This Is My Idea Songtext

von Lex de Azevedo

Lex de Azevedo
The Swan Princess
This Is My Idea
[Derek]
I can't believe I'm stuck with her all summer
I bet she doesn't wrestle, hunt or box

[Odette]
He looks conceited

[Derek]
What a total bummer

[Derek and Odette]
If I get lucky I'll get chicken pox

[Derek]
So happy you could come

[Odette]
So happy to be here

[Derek and Odette]
How I'd like to run

[Odette]
This is not my idea

[Derek]
This isn't my idea

[Derek and Odette]
Of fun!

[Uberta]
The children seem to get along quite nicely

[William]
We'll join our lands if this arrangement clicks

[Uberta]
My dear King William, that's my point preciely

[William]
It's such good parenting

[Uberta]
And politics

So happy we agree

[William]
I think we've got a deal

[Uberta]
Derek's quite a catch

[William]
This is my idea

[Uberta]
This is my idea

[William and Uberta]
Of a match!

[William]
Good heavens, child, don't dawdle
We can't keep Derek waiting

[Odette]
I haven't packed or washed my hair
And father, I get seasick

[Uberta]
They soon will be arriving
Is that respect you're showing?

[Derek]
You make me kiss her hand again
I swear I'm gonna be sick

[William]
One day Prince Derek will be her intended

[Uberta]
Splendid!

[Derek]
We've tried all summer but we just can't lose her

[Odette]
Hey, fellas, wait up!

[Bromley]
Quick, put on some speed!

[Derek]
When picking teams

[Bromley]
Or friends

[Derek]
I never choose her

[Bromley]
You think she'd take a hint and learn to read

[Odette]
This really isn't fair

[Derek and Bromley]
We really couldn't care

[Odette]
Boys, it's all or none
This is not my idea

[Derek and Bromley]
This isn't my idea

[Odette, Derek and Bromley]
Of fun!

[Townsfolk]
Long before they met
Derek and Odette
Were destined to be wedded

[Maids]
However, anyone could see

[Servants]
The only point on which they didn't disagree

[Maids]
Was that the very thought of summertime

[Maids and Servants]
Was dreaded

[Derek]
She tries to talk me into playing dress-up
She's always flirting with the castle guards

[Bromley]
I think you really sort of like her, 'fess up

[Derek]
I'd like her better if she'd lose at cards

Four sevens and a ten

[Odette]
I think I've won again

[Derek and Bromley]
Every time she's won

[Odette]
This is my idea

[Derek and Bromley]
This isn't my idea

[Odette, Derek and Bromley]
Of fun!

[Townsfolk]
We need a royal wedding
I'd love to be invited
At least we'll get a holiday to rest our ploughs and axes
Someday these two will marry
Two lands will be united
And with some luck their marriage may result in lower taxes

[William]
What if Odette doesn't go for the merger?

[Uberta]
Urge her!

[Derek and Odette]
For as long as I remember
We've been told we'd someday wed
Every June until September

[Derek]
All their pushing and annoying hints

[Odette]
I've got bruises with their fingerprints

[Derek]
I can do much better, I am sure

[Odette]
He's so immature

I see him smiling and my knees start buckling
I see inside him and my doubts are gone

[Derek]
She started out as such an ugly duckling
And somehow suddenly became a swan

[Odette]
So happy to be here

[Derek]
Till now I never knew

[Derek and Odette]
It is you I've been dreaming of

[Derek]
This is my idea

[Odette]
This is my idea

[Chorus]
What a good idea, it's such a charming and romantic notion

[Maids]
This is my idea

[Servants]
This is my idea

[Maids]
Such a good idea

[Servants]
Such a good idea

[Maids]
What a good idea

[Chorus]
Such a powerful and magic notion
This is exactly my idea of love

[Odette]
This is my idea

[Derek]
This is my idea

[Derek and Odette]
This is my idea of love