that ends with me!Escape me? There's no way

Certain as "Do, Re,"Belle, when you marry...

Gaston:So Belle, what would it be?Is it "yes", or is it "oh, yes"?

Belle:I...I just don't deserve you!

Gaston:Who does?ME!

Something There

There's something sweetAnd almost kind,But he was mean, and he was course,and unrefined.But now he's dear,and so unsure...I wonder why I didn't see it there before.


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Track Listing (1991 Original Release)In the movie track eight comes after track nine.

1. Prologue (2:26)2. Belle (5:09)

* Nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Original Song3. Belle (Reprise) (1:05)4. Gaston (3:40)5. Gaston (Reprise) (2:04)6. Be Our Guest (3:44)

* Nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Original Song

7. Something There (2:19)8. The Mob Song (3:30)9. Beauty and the Beast (Angela Lansbury) (2:46)

* Won an Academy Award for Best Original Song10. To the Fair (1:58)11. West Wing (3:42)12. The Beast Lets Belle Go (2:22)13. Battle on the Tower (5:29)(This was reused in Beauty & The Beast: Revenge of

Gaston along with some other scores.)14. Transformation (5:47)15. Beauty and the Beast (Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson) (4:04)

* Won an Academy Award for Best Original Song

Tracklisting (2001 Special Edition)

1. Prologue (2:26)2. Belle (5:09)3. Belle (Reprise) (1:05)4. Gaston (3:40)5. Gaston (part 2) (2:04)6. Be Our Guest (3:44)

7. There's Something There (2:19)8. Human Again (4:54)

* New song integrated into the film for the 2001 Special Edition IMAX re-issue and 2001 DVD release9. Beauty And The Beast (2:46)10. The Mob Song (3:30)11. To the Fair (1:58)12. West Wing (3:42)13. The Beast Lets Belle Go (2:22)14. Battle on the Tower (5:29)
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15. Transformation (5:47)16. Beauty and the Beast (Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson) (4:04)17. Be Our Guest [Demo] (3:29)

* Previously Unreleased18. Beauty and the Beast [Work Tape & Demo] (3:58)

* Previously Unreleased19. Death of the Beast [Early Version] (1:29)

* Previously Unreleased - Integrated into the film's end credits for the 2001 Special Edition IMAX re-issue and 2001 DVD release.

Unreleased Songs/Score1. Prologue (without narration) (This cue was included on the "Music Behind the Magic"

CD set, but wasnt included on any of the commercial albums) [2:32]2. Belle (Instrumental) [5:04]3. Gaston Stops Belle [0:56]4. The Spooky Forest / Wolf Attack (This cue was partially released on the "Music

Behind the Magic" CD set, but wasnt included on any of the commercial albums)

[2:38]5. A Guest in the Castle [3:04]6. Gaston Proposes to Belle [1:33]7. Belle Reprise (Instrumental) [1:00]8. Belle Goes in Search of Maurice / Take Me Instead [3:50]9. Belles New Home (This cue was partially released on the tape cassette and original

CD releases, but doesnt appear on the Special Edition album) [1:49]10. Gaston (Instrumental) [3:36]11. Gaston Reprise (Instrumental) [1:52]12. Belle Meets the Servants [1:23]13. An Invitation to Dinner / Nothing But a Monster [3:00]14. The Wandering Guest [0:41]15. Music?! [0:01]16. Be Our Guest (Instrumental) [3:42]17. Tour of the Castle [2:14]18. Belle Tends to the Beasts Wounds / Gastons Plot / Maurice Goes For Belle

[2:27]19. Something Special for Belle [2:03]20. Breakfast with the Beast / Something There (Instrumental) [2:40]21. Cleaning the Castle [0:35]22. Human Again (Instrumental) [4:40]23. Grooming the Beast [1:00]24. Beauty and the Beast (Instrumental) [2:42]25. Belle Leaves / Finding Maurice / A Stow-a-way [1:39]26. Gastons Plan [1:45]27. The Mob Song (Instrumental) [3:26]28. Battle on the Tower (Full Version) [5:27]29. Transformation (Film Version) [5:46]30. Transformation (Sans Disney Chorus) [5:46]

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