Lyrics

[ENSEMBLE] Paris, city of light City of refugees Arriving here overnight The aristocracy Gone, the past, the plans Gone, the servants, the lands Gone with the setting sun Daybreak over Paris And it's time to move on [TAMARA] It's the ugliest, beautiful city I've ever seen [TADEUSZ] What did you do to get me out? [TAMARA, spoken] Nothing, Tadeusz, I gave them a few jewels [TADEUSZ] What did you do to get me out? [TAMARA, spoken] And that's the last of it. I sold my last necklace for the rent [TADEUSZ] When my father with his influence Could do nothing [TAMARA, spoken] Can you look for a job today? There's a polish bank on the Rue Vaneau. Your name will mean something there [TADEUSZ, spoken] You want me counting people's stinking bank notes? [ENSEMBLE] One small room for a family of three Hot water, a forgotten luxury Like eating when you're hungry [TAMARA, spoken] Perhaps I could get a job! [TADEUSZ, spoken] Are you trying to insult me? [TAMARA, spoken] Things are different here [TADEUSZ, spoken] What if someone sees you? How would that look? [ENSEMBLE] Ah Daybreak over Paris [MAN, spoken] What are your skills? [TAMARA, spoken] I- I'm a very charming hostess [ENSEMBLE] Ugliest city... [MAN, spoken] We need cleaners. Overnight shift [ENSEMBLE] Ugliest, beautiful city I've ever seen Ah [TAMARA] Look at these women showing their bodies As though there was no need for shame It's a warmer climate here I suppose, no need for so many clothes! Look at the pastries shining like jewels Look at these colors, a thousand different blues Look at the women Rushing by in their high heeled shoes [ENSEMBLE] Paris, city of light [TADEUSZ] What did you do to get me out? [TAMARA, spoken] Tadeusz, look around you [ENSEMBLE] Arriving here overnight [TADEUSZ] What did you do to get me out? [TAMARA, spoken] Your daughter is hungry! [ENSEMBLE] Gone, the centuries Gone, the life of ease [TADEUSZ] What did you do? [TAMARA, spoken] We need you here with us [TADEUSZ] What did you do to get me out? [ENSEMBLE] Daybreak over Paris… [TAMARA, spoken] I swear to God, Tadeusz, if you don't stop asking me I will tell you! I am hungry, I am awake Can't break down, can't break Start again in this dirty city How can I make it mine? Breeze off the dirty river The smell of... Oils and turpentine [TAMARA] Look at these hands They once were pretty The hands of a young girl Waiting to marry [TAMARA, spoken] Look at them now Cracked and bleeding [TAMARA] A lady must never get her hands dirty Not a lady now Could I be one of these women Walking fast in the city Could losing everything Make you free [MAN, spoken] Armistice declared. The Great War is over. Treaty signed, the troops are coming home [TAMARA] The century is different So why shouldn't I be [MAN, spoken] Russia remains in bloody civil war [TAMARA] Everything is different All new possibilities [MAN, spoken] But at last, there is peace in Europe [TAMARA] My God, I've never been so hungry It... feels... good The city belongs to me And I belong to her [ENSEMBLE] Ugliest, beautiful [TAMARA] Look at her! Shining, drenched in color This is where I was meant to be This beautiful city [ENSEMBLE] Paris, city of light, city of refugees Paris, city of light, city of bakeries [TAMARA] Ugliest beautiful city [ENSEMBLE] Paris, city of light, city of refugees Gone, the past, the plans Gone, the servants, the lands [TAMARA] And I will capture all that it could be Show the world what I see [TOGETHER] Beautiful city