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
Bertie(SPOKEN:
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'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
PRINCESS ANNELIESE:
Free

ERIKA:
Free
PRINCESS ANNELIESE:

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 GENEVIEVE (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
QUEEN GENEVIEVE (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
BERTIE:

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