topsy turvy, pt. 2 - alan menken lyrics
[clopin, spoken]
and now, ladies and gentlemen, the piece de resistance!
(sung)
here it is
the moment you’ve been waiting for
here it is
you know exactly what’s in store
now’s the time
we laugh until our sides get sore
now’s the time
we crown the king of fools
so make a face
that’s horrible and frightening
make a face
as gruesome as a gargoyle’s wing
for the face that’s ugliest
will be the king of fools
why?
[congregation]
topsy turvy
[clopin]
ugly folks, forget your shyness
[congregation]
topsy turvy
[clopin]
you could soon be called ‘your highness’
[congregation]
put your foulest features on display
be the king on topsy turvy day!
topsy turvy
[esmeralda, spoken]
aren’t you going to join in the compet-tion? …my god…
[congregation]
topsy turvy
[esmeralda, spoken]
oh…wouldn’t you like to be crowned king for a day?
[congregation]
topsy turvy
[esmeralda, spoken]
why not take advantage of what you’ve got?
[congregation, various, spoken]
my god, he’s hideous!
is that a mask?
it’s his face!
he’s the devil!
impossible!
you’re cursed!
[clopin, spoken]
ladies and gentlemen! we’re in luck. we asked for the ugliest face in paris, and we’ve found him, eh? quasimodo – the hunchback of notre dame!
(sung)
everybody –
[congregation]
once a year we throw a party here in town
[clopin]
hail to the king
[congregation]
once a year we turn all paris upside-down
[clopin]
oh, what a king
[congregation]
once a year the ugliest will wear a crown
[clopin]
girls, give a kiss
[congregation]
once a year
on topsy-turvy day
[clopin]
we’ve never had a king like this
[congregation]
and it’s a day we do the things that we deplore
on the other three hundred and sixty four
once a year we love to drop in
where the beer is never stoppin’
for the chance to pop some popinjay
and crown a king that put’s the top in
topsy turvy day
mad and crazy
upsy-daisy
topsy turvy day
hey!
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