I Am a Girl Like You

PRINCESS ANNELIESE (SPOKEN):I’m savoring my first and last taste of freedom <

Before getting married next week to a total stranger...

ERIKA (SPOKEN):At least you’re not an indentured servant. <

PRINCESS ANNELIESE (SPOKEN):Indentured servant? <

ERIKA (SPOKEN):If I'd like to have my breakfast hot <

Madame Carp will make me pay

And I have to fetch the eggs myself

And the barn's a mile away

It's cold and wet and still I get

An omlette on my plate

But in my head I'm back in bed

Snuggled up and sleeping late

PRINCESS ANNELIESE (SPOKEN):Really? <

ERIKA (SPOKEN):Really, but it’s alright. I mean, I’m used to it. <

And you?

PRINCESS ANNELIESE (SPOKEN):Well...

ERIKA (SPOKEN):Well?

PRINCESS ANNELIESE (SPOKEN):If I want some eggs I ring the bell <

And the maid comes running in

And she serves them on a silver tray

And she brings a cookie tin

And while I eat, she rubs my feet

And strolling minstrels play

But I'd rather be in my library reading science books all day

ERIKA (SPOKEN):I'm just like you <

PRINCESS ANNELIESE (SPOKEN):You are?

ERIKA (SPOKEN):You're just like me <

There's somewhere else we'd rather be

Somewhere that's ours

Somewhere that dreams come true

Yes, I am a girl like you

You'd never think that it was so

But now I've met you and I know

It's plain as day, sure as the sky is blue

That I am a girl like you

PRINCESS ANNELIESE (SPOKEN):So! You’re a singer? <

ERIKA (SPOKEN):No, I work at Madame Carp’s penitentiary <

Uh, I mean Dress Emporium.

PRINCESS ANNELIESE (SPOKEN):I love Madame Carp’s Dresses! <

ERIKA (SPOKEN):I made the one you’re wearing. <

PRINCESS ANNELIESE (SPOKEN):You made this? <

The design looks so complicated!

ERIKA (SPOKEN):Oh, but it isn’t really...

First I choose a fabric from the rack

And I pin the pattern down

And I stitch it in the front and back

And it turns into a gown

PRINCESS ANNELIESE (SPOKEN):I wear the gown, without my crown <

And dance around my room

And imagine life without the strife of an unfamiliar groom

But I’d never let my Mother know.

I wouldn’t want to disappoint her.

ERIKA (SPOKEN):I completely understand. <

PRINCESS ANNELIESE & (ERIKA):I'm just like you (I think that's true)

You're just like me (Yes, I can see)

BOTH:We take responsibility <

PRINCESS ANNELIESE & (ERIKA):We carry through (We carry through)

BOTH: Do what we need to do <

ERIKA & (PRINCESS ANNELIESE):Yes, I am a girl like you

BOTH:I'm just like you (I'm just like you) <

You're just like me (You're just like me)

BOTH:It's something anyone can see <

ERIKA & (PRINCESS ANNELIESE):A heart that beats (A heart that beats)

BOTH:A voice that speaks the truth <

Yes, I am a girl like you!