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 I'll be free
[Анна-Луиза:] Я всю жизнь свою мечтала Чтоб прожить хотя бы день Дел никаких и не надо Некуда идти
Без уроков, лордов, платьев И без длинных списков дел Без постылых наставлений и манер Мне такой бы день
[Эрика:] Я всю жизнь свою мечтала Чтоб мой день прошел хоть раз Чтоб поутру не думать О бесчисленных делах
Чтоб не нужно гладить платья И крахмалить кружева Чтоб не выслушивать проклятья От мадам Никаких долгов
- Как бы счастлива была... - Будь свободна я тогда - Да - Да
-Я могу быть собой -Никому я не должна -Я лечу -Я пою -И замуж за него...
Так подумать, повезло мне Все что можно уже есть Но в каждой строке поздравлений Только лесть
Тяжела судьба досталась Но ее я изменю Люди придут отовсюду послушать Песнь мою - Я с тобой хочу
- Мне свободы никогда... - И свободна буду я... - Да!