I Am A Girl Like You

I Am A Girl Like You PRINCESS ANNELIESE (SPOKEN): I’m savoring my first and last taste of freedom Before getting married next week to a total stranger... ERIKA (SPOKEN): At least you’re not an indentured servant. PRINCESS ANNELIESE (SPOKEN): Indentured servant? ERIKA: If I'd like to have my breakfast hot Madame Carp will make me pay And I have to fetch the eggs myself And the barn's a mile away It's cold and wet and still I get An omlette on my plate But in my head I'm back in bed Snuggled up and sleeping late PRINCESS ANNELIESE (SPOKEN): Really? ERIKA (SPOKEN): Really, but it’s alright. I mean, I’m used to it. And you? PRINCESS ANNELIESE (SPOKEN): Well... ERIKA (SPOKEN): Well? PRINCESS ANNELIESE: If I want some eggs I ring the bell And the maid comes running in And she serves them on a silver tray And she brings a cookie tin And while I eat, she rubs my feet And strolling minstrels play But I'd rather be in my library reading science books all day ERIKA: I'm just like you PRINCESS ANNELIESE: You are? ERIKA: You're just like me There's somewhere else we'd rather be Somewhere that's ours Somewhere that dreams come true Yes, I am a girl like you You'd never think that it was so But now I've met you and I know It's plain as day, sure as the sky is blue That I am a girl like you PRINCESS ANNELIESE (SPOKEN): So! You’re a singer? ERIKA (SPOKEN): No, I work at Madame Carp’s penitentiary, uh, I mean Dress Emporium. PRINCESS ANNELIESE (SPOKEN): I love Madame Carp’s Dresses! ERIKA (SPOKEN): I made the one you’re wearing. PRINCESS ANNELIESE (SPOKEN): You made this? It's my favorite,The design looks so complicated! ERIKA (SPOKEN): Oh, but it isn’t really... ERIKA: First I choose a fabric from the rack And I pin the pattern down And I stitch it in the front and back And it turns into a gown PRINCESS ANNELIESE: I wear the gown, without my crown And dance around my room BOTH: And imagine life without the strife of an unfamiliar groom PRINCESS ANNELIESE (SPOKEN): But I’d never let my Mother know. I wouldn’t want to disappoint her. ERIKA (SPOKEN): I completely understand. PRINCESS ANNELIESE & (ERIKA): I'm just like you (I think that's true) You're just like me (Yes, I can see) BOTH: We take responsibility PRINCESS ANNELIESE & (ERIKA): We carry through (We carry through) BOTH: Do what we need to do Yes, I am a girl like you ERIKA & (PRINCESS ANNELIESE): I'm just like you (I'm just like you) You're just like me (You're just like me) BOTH: It's something anyone can see ERIKA & (PRINCESS ANNELIESE): A heart that beats (A heart that beats) BOTH: A voice that speaks the truth Yes, I am a girl like you!