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Free- from Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper

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

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

(SPOKEN)

Madame Carp

MADAME CARP (SPOKEN):

What do you think I'm running here, a cabary?

ERIKA (SPOKEN):

I would have said a debtors 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

ERIKA:

What would it be like to be

PRINCESS ANNELIESE:

What would it be like to be

ERIKA:

Free

PRINCESS ANNELIESE:

Free

Free to try crazy things

ERIKA:

Free from endless IOU's

ANNELIESE:

Free to fly

ERIKA:

Free to sing

ANNELIESE:

And marry whom I choose

MUM (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

MUM (SPOKEN):

Aww, 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

WOMAN:

Can I come along?

ANILESE:

Now I fear I'll never be

ERIKA:

Soon I will forever be

BOTH:

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

ANILEESE:

I'll remain forever royal

ERIKA:

I'll repay my parent's debt

BOTH:

Duty means doing the things your heart may well regret

ANNILESE:

But I'll never stop believing

ERIKA:

She can never stop my schemes

BOTH:

There's more to living than gloves and gowns and threads and seams

In my dreams

I'll be free