The Sound Of Going Round In Circles lyrics

(Amélie rubs the rim of a wine glass making it hum.)

NARRATOR (JOSEPH):

Five years later Amélie is a waitress in a restaurant-cafe in Montmartre

ENSEMBLE:

This the sound of going round in circles

NARRATOR (HIPOLITO):

(Tears off a calendar sheet)

August 31st, 1997. In 48 hours, Amélie Poulain’s fate will take an unexpected turn

ENSEMBLE:

This is the sound of going round in circles

NARRATOR (JOSEPH):

But at the moment she has no idea...

ENSEMBLE & AMÉLIE:

This is the sound of going around...

SUZANNE:

Amélie, will you change the menu du jour, sil-vous-plait?

AMÉLIE:

Suzanne used to work in the circus

Before she bought The Two Windmills café

After a trap catastrophe

That left her limping to this day

She pours a drink for Hipolito

Who's always working at the bar

He's written two dozen novels

Though he's not sold a single word so far

SUZANNE & HIPOLITO:

Each day I'm in and out of that door around a circle

That went I went around the day before

STAFF & PATRONS:

Around around

Around around

Around around

AMÉLIE:

This is their favourite sound

STAFF & PATRONS:

Around around around

AMÉLIE:

That's Gina reading a letter

Sent by her dear late husband who

One day flew off with his receptionist

And their place crashed into Peru

She had no feelings for Joseph

But he's a hard man to convince

They went on one date a year ago

And now he's been here ever since

STAFF & PATRONS:

Each day we're in and out of that door

AMÉLIE:

Their favourite sound

ENSEMBLE:

Around a circle that wee went around the year before

AMÉLIE:

Georgette's the café tobacconist

When she's not throwing out her back

She's selling chocolates and cigarettes

Waiting for her next asthma attack

She's always worried for Philomene due to her dangerous career

Though every month she flies off again

Somehow she always ends up here

STAFF & PATRONS:

Each day we're in and out of that door

Around a circle that we went around

The year before

AMÉLIE & ENSEMBLE:

Around around

Around around

Around around

Around around

AMÉLIE:

This is their favourite sound

ENSEMBLE (underneath previous line):

Around around around

AMÉLIE:

Around around around

AMÉLIE:

Around

AMÉLIE & ENSEMBLE:

Around around around

AMÉLIE:

Around

AMÉLIE & ENSEMBLE:

Around around around

ENSEMBLE:

Around around around

This is our favourite sound

Around around

Around around

Around around

Around around

Around

Around!

(Georgette sneezes)

AMÉLIE:

And that's the only way to tell the time

Inside The Two Windmills café