ACCORDION PLAYER:
Lovers!
LADY FLOWER SELLER:
Ooh la la
SOPHIE:
Welcome, my friends, to Paris!
Here, have a flower, on me
Forget where you're from,
You're in France!
Children, come!
I'll show you that French
"joie de vivre!"
Paris holds the key you your heart
And all of Paris plays a part
ACCORDION PLAYER AND FLOWER SELLER:
You'll stroll two by two
Down what we call "la rue"
SOPHIE AND ALL:
And soon all Paris will be singing to you!
Ooh la la! Ooh la la! Ooh la la!
MAURICE CHEVALIER:
Paris holds the key to l'amour!
FREUD:
And not even Freud knows the cure!
AVIATOR:
There's love in the air!
JOSEPHINE BAKER:
At the Follies Bergere!
ARTISTE:
The French have it down to an art!
ALL:
Paris holds the key to your heart!
Ooh la la!
SOPHIE:
When you're feeling blue
Come to Le Moulin
When your heart says don't
The French say do!
CAN CAN GIRLS:
When you think you can't
You'll find you can can!
SOPHIE:
Everyone can can can
You can can can too!
SOPHIE AND CAN CAN GIRLS:
Whee!
Whee!
Whee!
DIMITRI:
Paris holds the key to her past
Yes, Princess, I've found you
At last
No more pretend
You'll be gone,
That's the end
ALL:
Paris holds the key
To your heart!
CONTURIER:
You'll be "tres jolie"
And so smart!
ISADORA DUNCAN:
Come dance through the night
RODIN:
And forget all your woes
SOPHIE AND ALL:
A city of light!
GERTRUDE STEIN:
Where a rose is a rose!
SOPHIE AND ALL:
And one never knows
What will start!
Paris
Holds the key
DIMITRI:
To her
SOPHIE AND ALL:
Ooh la la!
Ooh la la!