Lyrics: Human Again
Special Edition
By Howard Ashman and Alan Menken
Vocals by: Jerry Orbach [Lumiere], Enchanted Objects and Accessories, Angela Lansbury [Mrs. Potts], David Ogden Stiers [Cogsworth], and Jo Anne Worley [Wardrobe] and Chorus
[Lumiere:]
I'll be cooking again
Be good-looking again
With a mademoiselle on each arm
When I'm human again
Only human again
Poised and polished
And gleaming with charm
I'll be courting again
Chic and sporting again
[Mrs Potts:]
Which should cause several
husbands alarm
[Lumiere and Mrs Potts:]
I'll hop down off this shelf
And tout de suite, be myself
I can't wait to be human again
[Accessories]
When we're human again
Only human again
When we're knickknacks
and whatnots no more
When we're human again
Good and human again
[Wardrobe:]
Ah cherie, won't it
all be top drawer?
I'll wear lipstick and rouge
And I won't be so huge
Why, I'll easily fit through that door
I'll exude savoir faire
I'll wear gowns, I'll have hair
It's my prayer to be human again!
[Objects:]
Ticktock, the time goes
The days pass, the cock crows
They keep getting closer
Well, don't they?
Ticktock, the time flies
A full moon, a sunrise
They keep drawing nearer
And nearer together
And as they draw nearer
They day draws near too
They day we've been waiting
So long for is due
When I'm human again
Only human again
When I'm not just a
mere quelque chose
[Single Object:]
When I'm mortal again
Will I chortle again
When I've got one,
Will I thumb my nose?
[Female Portrait:]
I'll say sorry, my dear
This old dame's out of here
[Male Portrait:]
Though you'll visit some times,
I suppose
[All:]
Won't the world be in tune
On that swell afternoon
Coming soon
When we're human again
So sweep the dust from the floor
Let's let some light in the room
I can feel, I can tell
Someone might break the spell
Any day now . . .
Shine up the brass on the door
Alert the dust pail and broom
If it all goes as planned
Our time may be at hand
Any day now!
[Girls:]
Open the shutters and let
in some air
[Mrs. Potts:]
Put these here and put those
over there
[All:]
Sweep up the years
The sadness and tears
And throw them away!
We'll be human again!
Yes, sir, human again!
'Cause it looks like he
just might come through
Something's moving again
And it's proving again
Happy endings can really come true
Something's stirring again
Reoccuring again
I've a sneaking suspicion,
don't you?
Little push, little shove
They could - whoosh! - fall in love
And we'd finally be human again
[Objects:]
Clouds pass the sundial
The days move and meanwhile
They keep getting closer
Well, don't they?
Sands fill the hourglass
The moons wane, the suns pass
An evening, a morning,
a week intervenes
They keep getting closer
You know what that means!
Ticktock, the time goes
The days pass, the cock crows
(sung in counterpoint:)
Ticktock, the time goes
The days pass, the cock crows
(sung in counterpoint:)
Coming together, closer and closer
Moving together, getting closer
[Objects:]
When I'm human again
Only human again
When the world once more
starts making sense
[Cogsworth:]
I'll unwind for a change
[Lumiere:]
Really, that'd be strange
[Cogsworth:]
Can I help it if I'm t-t-tense?
In a shack by the sea
I'll sit back sipping tea
Let my early retirement commence
Far from fools made of wax
I'll get down to brass tacks
And relax
[Objects:]
When I'm human again!
When we're human again
Only human again
When the girl finally sets us all free
Cheeks a-blooming again
We're assuming again
We'll resume our long-lost joie de vivre
We'll be playing again!
Holidaying again
And we're praying it's A.S.A.P.
When we cast off this pall
We'll stand straight, we'll walk tall
When we're all that we were
Thanks to him, thanks to her
Coming closer and closer and closer and closer and
Closer and closer and . . .
We'll be dancing again!
We'll be twirling agian!
We'll be whirling around with such ease
When we're human again
Only human again
We'll go waltzing those old one-two-threes
We'll be floating again
We'll be gliding again
Stepping, striding as fine as you please
Like a real human does
I'll be all that I was
On that glorious morn
When we're finally reborn
And we're all of us human again!