[Intro]
    

[Anneliese]
            
All my life I'

             
ve always want


ed
            
To have one da

            
y just for me
            
Nothing to do 

            
and for once n

            
owhere I need 

    
to be
            
With no lesson

              
s, lords, or l

  
unches
            
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

[Interlude]
       

[Erika]
            
All my life I'

             
ve always want


ed
            
To have one da

           
y for myself
            
Not waking up 

            
with a pile of

            
 work on every

  
 shelf
            
With no hems i

            
n need of pres

sing
            
And no sleeves

         
 in disarray
            
No wedding gow

            
n with a thous

             
and stitches t

        
o crochet
              
And no debt to

      
 pay

[Interlude]
        

[Erika]
 
What would it 

be like to be

[Anneliese]
 
What would it 

be like to be

[Both]
 
Free

[Annelise]
           
Free to try cr

     
azy things

[Erika]
           
Free from endl

      
ess iou's

[Anneliese]
        
Free to fly

[Erika]
        
Free to sing

[Anneliese]
            
And marry whom

      
 I choose

[Interlude]
                 
            
You would thin

              
k that I'm so 

 
lucky
            
That I have so

         
 many things
            
I'm realizing 

            
that every pre

            
sent comes wit

    
h strings

[Erika]
            
Though I know 

             
I have so litt


le
            
My determinati

      
on's strong
            
People will ga

            
ther around th

            
e world to hea

        
r my song

[Woman]
            
Can I come alo

       
ng?

[Anneliese]
 
Now I fear I'l

l never be

[Erika]
 
Soon I will fo

rever be

[Both]
 
Free
            
I close my eye

            
s and feel mys

            
elf fly a thou

              
sand miles awa


y
            
I could take f

           
light but woul

d it be right?
            
My conscience 

           
tells me stay

[Anneliese]
             
I'll remain fo

       
rever royal

[Erika]
            
I'll repay my 

           
parent's debt

[Both]
             
Duty means doi

             
ng the things 

              
your heart may

        
 well regret

[Anneliese]
             
But I'll never

         
 stop believin

g

[Erika]
            
She can never 

           
stop my scheme

s

[Both]
             
There's more t

              
o living than 

             
gloves and gow

            
ns and threads

      
 and seams
            
In my dreams

    
         
I'll be free