MAN (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 lesson, your Geography lessons, your Science lessons
PRINCESS 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
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 have said a debtor's prison
MADAME CARP (SPOKEN):
Keep laughing, you'll be working for me for another 37 years
ERIKA (SPOKEN):
But I've already paid off more then 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
What would it be like to be
PRINCESS ANNELIESE:
What would it be like to be
PRINCESS ANNELIESE:
Free
Free
PRINCESS ANNELIESE:
Free to try crazy things
Free from endless IOU's
Free to fly
Free to sing
And marry whom I choose
QUEEN GENEVIEVE (SPOKEN):
I'm so sorry my darling,
But as you know it is vital you marry King Dominic
It is the only way to take care of our people
ANNELIESE (SPOKEN):
I know, it's my duty
QUEEN GENEVIEVE (SPOKEN):
Aww, and look another engagement gift
You would think that I'm so lucky
That I have so many things
I'm realizing that every present comes with strings
Though I know I have so little
My determination's strong
People will gather around the world to hear my song
Can I come along?
Now I fear I'll never be
Soon I will forever be
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
I'll remain forever royal
I'll repay my parent's debt
Duty means doing the things your heart may well regret
But I'll never stop believing
She can never stop my schemes
There's more to living than gloves and gowns and threads and seams
In my dreams
I'll be free
