Barbie The Princess And The Pauper - Free Lyrics
MAN (SPOKEN):Oh, we're late, late, lateWe have twenty, maximum twenty-two minutes for your royal fittingAnd then it's move, move, move to your speech at the Historical SocietyAfter that we have to rush, and I mean rush to the Horticultural Society TeaAnd then there's your Math lesson, your Geography lessons, your Science lessonsANNELIESE:All my life I've always wantedTo have one day just for meNothing to do and for once nowhere I need to beWith no lessons, lords, or lunchesOr to-do list in the wayNo one to say when to eat or read or leave or stayThat would be the dayERIKA:All my life I've always wantedTo have one day for myselfNot waking up with a pile of work on every shelfWith no hems in need of pressingAnd no sleeves in disarrayNo wedding gown with a thousand stitches to crochetAnd no debt to payBertie(SPOKEN:Madame CarpMADAME CARP (SPOKEN):What do you think I'm running here, a cabaret?ERIKA (SPOKEN):I would have said a debtor's prisonMADAME CARP (SPOKEN):Keep laughing, you'll be working for me for another 37 yearsERIKA (SPOKEN):But I've already paid off more then halfMADAME CARP (SPOKEN):But there's an interest isn't there,Your parents should have thought of that before they borrowed so muchERIKA (SPOKEN):They did it to feed meMADAME CARP (SPOKEN):Their mistakeERIKA:What would it be like to bePRINCESS ANNELIESE:What would it be like to bePRINCESS ANNELIESE:FreeERIKA:FreePRINCESS ANNELIESE:Free to try crazy thingsERIKA:Free from endless IOU'sANNELIESE:Free to flyERIKA:Free to singANNELIESE:And marry whom I chooseQUEEN GENEVIEVE (SPOKEN):I'm so sorry my darling,But as you know it is vital you marry King DominicIt is the only way to take care of our peopleANNELIESE (SPOKEN):I know, it's my dutyQUEEN GENEVIEVE (SPOKEN):Aww, and look another engagement giftANNELIESE:You would think that I'm so luckyThat I have so many thingsI'm realizing that every present comes with stringsERIKA:Though I know I have so littleMy determination's strongPeople will gather around the world to hear my songBERTIE:Can I come along?ANNELIESE:Now I fear I'll never beERIKA:Soon I will forever beBOTH:FreeI close my eyes and feel myself fly a thousand miles awayI could take flight but would it be rightMy conscience tells me stayANNELIESE:I'll remain forever royalERIKA:I'll repay my parent's debtBOTH:Duty means doing the things your heart may well regretANNELIESE:But I'll never stop believingERIKA:She can never stop my schemesBOTH:There's more to living than gloves and gowns and threads and seamsIn my dreamsI'll be free
