The Princess and the Pauper Soundtrack Lyrics

SCHEDULE MAN (SPOKEN):
Oh! We're late, late, late!
We have 20, maximum 22 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 for tea.
Ugh... 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

ERIKA (SPOKEN):
Huh! 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 already paid off more then half!

MADAME CARP (SPOKEN):
But there's 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

QUEEN (SPOKEN):
I'm so sorry, my darling, but as you know it is vital that you marry King Dominic.
It is the only way to take care of our people.

ANNELIESE (SPOKEN):
I know, it's my duty.

QUEEN (SPOKEN):
Ah! 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?

ANNELIESE:
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

ANNELIESE:
I'll remain forever royal

ERIKA:
I'll repay my parent's debt

BOTH:
Duty means doing the things your heart may well regret

ANNELIESE:
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

Barbie - Barbie Sings!: The Princess Movie Song Collection

Oct 2004

1. The Princess and the Pauper Soundtrack
2. Free
3. How Can I Refuse
4. Written In Your Heart
5. I Am A Girl Like You
6. To Be A Princess
7. The Cat's Meow
8. If You Love Me For Me
9. To Be a Princess
10. How Can I Refuse
11. Written In Your Heart
12. I'm On My Way
13. The Nutcracker Main Titles
14. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies
15. Russian Dance
16. Rapunzel Theme
17. Constant As the Stars Above
18. Wish Upon a Star
19. Swan Lake Main Title
20. Spanish Dance
21. Hungarian Dance
22. Wings