Dialogue (Look at Him) / At the Grand Hotel / Table With a View

[Otternschlag (spoken)]

Look at him. He's dying and he wants to live. And I'm living and I can't wait to die!

[Otto Kringelein (sung)]

From the hospital to the town of Berlin
I have taken the train here to begin
My new life, though quite soon that must end
But until that occurs I do intend to remain
I want to know that I once was here
While all my faculties still are clear
And check into my room
As I planned
At the Grand Hotel

I want to sit where I can sit;
Stare life in the eye!
I want to go to the Grand Cafe
Where life begins at the end of day
And have them show me to
A little table with a view
Sleek young men, slender girls
They please my eyes!
Perfumes from France and tropic plants
Around me rise!
I listen to the swish of the silk;
The tune the fiddles play
And I feel gay and warm and free!
This is das leben! This is la vita!
This is la vie, the life for me!

[Baron (spoken)]

What luck! Room four eighteen seems to be available. One of their very best! Welcome to Grand Hotel, Old Sots

[Kringelein (spoken)]

Thank you. Thank you, my good friend, I thank you!

[(sung)]

In this lobby
Passed these gold covered walls
Passed the tapestries hanging
I'll walk miles of halls!
I want to know that I once was here
While all my faculties still are clear;
And break out of my shell
Living swell
At the Grand Hotel

[(spoken)]

At the Grand Hotel