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 & ODETTE]
If I get lucky I'll get chicken pox

[DEREK]
So happy you could come

[ODETTE]
So happy to be here

[DEREK & ODETTE]
How I'd like to run

[ODETTE]
This is not my idea

[DEREK]
This isn't my idea

[DEREK & 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 & 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 & BROMLEY]
We really couldn't care

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

[DEREK & BROMLEY]
This isn't my idea

[DEREK, BROMLEY, & ODETTE]
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 & 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 & BROMLEY]
Every time she's won

[ODETTE]
This is my idea

[DEREK & BROMLEY]
This isn't my idea

[ODETTE, DEREK & 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 & 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 & 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 & ODETTE]
This is my idea of love