“I Am A Girl Like You” is the fourth of eleven songs written for the 2004 animated film Barbie as The Princess and the Pauper.

The song develops one of the key themes of the film: to show that the two… Read More [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