(VM) WHEN THEY BEGIN THE BEGUINE,
IT BRINGS BACK THE SOUND
OF MUSIC SO TENDER.
IT BRINGS BACK A NIGHT
OF TROPICAL SPLENDOR,
IT BRINGS BACK A MEMORY
EVER GREEN.

(VM-CH)I'M WITH YOU ONCE MORE
UNDER THE STARS.
AND DOWN BY THE SHORE,
AN ORCHESTRA'S PLAYING.
AND EVEN THE PALMS SEEM
TO BE SWAYING,
WHEN THEY BEGIN THE BEGUINE.

TO LIVE IT AGAIN IS PAST
ALL ENDEAVOR,
EXCEPT WHEN THAT TUNE,
CLUTCHES MY HEART.
AND THERE WE ARE,
SWEARING TO LOVE FOREVER,
AND PROMISING NEVER,
NEVER, TO PART.

(VM) WHAT MOMENTS DIVINE,
WHAT RAPTURES SERENE.
'TIL CLOUDS CAME ALONG TO
DISPERSE THE JOYS WE HAD TASTED.
AND NOW WHEN I HEAR PEOPLE CURSE
THE CHANCE THAT WAS WASTED,
(VM&CH)I KNOW BUT TOO WELL
WHAT THEY MEAN.

SO DON'T LET THEM BEGIN
THE BEGUINE,
LET THE LOVE THAT WAS ONCE
A FIRE REMAIN AN EMBER.
LET IT SLEEP LIKE THE DEAD
DESIRE I ONLY REMEMBER,
WHEN THEY BEGIN THE BEGUINE.

OH YES, LET THEM BEGIN THE BEGUINE,
MAKE THEM PLAY.
'TIL THE STARS THAT WERE THERE
BEFORE RETURN ABOVE YOU.
'TIL YOU WHISPER TO ME ONCE MORE,
"DARLING I LOVE YOU".

THEN WE SUDDENLY KNOW
WHAT HEAVEN WE'RE IN
(VM) WHEN THEY BEGIN THE BEGUINE
WHEN THEY BEGIN---
(CH) WHEN THEY BEGIN THE BEGUINE
(VM) WHEN THEY BEGIN THE BEGUINE
(CH) THE BEGUINE.