Words and Music By
Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
Accordion Player:
Lovers!
Lady Flower Seller:
Ooh La La!
Sophie:
Welcome, my friends, to Paris.
Here, have a flower on me.
Forget where you're from
You're in France!
Children, come!
I'll show you that French Joie de vivre!
Paris holds the key To your heart.
And all of Paris plays a part.
Accordion Player & Flower Seller:
Just stroll two by two
Down what we call "La Rue"
Sophie & All:
And soon all Paris
Will be singing to you!
Ooh La La
Ooh La La
Ooh La La!
Maurice Chevalier:
Paris holds the key To L'Amour!
Freud:
And not even Freud
Knows the cure
Lindburgh:
There's love in the air
Josephine Baker & Dancing Girls:
At the Follies Bergere!
Picasso:
The French have it down to an art!
All :
Paris holds the key to your heart!
Sophie:
When you're feeling blue
Come to Le Moulin
When your heart says don't,
The French say do!
Can Can Girls:
When you think you can't
You'll find you can can!
Sophie :
Everyone can can can!
Sophie & Can Can Girls:
You can can can too!
Whee!
Whee!
Whee!
Dimitri:
Paris holds the key to her past
Yes, Princess,
I've found you at last
No more pretend
You'll be gone,
That's the end
Ensemble:
Paris holds the key To your heart!
Couturier:
You'll be "Tres Jolie" and so smart!
Isadora Duncan:
Come dance through the night
Rodin:
And forget all your woes
Sophie & All:
The city of light!
Gertrude Stein:
Where a rose is a rose!
Sophie & All:
And one never knows what will start!
Paris Holds the key...
Dimitri:
To her...
Sophie & All:
Heart!
Sophie:
Ooh La La!
All :
Ooh La La!
Bernadette Peters (Sophie) Jonathan Dokuchitz (Dimitri) and ensemble
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens / Music by Stephen Flaherty. © 1996, 1997
T C F Music Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP). (p) 1997 Twentieth Century
Fox Film Corporation.
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