The Princess and the Pauper Soundtrack

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