Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Music by Stephen Flaherty
05) Learn To Do It
06) Paris Holds The Key (To Your Heart)
07) At The Beginning Richard Marx & Donna Lewis
08) Journey To The Past Aaliyah
09) Viaje Tiempo Atrás Thalia
Spanish translation by Patricia P. Azar & Eduardo Giacciardo
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A magical mix of music, adventure, romance and comedy, Anastasia is a spectacular, full-length animated motion picture about the lost Russian princess, rumored to be the last surviving member of the Romanov family. One of the greatest mysteries of our time is brought to life in this unique twentieth-century fairy tale.
Life was a paradise for 8-year-old Princess Anastasia, living in the czar's palace in Russia with her family. But all that comes to an end one evening when the evil magician Rasputin appears, placing a curse on the entire royal family. Rasputin's curse comes true later that night when a mob storms the palace, beginning the Russian Revolution. With the help of Dimitri, a young palace servant, Anastasia and her beloved grandmother, Marie, escape. Marie manages to climb aboard a train to Paris, but Anastasia was swept across the confusion and left behind. All Anastasia has left of her grandmother is a key to the music box she gave her, inscribed with a promise that someday they would be together in Marie's home in Paris.
It is now ten years after the fall of the Russian empire. An 18-year-old Russian girl named Anya stumbles into a charming con man named Dimitri. He convinces Anya that she could be the Princess Anastasia and should accompany him to Paris to claim her royal heritage. What Anya does not know is that Dimitri has the lost music box that belonged to Anastasia, and he is looking for a girl to pretend to be the princess. With the music box and a worthy imposter he hopes to convince Marie that he has found the Princess, and collect a large reward. Wishing to find her true identity, Anya sets off to Paris with Dimitri, an ex-aristocrat named Vladimir and a lovable dog, Pooka.
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01) A Rumor In St. Petersburg [
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SOLO
Saint Petersburg is gloomy.
SOLO
Saint Petersburg is bleak!
SOLO
My underwear got frozen
standing here all week!
ALL
Oh, since the revolution,
our lives have been so gray!
Thank goodness for the gossip
that gets us through the day! Hey!
Have you heard? There's a rumor in St. Petersburg!
Have you heard what they're saying on the street?!
SOLO
Although the Tsar did not survive,
one daughter may be still alive!
ALL
The Princess Anastasia!
SOLO
But please do not repeat!
ALL
It's a rumor, a legend, a mystery!
Something whispered in an alleyway or through a crack!
It's a rumor that's part of our history!
SOLO
They say her royal Grandmama will pay a royal sum
ALL
to someone who can bring the Princess back!
SOLO
A ruble for this painting!
It's Romanov, I swear!
SOLO
Count Yusopov's pajamas!
Comrades, buy the pair!
SOLO
I got this from the palace.
It's lined with real fur.
ALL
It could be worth a fortune
if it belonged to her!
DIMITRI
It's the rumor, the legend, the mystery!
It's the Princess Anastasia who will help us fly!
You and I, friend, will go down in history!
We'll find a girl to play the part and teach her what to say,
dress her up and take her to "Paree!"
Imagine the reward her dear old Grandmama will pay!
Who else could pull it off but you and me?!
We'll be rich!
VLADIMIR
We'll be rich!
DIMITRI
We'll be out!
VLADIMIR
We'll be out!
BOTH
And St. Petersburg will have some more to talk about!
ALL
Sssh!
Have you heard? There's a rumor in St. Petersburg!
Have you heard what they're saying on the street?! Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Have you heard? There's a rumor in St. Petersburg!
Have you heard? Comrades, what do you suppose?
A fascinating mystery!
DIMITRI
The biggest con in history!
ALL
The Princess Anastasia!
Alive or dead?
SOLO
Who knows? Ssshhh!
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ANYA
Heart, don't fail me now.
Courage, don't desert me!
Don't turn back, now that we're here.
People always say
life is full of choices.
No one ever mentions fear
or how the world can be so vast
on a journey to the past...
Somewhere down this road,
I know someone's waiting.
Years of dreams just can't be wrong.
Arms will open wide.
I'll be safe and wanted,
fin'lly home where I belong.
Well, starting now. I'm learning fast,
on this journey to the past.
Home, love, fam'ly.
There was once a time I must have had them, too.
Home, love, fam'ly...
I will never be complete until I find you...
One step at a time.
One hope, then another.
Who knows where this road may go?
Back to who I was.
On to find my future.
Things my heart still needs to know.
Yes, let this be a sign!
Let this road be mine!
Let it lead me to my past
and bring me home at last!
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MIDI ]DURATION: 2:47
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ANYA
Dancing bears, painted wings,
things I almost remember.
And a song someone sings,
once upon a December.
Someone holds me safe and warm.
Horses prance through a silver storm.
Figures dancing gracefully
across my memory...
RUSSIAN CHORUS
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
ANYA
Someone holds me safe and warm.
Horses prance through a silver storm.
Figures dancing gracefully
across my memory...
Far away, long ago,
glowing dim as an ember,
things my heart used to know,
things it yearns to remember...
And a song someone sings,
once upon a December.
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04) In The Dark Of The Night [
MIDI ]DURATION: 2:38
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RASPUTIN
In the dark of the night, I was tossing and turning.
And the nightmare I had was bad as can be.
It scared me out of my wits!
A corpse falling to bits!
Then, I opened my eyes and the nightmare was... me!
I was once the most mystical man in all Russia.
When the royals betrayed me, they made a mistake!
My curse made each of them pay.
But one little girl got away!
Little Anya, beware, Rasputin's awake!
RASPUTIN & MINIONS
In the dark of the night, evil will find her!
In the dark of the night, just before dawn.
Revenge will be sweet
when the curse is complete!
In the dark of the night,
RASPUTIN
she'll be gone!
I can feel that my powers are slowly returning.
Tie my sash and a dash of cologne for that smell.
As the pieces fall into place,
I'll see her crawl into place.
Dasvidanya, Anya, your grace, farewell!
MINIONS
In the dark of the night, terror will strike her!
RASPUTIN
Terror's the least I can do!
MINIONS
In the dark of the night, evil will brew! Ooh!
RASPUTIN & MINIONS
Soon, she will feel
RASPUTIN
that her nightmares are real!
MINIONS
In the dark of the night,
RASPUTIN
she'll be through!
MINIONS
In the dark of the night, evil will find her! Find her!
In the dark of the night, terror comes true! Doom her!
RASPUTIN
My dear, here's a sign...
RASPUTIN
It's the end of the line!
MINIONS
In the dark of the night!
In the dark of the night!
RASPUTIN
Come, my minions! Rise for your master!
Let your evil shine!
MINIONS
In the dark of the night!
In the dark of the night!
RASPUTIN
Find her now! Yes, fly ever faster!
MINIONS
In the dark of the night!
In the dark of the night!
In the dark of the night!
RASPUTIN
She'll be mine!
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MIDI ]DURATION: 2:31
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VLADIMIR
You were born in a palace by the sea.
ANYA
A palace by the sea?
Could it be?
VLADIMIR
You rode horseback when you were only three.
ANYA
Horseback riding?
Me?
VLADIMIR
And the horse...
DIMITRI
He was white!
VLADIMIR
You made faces and terrorized the cook!
DIMITRI
Threw him in the brook!
ANYA
Was I wild?
DIMITRI
Wrote the book!
VLADIMIR
But you'd behave when your father gave that look!
DIMITRI
Imagine how it was!
VLADIMIR
Your long forgotten past!
VLADIMIR & DIMITRI
We've lots and lots to teach you
and the time is going fast!
VLADIMIR
Now, shoulders back and stand up tall.
DIMITRI
And do not walk, but try to float.
ANYA
I feel a little foolish. Am I floating?
VLADIMIR
Like a little boat!
DIMITRI
You give a bow.
ANYA
What happens now?
VLADIMIR
Your hand receives a kiss!
VLADIMIR & DIMITRI
Most of all, remember this:
If I can learn to do it,
you can learn to do it.
DIMITRI
Something in you knows it...
VLADIMIR & DIMITRI
There's nothing to it!
VLADIMIR
Follow in my footsteps,
shoe by shoe!
VLADIMIR & DIMITRI
You can learn to do it, too!
VLADIMIR
Now, elbows in and sit up straight.
DIMITRI
And never slurp the stroganoff.
ANYA
I never cared for stroganoff.
VLADIMIR
She said that like a Romanov!
DIMITRI
The samovar.
VLADIMIR
The caviar.
ANYA
Dessert and then goodnight!
VLADIMIR & DIMITRI
Not until you get this right!
VLADIMIR
If I can learn to do it,
DIMITRI
If he can learn to do it,
VLADIMIR
you can learn to do it.
DIMITRI
you can learn to do it!
VLADIMIR
Pull yourself together
VLADIMIR & DIMITRI
And you'll pull through it!
VLADIMIR
Tell yourself it's easy
VLADIMIR & DIMITRI
And it's true!
You can learn to do it too!
VLADIMIR
Now, we memorize the names of the royalty.
Now, here we have Kropotkin.
DIMITRI
Shot Potemkin.
VLADIMIR
In the botkin.
ANYA
Oh.
VLADIMIR
And dear old Uncle Vanya loved his vodka.
DIMITRI
Got it, Anya?
ANYA
No!
VLADIMIR
The Baron Pushkin...
ANYA
He was...
DIMITRI
Short!
VLADIMIR
Count Anatoly
ANYA
had a...
DIMITRI
Wart!
VLADIMIR
Count Sergei...
DIMITRI
Wore a feathered hat!
VLADIMIR
I hear he's gotten very fat!
ANYA
And I recall his yellow cat...
VLADIMIR
I don't believe we told her that...
ANYA
If you can learn to do it,
I can learn to do it!
VLADIMIR
Don't know how you knew it.
ANYA
I simply knew it!
Suddenly I feel like...
Someone new!
VLADIMIR & DIMITRI
Anya, you're a dream come true!
If I can learn to do it,
ANYA
If I can learn to do it,
VLADIMIR
you can learn to do it!
ANYA
you can learn to do it!
VLADIMIR & DIMITRI
Pull yourself together
ALL THREE
and you'll pull through it!
VLADIMIR
Tell yourself it's easy
ALL THREE
And it's true!
VLADIMIR & DIMITRI
You can learn to do it!
ANYA
Nothing to it!
ALL THREE
You can learn to do it too!
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06) Paris Holds The Key (To Your Heart) [
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MAN
Lovers!
SOPHIE
Ooh la la!
Welcome, my friends, to Paris.
Here, have a flower on me.
Forget where you're from.
You're in France! Children, come!
I'll show you that French joie de vivre!
Paris holds the key to your heart.
And all of Paris plays a part.
MAN
Just stroll two by two
SOPHIE
down what we call "La Rue,"
ALL
and soon all Paris will be singing to you!
Ooh la la!
Ooh la la!
Ooh la la!
MAURICE CHEVALIER
Paris holds the key to L'amour.
FREUD
And not even Freud knows the cure!
AVIATOR
There's love in the air!
JOSEPHINE BAKER
At the Follies Bergers!
ARTIST
And the French have it down to an art!
ALL
Paris holds the key to your heart!
SOPHIE
If you're feeling blue,
come to Le Moulin!
When your heart says, "Don't!"
the French say "Do!"
CAN CAN GIRLS
When you think you can't,
you'll find you can-can!
Ev'ryone can can-can!
SOPHIE
You can can-can too!
SOPHIE + CAN CAN GIRLS
Whee!
Whee!
Whee!
Whee!
DIMITRI
Paris holds the key to her past.
Yes, Princess, I've found you at last.
No more pretend.
You'll be gone.
That's the end.
SOPHIE + ALL
Paris holds the key to your heart!
COUTOURIER
You'll be tres jolie and so smart!
ISADORA DUNCAN
Come dance through the night
RODIN
and forget all your woes!
SOPHIE + ALL
The city of light!
GERTRUDE STEIN
Where a rose is a rose!
SOPHIE + ALL
And one never knows what will start!
ALL
Paris holds the key...
DIMITRI
...to her...
ALL
heart!
Ooh la la!
Ooh la la!
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MIDI ]DURATION: 3:41
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FEMALE
We were strangers starting out on journey,
never dreaming what we'd have to go through.
Now here we are and I'm suddenly standing
at the beginning with you.
MALE
No one told me I was going to find you.
Unexpected, what you did to my heart.
TOGETHER
When I lost hope, you were there to remind me
this is the start.
And life is a road and I want to keep going.
Love is a river I wanna keep flowing.
Life is a road, now and forever.
Wonderful journey!
I'll be there when the world stops turning.
I'll be there when the storm is through.
In the end, I wanna be standing
at the beginning with you.
FEMALE
We were strangers on a crazy adventure
MALE
never dreaming how our dreams would come true.
TOGETHER
Now here we stand, unafraid of the future,
at the beginning with you.
And life is a road and I want to keep going.
Love is a river I wanna keep flowing.
Life is a road, now and forever.
Wonderful journey!
I'll be there when the world stops turning.
I'll be there when the storm is through.
In the end, I wanna be standing
at the beginning with you.
I knew there was somebody somewhere
like me, alone in the dark.
Now I know my dream will live on.
I've been waiting so long,
nothing's gonna tear us apart.
And life is a road and I want to keep going.
Love is a river I wanna keep flowing.
Life is a road, now and forever.
Wonderful journey!
I'll be there when the world stops turning.
I'll be there when the storm is through.
In the end, I wanna be standing
at the beginning with you.
Life is a road and I want to keep going.
Love is a river I wanna keep flowing on.
FEMALE
Starting out on a journey.
Life is a road and I want to keep going.
Love is a river I wanna keep flowing.
In the end, I wanna be standing
at the beginning with you.
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08) Journey To The Past as performed by Aaliyah [
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Heart, don't fail me now.
Courage, don't desert me.
Don't turn back, now that we're here.
People always say
life is full of choices.
No one ever mentions fear
or how the road can seem so long.
How the world can be so vast.
Courage, see me through.
Heart, I'm trusting you
on this journey to the past.
Somewhere down this road,
I know someone's waiting.
Years of dreams just can't be wrong.
Arms will open wide.
I'll be safe and wanted,
fin'lly home where I belong.
Well, starting here, my life begins.
Starting now, I'm learning fast.
Courage, see me through.
Heart, I'm trusting you
on this journey to the past.
Heart, don't fail me now.
Courage, don't desert me.
Home, love, fam'ly.
There was once a time I must have had them, too.
Home, love, fam'ly...
I will never be complete until I find you...
One step at a time.
One hope, then another.
Who knows where this road may go?
Back to who I was.
On to find my future.
Things my heart still needs to know.
Yes, let this be a sign.
Let this road be mine.
Let it lead me to my past.
Courage, see me through.
Heart, I'm trusting you
to bring me home at last,
at last.
Hey, yeah.
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Viaje Tiempo Atrás [ MIDI ]DURATION: 3:13
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Anda, vamos ya.
¡Corazón no temas!
No te vas a detener.
Me parece que
tengo mil opciones
no se a quien volvere a ver.
O que tan lejos llegaré
en un via tiempo atrás.
Con mi familia
se que alguna ves también estuve yo.
A mis padres
con amor los buscaré hasta encontrarlos.
Paso a paso y
sembrando mi esperanza
no se en donde iré a parara.
Voy a un lugar
a formar mi vida
cien misterios aclarar
¡Si! Ésta es mi señal.
¡Hoy e de volver!
A reunirme con mi paz
y ver por fin
mi hogar.
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