[00:25.390]A-All my life I've always wanted to have one day just for me
[00:29.620]Nothing to do,and for once nowhere I need to be
[00:33.580]With no lessons,lords or lunches or"to do"list in the way
[00:37.980]No one to say when to eat or read or leave or stay
[00:45.120]That would be the day
[00:54.200]E-All my life I've always wanted to have one day for my self
[00:58.700]Not waking up with a pile of work on every shelf
[01:02.900]With no hems in need of pressing and no sleeves in disarray
[01:07.440]No wedding gown with a thousand stitches to crochet
[01:14.500]And no debt to pay
[01:19.800]Madame Carp!
[01:21.680]C-What do you think I'm running here,a cabaret?
[01:24.820]E-I would've said a debtors' prison
[01:26.860]Keep laughing.
[01:28.520]C-You'll be working for me for another 37 years!
[01:32.660]E-But I've already paid off more than half.
[01:34.790]C-But there's interest. Your parents should've thought of that before borrowing so much.
[01:40.400]E-They did it to feed me.
[01:45.290]E-What would it be like to be...  A-What would it be like to be free?
[01:49.560]both-Free
[01:53.910]A-Free to try crazy things
[01:58.010]E-Free from endless IOUs
[02:02.240]A-Free to fly
[02:04.510]E-Free to sing
[02:06.520]A-And marry whom I choose...
[02:12.810]Q-I'm so sorry,my darling,but as you know,it is vital you marry king Dominick.It is the only may to take care of our people.
[02:21.560]A-I know.It's my duty.
[02:24.770]Q-And look!Another engagement gift.
[02:30.140]A-You would think that I'm so lucky,that I have so many things.
[02:34.280]I'm realizing that every present comes with strings.
[02:38.910]E-Though I know I have so little,my determination's strong People will gather around the world to hear my song
[02:50.620]Can I come along
[02:55.430]A-Now I fear I'll never be...  E-Sooner I will forever be...
[02:59.790]both-Free!
[03:03.760]I close my eyes and feel myself fly a thousand miles away
[03:12.460]I could take flight,but would it be right?
[03:16.420]My conscience tells me "stay"
[03:23.300]A-I'll remain forever royal
[03:25.860]E-I'll repay my parents' debt
[03:28.130]both-Duty means doing the things your heart may well regret
[03:32.160]A-But I'll never stop believing
[03:34.500]E-She can never stop my schemes
[03:36.890]both-There's more to livingthan gloves and gowns and threads and seams
[03:41.210]In my dreams
[03:43.740]I'll be free!
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