Lyrics Prologue - Alan Menken
Once
upon
a
time,
in
a
faraway
land
A
young
Prince
lived
in
a
shining
castle
Although
he
had
everything
his
heart
desired
The
Prince
was
spoiled,
selfish,
and
unkind
But
then,
one
winter's
night
An
old
beggar
woman
came
to
the
castle
And
offered
him
a
single
rose
in
return
for
shelter
from
the
bitter
cold
Repulsed
by
her
haggard
appearance
The
Prince
sneered
at
the
gift
and
turned
the
old
woman
away
But
she
warned
him
not
to
be
deceived
by
appearances
For
beauty
is
found
within
And
when
he
dismissed
her
again
The
old
woman's
ugliness
melted
away
To
reveal
a
beautiful
enchantress
The
Prince
tried
to
apologize
But
it
was
too
late
For
she
had
seen
that
there
was
no
love
in
his
heart
And
as
punishment
She
transformed
him
into
a
hideous
Beast
And
placed
a
powerful
spell
on
the
castle
And
all
who
lived
there
Ashamed
of
his
monstrous
form
The
Beast
concealed
himself
inside
his
castle
With
a
magic
mirror
as
his
only
window
to
the
outside
world
The
rose
she
had
offered
Was
truly
an
enchanted
rose
Which
would
bloom
until
his
twenty-first
year
If
he
could
learn
to
love
another
And
earn
their
love
in
return
by
the
time
the
last
petal
fell
Then
the
spell
would
be
broken
If
not,
he
would
be
doomed
to
remain
a
Beast
for
all
time
As
the
years
passed
He
fell
into
despair
and
lost
all
hope
For
who
could
ever
learn
to
love
a
Beast?
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