Charming (Off-Broadway Version)

[HÉLÈNE]
Oh, my enchantress
Oh, you beautiful thing
Charming, charming
No, this is really beyond anything
These dresses suit you
This one, "metallic gauze"
Straight from Paris
Anything suits you, my charmer

Oh, how she blushes,
How she blushes, my pretty!
Oh how she blushes,
How she blushes, my pretty!
Charmante, charmante!
You are such a lovely thing
Oh, where have you been
It’s such a shame to bury pearls in the country
Charmante, charmante,
Charming

Now if you have a dress, you must wear it out
How can you live in Moscow
And not go nowhere?
So you love somebody,
Charming,
But that’s no reason to shut yourself in
Even if you’re engaged,
You must wear your dress out somewhere

My brother dined with me yesterday,
But he didn’t eat a thing
'Cause he was thinking ‘bout you
He kept sighing about you

Oh how she blushes,
How she blushes, my pretty!
Oh how she blushes,
How she blushes, my pretty!
Charmante, charmante!
You are such a lovely thing
Oh, where have you been
It’s such a shame to bury pearls in the country
Charmante, charmante,
Charming

Now a woman with a dress
Is a frightening and powerful thing
You are not a child
When you’re draped in scarlet and lace
Your fiancé would want you to have fun
Rather than be bored to death

Allez dans le monde
Plutôt que de dépérir d’ennui!

My brother is quite madly in love
He is quite madly in love with you,
My dear

Oh, oh, how she blushes,
How she blushes, my pretty!
Oh how she blushes,
How she blushes, my pretty!
Charmante, charmante!
You are such a lovely thing
Oh where have you been
It’s such a shame to bury pearls in the country
Charmante, charmante,
Charming

It’s such a shame to bury pearls in the country
Charmante, charmante,
Charming

It’s such a shame to bury pearls in the country
Charmante, charmante,
Charming

[NATASHA]
What once seemed so terrible
Now seems simple and natural
She knows that I’m engaged
And still she talks so frankly
So it must be alright...

[HÉLÈNE]
There is a ball at my house tonight
You must come
Oh, your wide-open wondering eyes,
You will be the prettiest there

How the thought of throwing them together amuses me

You must come

[NATASHA]
I will come