Top Songs By Angela Lansbury
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Angela Lansbury
Vocals
David Ogden Stiers
Vocals
Jerry Orbach
Vocals
Jo Anne Worley
Vocals
David Friedman
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
H. Ashman
Lyrics
Alan Menken
Composer
David Friedman
Vocal Arranger
Danny Troob
Orchestrator
Kathleen Fogarty-Bennett
Score Editor
Neil S. Bulk
Score Editor
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
H. Ashman
Producer
Alan Menken
Producer
Michael Farrow
Mixing Engineer
Bruce Botnick
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Oh lighten up Cogsworth and let nature take its course
It's obvious there's a spark between them
But there's no harm in fanning the flames
Ya know well at all
Besides they must fall in love tonight if we ever expect to be human again
Ah human again
Yes think what that means
[Verse 2]
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
[Verse 3]
I'll be courting again
Chic and sporting again
Which should cause several husbands alarm
I'll hop down off this shelf
And tout de suite be myself
I can't wait to be human again
[Verse 4]
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
Oh cherie won't it all be top drawer?
[Verse 5]
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
[Verse 6]
When we're human again
Only human again
When the world once more starts making sense
I'll unwind for a change Really? That'd be strange
Can I help it if I'm t-t-tense?
[Verse 7]
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
When I'm human again
[Verse 8]
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 floor
Alert the dust pail and broom
If it all goes as planned our time may be at hand any day now
[Verse 9]
Open the shutters and let in some air
Put these here and put those over there
Sweep up the years of sadness and tears
And throw them away
[Verse 10]
We'll be 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
[Verse 11]
We'll be playing again
Holidaying again
And we're praying it's ASAP
We will push we will shove
They will both fall in love
And we'll finally be human again
[Verse 12]
There never was a story of more woo than this of Juliet and her Romeo
Hmm could you read it again?
Well here why won't you read it to me
Uh alright
Eh I can't
[Verse 13]
You mean you never learned
I learned a little it's just been so long
Well here I'll help you let's start here
Hmm twelve, two
Two I knew that two households
[Verse 14]
We'll be dancing again
We'll be twirling again
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
[Verse 15]
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 human again!
Written by: Alan Menken, Howard Ashman