The Bottle Drops

Lyrics

[ANCHORPERSON, spoken] We interrupt this program Tragedy in Paris, killed in a car crash, Princess Diana of Wales [YOUNG AMÉLIE] Her fingers slip The bottle drops And falling in slow motion The bottle hits The stopper rolls across the bathroom floor And hits a wall And with a click It's like a tiny trapdoor opens [AMÉLIE] A tiny hole, a metal box A rusty hinge, a broken lock [AMÉLIE & COMPANY] Slowly crack the treasure open [AMÉLIE] Cat's eye marble, diecast car A pocket knife, a chocolate bar A watch that's waiting to be wound A treasure waiting to be found I am Howard Carter stepping into Tutankhamun's tomb [HIPOLITO, spoken] Each object in the box was a breadcrumb leading to a dazzling idea [AMÉLIE] Give back the box [GEORGETTE, spoken] Wherever the owner was, she would find him and return his childhood [AMÉLIE] I have to try [GINA, spoken] If he was touched, Amélie would become an anonymous do-gooder [JOSEPH, spoken] That would be her mission; anonymous good-deed-doer [AMÉLIE] If I did, I could be like Lady Di!