BEAUTY AND THE BEAST INTR: ( ) Tale as old as time, true as it can be. Barely even friends, then some - bod - y bends Un-ex-pec-ted-ly. Just a little change ... smalll, to say the least; Both a little scared, neither one pre-pared -- Beauty and the beast. Ever just the same ever a surprise, Ever as before, ever just as sure As the sun will rise. SOLO:( ) Ever just the same ever a surprise, Ever as before, ever just as sure As the sun will rise. Tale as old as time, tune as old as song. Bittersweet and strange, finding you can change, Learning you were wrong. Certain as the sun, rising in the East. Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme -- Beauty and the beast. Coda Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme -- Beauty and the beast. Beauty and the beast.