Be Our Guest

Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Howard Ashman
Performed by Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury, and Chorus

Mon cher, 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 prouldy presents your dinner

Lumiere
Be our guest! Be our guest!
Put our service to the test
Tie your napkin 'round your neck, cherie
And we 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!

Flatware and Lumiere
Beef ragout! Cheese souffle!
Pie and puding "en flanbe"!

Lumiere
We'll prepare and serve with flair
A culinary cabaret!
You're alone and you're scared
But the banguet's all prepared
No one's gloomy or complaining
While the flatware's entertaining
We tell jokes, I do tricks
With my fellow candelsticks

Mugs
Und it's all in perfect taste, that you can bet!

All
Come on and lift your glass
You've won your own free pass
To be our guest!

Lumiere
If you're stressed
It's fine dining we suggest

All
Be our guest! Be our guest! Be our guest!

Lumiere
Life is so unnerving for a servant who's not serving
He's now whole without a soul to wait upon
Ah, those good old days when we were useful
Suddenly, those good old days are gone
10 years we've been rusting
Needing so much more than dusting
Needing exercize, a chance to use our skills
Most days we just lay around the castle
Flabby, fat and lazy
You walked in, and oopsadaisy!

Mrs. Potts
It's a guest! It's a guest!
Shakes alive and well I'll be blessed!
Wine's been poured
And thank the Lord I've had the napkins freshly pressed
With desert she'll want tea
And, my dear, that's fine with me
While the cups do their soft shoeing
I'll be bubbling! I'll be brewing!
I'll get warm, pipping hot!
Heaven's shakes! Is that a spot?
Clean it up! We want the company impressed!
We've got a lot to do
Is it one lump or two
For you, our guest?

All
She's our guest!

Mrs. Potts
She's our guest!

All
She's our guest!
Be our guest! Be our guest!
Our command is your request
It's 10 years since we've had anybody here
And we're obsessed
With your meal, with your ease
Yes indeed, we aim to please
While the candlelight's still glowing
Let us help you, we'll keep going
Course by course, one by one
Till you shout, "Enough, I'm done!"
Then we'll sing you off to sleep as you digest
Tonight you'll prop your feet up
But for now, let's eat up!
Be our guest! Be our guest! Be our guest!
Please, be our guest!