Be Our Guest – Beauty and the Beast

Lyric: 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 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! Lumiere and Chorus: Beef ragout Cheese souffle Pie and pudding “en flambe” Lumiere: 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 Chorus: And it’s all in perfect taste That you can bet Come on and lift your glass You’ve won your own free pass To be out 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 exercise, a …