Belle (song)

"Belle" is the first song in the original 1991 film Beauty and the Beast. 
 
As Belle reads her book while walking through the town, all of the villagers begin spreading rumors behind her back without her noticing. 
==Lyrics==
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|-| First Lyrics (1991 version)=
Belle: Little town, it's a quiet village
Every day like the one before
Little town, full of little people
Waking up to say
Man 1: Bonjour!
Man 2: Bonjour!
Woman 1: Bonjour!
Man 3: Bonjour!
Man 4: Bonjour!
Belle: There goes the baker with his tray, like always
The same old bread and rolls to sell
Every morning just the same
Since the morning that we came
To this poor provincial town
Baker: Good morning, Belle!
Belle: Good morning, Monsieur.
Baker: Where are you off to?
Belle: The bookshop! I just finished the most wonderful story, about a beanstalk and an ogre and-
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
Barber: Cause her head's up on some cloud
Townsfolk: No denying she's a funny girl that Belle
Man 1: Bonjour!
Woman 1: Good day!
Man 1: 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: Good morning. I've come to return the book I borrowed.
Bookseller: Finished already?
Belle: Oh, I couldn't put it down. Have you got anything 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, daring swordfights, 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 peculiar
I wonder if she's feeling well
With a dreamy, far-off look
And her nose stuck in a book
What a puzzle to the rest of us is Belle
Belle: Oh, isn't this amazing?
It's my favorite part because you'll see
Here's where she meets Prince Charming
But 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 façade
I'm afraid she's rather odd
Very diff'rent from the rest of us
Townsfolk: She's nothing like the rest of us
Yes, 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 whole world!
Gaston: I know!
LeFou: Huh. No beast alive stands a chance against you...and no girl for that matter!
Gaston: It's true, Lefou, and I've got my sights set on that one!
LeFou: The inventor's daughter?
Gaston: She's the one! The lucky girl I'm going to marry.
LeFou: But she's-
Gaston: The most beautiful girl in town.
LeFou: I know but-
Gaston: And that makes her the best. And don't I deserve the best?
LeFou: Well of course, I mean you do, but I mean...
Gaston: Right from the moment when I met her, saw her
I said she's gorgeous and I fell
Here in town there's only she
Who is beautiful as me
So I'm making plans to woo and marry Belle
Bimbettes: Look there he goes
Isn't he dreamy?
Monsieur Gaston
Oh he's so cute!
Be still my heart
I'm hardly breathing
He's such a tall, dark, strong and handsome brute!
Man 1: Bonjour!
Man 2: Good day!
Woman 1: You call this bacon?
Man 4: Some cheese, one pound.
Cheese merchant: I'll get the knife.
Woman 4: This bread – it's stale!
Baker: Madame's mistaken.
Belle: There must be more than this provincial life!
Gaston: Just watch, I'm going to make Belle my wife!
Gaston: Pardon!
Man 3: Mais oui!
Woman 2: What lovely grapes!
Woman 3: Ten yards!
Gaston: 'Scuse me! Please let me through!
Man 5: Those fish, they smell!
Townsfolk: Well, maybe so!
Good morning!
Oh, good morning!
Townsfolk: Look there she goes
The girl is strange, but special
A most peculiar mad'moiselle!
It's a pity and a sin
She doesn't quite fit in
'Cause she really is a funny girl
A beauty but a funny girl
She really is a funny girl
That Belle!
Man 1: Bonjour!
Woman 1: Bonjour!
Man 2: Bonjour!
Woman 2: Bonjour!
Man 3: Bonjour!
Man 4: Bonjour!
|-|Reprise Lyrics (1991 version)=
Belle: Is he gone?
Can you imagine? He asked me 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 it
I want much more than this provincial life!
I want adventure in the great wide somewhere
I want it more than I can tell
And for once it might be grand
To have someone understand
I want so much more than they've got planned
|-|First Lyrics (2017 version)=
Belle: Little town, it's a quiet village
Every day like the one before
Little town, full of little people
Waking up to say
Townsfolk: Bonjour!
Bonjour!
Bonjour!
Bonjour!
Bonjour!
Belle: There goes the baker with his tray, like always
The same old bread and rolls to sell
Every morning just the same
Since the morning that we came
To this poor, provincial town
Monsieur Jean: Good morning, Belle!
Belle: Good morning, Monsieur Jean. Have you lost something again?
Monsieur Jean: Well, I believe I have. Problem is, I... can’t remember what. Oh well, I’m sure it’ll come to me. Where are you off to?
Belle: To return this book to Pére Robert. It’s about two lovers in fair Verona.
Monsieur Jean: Sounds boring.
Schoolboys: Look, there she goes, that girl is strange, no question
Headmaster: Dazed and distracted, can’t you tell?
Washerwomen: Never part of any crowd
Cos her head’s up on some cloud
Young girls: No denying she’s a funny girl, that Belle
Man: Bonjour, good day!
How is your fam'ly?
Woman: Bonjour, good day!
How is your wife?
Clothilde: I need six eggs!
That's too expensive!
Belle: There must be more than this provincial life
Pére Robert: Ah, if it isn't the only bookworm in town! Where did you run off to this week?
Belle: Two cities in Northern Italy. I didn't want to come back. Have you got any new places to go?
Pére Robert: I'm afraid not... But you may reread any of the old ones if you'd like.
Belle: Your library makes our small corner of the world feel big.
Pére Robert: Bon voyage!
Townsfolk: Look, there she goes, that girl is so peculiar
I wonder if she's feeling well
With a dreamy, far-off look
And her nose stuck in a book
What a puzzle to the rest of us is Belle
Belle: Ohhh, isn't this amazing?
It's my favorite part because you'll see
Here's where she meets Prince Charming
But she won’t discover that it's him till Chapter Three!
Woman: Now, it's no wonder that her name means 'beauty'
Her looks have got no parallel!
Village Lasses: But behind that fair façade
I’m afraid she's rather odd
Woman: Very diff'rent from the rest of us
Village Lasses: She's nothing like the rest of us
Townsfolk: Yes, diff'rent from the rest of us is Belle!
Gaston: Look at her, LeFou. My future wife. Belle is the most beautiful girl in the village. That makes her the best.
LeFou: But she's so...well-read. And you're so...athletically-inclined.
(...)
Gaston: Yes... But ever since the war, I've felt like I've been missing something. And she’s the only girl that gives me that sense of-
LeFou: Mmm... je ne sais quoi?
Gaston: I don't know what that means.
Right from the moment when I met her, saw her
I said she's gorgeous and I fell
Here in town, there's only she
Who is beautiful as me
So I’m making plans to woo and marry Belle
Village Lasses: Look, there he goes
Isn't he dreamy?
Monsieur Gaston
Oh he's so cute!
Be still, my heart
I'm hardly breathing
He's such a tall, dark, strong and handsome brute!
Woman 1: Bonjour!
Gaston: Pardon!
Belle: Good day!
Woman 2: Mais oui!
Woman 3: You call this bacon?
Woman 4: What lovely flowers!
Man 1: Some cheese-
Woman 5: Ten yards!
Man 1: One pound
Gaston: 'Scuse me!
Cheese merchant: I'll get the knife
Gaston: Please let me through!
Woman 6: This bread-
Woman 7: These fish-
Woman 6: It's stale!
Woman 7: They smell!
Baker: Madame's mistaken
Woman 6: Well, maybe so!
Belle: There must be more than this provincial life! (Townsfolk: Good morning!)
Gaston: Just watch, I'm going to make Belle my wife! (Townsfolk: Oh, good morning!)
Townsfolk: Look, there she goes, that girl is strange but special
A most peculiar mad'moiselle!
It's a pity and a sin
She doesn't quite fit in
Cos she really is a funny girl
A beauty, but a funny girl
She really is a funny girl
That Belle!
|-|Reprise (2017 version)=
Belle: Can you imagine?
Me! The wife of that boorish, brainless...
Madame Gaston!
Can't you just see it?
Madame Gaston!
His little wife
Ugh! No, sir!
Not me!
I guarantee it
I want much more than this provincial life!
I want adventure in the great wide somewhere
I want it more than I can tell
And for once it might be grand
To have someone understand
I want so much more than they've got planned
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