[ALBIN]
Here are La Cage we live life
How shall I put it?
On an angle
Just take a deep breath
A sip of champagne
And open your eyes
What do you see?
It's rather gaudy
But it's also rather grand.
And while the waiter pads
Your check he'll kiss your hand.
The clever gigolos romance
The wealthy matrons
At La Cage Aux Folles.
It's slightly forties
And a little bit "New Wave"
You may be dancing
With a girl who needs a shave.
Where both the riff-raff
And the royalty are patrons
At La Cage Aux Folles.
La Cage Aux Folles,
The maitre d' is dashing,
Cage Aux Folles,
The hat check girl is flashing,
We import the drinks
That you buy,
So your Perrier is Canada Dry.
Eccentric couples always
Punctuate the scene.
A pair of eunuchs
And a nun w ti h a marine.
To feel alive
You get a limousine
To drive you to
La Cage Aux Folles.
[ANGELIQUE]
It's bad and beautiful
It's bawdy and bizarre.
[ALBlN] I know a duchess
Who got pregnant at the bar.
[ANGELIQUE-ALBIN]
Just who is who and what is what
Is quite a question
At La Cage Aux Folles.
[ANGELIQUE-TRIO-ALBIN]
Go for the mystery
The magic and the mood.
[PAULETTE] Avoid the hustlers
[ANGELIQUE]
And the men's room
[2 MEN] And the food.
[ALL] For you get glamour
And romance and indigestion
At La Cage Aux Folles
La Cage Aux Folles
A Saint Tropez tradition,
Cage Aux Folles
You'll lose each inhibition
[ALBlN] All week long
We're wondering who
Left a green Givenchy gown
In the loo
[ALL] You go alone to have
The evening of your life.
[ALBlN] You meet your mistress
And your boyfriend and your wife
[ALL] It's a bonanza
It's a mad extravaganza
At La Cage Aux Folles
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[ALBlN] You'll be so dazzled
By the ambience you're in.
You'll never notice
That there's water in the gin.
Come for a drink
And you may wanna spend
The Winter at La Cage Aux Folles
La Cage Aux Folles
A Saint Tropez tradition,
Cage Aux Folles
You'll lose each inhibition
We indulge each change
In your mood.
Come and sip your Dubonet
In the nude.
La la la
La la la la la la la
La la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la, la la la la
La la la la la la, la la la la.
You go alone
To have the evening of your life
You meet your mistress,
And your boyfriend, and your wife.
It's a bonanza,
It's a mad extravaganza
At La Cage Aux Folles
[ALL] You cross the threshhold
And your bridges
Have been burned.
The bar is cheering
For the Duchess has returned.
The mood's contagious;
You can bring your whole
Outrageous entourage.
Outrageous entourage.
Outrageous entourage.
Outrageous entourage!
It's hot and hectic
Effervescent and eclectic
At La Cage Aux Folles............!