I Am A Girl Like You

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[ANNELIESE, spoken] I'm savoring a 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 [ANNELIESE, spoken] Indentured servant? [ERIKA] 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, yet still I get an omelette on my plate But in my head, I'm back in bed, snuggled up and sleeping late [ANNELIESE, spoken] Really? [ERIKA, spoken] Really, but it's all right, I mean, I'm used to it And you? [ANNELIESE, spoken] Well [ERIKA, spoken] Well? [ANNELIESE] 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] I'm just like you [ANNELIESE, spoken] You are? [ERIKA] 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 [ANNELIESE, spoken] So, you're a singer [ERIKA, spoken] No, I work at Madame Carp's penitentiary Uh, I mean, Dress Emporium [ANNELIESE, spoken] I love Madame Carp's dresses [ERIKA, spoken] I made the one you're wearing [ANNELIESE, spoken] You made this? The design looks so complicated [ERIKA, spoken] Oh, but it isn't really [ERIKA] 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 [ANNELIESE] I wear the gown without my crown and dance around my room [ANNELIESE & ERIKA] And imagine life without the strife of an unfamiliar groom [ANNELIESE, spoken] But I'd never let my mother know, I wouldn't wanna disappoint her [ERIKA, spoken] I completely understand [ANNELIESE, ERIKA, ANNELIESE & ERIKA] I'm just like you (I think that's true) You're just like me (Yes, I can see) We take responsibility We carry through (We carry through) Do what we need to do Yes, I am a girl like you I'm just like you (I'm just like you) You're just like me (You're just like me) It's something anyone can see A heart that beats (A heart that beats) A voice that speaks the truth Yes, I am a girl like you