ANYA How do you become the person you've forgotten you ever were?
VLAD Take a deep breath. Close your eyes and imagine anothe time, anothe world...
You were born in a palace by the sea
DMITRY A palace by the sea
ANYA Could it be?
VLAD Yes, it’s so You rode horseback when you were only three
ANYA Horseback riding? Me?
DMITRY Horse’s name?
VLAD Romeo! You threw tantrums and terrorized the cook! Ha! How the palace shook!
DMITRY Charming child!
VLAD Wrote the book. But you’d behave when your father gave that look!
DMITRY Imagine how it was Your long-forgotten past
DMITRY & VLAD We’ve lots and lots to teach you and the time is going fast!
VLAD Let’s see you walk. Head up. Regal bearing.
Now, shoulders back and stand up tall And do not walk, but try to float
ANYA I feel a little foolish Am I floating?
DMITRY Like a sinking boat!
VLAD You give a bow
ANYA What happens now?
VLAD Your hand receives a kiss
DMITRY & VLAD Most of all remember this:
VLAD If I can learn to do it You can learn to do it
DMITRY Something in you knows it -
DMITRY & VLAD There’s nothing to it
VLAD Follow in my footsteps, Shoe by shoe!
DMITRY & VLAD You can learn to do it too!
DMITRY Now, elbows in and sit up straight And do not slurp the Stroganoff
ANYA I never cared for Stroganoff
VLAD She said that like a Romanov!
DMITRY The Samovar!
VLAD The caviar!
ANYA Dessert, and then goodnight?
DMITRY & VLAD Not until you get this right!
VLAD If I can learn to do it
DMITRY If he can learn to do it
VLAD You can learn to do it
DMITRY You can learn to do it
VLAD Pull yourself together
DMITRY & VLAD And you’ll pull through it
VLAD Tell yourself it’s easy
DMITRY & VLAD And it’s true - You can learn to do it too
VLAD Who is your great-grandmother?
ANYA Queen Victoria.
VLAD Great-great-grandmother?
ANYA Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.
VLAD Your best friend is?
ANYA My little brother Alexei.
DMITRY Wrong. Your best friend is -
ANYA I know who my best friend is!
DMITRY What a temper!
ANYA I don’t like being contradicted.
DMITRY That makes two of us!
VLAD Continuing on...
ANYA I’ve had it And I hate you both I’m sorry that we ever met I’m hungry And I’m frightened And I’m only human Don’t forget! I don’t remember anything! Get out! And let me be!
VLAD Anya, darling, look at me We’re all frightened Well, slightly, now and then Shall we start again? Take a breath. Count to ten You have courage And strength you barely know
So blow that little nose And dry those pretty eyes A princess like your majesty can do this if she tries Ready?
DMITRY Set?
ANYA Go!
VLAD Now here’s your great aunt Olga
DMITRY How she frolicked On the Volga!
ANYA Oh!
VLAD Your distant cousin Vanya Loved his vodka!
DMITRY Got it Anya?
ANYA No.
VLAD The Duke of Oldenburg was short
DMITRY Louise of Baden
ANYA Had a
DMITRY Wart!
VLAD Count Sergei
DMITRY Wore a feathered hat
VLAD I hear he’s gotten very fat!
ANYA And I recall his yellow cat!
VLAD I don’t believe we told her that...
DMITRY & VLAD If you can learn to do it
ANYA If I can learn to do it
DMITRY & VLAD He can learn to do it
ANYA You can learn to do it
DMITRY & VLAD Pull yourself together
ALL And we’ll pull through it
VLAD Tell yourself it’s easy
ALL And it’s true
DMITRY & VLAD You can learn to do it
ANYA Nothing to it!
ALL You can learn to do it...
ANYA The caviar The Stroganoff The Samovar The feathered hat The cousin drank The Duke was short And here a wart And there a cat The horse’s name was Romeo So tell me something new
ALL Ha! You can learn to do it too!!!Teksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
