No Matter What (from Beauty and the Beast)

(MARIN and TARIN talk just an hour before LINK is to show up on the island.)

MARIN
Papa, do you think I'm...odd?

TARIN
My daughter odd? Where did you get an idea like that?

MARIN
I don't know. It's just that, well, people talk.

TARIN
They talk about me, too.
No, we're not odd, its true
No fam'ly ever saner
Except one uncle who...well, maybe let that pass
In all you say or do
You couldn't make it plainer
You are your mother's daughter; therefore you are class

MARIN
So I should just accept
I'm simply not like them

TARIN
They are the common herd
And you should take my word
You are unique: creme de la creme
No matter what you do
I'm on your side
And if my point of view
Is somewhat misty-eyed
There's nothing clearer in my life
Than what I wish and feel for you
And that's a lot...
No matter what

MARIN
No matter what they say
You make me proud
I love the funny way
You stand out from the crowd

TARIN
It's my intention my invention
Shows the world out there one day
Just what we've got...

MARIN
No matter what

TARIN
Now some may say all fathers just exaggerate

MARIN
That ev'ry daughter's great?

TARIN
You are!

MARIN
And ev'ry daughter tends to say her father's tops

TARIN
She pulls out all the stops
To praise him

MARIN
And quite rightly!

TARIN
No matter what the pain
We've come this far
I pray that you remain
Exactly as you are
This really is a case of father knowing best

MARIN
And daughter too!

TARIN
You're never strange

MARIN
Don't ever change

BOTH
You've all I've got
No matter what.
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