This Is My Idea

Derek:I can't believe I'm stuck with her all summer

I'll bet she doesn't wrestle, hunt or box



Odette:He looks conceited



Derek: What a total bummer



Odette & Derek: If I get lucky I'll get chicken pox



Derek: So happy you could come



Odette: So happy to be here



Odette & Derek: How I'd like to run



Odette: This is not my



Derek: This isn't my idea



Odette & Derek: Of fun



Queen Uberta: The children seem to get along quite nicely



King William: We'll join our lands if this arrangement clicks



Queen Uberta: My dear King William, that's my point precisely



King William: It's such good parenting



Queen Uberta: And politics

So happy we agree



King William: I think we've got a deal



Queen Uberta: Derek's quite a catch



King William: This is my idea



Queen Uberta: This is my idea



King William & Queen Uberta: Of a match



Queen Uberta: and such fun



King 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



Queen Uberta: She 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



King William: One day Prince Derek will be her intended



Queen 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'd think she'd take a hint a learn to read



Odette: This really isn't fair



Derek & Bromley: We really couldn't care



Odette: Boys, it's all or none

This is not my



Derek & Bromley: This isn't my idea



Odette, Derek & Bromley: Of fun



Chorus: Long before they met

Derek and Odette

Were destined to be wedded

However anyone could see

The only point on which they didn't disagree

Was that the very thought of summertime

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 sorta like her, 'fess up



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

(spoken) Four sevens and a ten



Odette: I think I've won again



Derek & Bromley: Every time she's won



Odette: This is my idea



Derek: This isn't my idea



Odette & Derek: Of fun



Chorus: We need a royal wedding

I'd love to be invited

At least we'd 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



King William: What if Odette doesn't go for the merger?



Queen Uberta: Urge her!



Odette & Derek: 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



Odette: 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: 'Til now I never knew



Odette & Derek: It is you I've been dreaming of



Derek: This is my idea



Odette: This is my idea



Chorus: What a good idea, such a charming and romantic notion

This is my idea (This is my idea)

Such a good idea (Such a good idea)

What a good idea, such a powerful and magic potion

This is exactly my idea

Of love



Odette: This is my idea



Derek: This is my idea



Odette & Derek: This is my idea

Of love