In My Own Little Corner (Reprise)

Lyrics

[ELLA] I am in the Royal Palace of all places When I meet the finest prince you've ever seen And the color on my two stepsister's faces Is a queer sort of sour apple green I am coy and flirtatious When alone with the Prince— (short interlude) I'm the belle of the ball In my own little corner All alone In my own Little (chair) [MARIE] Fol-de-rol and fiddledy-dee Fiddledy faddledy foddle All the wishes in the world Are poppycock and twaddle! [ELLA] (spoken) Oh Crazy Marie. Are you mocking me with your gibberish? [MARIE] Fol de rol and fiddledy dee Fiddledy faddledy foodle All the dreamers in all the world Are dizzy in the noodle [ELLA] (spoken) So what if I do have a dream to see the Prince again? And tell him what life in his kingdom is really like? And what it could be [MARIE] (spoken) Exactly. And then to have him fall in love with you [ELLA] (spoken) No one will fall in love with me. Why do you come to visit me tonight? [MARIE] I just knew I would find you In the same little chair In the pale pink mist of a foolish dream [ELLA] (spoken) I am being foolish [MARIE] (spoken) Then be foolish with me. What would you dream of? [ELLA] (spoken) An invitation to the ball, I guess [MARIE] (spoken) Right here. There's an invitation [ELLA] (spoken) *Gasps* But it's torn [MARIE] (spoken) Don't wait for everything to be perfect, just go! Now, what else would you dream of? [ELLA] (spoken) Oh a white gown, I imagine. A beautiful white gown sewn up with pearls. And jewels. And a tiara of diamonds [MARIE] (spoken) And on your feet? [ELLA] (spoken) The most beautiful grosgrain pumps, I'd imagine [MARIE] (spoken) No. Better. The Venetian glass that your stepmother so loves in her trinkets and baubles. An entire pair of shoes made only of Venetian glass [ELLA] (spoken) Oh how silly. I'd be the envy of all. But how would I get to the ball? [MARIE] (spoken) Well that pumpkin over here? [ELLA] (spoken) Yes? [MARIE] (spoken) I'll turn it into a golden carriage [ELLA] (spoken) And horses? [MARIE] (spoken) Those mice. Trapped in this cage [ELLA] (spoken) And a fox as a footman and a raccoon as a driver. Oh you are crazy, Marie. Why, in order to do that, you would have to be a fairy godmother [ELLA] (spoken) Marie! Are you really my fairy godmother? [MARIE] (spoken) But of course, my child. Actually, I'm everyone's fairy godmother. But you're the only one who's given me charity. Generosity. And kindness. And now, I must make all the dreams we joked about come true [ELLA] (spoken) But that's so improbable. Implausible