Be Our Guest (美女与野兽)_Jerry Orback & Angela Lansbury - Jerry Orbach

Ma chere Mademoiselle it is with deepest pride And greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight And now we invite you to relax Be our guest Be our guest Put our service to the test Tie your napkin 'roundyour neck cherie And we provide the rest Soup du jour Hot hors d'oeuvresWhy we only live to serve Try the grey stuff It'sdelicious Don'tbelieve 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'llBe our guest Oui our guest Be our guest Beef ragout Cheese souffle Pie and pudding en flambe We'llprepare and serve with flair A culinary cabaret You'realone And you'rescared But the banquet'sall prepared No one'sgloomy or complaining While the flatware'sentertaining We tell jokes I do tricks With my fellow candlesticks And it'sall in perfect taste That you can bet Come on and lift your glass You'vewon your own free pass To be our guest If you'restressed It'sfine dining we suggest Be our guest Be our guest Be our guest Life is so unnerving For a servant who'snot serving He'snot 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'vebeen rusting Needing so 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 oopsadaisyIt'sa guest It'sa guest Sakes alive well I'llbe blessed Wine'sbeen poured and thank the Lord I'vehad the napkins freshly pressed With dessert she'llwant tea And my dear that'sfine with me While the cups do their softshoein'I'llbe bubbling I'llbe brewing I'llget warm Piping hot Heaven'ssakes Is that a spot Clean it up We want the company impressed We'vegot a lot to do Is it one lump or two For you our guest She'sour guest She'sour guest She'sour guest Be our guest Our Be command our guest is your request It'sten years since we'vehad anybody here And we'reobsessed With your meal With your ease Yes indeed we aim to please While the candlelight'sstill glowing Let us help you We'llkeep going Course by course One by one 'Tilyou shout Enough I'mdone Then we'llsing you off to sleep as you digest Tonight you'llprop your feet up But for now let'seat up Be our guest Be our guest Be our guest Please be our guest