ANNELIESE:
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All my life I've always wanted
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To have one day just for me
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Nothing to do and for once nowhere I need to be
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With no lessons, lords, or lunches
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Or to-do list in the way
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No one to say when to eat or read or leave or stay
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That would be the day
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ERIKA:
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All my life I've always wanted
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To have one day for myself
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Not waking up with a pile of work on every shelf
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With no hems in need of pressing
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And no sleeves in disarray
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No wedding gown with a thousand stitches to crochet
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And no debt to pay
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ERIKA:
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What would it be like to be
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PRINCESS ANNELIESE:
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What would it be like to be
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ERIKA:
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Free
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PRINCESS ANNELIESE:
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Free
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Free to try crazy things
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ERIKA:
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Free from endless IOU's
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ANNELIESE:
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Free to fly
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ERIKA:
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Free to sing
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ANNELIESE:
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And marry whom I choose
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ANNELIESE:
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You would think that I'm so lucky
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That I have so many things
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I'm realizing that every present comes with strings
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ERIKA:
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Though I know I have so little
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My determination's strong
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People will gather around the world to hear my song
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WOMAN:
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Can I come along?
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ANNELIESE:
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Now I fear I'll never be
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ERIKA:
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Soon I will forever be
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BOTH:
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Free
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I close my eyes and feel myself fly a thousand miles away
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I could take flight but would it be right
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My conscience tells me stay
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ANNELIESE:
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I'll remain forever royal
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ERIKA:
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I'll repay my parent's debt
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BOTH:
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Duty means doing the things your heart may well regret
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ANNELIESE:
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But I'll never stop believing
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ERIKA:
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She can never stop my schemes
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BOTH:
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There's more to living than gloves and gowns and threads and seams
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In my dreams
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I'll be free
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Free
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Barbie |