Bells of Notre Dame

Morning in Paris, the city awakes
 To the bells of Notre Dame
 The fishermen fishes, the bakerman bakes
 To the bells of Notre Dame
 To the big bells as loud as the thunder
 To the little bells soft as a swarm
 And some say the soul of the city's
 The toll of the bells
 The bells of Notre Dame
 Shh - listen
 And Clopin will tell you
 It is a tale
 A tale of a man
 And a monster
 Dark was the night when our tale was begun
 On the docks near Notre Dame
 (Shut up, we'll be spotted)
 Four frightened gypsies slid silently under
 The docks near Notre Dame
 (Forgive us, we seek passage into Paris)
 But a trap had been laid for the gypsies
 And they gazed up in fear and alarm
 At a figure whose clutches
 Were iron as much as the bells
 The bells (Judge Claude Frollo)
 The bells of Notre Dame
 Judge Claude Frollo longed
 To purge the world of vice and sin
 And he saw corruption everywhere
 Except within
 (Bring these gypsy vermin to the House of Justice)
 (You there! What are you hiding?)
 (Stolen goods, no doubt. Take them from her)
 (She ran)
 (Sanctuary, please, give us sanctuary!)
 A baby?
 A monster!
 STOOOOP!
 Stop
 Cry be outstinken
 This is an unholy demon.
 I'm sending it back to hell where it belongs
 See there the innocent blood you have spilt
 On the steps of Notre Dame
 (I'm guiltless - she ran, I pursued)
 Now you would add this child's blood to your guilt
 On the steps of Notre Dame
 (My conscience is clear)
 You can lie to yourself and your minions
 You can claim that you haven't a qualm
 But you never can run
 Nor hide what you've done from the eyes
 The very eyes of Notre Dame
 And for one time in his life of power and control
 Frollo felt a twinge of fear for his immortal soul
 (What must I do?)
 (Care for the child, and raise it as your own)
 And Frollo gave the child a cruel name
 A name that means 'half formed'
 Quasimodo
 Now he is a riddle to guess if you can
 Sing the bells of Notre Dame
 Who is the monster, and who is the man?
 Sing the bells, bells, bells, bells,
 Bells, bells, bells, bells
 Bells of Notre Dame!