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!

• Artist:Amélie (musical)
• Album:Amélie (Original Broadway Cast Recording)