The Bistro: Sing/Paree Is A Lark/Christine’s Obbligato/As You Would Love Paree/Finale

[Waiters]
Sing! Can you sing?
Can you sing a little ballad
In between the salad
And the tete-de-veau?
If only we could hear a melody

Chante! What you want
Make it lyrical and vocal
Popular and local
Judges, take your places
Chorus, you will do the harmony
Harmony, ah!

[Carlotta]
Tonight, only songs about Paris! I will begin the competition

Paris, Paris is a lark, a stroll in the park
A bagatelle
Paris, Paris is a chance to find, while in France
La vie plus belle
As charming and almost as gorgeous as me
Is Paris, is Paris

[Waiter]
Who's next?

[Count]
Christine!

[Carlotta]
Christine?

[Count]
Why not?

[Carlotta]
She’s my costume girl!

[Count]
She has a very nice voice. I've heard it
Go on. Don't be afraid

[Christine]
Melody, melody, melody, melody
Sung so melodiously
Melody, melody, my kind of melody
Gentle and flowing and free

Soaring above every rooftop
Whispering under each tree
Melody, melody
My melodie de Paris

[Carlotta]
It’s a sweet little voice. Weak, but sweet

[Christine]
La la la la

Hold me and love me
As you would love Paris
Squeeze my knee
In the tuileries
Take me dans tes bras
In the bois de boulogne and

Hold me and kiss me
As you would kiss Paris
Montparnasse, je t'embrasse
Take me away! Alons-y!

Along the river Seine
Cuddle and amuse me
Tell me then
How you came to choose me
Tell me when
If you ever lose me
You will feel you've lost Paris

Itself along with me
And underneath the stars
We'll continue walking
Past the bars
Nuzzling and talking

With the stars
Staring down and gawking
At the lovers such as we
Loving in Paris
Loving in Paris
Paris! Paris!
The fantasie is told me every time you

Hold me and kiss me
As you would kiss Paris

Go with me, toi, je t'en prie, moi
Take me away there
And promise we'll stay there
Oh, take me away... Alons-y!

[Company]
Ah, Paris, ah Paris, ah Paris, Paris, Paris

[Christine]
Paris

[Company]
Melody, melody, my kind of melody
Gentle and flowing and free

[Christine and Company]
Soaring above every rooftop
Whispering under each tree
Melody, melody, my melodie de Pa...
Melody, melody, my melodie de Paris!