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[ROYAL SCHEDULER, spoken]
Oh, we're late, late, late. We have twenty, maximum twenty-two minutes for your royal fitting. And then it's move, move, move to your speech at the Historical Society. After that, we have to rush and I mean rush to the Horticultural Society Tea. And then there's your math lessons, your geography lessons, your science lessons...
[ANNELIESE]
All my life I've always wanted
To have one day just for me
Nothing to do and for once nowhere I need to be
With no lessons, lords or lunches
Or to-do list in the way
No one to say when to eat or read or leave or stay
That would be the day
[ERIKA]
All my life I've always wanted
To have one day for myself
Not waking up with a pile of work on every shelf
With no hems in need of pressing
And no sleeves in disarray
No wedding gown with a thousand stitches to crochet
And no debt to pay
[BERTIE, spoken]
Madame Carp!
[MADAME CARP, spoken]
What do you think I'm running here? A cabaret?
[ERIKA, spoken]
I would've said a debtor's prison.
[MADAME CARP, spoken]
Keep laughing, you'll be working for me for another thirty-seven years.
[ERIKA, spoken]
But I've already paid off more than half!
[MADAME CARP, spoken]
But there's an interest, isn't there? Your parents should have thought of that before they borrowed so much.
[ERIKA, spoken]
They did it to feed me!
[MADAME CARP, spoken]
Their mistake.
[ERIKA]
What would it be like to be
[ANNELIESE]
What would it be like to be free
[ERIKA]
Free
[ANNELIESE]
Free to try crazy things
[ERIKA]
Free from endless IOUs
[ANNELIESE]
Free to fly
[ERIKA]
Free to sing
[ANNELIESE]
And marry whom I choose
[QUEEN GENEVIEVE, spoken]
I'm so sorry, my darling. But as you know, it is vital you marry King Dominick. It is the only way to take care of our people.
[ANNELIESE, spoken]
I know. It's my duty.
[QUEEN GENEVIEVE, spoken]
Oh! And look! Another engagement gift!
[ANNELIESE]
You would think that I'm so lucky
That I have so many things
I'm realizing that every present comes with strings
[ERIKA]
Though I know I have so little
My determination's strong
People will gather around the world to hear my song
[BERTIE]
Can I come along?
[ANNELIESE]
Now I fear I'll never be
[ERIKA]
Soon I will forever be
[ANNELIESE & ERIKA]
Free
I close my eyes and feel myself fly
A thousand miles away
I could take flight but would it be right?
My conscience tells me stay
[ANNELIESE]
I'll remain forever royal
[ERIKA]
I'll repay my parents' debt
[ANNELIESE & ERIKA]
Duty means doing the
Things your heart may well regret
[ANNELIESE]
But I'll never stop believing
[ERIKA]
She can never stop my schemes
[ANNELIESE & ERIKA]
There's more to living than
Gloves and gowns and threads and seams
In my dreams
I'll be free
Oh, we're late, late, late. We have twenty, maximum twenty-two minutes for your royal fitting. And then it's move, move, move to your speech at the Historical Society. After that, we have to rush and I mean rush to the Horticultural Society Tea. And then there's your math lessons, your geography lessons, your science lessons...
[ANNELIESE]
All my life I've always wanted
To have one day just for me
Nothing to do and for once nowhere I need to be
With no lessons, lords or lunches
Or to-do list in the way
No one to say when to eat or read or leave or stay
That would be the day
[ERIKA]
All my life I've always wanted
To have one day for myself
Not waking up with a pile of work on every shelf
With no hems in need of pressing
And no sleeves in disarray
No wedding gown with a thousand stitches to crochet
And no debt to pay
[BERTIE, spoken]
Madame Carp!
[MADAME CARP, spoken]
What do you think I'm running here? A cabaret?
[ERIKA, spoken]
I would've said a debtor's prison.
[MADAME CARP, spoken]
Keep laughing, you'll be working for me for another thirty-seven years.
[ERIKA, spoken]
But I've already paid off more than half!
[MADAME CARP, spoken]
But there's an interest, isn't there? Your parents should have thought of that before they borrowed so much.
[ERIKA, spoken]
They did it to feed me!
[MADAME CARP, spoken]
Their mistake.
[ERIKA]
What would it be like to be
[ANNELIESE]
What would it be like to be free
[ERIKA]
Free
[ANNELIESE]
Free to try crazy things
[ERIKA]
Free from endless IOUs
[ANNELIESE]
Free to fly
[ERIKA]
Free to sing
[ANNELIESE]
And marry whom I choose
[QUEEN GENEVIEVE, spoken]
I'm so sorry, my darling. But as you know, it is vital you marry King Dominick. It is the only way to take care of our people.
[ANNELIESE, spoken]
I know. It's my duty.
[QUEEN GENEVIEVE, spoken]
Oh! And look! Another engagement gift!
[ANNELIESE]
You would think that I'm so lucky
That I have so many things
I'm realizing that every present comes with strings
[ERIKA]
Though I know I have so little
My determination's strong
People will gather around the world to hear my song
[BERTIE]
Can I come along?
[ANNELIESE]
Now I fear I'll never be
[ERIKA]
Soon I will forever be
[ANNELIESE & ERIKA]
Free
I close my eyes and feel myself fly
A thousand miles away
I could take flight but would it be right?
My conscience tells me stay
[ANNELIESE]
I'll remain forever royal
[ERIKA]
I'll repay my parents' debt
[ANNELIESE & ERIKA]
Duty means doing the
Things your heart may well regret
[ANNELIESE]
But I'll never stop believing
[ERIKA]
She can never stop my schemes
[ANNELIESE & ERIKA]
There's more to living than
Gloves and gowns and threads and seams
In my dreams
I'll be free