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