Lyrics: Human Again

Music and Lyrics by Alan Menken & Howard Ashman

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 polish and gleaming with charm,
I'll be courting again, chic and sporting again,
Which would cause several husbands alarm

I'll hop down of the shelf, and tout de suite, be myself,
I can't wait to be human again

When we're human again, only human again,
When we're knickknacks and whatnots no more,

Little push, little shove, they could - whoosh - fall in love!

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!

When I'm 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?
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!
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!

Open the shutters and let in some air
Put these here and put those over there,
Sweep up the years, the sadness and tears and throw them away!

When we're human again, only human again,
When the girls finally set 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, holidayin' 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 again,
We'll 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 the glorious morn, when we're finally re-born
And we're all of us human again!