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A RUMOR IN ST. PETERSBURG
â My underwear got frozen standing here all week!âÂ
â Â Since the revolution our lives have been so grey!â
â Â Thank goodness for the gossip that gets us through the day!â
â Â Have you heard what theyâre saying on the street?â
â Â But please do not repeat!â
â Â Itâs a rumor, a legend, a mystery!â
â Â Itâs a rumor thatâs part of our history!â
â Â I got this from the palace, itâs lined with real fur!â
â Â It could be worth a fortune if it belonged to her/him!â
â Â Itâs the Prince/ss ____ who will help us fly!â
â Â You and I friend will go down in history!â
â Â Weâll find a guy/girl to play the part and teach him/her what to say.â
â Â Who else could pull it off but you an me?â
â Â The biggest con in history!â
â  Heart donât fail me now, courage donât desert me.âÂ
â Â Donât turn back now that weâre here.â
â Â People always say life is full of choices.â
â Â No one ever mentions, fear.â
â Â Somewhere down this road I know someoneâs waiting.â
â Â Years of dreams just canât be wrong.â
â Â Iâll be safe and wanted.â
â Â Well starting now, Iâm learning fast.â
â Â Home, love, family, there was once a time I mustâve had them too.â
â Â I will never be complete until I find you.â
â Â Who knows where this road may go.â
â Â Back to who I was, on to find my future.â
â Â Things my heart still needs to know.â
â Â Yes, let this be a sign.â
â Â Let it lead me to my past.â
â Â Bring me home at last.â
â Â Dancing bears, painted wings.â
â  Things I almost remember.âÂ
â Â A song someone sings.â
â Â Someone holds me safe and warm.â
â Â Figures dancing gracefully, across my memory.â
â Â Glowing dim as an ember.â
â  Things my heart used to now, things it yearns to remember.âÂ
â  I was tossing and turning.âÂ
â Â The nightmare I had was as bad as can be.â
â Â It scared me out of my wits!â
â  Then I opened my eyes, and the nightmare was me!â
â Â I was once the most mystical wo/man in all ___!â
â Â When the royals betrayed me they made a mistake!â
â Â My curse made each of them pay!â
â Â Revenge will be sweet!â
â  I can feel that my powers are slowly returning!âÂ
â Â As the pieces fall into place, Iâll see him/her crawl into place!â
â Â Terrorâs the least I can do!â
â Â Soon s/he will feel that her/his nightmares are real!â
â Â My dear, hereâs a sign, itâs the end of the line!â
â Â S/Heâll be mine!â
LEARN TO DO IT (+WALTZ REPRISE)
â Â You made faces and terrorized the cook!â
â  All rightâŚIâm ready!â
â Â Now, shoulders back and stand up tall.â
â Â I feel a little foolish.â
â Â What happens now?â
â Â Most of all remember this.â
â Â If I can learn to do it, you can learn to do it!â
â Â Something in you knows it.â
â  Thereâs nothing to it!âÂ
â Â Dessert and then goodnight?â
â Â Not until you get this right!â
â Â Pull yourself together and youâll pull through it!â
â Â I hear s/heâs gotten very fat.â
â Â I recall her/his yellow cat!â
â  I donât believe we told her/him thatâŚâ
â Â Donât know how you knew it.â
â  Suddenly I feel like someone newâŚâ
â  ___, youâre a dream come true!âÂ
â Â I see it at a glance.â
â Â S/Heâs radiant and confident and born to take this chance.â
â Â I taught her/him well, I planned it all!â
â Â ___, how could you do this?â
â Â How will we get through this?â
â Â I never should have let them dance.â
PARIS HOLDS THE KEY (TO YOUR HEART)
â  Welcome my friends to Paree!âÂ
â Â Here, have a flower on me!â
â Â Forget where youâre from, youâre in France!â
â Â Iâll show you that French joie de vivre!â
â Â Paree holds the key to your heart.â
â Â Soon all Paree will be singing to you!â
â Â Thereâs love in the air!â
â Â The French have it down to an art!â
â Â When your heart says donât, the French say do!â
â Â When you think you canât youâll find you can-can!â
â Â Everyone can can-can!â
â Â Yes, Prince/ss Iâve found you at least.â
â  No more pretend, youâll be gone, thatâs the endâŚâ
â Â Youâll be tres jolie and so smart!â
â Â Come dance through the night!â
â Â Forget all your woes.â
â  One never knows what will start!âÂ