How To Tell Time by Original Broadway Cast of Amlie Lyrics

[BRETODEAU, spoken]
Hello? Hello?

[AMÉLIE, spoken]
Look down, Monsieur Bretodeau

[BRETODEAU, spoken]
What?

[AMÉLIE, spoken]
Down...

[BRETODEAU, spoken]
I... I don't understand

[AMÉLIE, spoken]
Look down

(sung)
On the ledge
[BRETODEAU]
A metal box

[AMÉLIE]
A rusty hinge

[BRETODEAU]
I know that lock!

[AMÉLIE & BRETODEAU]
Slowly crack the treasure open

[AMÉLIE]
Cat's eye marble

[BRETODEAU]
I forgot

[AMÉLIE]
A diecast car

[BRETODEAU]
My hiding spot. My trusty knife

[AMÉLIE]
Coins from the war
[BRETODEAU]
My father's watch

[AMÉLIE & BRETODEAU]
And so much more
I am Howard Carter stepping into Tutankhamen's tomb

[COMPANY]
Unlock the box!

[BRETODEAU]
I'm seven in the schoolyard

[COMPANY]
Unlock the box!

[BRETODEAU]
I hear my mother's voice, she's calling from the hall

[COMPANY]
Unlock the box!

[BRETODEAU]
My father handing me his wristwatch!
Here's how to tell time
How to tell time
[AMÉLIE & BRETODEAU]
How to tell time
How to tell time

[AMÉLIE]
How to tell

[BRETODEAU, spoken]
A Cognac, please!